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HostHatch

Cheap fixed-size virtual servers on HostHatch's own hardware in up to 16 locations, sold by the month with 1–20 TB of transfer and an unusually complete new REST API for the price.

Short answer: One always-on personal agent (2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB) costs about $6.00 a month here, the 4th cheapest of the 24 providers that run it as described. The AI model adds $7.30 to $488.07 a month on top, depending on the model: MiniMax M3.1 Flash at the low end, $204.19 or more on a frontier model such as Claude Opus 5.5, up to GPT-6 Astra. That assumes 144 million tokens a month (30 requests a day × 160k tokens × 30 days, our assumption) at the median zero-retention price of each model. Fits well: One always-on personal agent, Discord or Slack bot, n8n instance or remote MCP server that must keep a process and a public address.

hosthatch.com29 providersSources linked

HostHatch sells two products: Compute VMs and Storage VMs. The compute line is ten fixed plans from NVMe 2 GB (1 core / 2 GB / 10 GB, $4 a month) to NVMe 96 GB (16 cores / 96 GB / 250 GB, $69 a month), each with a public IPv4, a routed /64 of IPv6 and 1–20 TB of monthly transfer. The storage line is eight plans from 1 TB to 10 TB of RAID-10 HDD, $5–$38 a month.

It is a plain virtual server, not a sandbox API. You get root, your own kernel, an ISO installer and a public address; you run the operating system, the updates, the firewall rules inside the guest and any TLS. HostHatch's own pages describe the machines as VMs and let you boot your own ISO 'just like you would on a bare-metal or a physical server'; the hypervisor is not named on the site.

The billing unit is a monthly plan. The terms invoice monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, there is no hourly or per-second meter, and a powered-off server keeps billing until the paid term ends. The cheapest entry is $4 a month; there is no free tier and no trial.

The surprise is the control surface. A new API at console.hosthatch.com documents projects, roles, servers, power actions, snapshots, firewalls, ISOs, SSH keys and orders, with an OpenAPI document, read-only keys and an llms.txt. The panel (Peregrine) adds a VNC and serial console. There is no official CLI, SDK or MCP server, and cloud-init user data is not available yet.

At a glance

Who it is forReaders who want one cheap, always-on Linux box with a lot of transfer, in Europe, North America or Asia, and who are comfortable with a terminal and with running their own backups. A good fit for a personal agent, a Discord or Slack bot, n8n, an MCP server or a storage box. A poor fit for per-task sandboxes, anyone who needs a written uptime promise, managed backups or a no-terminal install.
IsolationA full virtual machine with its own kernel and disk, root access and a public IPv4. You can install any of the Linux templates or boot your own ISO, enable a routed /64 of IPv6 and join a private VLAN with other servers in the same location. HostHatch never names the hypervisor; the ISO install and own-kernel wording show a full VM rather than a container. The cheapest three plans (2, 4 and 8 GB) are labelled 'fair share' CPU, and the 12 GB plan and above mix dedicated and fair-shared cores, so a sustained CPU-heavy workload is not buying dedicated cores at the entry price.
SizesTen fixed compute plans: 1–16 AMD EPYC cores, 2–96 GB DDR4, 10–250 GB NVMe and 1–20 TB of transfer, $4–$69 a month. CPU and memory cannot be chosen independently; an upgrade moves the server to another plan, optionally growing the disk, and a reboot applies it. The separate storage line reaches 10 TB of HDD with 1–2 cores and 1–2 GB of RAM. No GPU plan. HostHatch advertises 16 locations on its product and company pages, its documentation matrix lists 14, and its status page monitors 13 — see the caveat.
A personal agent hereAbout $6.00 a month for one always-on 2 vCPU / 4 GiB machine (NVMe 4 GB: 2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB), before the AI model. Change the numbers
Recommended inNot one of the picks in any use-case guide.

Fits well, fits badly

Our reading of the sourced material on this page, not a provider claim.

Fits well

  • One always-on personal agent, Discord or Slack bot, n8n instance or remote MCP server that must keep a process and a public address.
  • A cheap development or build box where the work is bursty and a whole month is cheaper than metered hours.
  • A large secondary copy of data: a 10 TB storage VM for $38 a month, or 20 TB of transfer on the $69 compute plan.
  • Presence in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific from one account, with several EU countries among the advertised locations.
  • Readers who want to script the account: a documented REST API with an OpenAPI document, read-only keys and project roles.

Fits badly

  • Per-task or per-session sandboxes: every task needs a monthly plan unless it shares one machine.
  • Work that runs a few hours a day and then waits: a stopped server bills exactly like a running one.
  • Anyone who needs a written uptime promise, a credit-backed SLA or a SOC 2 report.
  • A team that needs single sign-on, an audit log or a hard spending cap.
  • Managed backups or a detachable block volume: neither is sold on the current product, docs or API.
  • A reader who does not want a terminal: there are no application templates, no one-click agent and no prompt API.

How it bills

ModelA prepaid monthly plan per server. The terms allow monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual invoicing, and the product page quotes every plan per month.
MeterA flat price per plan per month. There is no hourly or per-second meter on the standard product, so a ten-minute task costs a whole plan unless it shares one with other work.
While stoppedA stopped server keeps billing. The contract is a term that renews until cancelled, and powering off is an action on the server rather than a change to the subscription. The disk and its files survive the stop.
Plan feeThe plan price is the whole charge for the machine. The primary IPv4, IPv6, private networking, snapshots and the panel are not separately priced in public. Extra IPv4 addresses are charged per order but their current price is only visible in the checkout.
MinimumOne month of NVMe 2 GB at $4.00. There is no free tier and no starting credit; the first invoice is paid before the server is provisioned, and the exit is a 7-day money-back guarantee that requires a fault on HostHatch's side.

How HostHatch lets you try before paying is on Trials and free tiers.

Where it stands out

  • $4 a month for a 1-core / 2 GB / 10 GB VM, and $12 for 4 cores / 12 GB / 50 GB — among the cheapest per-core prices in this guide.
  • 1–20 TB of monthly transfer included, with extra at $4 per TB.
  • Ten compute plans up to 16 cores / 96 GB and a storage line up to 10 TB.
  • A modern, documented REST API with an OpenAPI document, read-only keys, project roles, idempotency keys and stable error codes.
  • Disk snapshots that can be restored to another server or used to order a new one.
  • Ingress and egress firewall groups, a routed /64 of IPv6, private VLANs and BYOIP with BGP.
  • A real VNC and serial console in the panel, plus real SSH.
  • No idle stop and no session limit: an always-on process can run for the whole term.
  • Its own ARIN-registered network (AS63473) and its own hardware, rather than a reseller.

Using it without writing code

DashboardThe in-house Peregrine panel at console.hosthatch.com covers ordering, power, reinstall, snapshots, firewalls, ISO upload and mount, SSH keys, reverse DNS and a VNC or serial console. Projects group servers and people, and the owner's account credit pays for orders.
Without codeNo. The panel removes the API, not the terminal: there is no Hermes, OpenClaw, n8n or Docker template, no application catalogue and no prompt box, so every workload is an SSH install.
SignupAn email address and a password of at least 12 characters, with the terms accepted, at console.hosthatch.com/signup. The payment method and any identity check are not shown before the account exists.
Docs and supportdocs.hosthatch.com is new and genuinely useful: every API endpoint, an OpenAPI document, a quickstart, an llms.txt and network configuration guides. The marketing site is less reliable — location pages still contain lorem ipsum, the benchmarks page is dated July 2017, and the features page still lists snapshots, backups, block storage and the API as 'upcoming' in 2023.

Tools you can use

HostHatch has 3 of the 10 ways to drive a machine that this guide checks, and 1 more with a catch. From its own documentation; how pleasant each one is to use was not tested. Compare every provider

From the website
From a terminal
From your own code
For an AI agent

Capability checklist

Every capability the guide checks, with the catch where HostHatch's version falls short. Compare all providers

Isolation

Sizes and regions

Lifecycle

Snapshots and forks

Storage

Idle and waking

Reaching it

Custom domains

Outbound network

Keys and secrets

Ways to drive it

Built-in agents

Teams and accounts

Billing models

Trials and free tiers

The company

The company

From the profile's company section: the legal entity, who funds it, and what a buyer can check before signing.

Legal entity

HostHatch LLC, 4830 West Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33609, United States. The terms are governed by United States law.

“HostHatch LLC 4830 West Kennedy Blvd Tampa, FL 33609, United States” hosthatch.com docs-confirmed

Founded

2011, according to VPSBenchmarks; the company marked 15 years in business in April 2026 and its own copy says it started 'over a decade ago'.

“HostHatch was founded as a VPS provider in 2011.” vpsbenchmarks.com third-party

Own hardware and network

Own equipment in 16 data centres, with its own ARIN-allocated network AS63473.

“We have our own equipment in 16 data centers around the world” hosthatch.com docs-confirmed

Funding

Privately funded, with no external investors, according to its homepage.

“We're privately funded without external investors” hosthatch.com docs-confirmed

Network registration

AS63473 is registered to HostHatch, LLC under ARIN (registered 14 April 2015) and originates 86 IPv4 and 19 IPv6 prefixes.

“Registered to: ARIN-HOSTH-2 (arin)” bgp.tools third-party

Support

Tickets in the client area for existing customers, with department email addresses for sales, billing, abuse and support; no phone or live chat.

“If you are already a customer, we kindly ask you to please submit a ticket by logging in to the client area.” hosthatch.com docs-confirmed

Uptime promise

No SLA and no uptime percentage in the terms. The only remedy is a pro-rata refund of the monthly fee for an interruption caused solely by HostHatch's breach of its warranty, calculated against a 720-hour month.

“the ratio that the number of consecutive hours of inoperability bears to 720 hours (for the purpose of this computation, each month is deemed to have 720 hours)” hosthatch.com docs-confirmed

Public status

A public status page (UptimeRobot) showed 99.994% overall over the last 90 days on 2026-11-04, with New York down for 31 minutes on 30 October and 6 minutes on 31 October.

“99.994%” status.hosthatch.com docs-confirmed

Public rating

Trustpilot showed a 2.7 average from 93 reviews on 2026-11-04, a small and self-selected sample.

“HostHatch Reviews 93 • 2.7” trustpilot.com third-party

Caveats and contradictions

Shown as the research found them. A contradiction means the provider's own pages disagree; an open question means the answer is not published.

  1. 01

    The price cycle behind the monthly figure is not public Open question

    The product page labels every plan '/ month' and the terms allow monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual invoicing, but the checkout's price for each cycle is behind the login. This listing uses the published monthly list price. If that figure is an annual-equivalent, a monthly-billed server costs more than the A/B/C totals here.

  2. 02

    The number of locations is stated three ways Contradiction

    The product page says '16 edge locations', the company page says equipment in '16 data centers', the documentation matrix lists 14 cities, and the status page monitors 13 networks. Madrid, Milan and Warsaw appear in the site's own product data but not in the docs matrix; Seoul appears in the docs matrix but not in the product data. Check the order form for the location you need.

    “Deploy in 16 edge locations”
    HostHatchdocs-confirmed
    “Seoul”
    HostHatchdocs-confirmed
    “Network: New York”
    HostHatchdocs-confirmed
  3. 03

    No SLA Open question

    The terms contain no uptime percentage and no service-credit schedule. The only remedy is a pro-rata refund for an interruption caused solely by HostHatch's breach of warranty, and the status page measures regional network reachability rather than individual nodes.

  4. 04

    The features page is years out of date Open question

    It still presents snapshots, backups, block storage and a user API as 'Upcoming Features' with 2023 dates. Snapshots and the API now exist and are documented; backups and block storage appear nowhere in the current docs, API or panel. Do not read that page as a product list.

  5. 05

    Support is ticket-only and third parties report slow replies Open question

    HostHatch's contact page routes customers to tickets, and its own April 2026 promotional post says support on promotional plans 'can take several days to resolve issues'. Treat responsiveness as a risk for production work; this listing did not test it.

  6. 06

    Fair-share CPU on the cheap plans Open question

    The entry plans are 'fair share' and the acceptable-use policy bans 'any CPU, disk or network abusing software'. A sustained 50%-busy agent on the $4 or $6 plan is not a dedicated-core workload, and HostHatch does not publish where the fair-share line is.

  7. 07

    VAT and payment methods are not stated Open question

    Prices are shown in USD with no tax note. The privacy policy says card data is held by Stripe, but the signup page does not list accepted methods or whether VAT is added, so a private EU buyer should confirm the gross price before ordering.

Sources

The three shared workloads

List-price illustrations from the calculator, not quotes. Prices checked 4 November 2026.

  • Bills while switched offA stopped machine is charged like a running one; only deleting it ends the bill.
  • Whole months onlySold as monthly plans, with no hourly price.

A · 1,000 short tasks

$6.00

NVMe 4 GB: 2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB (plan: Monthly plan)

  • Monthly plan (NVMe 4 GB)1 × $6.00 a month, running 166.67 h of tasks back to back$6.00
  • One plan per server per billing term. The product page quotes a monthly price and the terms invoice monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually; the checkout's prices for the longer cycles are behind the login and are not published, so this card uses the monthly list price.
  • Prices are HostHatch's own USD list on hosthatch.com/products, read fresh on 2026-11-04 twice (TinyFish and Context). Every compute price is shown as 'from $X.00 / month' with no annual qualifier, and the homepage says 'Our smallest plan costs $4 per month'. The terms say HostHatch invoices 'monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually', so monthly billing exists. What is not public is the price of each longer cycle: the order form is behind cloud.hosthatch.com's login. If the $4-$69 figures are annual-equivalent prices, a monthly-billed server costs more than this card shows; treat the card as the published monthly list price, not a verified checkout total.
  • No hourly or per-second rate is documented anywhere: the product page sells monthly plans, the API's product object carries `billing_cycles` such as monthly, quarterly and annually, and the terms invoice by period. A ten-minute task therefore costs a whole month unless it shares one plan with other tasks.
  • A powered-off server keeps billing: the contract is a term that renews until cancelled, and cancellation with `end_of_term` runs the server 'until the end of the period you paid for'. Powering off is an action on the server, not a change to the subscription. Workload C's 640 stopped hours therefore cost the same as running hours.
  • The card uses `monthlyPlans` rather than `billedWhileStopped`: the whole-month charge already covers stopped hours, and setting both would double-count the catch in the engine. `minimumPerRun`, `wholeHours` and `perMachine` do not apply because there is no hourly meter, no per-run floor and no separate per-server fee; the monthly plan is itself the minimum.
  • The 10 compute plans are 1-16 AMD EPYC cores, 2-96 GB DDR4, 10-250 GB NVMe and 1-20 TB of bandwidth. Only the 12 GB plan and larger carry any dedicated cores; the 2, 4 and 8 GB plans are labelled '( fair share )'.
  • Fixed shapes only: CPU and memory cannot be chosen independently, and an upgrade moves the server to another plan. The API's upgrade call can also grow the disk (`upgrade_disk`), and a reboot applies the new plan; there is no live resize.
  • Storage VMs are a separate product line: 1-10 TB of RAID-10 HDD with 1-2 vCPU and 1-2 GB RAM, $5-$38 a month, advertised in 8 locations but listed in only 4 in the site data (Amsterdam, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Chicago). They are not in this card because A, B and C fit compute plans, but they are what makes a 10 TB disk available.
  • Extra IPv4 addresses are priced per order and are not in the card. The API documentation's example shows $2.00 a month for one extra address, but it labels its prices as illustrations, so that figure is not used as a rate.
  • Bandwidth: the allowance counts inbound and outbound together, resets on the 1st of the calendar month regardless of the billing date, and overage is $4 per TB bought through support. Reaching the limit rate-limits the server to 5 Mbps rather than billing automatically.
  • Snapshots are included with no published price or storage charge; the account has an unpublished snapshot limit. Backups are not sold on the current site, docs or API, although a 2023 'upcoming features' block promised them at 20% of the monthly VM cost. That block is stale and is not priced.
  • Promotional plans sold through LowEndTalk are separate and much cheaper: in April 2026 a 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe plan was $35 a year and an 8 GB / 100 GB plan $65 a year, annual or three-year prepay only, limited stock, 10 working days to set up, no refunds and a slower support queue. They are not the standard product and are not in the card.
  • Currency is USD. HostHatch bills in USD; VAT treatment is not stated on the product page. The company is HostHatch LLC in Tampa, Florida, and the terms are governed by United States law.

B · One always-on box

$12.00

NVMe 12 GB: 4 vCPU / 12 GiB / 50 GiB (plan: Monthly plan)

  • Monthly plan (NVMe 12 GB)1 × $12.00 a month$12.00
  • One plan per server per billing term. The product page quotes a monthly price and the terms invoice monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually; the checkout's prices for the longer cycles are behind the login and are not published, so this card uses the monthly list price.
  • Prices are HostHatch's own USD list on hosthatch.com/products, read fresh on 2026-11-04 twice (TinyFish and Context). Every compute price is shown as 'from $X.00 / month' with no annual qualifier, and the homepage says 'Our smallest plan costs $4 per month'. The terms say HostHatch invoices 'monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually', so monthly billing exists. What is not public is the price of each longer cycle: the order form is behind cloud.hosthatch.com's login. If the $4-$69 figures are annual-equivalent prices, a monthly-billed server costs more than this card shows; treat the card as the published monthly list price, not a verified checkout total.
  • No hourly or per-second rate is documented anywhere: the product page sells monthly plans, the API's product object carries `billing_cycles` such as monthly, quarterly and annually, and the terms invoice by period. A ten-minute task therefore costs a whole month unless it shares one plan with other tasks.
  • A powered-off server keeps billing: the contract is a term that renews until cancelled, and cancellation with `end_of_term` runs the server 'until the end of the period you paid for'. Powering off is an action on the server, not a change to the subscription. Workload C's 640 stopped hours therefore cost the same as running hours.
  • The card uses `monthlyPlans` rather than `billedWhileStopped`: the whole-month charge already covers stopped hours, and setting both would double-count the catch in the engine. `minimumPerRun`, `wholeHours` and `perMachine` do not apply because there is no hourly meter, no per-run floor and no separate per-server fee; the monthly plan is itself the minimum.
  • The 10 compute plans are 1-16 AMD EPYC cores, 2-96 GB DDR4, 10-250 GB NVMe and 1-20 TB of bandwidth. Only the 12 GB plan and larger carry any dedicated cores; the 2, 4 and 8 GB plans are labelled '( fair share )'.
  • Fixed shapes only: CPU and memory cannot be chosen independently, and an upgrade moves the server to another plan. The API's upgrade call can also grow the disk (`upgrade_disk`), and a reboot applies the new plan; there is no live resize.
  • Storage VMs are a separate product line: 1-10 TB of RAID-10 HDD with 1-2 vCPU and 1-2 GB RAM, $5-$38 a month, advertised in 8 locations but listed in only 4 in the site data (Amsterdam, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Chicago). They are not in this card because A, B and C fit compute plans, but they are what makes a 10 TB disk available.
  • Extra IPv4 addresses are priced per order and are not in the card. The API documentation's example shows $2.00 a month for one extra address, but it labels its prices as illustrations, so that figure is not used as a rate.
  • Bandwidth: the allowance counts inbound and outbound together, resets on the 1st of the calendar month regardless of the billing date, and overage is $4 per TB bought through support. Reaching the limit rate-limits the server to 5 Mbps rather than billing automatically.
  • Snapshots are included with no published price or storage charge; the account has an unpublished snapshot limit. Backups are not sold on the current site, docs or API, although a 2023 'upcoming features' block promised them at 20% of the monthly VM cost. That block is stale and is not priced.
  • Promotional plans sold through LowEndTalk are separate and much cheaper: in April 2026 a 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe plan was $35 a year and an 8 GB / 100 GB plan $65 a year, annual or three-year prepay only, limited stock, 10 working days to set up, no refunds and a slower support queue. They are not the standard product and are not in the card.
  • Currency is USD. HostHatch bills in USD; VAT treatment is not stated on the product page. The company is HostHatch LLC in Tampa, Florida, and the terms are governed by United States law.

C · Three hours a day

$6.00

NVMe 4 GB: 2 vCPU / 4 GiB / 20 GiB (plan: Monthly plan)

  • Monthly plan (NVMe 4 GB)1 × $6.00 a month$6.00
  • One plan per server per billing term. The product page quotes a monthly price and the terms invoice monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually; the checkout's prices for the longer cycles are behind the login and are not published, so this card uses the monthly list price.
  • Prices are HostHatch's own USD list on hosthatch.com/products, read fresh on 2026-11-04 twice (TinyFish and Context). Every compute price is shown as 'from $X.00 / month' with no annual qualifier, and the homepage says 'Our smallest plan costs $4 per month'. The terms say HostHatch invoices 'monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually', so monthly billing exists. What is not public is the price of each longer cycle: the order form is behind cloud.hosthatch.com's login. If the $4-$69 figures are annual-equivalent prices, a monthly-billed server costs more than this card shows; treat the card as the published monthly list price, not a verified checkout total.
  • No hourly or per-second rate is documented anywhere: the product page sells monthly plans, the API's product object carries `billing_cycles` such as monthly, quarterly and annually, and the terms invoice by period. A ten-minute task therefore costs a whole month unless it shares one plan with other tasks.
  • A powered-off server keeps billing: the contract is a term that renews until cancelled, and cancellation with `end_of_term` runs the server 'until the end of the period you paid for'. Powering off is an action on the server, not a change to the subscription. Workload C's 640 stopped hours therefore cost the same as running hours.
  • The card uses `monthlyPlans` rather than `billedWhileStopped`: the whole-month charge already covers stopped hours, and setting both would double-count the catch in the engine. `minimumPerRun`, `wholeHours` and `perMachine` do not apply because there is no hourly meter, no per-run floor and no separate per-server fee; the monthly plan is itself the minimum.
  • The 10 compute plans are 1-16 AMD EPYC cores, 2-96 GB DDR4, 10-250 GB NVMe and 1-20 TB of bandwidth. Only the 12 GB plan and larger carry any dedicated cores; the 2, 4 and 8 GB plans are labelled '( fair share )'.
  • Fixed shapes only: CPU and memory cannot be chosen independently, and an upgrade moves the server to another plan. The API's upgrade call can also grow the disk (`upgrade_disk`), and a reboot applies the new plan; there is no live resize.
  • Storage VMs are a separate product line: 1-10 TB of RAID-10 HDD with 1-2 vCPU and 1-2 GB RAM, $5-$38 a month, advertised in 8 locations but listed in only 4 in the site data (Amsterdam, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Chicago). They are not in this card because A, B and C fit compute plans, but they are what makes a 10 TB disk available.
  • Extra IPv4 addresses are priced per order and are not in the card. The API documentation's example shows $2.00 a month for one extra address, but it labels its prices as illustrations, so that figure is not used as a rate.
  • Bandwidth: the allowance counts inbound and outbound together, resets on the 1st of the calendar month regardless of the billing date, and overage is $4 per TB bought through support. Reaching the limit rate-limits the server to 5 Mbps rather than billing automatically.
  • Snapshots are included with no published price or storage charge; the account has an unpublished snapshot limit. Backups are not sold on the current site, docs or API, although a 2023 'upcoming features' block promised them at 20% of the monthly VM cost. That block is stale and is not priced.
  • Promotional plans sold through LowEndTalk are separate and much cheaper: in April 2026 a 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe plan was $35 a year and an 8 GB / 100 GB plan $65 a year, annual or three-year prepay only, limited stock, 10 working days to set up, no refunds and a slower support queue. They are not the standard product and are not in the card.
  • Currency is USD. HostHatch bills in USD; VAT treatment is not stated on the product page. The company is HostHatch LLC in Tampa, Florida, and the terms are governed by United States law.