Comparison
GoodLeaf vs ServerPrism vs CloudNord vs SurgeNode
The short answer
If you want the lowest monthly price for a given RAM figure, ServerPrism or CloudNord will beat us — they sell managed game panels starting around $13–$15/month for 4GB. If you want root access with dedicated CPU cores on a named, current-generation processor, behind DDoS filtering built specifically for FiveM server queries, on a network the host actually owns, GoodLeaf starts at $27.00/mo for 4GB with 2 dedicated Ryzen 9 9950X cores. Both are defensible choices; they are not the same product.
Published list prices by RAM tier
| RAM tier | GoodLeafVDS (root access) | ServerPrismManaged game panel | CloudNordManaged game panel | SurgeNodeVPS (root access) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4GB | $27.002 dedicated | $13.162 vCores | $14.69Not published | No 4GB tier published |
| 8GB | $59.994 dedicated | $26.324 vCores | $26.69Not published | $44.004 vCPU shared |
| 16GB | $89.996 dedicated | $52.648 vCores | $50.39Not published | $89.006 vCPU shared |
| CPU published | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | "AMD Ryzen or equivalent" | "AMD Ryzen 7 7700 or equivalent" | Ryzen 9 5950X / 7950X |
| Core allocation | Dedicated cores | vCores (shared) | Not published | vCPU (shared) |
| DDoS mitigation | Path.net, 17+ Tbps, FiveM server-query L7 filters | Included; provider not published | CloudShield, included | Cloudflare, included |
| Locations | 5 (New York, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Amsterdam) | Not published | 18 worldwide | 2 (New York, Ashburn) |
| Own network (ASN) | Yes — AS216030 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Pricing and specifications last checked . Competitor figures are list prices taken from each provider's own public pricing page on the date above. Where a provider was running a promotional discount, the list price is shown rather than the promo price, since promos expire. Where a provider does not publish a figure, the cell reads "Not published" — we do not infer it.
Where GoodLeaf does and does not win
GoodLeaf is not the cheapest option at any tier.
At 4GB we charge $27.00 against ServerPrism's $13.16 and CloudNord's $14.69. At 8GB it is $59.99 against $26.32 and $26.69. If your only criterion is the lowest monthly price for a given RAM figure, one of the managed panels will win and we would rather you knew that from us.
Two of these are a different product class.
ServerPrism and CloudNord sell managed game panels: convenient, cheaper, and you do not get root on the machine. GoodLeaf and SurgeNode sell VPS/VDS instances where you do. A panel plan and a root-access instance at the same RAM figure are not the same purchase, and comparing their prices directly is misleading in both directions.
Among root-access options, GoodLeaf gives dedicated cores at a comparable price.
At 16GB, GoodLeaf is $89.99 for 6 dedicated cores against SurgeNode's $89.00 for 6 shared vCPU — effectively the same price, with the difference being whether the cores are contended. At 8GB, SurgeNode is cheaper ($44.00 vs $59.99).
GoodLeaf names the exact CPU, and it is the current generation.
We publish AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. ServerPrism publishes "AMD Ryzen or equivalent" and CloudNord "AMD Ryzen 7 7700 or equivalent" — the "or equivalent" means you cannot know what you are getting. SurgeNode names the Ryzen 9 5950X/7950X, which are the two previous generations. This matters for FiveM specifically because its server loop is single-threaded, so per-core clock speed is the dominant performance factor.
GoodLeaf runs its own network.
We announce our own prefixes from AS216030, registered on PeeringDB as net/35360, both independently verifiable. None of the other three publish an ASN. This is checkable rather than a claim you have to take on trust.
DDoS protection is included everywhere; the difference is what kind.
All four include mitigation at no extra cost. Ours runs through Path.net with more than 17 Tbps of capacity and Layer 7 filters specific to FiveM server queries and GTA V multiplayer traffic. Cloudflare and CloudShield are general-purpose edge filtering. Protocol-aware filtering matters for FiveM because attacks that imitate legitimate server queries pass through volumetric-only scrubbing.
CloudNord has far more locations.
CloudNord publishes 18 regions across four continents against our 5. If your players are concentrated somewhere we do not have a facility — South America or Asia-Pacific in particular — latency will beat any hardware advantage we have.
How we compiled this
- Only figures each provider publishes themselves are included. Nothing is inferred, estimated, or taken from a third-party review.
- GoodLeaf's own column is generated from the same configuration file that drives our pricing pages, so it cannot drift out of sync with what we actually charge.
- Plans are matched by advertised RAM, which is the only specification all four providers publish consistently. RAM is a poor proxy for FiveM performance (see the note on dedicated cores below), but matching on it avoids us choosing the comparison that flatters us.
- We do not compare uptime, support quality, or reliability. We have no way to verify another provider's figures for those, and neither does anyone else.
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Questions
- Which FiveM host is cheapest?
- Of the four compared here, ServerPrism is cheapest at the 4GB tier ($13.16/month list) and CloudNord is close behind ($14.69/month list). GoodLeaf is $27.00/month at 4GB and is not the cheapest at any tier. The gap is largely product class: ServerPrism and CloudNord sell managed game panels, while GoodLeaf and SurgeNode sell root-access instances with dedicated or shared CPU allocations respectively.
- Does dedicated CPU matter for a FiveM server?
- Yes, more than RAM does. FiveM runs its main server loop on a single thread, so per-core clock speed under contention is the dominant performance factor. A plan advertising 8 shared vCores can hitch under load while a plan with 2 dedicated cores at a high clock runs smoothly. When comparing hosts, check whether cores are dedicated or shared before comparing RAM figures or prices.
- Which of these hosts names its exact CPU?
- GoodLeaf publishes the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. SurgeNode names the Ryzen 9 5950X and 7950X. ServerPrism publishes "AMD Ryzen or equivalent" and CloudNord "AMD Ryzen 7 7700 or equivalent" — in both cases the "or equivalent" means the specific silicon is not guaranteed. For a workload as sensitive to single-core clock as FiveM, an unnamed CPU is a meaningful unknown.
- Which FiveM host has the most locations?
- CloudNord, which publishes 18 regions across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and South America. GoodLeaf has 5 (New York, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Amsterdam) and SurgeNode has 2 (New York and Ashburn). If your player base is concentrated in a region a host does not serve, latency will outweigh any hardware advantage.
- How current are these prices?
- All competitor figures were taken from each provider's own public pricing page on 2026-10-05, using list prices rather than promotional prices. Hosting prices change often. If you find a figure here that is out of date, email [email protected] and we will correct it.
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