Hivelocity vs NovoServe: Which Is Better?
We track Hivelocity and NovoServe prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
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.
About NovoServeNovoServe is a Dutch bare-metal hosting provider (est. 2013) with 7,000+ servers across its own Tier III data centers in the Netherlands, Denmark and the United States. Headquartered in Enschede, it operates an 18Tbps carrier-neutral network with 800+ peering partners and sells dedicated servers, GPU servers, storage and unmetered bandwidth lines plus colocation — aimed at MSPs, SaaS, streaming, iGaming, fintech and AI workloads.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Hivelocity | NovoServe |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $10.00 win | $68.44 |
| Renewal price | Promo pricing (up to 50% off) | Monthly (promos ex. VAT) |
| Datacenters | 42 win | 5 |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Backups | — | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | — | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.07% | 99.32% win |
Price History
Hivelocity · pro.sm.amd (Virtual Shared)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
NovoServe · Unmetered 1Gbps Entry ServerCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Hivelocity 99.07% NovoServe 99.32%Pros & Cons
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
NovoServe- Own 18Tbps carrier-neutral backbone with 800+ peering partners
- 5 Tier III data centers: Amsterdam (×2), Rotterdam/The Hague, Copenhagen, New York
- Entry dedicated servers from €59/mo with 25TB traffic included by default
- Unmetered bandwidth lines on 1G, 2G, 5G, 10G and up to 50Gbps dedicated ports
- GPU fleet: NVIDIA V100 / RTX 3090, AMD MI50 / MI210, up to 4× RTX PRO 6000 96GB
- In-house anti-DDoS scrubbing centers on every server
- Most stock servers run older generations (HPE G8/Gen9, Xeon E5/v2)
- Custom builds, HPC and colocation are quote-only — no public price list
- Bare metal only — no shared hosting, VPS or managed services
- Published prices are ex. VAT (21% Dutch VAT for EU consumers)
- No money-back guarantee on dedicated servers
- Only EU + US East Coast locations — nothing in Asia
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 Hivelocity 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, NovoServe 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.