GameServers.com vs Psychz Networks
A detailed comparison to help you choose between GameServers.com and Psychz Networks.
Quick Verdict
3.0/5
GameServers.com
0 reviews
3.6/5
Psychz Networks
0 reviews
Psychz Networks is rated higher (3.6 vs 3.0). game server hosting since 2003 (GameServers.com brand since 2006); roughly 11 games currently sold, 36 locations across 20 countries 16 cities (US: Los Angeles, Ashburn, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta; EU: Amsterdam, London, Barcelona; plus Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg); DDoS mitigation packages up to 500 Gbps with 2-20 Gbps bundled free per dedicated server
GameServers.com Game servers for 100+ titles since 1999 | Psychz Networks DDoS-protected bare metal, VPS, and colocation in 16 cities across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.0 (0 reviews) | 3.6 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $7.99/mo | From $4/mo✓ |
| Best for | Established clans and communities with players in unusual regions who value a 36-location network and two decades of continuity over a modern panel or the lowest per-GB price | Gaming, streaming, and media operators needing DDoS-heavy infrastructure or unusual reach (South America, Africa, South Asia), and anyone who wants a fully priced catalogue with hourly testing before committing. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 4 GB |
| Storage | — | 50 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 36✓ | 16 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €2.00 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €1.00 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, UK, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, United States, South Africa | Los Angeles, Ashburn, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg |
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GameServers.com
Pros
- + 36 locations across 20 countries and six continents — unusually wide city-level coverage
- + Two decades of continuous operation with an enterprise arm serving studios and publishers
- + DDoS filtering on Cisco/Brocade hardware, guaranteed memory, daily backups (Minecraft), 24/7 support, instant activation
- + One-vendor setup for game servers plus TeamSpeak/Ventrilo voice
- + Invoice-friendly procurement and established billing processes for larger communities
Cons
- - Catalogue has shrunk to roughly 11 titles — ARK, DayZ and Conan Exiles are gone
- - Dated control panel and no custom JAR support for Minecraft (no Paper/Purpur/proxy setups)
- - Per-slot pricing sits above modern rivals; slots are admission caps, not hardware allocations
- - No public corporate activity since February 2021 and no published uptime SLA
- - Inconsistent founding story across company properties (2003 vs 2006 vs the '1999' marketing claim)
Psychz Networks
Pros
- + Sixteen cities on four continents — Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, and Moscow on one account, which almost no competitor offers
- + DDoS mitigation is a core competency: bundled filtering on every dedicated server, tiers to 500 Gbps, fourteen scrubbing points, and remote protection via reverse proxy without needing an ASN
- + Public catalogue of 158 priced plans — no quote-form gate; VMs from $4/month and hourly from $0.0011
- + S3-compatible object storage with zero egress charges and immutable object lock included
- + Service commitment with real teeth: 99.9% network uptime and 5% credit per half hour of outage up to a full month's fee
- + Own facilities and network since 2014 (hosting since 2001) — an operating company, not a reseller shell
Cons
- - All payments non-refundable (continuous backup excepted); claims expire after one calendar year; Texas law with California arbitration
- - Usage policy reserves a discretionary takedown right over otherwise legal content; adult-content permission is a 2015 forum answer, not policy
- - Support and provisioning reviews are genuinely mixed despite the 15-minute response promise
- - Bandwidth is 'unmetered' under an unpublished fair-use threshold
- - EU footprint thinner than US/Asia; documentation and control panel are functional rather than polished
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