Primcast vs Hivelocity
Looking for a Hivelocity alternative because of the traffic allowance? Every Primcast dedicated server comes with an unmetered port, so the bill stays the same however much your sites, downloads or streams send.
You pick the port speed and the city. We never count the gigabytes, and radio or live video can sit on the same account as your servers.
| Item | Primcast | Hivelocity |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic | Unmetered port | 20 TB a month |
| Past that | Nothing to pass | $0.05 per GB |
| Radio and video | Same account | Not offered |
| Data centers | 5 cities, US and EU | 40+, 6 continents |
01 Why people switch
Both companies rent you a whole physical machine. The difference shows up on the invoice, in the month your traffic doubles.
01Traffic
Hivelocity's standard servers include 20 TB a month, and its own knowledge base lists overage at $0.05 per GB. A month that runs 10 TB over costs about $500 extra. With us the port is unmetered: you choose its speed, and the amount it carries never reaches the bill.
02Cities
Our configurator has no line for the city. Build a server in New York or in Bucharest and the monthly price comes out the same, so you can put the machine next to your audience without doing new sums.
03Broadcasting
Primcast also runs radio and live video. A Platinum radio plan carries up to 5,000 listeners at once and 1.5 million listener hours a month, with no fee per listener or viewer. See the plans on our streaming page.
04Help
Our chat assistant replies in seconds and can look at your account and your server. Ask for a person and a colleague takes over. Planning the move, the rebuilds and the cutover call come with every dedicated server, as our migration guide explains.
02 Side by side
Each card shows our standard build, its price from our catalogue today, and the closest thing on Hivelocity's dedicated server page.
ASmall jobs
$5/mo
Plus a one-time setup fee of $13.
Hivelocity Nothing this small. Its dedicated server page starts at $75 a month.
Configure this serverBSites and streams
$62.58/mo
Hivelocity Its cheapest listed machine is a Xeon E-2336 with 6 cores, 32 GB and a 480 GB SSD for $75 a month, with 20 TB of traffic on 1 Gbps. It has two more cores and twice the disk. Ours has no traffic allowance at all.
Configure this serverCHeavy work
$237.59/mo
Hivelocity Sells EPYC machines too, priced per build in its cart. Check the traffic line before the processor: theirs counts it, ours does not.
Configure this serverHivelocity figures come from its hivelocity.net dedicated server page and its knowledge base article on metered and unmetered servers, read on 3 October 2026. Its prices follow its stock and change often. Our prices are the standard build in our configurator, read from our catalogue when this page loads. A machine built to order pays a one-time setup fee and is ready in 4 to 24 hours once payment is approved.
03 Line by line
| What | Primcast | Hivelocity |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic | Unmetered port on every server | From 5 to 20 TB a month, by server |
| Over the allowance | There is no allowance | $0.05 per GB |
| Unmetered port | Included; faster ports are an upgrade | Sold per server in its cart |
| Data centers | New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Bucharest | 40+ on 6 continents |
| Radio and live video | On the same network and account | Not offered; you need a second provider |
04 The honest part
We would rather you picked the right host the first time than moved twice.
05 Questions
One that does not count your traffic. Primcast rents whole dedicated servers with an unmetered port, in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Bucharest, so a month with twice the visitors costs the same as a quiet one. You can also run radio and live video on the same account.
Yes. Its knowledge base says its metered servers include between 5 and 20 TB a month, and lists overage at $0.05 per GB beyond that. Unmetered ports are sold per server in its cart. On Primcast the port is unmetered from the start, so there is no overage to plan for.
The cards above put our standard builds beside Hivelocity's listed machines, with our prices read live from our catalogue. Hivelocity's entry server has more cores and disk than our four-core Iris Pro server. Ours never meters traffic, and our smallest server costs a fraction of their entry price.
New York, Miami and San Francisco in the US, and Amsterdam and Bucharest in Europe. Not every server line is in every city: each card above lists the cities you can choose for that machine. A build costs the same in every city where it is offered.
Order the new server, then plan the move with us. The planning, the rebuilds and the cutover call are included with every dedicated server. Pulling your data in costs nothing on our side, because the port is unmetered. Our migration guide walks through the steps.
Yes. Primcast runs radio and live video streaming on the same network as its dedicated servers, under the same account. The Platinum radio plan carries up to 5,000 listeners at once and 1.5 million listener hours a month, with no fee per listener.
No, we do not sell DDoS protection. If your service draws attacks, put a scrubbing service or a content delivery network in front of the server.
There is no contract: you pay month to month. Paying 3, 6 or 12 months ahead takes 5, 10 or 15% off the machine. The checkout takes cards, PayPal, bank transfer and crypto, among others.
Build the server you need, pick the city closest to your audience, and stop watching the allowance. Questions first? Chat answers in seconds, and a colleague is one message away.
