4/5
Trustpilot rating
22 reviews; site claims 4.6
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Should I Use EVLBOX?
EVLBOX hosts game servers, dedicated servers, websites, and so much more, with friendly support and other customer loved features and benefits.
Depends
DependsSolid, cheap pick for hobbyist game servers and small VPS if you're comfortable with a small host.
Cheap, small, well-liked host for game servers and VPS. Great for hobby servers, risky for business-critical hosting.
Confidence: Medium
$13.69/mo
Starting price
Minecraft plan; +$2 LA surcharge
2011
Founded
as EVL Gaming
6
Server regions
5 US, 1 EU
Value for money
4
Repeatedly described as low-cost with many features
Ease of use
4
One-click setup, built-in mod loader
Feature depth
4
Games, VPS, dedicated, web; DDoS, backups, MFA
Support quality
3
Friendly support claimed; tiny 22-review base
Security posture
3
DDoS and MFA docs; no public security page
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
Best for
- Hobbyist Minecraft and Palworld server owners
- Budget VPS buyers
- Small gaming communities in the US
Not for
- Business-critical production workloads
- Teams needing hourly VPS billing
- Users wanting strong EU or global coverage
- Buyers wanting long review histories or enterprise SLAs
Pricing
Minecraft hosting
$13.69/mo
- 1 backup slot + 1 MySQL database
- Passive + active DDoS protection
- +$2/mo Los Angeles surcharge
VPS
$12/vCPU
- 4GB RAM per vCPU, AMD
- Dedicated (non-shared) CPU
- No hourly billing
Security
Gridinsoft rates evlbox.com legitimate at 79/100 trust; DDoS protection and MFA are documented, but there is no security page.
- Remote-control service flagged in own docsEVLBOX's StarRupture docs note the in-game management interface uses a remote-control service with a reported security issue.⁸
What users say
The review base is small but positive (4/5 on Trustpilot), while Reddit threads show users migrating Palworld servers both from and to EVLBOX.
“Copied the Saved/SaveGames/0/ folder from the current hosting service (evlbox) into Saved/SaveGames/0/ on the new hosting service”
“Going linux to linux from evlbox to bisecthosting.”
Alternatives
Compare EVLBOX with each alternative.
OVHcloud
Global VPS giant benchmarked head-to-head with EVLBOX
EVLBOX vs OVHcloudBisectHosting
Game host some Reddit users migrate to from EVLBOX
Nitrado
Big-name game host, though Reddit reports some join issues
EVLBOX vs NitradoFull analysis
Based on 12+ public sources; depth limited by a small review base (22 Trustpilot reviews).
Sources
- Trustpilot reviews of evlbox.comtrustpilot.comreview
- EVLBOX Review - VPSBenchmarksvpsbenchmarks.comreview
- EVLBOX vs OVHcloud - VPSBenchmarksvpsbenchmarks.comreview
- EVLBOX Instance Types - VPSBenchmarksvpsbenchmarks.comreview
- EVLBOX Game & VPS Hosting - BuiltByBitbuiltbybit.comreview
- Minecraft Server Hosting - EVLBOXevlbox.comofficial
- Team Fortress 2 Server Hosting - EVLBOXevlbox.comofficial
- StarRupture Manage Server docs - EVLBOXevlbox.comofficial
- Evlbox.com Trust Score 79/100 - Gridinsoftgridinsoft.comsecurity
review
- EVLBOX details - Serchenserchen.co.ukreview
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