Indifferent Broccoli vs Sparked Host

Indifferent Broccoli8.6Visit Sparked Host8.3Visit

Higher score Indifferent Broccoli #7 in Factorio Server Hosting 8.6/10 2-day free trial · price varies by game Free trial✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Broccoli

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Sparked Host #9 in Factorio Server Hosting 8.3/10 Paid plans · price varies by game Free trial✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Sparked Host

• Indifferent Broccoli fits best

  Duos and trios who want no memory ceiling

• Sparked Host fits best

  Buyers optimising purely for price per GB

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Side by side

Feature	Indifferent Broccoli 8.6/10 Visit ↗	Sparked Host 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.3
Ranking	#7 in Factorio Server Hosting	#9 in Factorio Server Hosting
Best for	Duos and trios who want no memory ceiling	Buyers optimising purely for price per GB
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$5.99/mo	$4.40/mo (best)
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	✓	✓
Features Indifferent Broccoli 2/4 · Sparked Host 2/4
Space Age named	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
One-click mods	—	—
Automatic backups	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
DDoS protection	✓	✓
Specs
Price per GB RAM	2-day free trial · price varies by game	$2.20/GB/mo
Priced by	Per slot	Per GB RAM
Entry RAM	Not checked yet	2 GB
Entry slots	1 slots	Not checked yet
Server locations	6 locations	9 locations (best)
Money-back window	7 days (best)	2 days
Control panel	Indifferent Broccoli panel (in-house)	Apollo Panel
Our review
Pros	RAM is uncapped on every tier; you pay for players, not gigabytes Two-day trial without a card, then a 7-day refund window The page names Space Age, and the six-player tier is marked recommended	$2.20 per GB is the lowest memory rate in this directory A one-day free trial, then a 48-hour refund window Three backup slots included on the Apollo panel at every tier
Cons	Six regions is the second-shortest location list in this directory Mods come off the portal through file access, not a panel installer No RAM figure to compare, so price per GB cannot be checked	Nine locations, concentrated rather than globally spread The Factorio FAQ promises mod support without naming an installer 48 hours is the shortest money-back window among these hosts
Our verdict	Indifferent Broccoli sells Factorio by the head and leaves memory alone. One player is $5.99 a month, two $6.99, four $9.99, six $12.99 and marked as the recommended tier, then $15.99, $18.99, $20.99 and $24.99 as the group grows to… Read the review →	Sparked Host does one thing better than anybody else in this directory: it sells memory cheaply. The Enterprise line runs at $2.20 per gigabyte per month, which puts a 2 GB Wood plan at $4.40, a 4 GB Iron plan at $8.80 and a 6 GB Steel… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Indifferent Broccoli — where it wins

  • RAM is uncapped on every tier; you pay for players, not gigabytes
  • Two-day trial without a card, then a 7-day refund window
  • The page names Space Age, and the six-player tier is marked recommended

  Where it doesn't

  • Six regions is the second-shortest location list in this directory
  • Mods come off the portal through file access, not a panel installer
  • No RAM figure to compare, so price per GB cannot be checked

• Sparked Host — where it wins

  • $2.20 per GB is the lowest memory rate in this directory
  • A one-day free trial, then a 48-hour refund window
  • Three backup slots included on the Apollo panel at every tier

  Where it doesn't

  • Nine locations, concentrated rather than globally spread
  • The Factorio FAQ promises mod support without naming an installer
  • 48 hours is the shortest money-back window among these hosts

• Indifferent Broccoli8.6/10 · 2-day free trial · price varies by game

  Player-count pricing from $5.99 with uncapped RAM, a two-day card-free trial and a 7-day refund.

  Visit BroccoliFull verdict →
• Sparked Host8.3/10 · Paid plans · price varies by game

  The cheapest memory here at $2.20 per GB, so a 2 GB factory server costs $4.40 a month.

  Visit Sparked HostFull verdict →