ZAP-Hosting

ZAP-Hosting: game server hosting and VPS solutions

ZAP-Hosting is a hosting company that sells game servers, virtual private servers (VPS), dedicated servers, webspace, domains, and voice bots, among other products. Its proposition focuses on instant setup and deployment: according to the company itself, a server can be up and running in 60 seconds. The company operates its own infrastructure in several data centers and offers a custom web interface, ZAP 2.5, which it describes as intuitive, modern, and mobile-optimized.

Hosting products

ZAP-Hosting's catalog includes several product lines with starting prices that the company displays on its website. These include:

• Game servers (Gameserver) from $3.10, with a lifetime server option (Lifetime) from $116.00.
• Voice servers, including TeamSpeak 3, from $2.20, and its Lifetime version from $132.24.
• Webspace from $4.52, with a Lifetime option from $54.29.
• vServer/VPS from $8.93, and VPS Lifetime from $74.24.
• Domains from $9.16.
• Bots for TeamSpeak 3 and Discord from $5.21, and their Lifetime version from $91.64.
• Premium storage (Premium Storage) from $3.36.
• Dedicated servers from $68.32, with a Lifetime option from $998.64.
• Other products from $9.27, such as the Execute album or JEAW GAMERLIFE.

The company also offers a prepaid option and an automated configuration system.

Supported games and applications

ZAP-Hosting's game cloud covers more than 150 Minecraft modpacks and around 100 additional games. Among the best-selling titles the company highlights are FiveM, Minecraft (in Vanilla, Paper Spigot, Forge, Spigot, Fabric, NeoForge, Bedrock, and Bukkit variants), Palworld (including the Crossplay version), Discord Bot, Valheim, Satisfactory, ARK: Survival Evolved with all its DLCs, Hytale, RedM, Project Zomboid, V Rising, and Racing Sims: BeamMP. Prices for these game servers start at $3.17 for Minecraft and $9.08 for FiveM, among others.

Infrastructure and data center locations

ZAP-Hosting operates its main European data center in Eygelshoven (Netherlands), very close to the German border, with its own infrastructure, network, and office. This data center is Tier III and has redundant power and fiber. In addition, the company has locations in other parts of the world, some managed directly and others through data center partners:

• Eygelshoven (Netherlands): main European headquarters, with its own hardware based on Dual AMD EPYC 7763 processors (128 cores / 256 threads, up to 2 TB RAM per server) and 100 Gbit/s network connectivity per system. It is the only location with a Ceph NVMe storage cluster with triple replication. DDoS protection via PletX with filtering capacity of up to 4 Tbit/s. As an official RIPE member, it offers its own IP addresses.
• Frankfurt (Germany): location at Dieselstraße 37, 60314 Frankfurt am Main.
• London (United Kingdom): partner data center at New London House, 6 London St, London EC3R 7LP. It uses hardware with NVMe SSD storage and the partner's baseline DDoS protection.
• Montreal / Beauharnois (Canada): location at 50 Rue de l'Aluminerie, Beauharnois, QC J6N 0C2. It covers eastern Canada and the US East Coast. Hardware with SSD and the partner's baseline DDoS protection.
• Dallas, Texas (USA): PsychZ data center, with its own hardware (Dual AMD EPYC 7763, up to 2 TB RAM) and PletX DDoS protection of up to 4 Tbit/s. Address: 1515 Round Table Dr, Dallas, TX 75247. It offers its own IP addresses as a RIPE member.
• Ashburn, Virginia (USA): PsychZ data center, with its own hardware and PletX DDoS protection of up to 4 Tbit/s. Address: PsychZ Network, 3873 Park Center Rd #75 Herndon, VA 20171. It offers its own IP addresses.
• Los Angeles, California (USA): PsychZ data center, with its own hardware and PletX DDoS protection of up to 4 Tbit/s. Address: PsychZ Network, 700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. The data center is rated by the operator as "Exceeds Tier III" with 99.995% availability. It offers its own IP addresses.
• Singapore (Asia): partner data center, with NVMe SSD hardware and baseline DDoS protection. It covers Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
• Sydney (Australia): partner data center, with NVMe SSD hardware and baseline DDoS protection. It covers Australia and New Zealand.

In all locations, the data centers have technical staff available 24 hours a day and automatic failure notification systems.

Technical features and services

The company emphasizes DDoS protection as an integral part of its offering. In its own locations, filtering capacity reaches 4 Tbit/s via PletX. In partner-managed locations, the baseline DDoS protection of the corresponding data center applies. The hardware in its own locations is based on Dual AMD EPYC 7763 processors, with up to 2 TB RAM per server and 100 Gbit/s connectivity. Storage in Eygelshoven uses a Ceph NVMe cluster with triple replication. The company also offers the possibility of reserving its own IP addresses in locations where it is an official RIPE member.

The ZAP 2.5 control panel allows servers to be managed remotely and is optimized for mobile devices. The company offers support via email and a ticket system, with an indicated average response time of 28 minutes. It also has a live chat.

Trust and ratings

According to the information gathered, ZAP-Hosting shows a score of 4.6 out of 5 on Google, based on 1,983 reviews. The company mentions FiveM, Skylink Data Center, Psychz Networks, Digitale VIgnette, Online Österreich, and PletX as long-term partners and customers.

Headquarters and locations

Frankfurt location: Dieselstraße 37, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland

Location 2: New London House, 6 London St, London EC3R 7LP, United Kingdom

Montreal location: 50 Rue de l'Aluminerie, Beauharnois, QC J6N 0C2, Kanada

Dallas location: 1515 Round Table Dr, Dallas, TX 75247

Ashburn location: PsychZ Network, 3873 Park Center Rd #75 Herndon, VA 20171, USA

Los Angeles location: PsychZ Network, 700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, USA