QuickPacket vs VPSDime
A detailed comparison to help you choose between QuickPacket and VPSDime.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
QuickPacket
0 reviews
3.6/5
VPSDime
0 reviews
VPSDime is rated higher (3.6 vs 3.5). QuickPacket is a privately owned US host selling self-managed bare-metal dedicated servers and colocation in Ashburn, Los Angeles and Chicago, with 50 TB of transfer included per server and a 100% network uptime guarantee. Independent budget VPS host (founded 2013, 6 US/EU locations) known for RAM per dollar: Linux VPS with 4 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores from $5/month, plus KVM Premium and licensed Windows lines.
QuickPacket Bare-metal dedicated servers and colocation in Ashburn, Los Angeles and Chicago since 2003 | VPSDime High-RAM budget VPS at $7/month | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 3.6 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $49.99/mo | From $5/mo✓ |
| Best for | Self-sufficient US operators wanting dedicated hardware with fat included bandwidth in Ashburn, Los Angeles or Chicago — game hosts, download-heavy services, and colocation customers who prefer a small direct provider | Memory-hungry budget workloads (Java heaps, caches, game servers, self-hosted labs) in the US and Western Europe, run by hands-on users who don't need managed support |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU✓ | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | 16 GB✓ | 4 GB |
| Storage | 1,000 GB✓ | 20 GB |
| Bandwidth | 50 TB/mo✓ | 1 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 100%✓ | 99.99% |
| Data-center count | 3 | 6✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €12.50 | €2.50✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €3.12 | €1.25✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Ashburn, Virginia; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois | Dallas TX, Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, Piscataway NJ, Amsterdam NL, London area UK |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionus datacenterwindows available | nvme storageipv6backups includedus datacenter |
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QuickPacket
Pros
- + Published catalog pricing and specs — no quote wall for dedicated servers
- + 50 TB of transfer included on every listed configuration, some on 10 Gbps ports
- + 100% network uptime guarantee with credits, plus installation and hardware replacement guarantees
- + 20+ years in business (founded June 2003), privately owned with no long-term debt, own hardware
- + Direct access to a small team that runs its own network — 24x7 on-site support
Cons
- - Strictly unmanaged: support covers network, power and hardware only
- - Entry hardware is old (Xeon E3-1230v3) and several modern configs were out of stock
- - US-only (Ashburn, Los Angeles, Chicago) with no EU or APAC presence
- - Tight SLA claim windows (5 days for network credits) and strict hardware/SSD-wear rules
- - Thin documentation, no hourly billing, no VPS/cloud product yet, colocation by quote only
VPSDime
Pros
- + Best-in-class RAM per dollar on the standard line: $5/mo entry up to 288 GB RAM at $336/mo on 10 Gbps uplinks
- + Honest, complete plan tables, flat monthly pricing with no contracts or overage fees, and prices unchanged since 2013
- + Premium VPS line is true KVM with dedicated CPU/RAM/disk and nightly backups included; Windows VPS bundles the license from $15/mo
- + Ticket support with a stated sub-15-minute response, 99.99% power/network SLA with credits, 72-hour first-order refund
Cons
- - No real DDoS mitigation: larger attacks are null-routed and the vendor recommends Cloudflare
- - Standard Linux line is container-based with shared CPU; true isolation costs 4x per GB on the Premium line
- - No API, no managed tier, ticket-only support, and a somewhat opaque corporate structure (Nodisto FZE / Nodisto IT / Winity)
- - Backups cost $5/mo with 3-day retention outside Premium; traffic overage suspends the VPS after 24 hours
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