G-Portal vs GameServers.com
A detailed comparison to help you choose between G-Portal and GameServers.com.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
G-Portal
0 reviews
3.0/5
GameServers.com
0 reviews
G-Portal is rated higher (3.5 vs 3.0). Contract terms from 3 days to 90 days (no hourly billing on game servers); DDoS protection via Bulwark and Corero included. game server hosting since 2003 (GameServers.com brand since 2006); roughly 11 games currently sold, 36 locations across 20 countries
G-Portal Game server hosting for 100+ games in 35 locations | GameServers.com Game servers for 100+ titles since 1999 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.0 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.71/mo✓ | From $7.99/mo |
| Best for | Gaming groups that switch titles often and want low-commitment terms with DDoS protection included | 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 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Los Angeles, Dallas, Saint Louis, New York, Washington D.C., Sao Paulo, Barcelona, London, Frankfurt, Moscow, Johannesburg, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Sydney | Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, UK, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, United States, South Africa |
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| Visit G-Portal → | Visit GameServers.com → | |
G-Portal
Pros
- + Gamecloud slot pool lets you switch between 100+ games inside one contract
- + 3-day terms from $2.71 make trial-and-error cheap before committing monthly
- + 50 GB backup space, NVMe SSD hardware, and Bulwark/Corero DDoS protection included
- + Coverage beyond the usual EU/US footprint: Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Taipei, Tokyo, Sydney
Cons
- - No per-plan CPU/RAM/storage specs published — slots are the only sizing abstraction
- - No formal published uptime SLA
- - Support is ticket-only; response quality varies with game and release-season load
- - Location count (15 named) is well below what older listings claim
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)
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