Just wanted to share my experience with Hostiko in case someone is thinking about using them.

Last month I spent a lot of money testing different hosting companies (over $100k). I talked to many datacenters and almost everyone was really cool, helpful, and honest. They kept their word and tried to solve problems if something went wrong.

But with Hostiko it was a disaster.

I bought all the available dedicated servers they had on their site – 5 in total. The site showed how many servers were available, and I ordered exactly that amount. Then I waited for a long time, and suddenly they told me they actually don’t have those servers. They offered “better” ones instead, but said it would take another week. I agreed.

Then they added some extra fee to my account because of this “upgrade”. I thought since they messed everything up, they would cover that cost, but they didn’t. I even offered a fair solution, to reduce the number of paid days to cover the fee but they said no.

So I paid the extra money. After that, I left a negative review, and suddenly they started asking me to verify my account with an ID, or they would block it. They said it’s in their terms of service, which say they follow EU laws, but honestly, the whole thing looks shady.

There’s no company address on their website. You can’t download invoices. The terms and privacy policy look like they’re written by someone who has no idea about legal stuff. It’s like a fake company with weird rules made to protect themselves, not the customer.

In the end, my servers were supposed to run for over half a month more, but they blocked my account just because I didn’t want to send them my personal documents. And of course, they never explained how they would store or protect that data.

If you're reading this and looking for hosting, this forum is a great place and there are many solid companies out there. But seriously, stay away from Hostiko.

Long story short, they blocked my servers out of revenge for the bad review, using their terms of service as an excuse, even though those terms don’t actually comply with the laws they claim to follow.

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They downgrade your VPS to 20Mbps (2.5MBps) connection after you cross some 250GB bandwidth usage, because apparently bandwidth in Germany costs $400 and this shitty company isn't getting enough business (SHOCKER!) to cover those costs