Host Havoc vs XGamingServer

Host Havoc9.1Visit XGamingServer8.6Visit

Higher score Host Havoc #3 in Arma 3 Server Hosting 9.1/10 Per slot · 72-hour guarantee ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Host Havoc

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XGamingServer #7 in Arma 3 Server Hosting 8.6/10 Paid · price varies by game ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit XGamingServer

• Host Havoc fits best

  Large public servers on a community game mode

• XGamingServer fits best

  Exile, Altis Life or King of the Hill communities

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Side by side

Feature	Host Havoc 9.1/10 Visit ↗	XGamingServer 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.6
Ranking	#3 in Arma 3 Server Hosting	#7 in Arma 3 Server Hosting
Best for	Large public servers on a community game mode	Exile, Altis Life or King of the Hill communities
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$20/mo	$10/mo (best)
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Features Host Havoc 4/4 · XGamingServer 4/4
Headless client	✓	✓
One-click mods	✓	✓
Automatic backups	✓	✓
DDoS protection	✓	✓
Specs
Price per GB RAM	Per slot · 72-hour guarantee	$2.50/GB/mo
Priced by	Per slot	Per GB RAM
Entry RAM	Not checked yet	4 GB
Entry slots	40 slots	Not checked yet
Server locations	14 locations (best)	6 locations
Money-back window	3 days (best)	1 days
Control panel	TCAdmin v2 (modified)	XGamingServer panel (in-house)
Our review
Pros	40 player slots on the entry plan, with a slider up to 128 Steam Workshop Collections install in one click, not mod by mod Automatic installers for Altis Life, Exile, Antistasi and CUP	$10 buys 4 GB of guaranteed DDR5 and self-set slot counts Exile, Altis Life, King of the Hill, Epoch and Wasteland are named Daily cloud backups to Amazon S3, kept for seven days
Cons	The slot plan never says how much memory sits behind it At $20 the entry point is high for a small co-op group No trial; a 72-hour satisfaction guarantee is the only fallback	Only six regions, and the game page itself says five The money-back window closes after 24 hours Tickets are answered in minutes during business hours, not always
Our verdict	Host Havoc sells Arma 3 by the slot and starts where most public servers actually live: 40 slots for $20.00 a month, on a slider that runs to 128. Hardware is owned rather than rented, and the location picker covers 14 cities across North… Read the review →	XGamingServer is the newest name in this directory and the one that reads most like a spec sheet. The Arma 3 Starter renews at $10.00 a month for 4 GB of guaranteed DDR5 memory, two dedicated threads of a Ryzen 9 7950X at 5.7 GHz and 35 GB… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Host Havoc — where it wins

  • 40 player slots on the entry plan, with a slider up to 128
  • Steam Workshop Collections install in one click, not mod by mod
  • Automatic installers for Altis Life, Exile, Antistasi and CUP

  Where it doesn't

  • The slot plan never says how much memory sits behind it
  • At $20 the entry point is high for a small co-op group
  • No trial; a 72-hour satisfaction guarantee is the only fallback

• XGamingServer — where it wins

  • $10 buys 4 GB of guaranteed DDR5 and self-set slot counts
  • Exile, Altis Life, King of the Hill, Epoch and Wasteland are named
  • Daily cloud backups to Amazon S3, kept for seven days

  Where it doesn't

  • Only six regions, and the game page itself says five
  • The money-back window closes after 24 hours
  • Tickets are answered in minutes during business hours, not always

• Host Havoc9.1/10 · Per slot · 72-hour guarantee

  Forty slots for $20 with one-click Workshop Collections and installers for Altis Life, Exile and CUP.

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• XGamingServer8.6/10 · Paid · price varies by game

  4 GB of DDR5 on a Ryzen 9 7950X for $10, with headless client support and daily S3 backups.

  Visit XGamingServerFull verdict →