Hivelocity reviews

United States · Since 2001

ServerDiff Score

Good

Hivelocity scores 6.5 out of 10 (good): 3.7★ average from 368 reviews on 3 sites · Runs its own data centres · Plans in 3 cities · 1 country.

No. 52 of 135 rated providers Reviews checked 10 Nov 2026

How the score is built

Fixed weights: half for what people say, half for what the provider runs on. A review part without enough data is left out and the other review parts share its weight.

What people say

  • Customer reviews 6.6 3.7★ average from 368 reviews
  • Last 12 months — Not enough data yet
  • Answers to complaints — Not read yet
  • Forum posts 8.3 4 of 4 positive
  • Expert reviews — Not enough data yet

What it runs on

Customer reviews by site

In forums

Posts by people describing their own experience on Hacker News, summarised in our words. 4 first-hand posts among 10 that name it
  • Positive

    Company uses Hivelocity bare metal and has been very happy with it.

    Hacker News · 17 Oct 2025
  • Positive

    Used Hivelocity for a few servers over ten years and found it solid, though support was better in earlier years.

    Hacker News · 19 Jan 2025
  • Positive

    Moved five VPS and one dedicated server to Hivelocity; support was top notch but the web interface was very bad.

    Hacker News · 18 Jan 2025
  • Positive

    Hivelocity handled a bandwidth and compute heavy company launch well under previous owners; unsure about current state.

    Hacker News · 29 Nov 2024

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