Cherry Servers vs Hivelocity: Which Is Better?
We track Cherry Servers and Hivelocity 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 HivelocityHivelocity is a Tampa, Florida-based infrastructure provider (est. 2002) running 40+ data centers across 6 continents on a 2+ Tbps multi-carrier network. Instant-deploy bare metal, VPS/VDS, GPU servers, colocation and managed services — with 24/7/365 human support (NPS 79), a 99.99% uptime SLA and SOC 2 / PCI DSS certifications.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Cherry Servers | Hivelocity |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $3.48 win | $10.00 |
| Renewal price | — | Promo pricing (up to 50% off) |
| Datacenters | 1 | 42 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Backups | — | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | — | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.05% | 99.07% win |
Price History
Cherry Servers · Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Hivelocity · pro.sm.amd (Virtual Shared)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Cherry Servers 99.05% Hivelocity 99.07%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
Hivelocity- 40+ data centers across 6 continents (US-heavy: Tampa, Miami, NYC, LA, Dallas, Atlanta…)
- Instant deployment — servers online in minutes, hourly billing available
- 99.99% uptime SLA on a 2+ Tbps multi-carrier network
- 24/7/365 human support by phone, live chat and tickets (NPS 79)
- No setup fee on instant-deploy servers; up to /29 IPv4 included
- SOC 2 and PCI DSS certified data centers
- US-centric pricing and footprint — EU/Asia edge stock is limited
- Most instant-deploy configs are limited stock; custom builds take days
- No shared web hosting or domain services
- Colocation and private cloud pricing only on request (quote-based)
- Managed services and backups are paid add-ons
The Verdict
On the data we track, Hivelocity wins more rows in the comparison table above (2 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 Cherry Servers 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, Hivelocity 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.