Sparked Host vs Bloom.host

Sparked Host8.6Visit Bloom.host8.4Visit

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

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Bloom.host #9 in Minecraft Server Hosting 8.4/10 Paid plans · price varies by game ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Bloom.host

• Sparked Host fits best

  Budget-minded groups that may want faster hardware later

• Bloom.host fits best

  Growing Java communities that need steady CPU time

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Side by side

Feature	Sparked Host 8.6/10 Visit ↗	Bloom.host 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.4
Ranking	#7 in Minecraft Server Hosting	#9 in Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Budget-minded groups that may want faster hardware later	Growing Java communities that need steady CPU time
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$1/mo (best)	$12/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Features Sparked Host 4/4 · Bloom.host 4/4
Bedrock support	✓	✓
One-click modpacks	✓	✓
Custom modpack upload	✓	✓
Automatic backups	✓	✓
Specs
Price per GB RAM	$1/GB/mo (best)	$3/GB/mo
Server locations	10 locations (best)	6 locations
Money-back window	1 days	3 days (best)
Our review
Pros	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	Performance plans reserve dedicated cores, from 2 at 8 GB to 8 at 32 GB Free Borg incremental backups that mount straight into the file manager Server Splitter turns one plan into extra servers, bots or web apps
Cons	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	No Bedrock server type; Bedrock players join Java servers through Geyser Entry is $12 for 4 GB on shared cores, and the Essentials tier can't split Six locations, and Singapore is reserved for Performance+ plans
Our verdict	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 →	Bloom.host, the trading name of AME Hosting, LLC, is a Minecraft-focused host that owns its hardware in every location except Germany and runs its own control panel, DuckPanel. The panel adds a server splitter, a server and database… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Bloom.host — where it wins

  • Performance plans reserve dedicated cores, from 2 at 8 GB to 8 at 32 GB
  • Free Borg incremental backups that mount straight into the file manager
  • Server Splitter turns one plan into extra servers, bots or web apps

  Where it doesn't

  • No Bedrock server type; Bedrock players join Java servers through Geyser
  • Entry is $12 for 4 GB on shared cores, and the Essentials tier can't split
  • Six locations, and Singapore is reserved for Performance+ plans

• 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.

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• Bloom.host8.4/10 · Paid plans · price varies by game

  Performance plans get dedicated cores on hardware Bloom owns, managed in DuckPanel with a server splitter.

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