Sparked Host vs ScalaCube

Sparked Host8.6Visit ScalaCube8.5Visit

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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ScalaCube #8 in Minecraft Server Hosting 8.5/10 Free plan · paid from $2/mo (excl. VAT) Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit ScalaCube

• Sparked Host fits best

  Budget-minded groups that may want faster hardware later

• ScalaCube fits best

  Modpack hoppers who want a huge one-click catalogue

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Side by side

Feature	Sparked Host 8.6/10 Visit ↗	ScalaCube 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.5
Ranking	#7 in Minecraft Server Hosting	#8 in Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Budget-minded groups that may want faster hardware later	Modpack hoppers who want a huge one-click catalogue
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$1/mo (best)	$2/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Features Sparked Host 4/4 · ScalaCube 3/4
Bedrock support	✓	✓
One-click modpacks	✓	✓
Custom modpack upload	✓	✓
Automatic backups	✓ (best)	—
Specs
Price per GB RAM	$1/GB/mo (best)	$2.67/GB/mo
Server locations	10 locations	14 locations (best)
Money-back window	1 days	7 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	One-click catalogue of 3,298+ modpacks, most of them from CurseForge One plan runs several game servers plus MySQL, Apache and RCON within its RAM Seven-day refund on payments and ten days on automatic renewals
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	Automatic backups are a paid add-on; otherwise copies are manual FTP downloads The free server must be renewed every 2 days and runs only vanilla or snapshots Prices exclude VAT, and the terms guarantee 99% uptime, below the marketing claims
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 →	ScalaCube, run by Scalable Hosting Solutions OÜ in Tallinn, sells each Minecraft plan as a small VPS on which its control panel can run any number of game servers, along with Apache, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, an FTP server and RCON. The one-click… 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

• ScalaCube — where it wins

  • One-click catalogue of 3,298+ modpacks, most of them from CurseForge
  • One plan runs several game servers plus MySQL, Apache and RCON within its RAM
  • Seven-day refund on payments and ten days on automatic renewals

  Where it doesn't

  • Automatic backups are a paid add-on; otherwise copies are manual FTP downloads
  • The free server must be renewed every 2 days and runs only vanilla or snapshots
  • Prices exclude VAT, and the terms guarantee 99% uptime, below the marketing claims

• 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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• ScalaCube8.5/10 · Free plan · paid from $2/mo (excl. VAT)

  A VPS-style plan that runs several game servers at once, with 3,298+ one-click modpacks and 14 locations.

  Visit ScalaCubeFull verdict →