Cherry Servers vs GreenGeeks: Which Is Better?
We track Cherry Servers and GreenGeeks prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About Cherry ServersCherry Servers is a Lithuanian bare metal cloud provider since 2014. API-driven dedicated servers + NVIDIA GPU for AI. Own DC in Vilnius.
About GreenGeeksGreenGeeks (est. 2008, Agoura Hills, CA) is an eco-friendly hosting provider that matches 300% of its energy use with renewable credits and plants one tree per account. It offers shared, WordPress, reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting from data centers in Chicago, Montreal and Amsterdam, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Cherry Servers | GreenGeeks |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $3.48 | $2.95 win |
| Renewal price | — | — |
| Datacenters | 1 | 3 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes win | ✗ No |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✓ Yes win |
| Backups | — | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✓ Yes win |
| Support | — | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.05% | 99.13% win |
Price History
Cherry Servers · Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
GreenGeeks · LiteCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Cherry Servers 99.05% GreenGeeks 99.13%Pros & Cons
Cherry Servers- API-driven bare metal cloud
- NVIDIA GPU: A100, H100
- European data sovereignty
- Hourly billing
- 24/7 on-site support
- Competitive pricing
- Single data center
- No VPS or managed services
- Small team
- Limited payment methods
- No ISO/SOC certifications
GreenGeeks- 300% green energy match — carbon-negative hosting
- Free domain (1st year), free SSL and free migration on every plan
- Unmetered traffic + generous SSD storage on shared plans
- Nightly backups and real-time security scanning included
- Fully managed VPS with cPanel/WHM and root access
- 24/7 support via live chat, phone and ticket
- Promo prices renew 4–7× higher after the first term
- Only 3 data centers — Chicago, Montreal, Amsterdam
- Self-managed VPS tiers are sales-only (no online checkout)
- Dedicated servers are quote-based with no published configurations
- No cloud, GPU or Windows hosting
- Managed VPS starts at a steep $69.95/mo
The Verdict
On the data we track, GreenGeeks wins more rows in the comparison table above (5 vs 1). That said, the right pick depends on which rows matter most for your use case — price, uptime, datacenters or backups.
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FAQ
Right now GreenGeeks has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, GreenGeeks had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.