Hivelocity HostingReviews of hivelocity.net

They honored their sale price, set up the server quickly, and responded promptly to a few small issues I had with the initial setup. Network performance is excellent and the server is working well. The API docs could use a little updating in spots but I managed to figure out how to PXE boot my machine after a few attempts.

Great company. Use them for bandwidth, and the support has been good.

I've been utilizing Hivelocity's services for several months now, and i must say, i have nothing but positive feedback. Their servers are reliable and their API is incredibly useful. However, what truly sets this company apart is their exceptional customer care and support team. Their representatives are not only kind but also highly professional.

Over the years, what was previously a 5-star service has degraded into a rather unhealthy and frankly appalling partnership. Hivelocity currently hosts around five machines, making up around 5% of our infrastructure overall. Of the numerous DCs we have worked with over the years, they have put in place more null routes on those 5 machines in one night, than we have received over a 7-year period across the other 95% of our infrastructure. Their DDOS 'mitigation', even at the paid level isn't mitigation, but instead a direct null of the IP address. There appears to be no filtering as part of the paid service. Support appears to have no understanding of how DDOS attacks work, and simply null route an IP address until an attack subsides - that doesn't feel particularly effective, given we have been forced into an outage due to their lack of protection for 5 hours so far this morning. Appalling service overall.

I've gotten several "instant" servers that are claimed to be provided in 7 minutes. One time they took about 15 minutes. The other times several hours, and two days so far. It's hard to add ssh keys to a batch of servers. You need to do it manually one by one. You also need to add to cart individual servers, even if they are in fact the same server, or the same but in a different location, due to constraints in the UI that say there are no more available. Overall the process of requesting a server to be provisioned is very long both before and after purchase, and if you make a mistake and need to get a server refunded or reloaded, that also takes a long process of back and forth, chats, and paperwork. It's also impossible to set a single password for a batch of servers, which also makes it much harder to automate the process of adding the ssh keys on your end. Overall, adequate for a small number of servers if you're not in a rush (1-3). Provisory update: they have a great attitude in trying to solve things despite many things not "just working" at the first attempt and requiring manual checks and processes. Again I stress the very positive attitude but we agreed a certain number of servers deployed by today, paid for it, and so far at end of day I have gotten about a third of them and an "I don’t know that we have any capacity left. Will of course refund whatever we can’t provide." I've been a difficult user but if they make you pay and can't rely on availability quoted and committed two days ago it's obviously a problem.

I have a small VPS server but they treat me like an Enterprise with 20 dedicated servers. Their VPS service is somewhat new as they've specialized in colo or dedicated so there have been a couple of hiccups but they've listened to me with their brains engaged, and responded from knowledge (and not a script) and gave me either good advice, resolved the issue, and or pointed me to good documentation for self service. I truly hope they don't change. (other than to get a few new services up and running like the cloud server) Very Very happy.

I run a social media site with ~60 active users on my server. Recently, one of the more well-known users on my site was revealed to have been grooming minors and abusing their partner. They were swiftly banned, and the community was informed to break contact with that individual, including anonymous testimony and censored evidence from some of the victims. Unfortunately, that individual filed an abuse complaint to Hivelocity, with links to the posts, claiming harassment despite the posts specifically saying to disconnect from the individual. My belief was that because Hivelocity is considered a white-glove service, they'd thoroughly investigate the abuse complaints and recognize that the abuse reports were made falsely. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Despite providing explanations, the Hivelocity Abuse Team would only reply to me with the simple reply of "Case remains open pending removal of posts." This happened repeatedly over the last month. Any time a survivor would even mention the individual, a new abuse report would go to Hivelocity, and Hivelocity would tell me to take the post down. This is a VERY dangerous precedent to set, and basically makes it an unsafe provider, considering anyone is capable of forcing me to remove content, simply by falsely reporting a post to Hivelocity. +1 star because their tech support is genuinely good. But... I can't trust Hivelocity.

After several months of using their services, I can confidently say that they have been consistently stable. Any issues that arose were promptly addressed and resolved. The sales team has been extremely cooperative, going above and beyond to provide all possible solutions. I am highly satisfied with their service, and we will continue to use them as our hosting provider. Their uptime has been excellent, ensuring that our website remains accessible to our customers at all times. The support team is knowledgeable, friendly, and always willing to help, even with complex technical questions. They have demonstrated a genuine commitment to customer satisfaction, which is evident in their responsiveness and proactive approach to problem-solving. Moreover, their sales representatives have been a pleasure to work with. They take the time to understand our specific needs and offer tailored solutions that fit our budget and requirements. Their flexibility and willingness to adapt to our changing needs have been invaluable. Overall, I highly recommend this hosting provider for their reliability, exceptional customer service, and dedication to client success. We look forward to continuing our partnership with them in the future.