Cloudflare vs Hivelocity Comparison
Compare Cloudflare vs Hivelocity features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloudflare
7.6/10
Cloudflare is a global edge network. It offers CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and a WAF, plus serverless compute and storage (Workers, R2, D1) for developers and businesses.
Hivelocity
6.6/10
Tampa-based provider of bare metal dedicated servers, VPS, colocation and private cloud for businesses that need global, API-driven infrastructure.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10 | 6.6/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 4/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Reliability | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Support | 4/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $5/mo Workers Paid | $10/mo VPS pro.sm.amd |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free | $10/mo VPS pro.sm.amd |
| Features | ||
| Dedicated Servers | ||
| DDoS Protection | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed Databases | Not listed | |
| Multiple Regions | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
Cloudflare vs Hivelocity cost by team size
Cloudflare costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | Cloudflare | Hivelocity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree | $10/moVPS pro.sm.amd |
| 5 users | FreeFree | $10/moVPS pro.sm.amd |
| 10 users | FreeFree | $10/moVPS pro.sm.amd |
| 25 users | FreeFree | $10/moVPS pro.sm.amd |
| 50 users | FreeFree | $10/moVPS pro.sm.amd |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cloudflare
- Has a free plan (Hivelocity does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $10/mo
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 7/10)
Why choose Hivelocity
- Higher Support score (6/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 8/10)
- Includes Dedicated Servers, which Cloudflare lacks
Pros & Cons
Cloudflare
Pros
- The free plan includes unmetered DDoS protection, a CDN, a WAF and universal SSL.
- R2 object storage charges no egress fees.
- Workers has very low entry pricing: a $5 monthly minimum and $0.30 per additional million requests.
- The Business plan adds a 100 percent uptime SLA and PCI DSS compliance for $200 a month billed annually.
Cons
- Reviewers report slow support on Free and Pro, which have no chat or phone support.
- Global outages in November and December 2025 disrupted many sites at the same time.
- Reviewers report billing problems, such as charges after cancelling add-ons.
- It offers no traditional shared hosting, VPS or dedicated servers, so you still need an origin host for conventional workloads.
Hivelocity
Pros
- DDoS mitigation for Layer 3 and 4 attacks is built into every bandwidth-enabled service at no extra cost.
- Every VPS and dedicated server includes at least 10TB of outbound transfer, and inbound and private traffic are free.
- Custom builds scale to four processors, 1TB of RAM and 100 drives, and GPU options are available.
- Provisioning can be automated through a REST API and a Terraform provider, and VLANs are self-service.
- Support is in-house, US-based and available 24/7, and phone reboots are free.
Cons
- VPS plans are billed monthly, with no hourly billing, and port 25 is blocked on VPS.
- No managed Kubernetes, serverless or managed database offering appeared on the pages reviewed.
- Some reviewers on G2 and Trustpilot complain of aggressive abuse handling, including instant terminations.
- Dedicated server fees are non-refundable and there is no standard money-back guarantee.
- According to VPSBenchmarks, reverse DNS changes require a support ticket and there is no built-in VPS firewall.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudflare scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.6/10 against 6.6/10 for Hivelocity. The largest gap is in Analytics: 7/10 for Cloudflare and 4/10 for Hivelocity.
Cloudflare costs less for 10 users: free on its Free plan, against about $10/mo on its VPS pro.sm.amd plan for Hivelocity, billed monthly.
Cloudflare has a free plan; Hivelocity does not list one.
Cloudflare is the better fit for developers: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 7/10 for Hivelocity.
Hivelocity has Dedicated Servers, which Cloudflare lacks.
