HostHatch or HOSTKEY?

Short answer

HOSTKEY wins 7 of 11 categories against HostHatch's 3. HostHatch starts at $4.00 and HOSTKEY at $3.60 a month; both have servers in Amsterdam, London and New York.

Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank

HostHatch

categories won, out of 11

HOSTKEY

Category	HostHatch	HOSTKEY
Entry price	$4.00	$3.60 wins
Best price per GB RAM	$0.72 wins	$0.90
Data-center footprint	14 locations, 12 countries wins	7 locations, 7 countries
Included features	8 of 18	13 of 18 wins
Cheaper at equal RAM	0 of 3 sizes	3 of 3 sizes wins
Traffic on the entry plan	1 TB wins	—
DDoS protection included	Yes	Yes
Windows Server	No	Yes wins
Billing flexibility	monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, yearly	hourly, monthly, yearly wins
Ways to pay	card, paypal, wire	card, paypal, crypto, alipay, wire wins
Customer reputation	2.7 (91 reviews)	3.1 (214 reviews) wins

Same RAM, side by side

RAM	HostHatch	HOSTKEY
1 GB	Storage 1 TB: $5.00 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 1000 GB HDD / 2.5 TB	no plan at this size
2 GB	NVMe 2 GB: $4.00 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 10 GB NVMe / 1 TB	no plan at this size
4 GB	NVMe 4 GB: $6.00 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB NVMe / 1 TB	Hourly VPS Basic: $3.60 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 50 GB SSD / traffic n/a
8 GB	NVMe 8 GB: $9.00 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 35 GB NVMe / 2 TB	Hourly VPS Business: $7.20 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 100 GB SSD / traffic n/a
16 GB	NVMe 16 GB: $15.00 4 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 75 GB NVMe / 4 TB	Hourly VPS Enterprise: $14.40 8 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 200 GB SSD / traffic n/a
32 GB	NVMe 32 GB: $29.00 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 125 GB NVMe / 8 TB	no plan at this size

Choose HostHatch if

you need one of its 14 locations

Go to HostHatch

Choose HOSTKEY if

the lowest monthly bill matters most
you need Windows Server
you want hourly billing
you want to pay in crypto

Go to HOSTKEY

Cities both cover

Amsterdam, London, New York.

Questions

Is HostHatch or HOSTKEY cheaper?

HOSTKEY has the lower entry price; the size table compares equal-RAM plans.

Which has more locations, HostHatch or HOSTKEY?

HostHatch: 14; HOSTKEY: 7.