Hivelocity is a Tampa-based bare metal provider operating in more than 40 locations worldwide. Its model is simple: single-tenant dedicated servers, ordered through a portal or API, with many standard configurations provisioning in minutes. Private networking (VLANs), IPMI access, and a straightforward pricing sheet round out a deliberately lean offering.
In the VMware-exit landscape, Hivelocity plays the same structural role as phoenixNAP: a hypervisor-neutral landing zone for the re-platforming path. Teams install Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, XCP-ng, or their own vSphere licenses on Hivelocity hardware, build clusters across one or several locations, and migrate VMs with conversion tooling. There is no hypervisor premium in the bill — you pay for hardware, not virtualization software.
The distinguishing trait is geographic spread. Where most bare metal providers concentrate in a handful of flagship facilities, Hivelocity distributes smaller deployments across dozens of metro locations — useful for edge workloads, latency-sensitive regional services, or simply putting DR in a genuinely distant city without a second vendor.
Hivelocity is infrastructure-only: it does not manage your hypervisor, and its support scope is the hardware and network. That keeps prices low and suits self-sufficient teams; organizations wanting a managed experience should be looking at the managed-VMware column instead.
For a Proxmox or Hyper-V re-platforming, Hivelocity offers some of the lowest-friction hardware acquisition in the market: pick configurations, deploy in minutes, build your cluster. Total monthly cost for a typical mid-market footprint frequently lands dramatically below a Broadcom renewal — with the caveat that your team now operates the platform.
The 40+ location footprint also makes multi-region DR cheap to architect: a replica cluster in a distant metro is an order away, on the same account and network model.
Tell us about your VMware environment and a Foretel advisor will bring back proposals from Hivelocity and 2–3 comparable providers — with an honest recommendation on which fits.
