Hivelocity vs Liquid Web

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Hivelocity

Starting price

from $97/moXeon E-2236, 16 GB — cheapest listed config, promo-pricedrenews at $129/mo regular rateVerified September 2026

Ease

4 of 5

Performance

5 of 5

Support

5 of 5

Migration

$Paid add-on

Email

—Not included

Starting price

from $167.50/mo16-core Xeon, 64 GB RAM, fully managedVerified September 2026

Ease

4 of 5

Performance

5 of 5

Support

5 of 5

Migration

✓Included

Email

$Paid add-on

Hivelocity publishes self-serve pricing: as of September 2026 its cheapest listed config is a Xeon E-2236 (16 GB) at a promo $97/mo against a $129/mo regular rate — budget on the regular rate. The flat-priced $75/mo E-2336 we cited in August has left inventory, and a new Outlet Store (September 2026) now carries rotating prior-gen deals month-to-month. What you see is what you provision, but re-check the catalog before ordering.

Liquid Web starts at $167.50/mo for a 16-core Xeon with 64 GB (verified September 2026), but that price was shown with a '50% off 2 months' promo and the ongoing rate wasn't displayed at check time — confirm the post-promo number before ordering. It's a heavier, sales-adjacent buying process than Hivelocity's.

This is the whole comparison. Hivelocity's bare metal is unmanaged: OS, patching, firewall, backups, monitoring, and incident response are yours. Liquid Web is fully managed: those tasks are the provider's, on the server layer. If nobody on your team patches Linux for a living, that difference is worth far more than the price gap.

The delta between them — roughly $40–$70/mo depending on whether Hivelocity's promo or regular rate applies — is almost entirely the ops labour, not the hardware. Frame it as: are you buying a server, or are you buying a server plus the person who runs it?

Both are reputable dedicated hosts that provision standard configurations quickly — typically 30 minutes to a few hours, with custom hardware taking longer. On support, the split follows the model: Liquid Web's managed tier includes hands-on server support as the product, while Hivelocity's unmanaged relationship expects you to run the box and reach out for hardware and network issues. Expect a 99.99% network/power SLA with service credits from either.