Picking a server was a job in itself
We have to buy servers to keep our own bots running, and we did it plenty of times while operating Yeonhong, Yeonha and Yeonhee. Visit one provider's site after another, copy the price table out by hand, apply an exchange rate to whatever is quoted in dollars, check once more whether VAT is included. Only after half a day of that would we say “this one looks the least bad” and pay.
The trouble is that a table built that way is useless a month later. Prices go up, plans disappear, specs quietly change. Rather than redo the same work every time, we decided to build it into a site — and that is Hostlist.
We lined up the yardstick, not the prices
Comparing is hard not because prices are hard to find, but because every provider writes them a different way. One puts the first-month discount in the biggest type, another a contract price, another an hourly rate. VAT is sometimes included and sometimes not.
So every amount you see on Hostlist is lined up on one month at the regular price.
- We rank by the regular price only.A cheap first month or a promotion never flips the order.
- Dollar prices are converted to won.The exchange rate, VAT and the overseas card fee all go into the number, and the original currency is shown beside it.
- Hourly products are converted to a month.Where hourly billing is the norm, like GPU servers, you can see the hourly rate on its own as well.
- One-off costs such as setup fees are never folded into the monthly price.Instead we show what the first payment comes to, separately.
Filter by what you need, then put them side by side
There are nine things to compare right now: web hosting, VPS and cloud, bare metal, storage servers, databases, game servers, bots and apps, GPU servers, and colocation.
Set conditions like budget, specs or the country the server sits in and the list narrows. Plans you like go into the compare tray — up to four — and open as a table, where you can fold away the rows that match and look at only the differences.
If you have no idea what to pick, we have prepared five recommendation questions. Answer them and you get filtered lists together with “two reasons this fits, one thing to watch”. Sign in and save a plan, and we will email you when its price changes.
Numbers go stale eventually
The scariest thing on a comparison site is a wrong number. So instead of insisting ours are right, we show when the number was last checked.
Every plan carries the date it was last confirmed, and three months after that date the label turns to “needs a check”. When a provider clicks “nothing has changed”, we do not simply take their word for it — the server reopens the page we used as evidence and confirms the wording is still there before the date is renewed.
If a number is wrong, anyone can report it. Add the address that shows it, and we will check, fix it, and keep what changed in that plan's history.
We don't sell hosting ourselves
No payment happens on Hostlist. You buy on the provider's own site, and our job is to take you there. That is why every button reads the same — “See it on the provider's site” — whether we have a partnership with them or not.
What comes next
It is still a beta. We are adding providers and plans as we go, and the screens are still being tidied. A board for reviews, case notes, picks and tips has just opened too.
If you spot a number that looks off, or think “this provider is missing”, please tell us. On a site like this, one line like that is worth more than a feature. We will keep polishing it until it is the first list you open when you go looking for a server.