PebbleHost vs Sparked Host

PebbleHost8.9Visit Sparked Host8.6Visit

Higher score PebbleHost #5 in Minecraft Server Hosting 8.9/10 Paid plans · price varies by game ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit PebbleHost

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Sparked Host #7 in Minecraft Server Hosting 8.6/10 Paid plans · price varies by game ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Sparked Host

• PebbleHost fits best

  Players who want the lowest price per gigabyte

• Sparked Host fits best

  Budget-minded groups that may want faster hardware later

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Side by side

Feature	PebbleHost 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Sparked Host 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Minecraft Server Hosting	#7 in Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Players who want the lowest price per gigabyte	Budget-minded groups that may want faster hardware later
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$1/mo	$1/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Features PebbleHost 4/4 · Sparked Host 4/4
Bedrock support	✓	✓
One-click modpacks	✓	✓
Custom modpack upload	✓	✓
Automatic backups	✓	✓
Specs
Price per GB RAM	$1/GB/mo	$1/GB/mo
Server locations	7 locations	10 locations (best)
Money-back window	3 days (best)	1 days
Our review
Pros	Budget costs $1 per GB and Premium $2.25 per GB, with no first-month discounts to decode Premium adds one-click modpacks, daily and hourly backups and four more locations Bedrock runs as vanilla, NukkitX or PocketMine-MP, preinstalled at checkout	Budget line at $1 per GB, Enterprise at $2.59 per GB and Extreme on Ryzen 9 9900X Bedrock runs as vanilla, Nukkit or PocketMine, with a behavior-pack guide Game Vault swaps the server to another game without losing progress
Cons	Budget 1–3 GB plans are billed quarterly, and backup restores cost extra Support runs through Discord and tickets rather than live chat or phone Its help centre says PS4, Switch and Xbox players can't join a server by IP	The terms allow refunds only within 24 hours and only for unresolved faults Budget plans use older dual-Xeon hardware and reach six of the ten locations Geyser crossplay is a manual install or a $5 staff setup add-on
Our verdict	PebbleHost, a UK host that launched in 2017, prices Minecraft servers strictly by the gigabyte and manages them in its own game panel. Every plan includes full file access through SFTP and the panel's file manager, a free MySQL database, a… Read the review →	Sparked Host, a Utah company founded in 2017, sells Minecraft servers on three hardware lines and manages them in its own Apollo Panel. Budget plans run on dual Xeon E5-2698v4 machines with DDR4 and SSDs, Enterprise moves to Ryzen with… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• PebbleHost — where it wins

  • Budget costs $1 per GB and Premium $2.25 per GB, with no first-month discounts to decode
  • Premium adds one-click modpacks, daily and hourly backups and four more locations
  • Bedrock runs as vanilla, NukkitX or PocketMine-MP, preinstalled at checkout

  Where it doesn't

  • Budget 1–3 GB plans are billed quarterly, and backup restores cost extra
  • Support runs through Discord and tickets rather than live chat or phone
  • Its help centre says PS4, Switch and Xbox players can't join a server by IP

• Sparked Host — where it wins

  • Budget line at $1 per GB, Enterprise at $2.59 per GB and Extreme on Ryzen 9 9900X
  • Bedrock runs as vanilla, Nukkit or PocketMine, with a behavior-pack guide
  • Game Vault swaps the server to another game without losing progress

  Where it doesn't

  • The terms allow refunds only within 24 hours and only for unresolved faults
  • Budget plans use older dual-Xeon hardware and reach six of the ten locations
  • Geyser crossplay is a manual install or a $5 staff setup add-on

• PebbleHost8.9/10 · Paid plans · price varies by game

  Pay-by-the-gigabyte hosting at $1 per GB on Budget or $2.25 on Premium, with Bedrock and modpacks covered.

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• Sparked Host8.6/10 · Paid plans · price varies by game

  Three hardware lines, from $1-per-GB budget servers to Ryzen 9 9900X plans, with a choice of Bedrock software.

  Visit Sparked HostFull verdict →