Why pay Nitrado 24/7 when your group only plays a few evenings a week?
With Nitrado, you pay for 730 hours a month even during breaks, risking losing your world if you cancel. On TickServ, €0 between your coop seasons, automatic shutdown when you sleep, and pay-by-the-hour: from €0.02/h.
Nitrado vs TickServ: point-by-point comparison
| Feature | Nitrado | TickServ |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Fixed monthly subscription (30-day minimum) | Pay per started hour from a prepaid wallet |
| Stopped server (offline) | Billed at 100% (meter never pauses) | €0 (auto-shutdown once players leave) |
| Player slots | Charged by tier (e.g. 4, 10, 20 slots) | Unlimited (up to game and RAM limits) |
| Commitment | Automatic recurring renewal by default | Zero contracts, no subscriptions, stop anytime |
| Migration & seasonal breaks | Pay every month or lose your world (the classic dilemma) | €0 during break months: world kept for free, resume intact on next patch |
| Best suited for | Always-on public community servers (> 400 hrs/mo) | Private friend groups (3 to 20 hrs/wk: 70% to 90% savings) |
A real example: 4 friends playing Valheim or Palworld
Typical play pattern: two 3-hour sessions a week (~26 hours per month).
On Nitrado (10 slots)
~€13.00 / month
Billed 24/7 for 730 hours of allocated compute, whether anyone plays or not.
On TickServ (8 GB RAM, unlimited slots)
~€0.78 / month
You pay only for the 26 hours of active play at €0.03/h. Savings: over €12 every month.
Example: Enshrouded 1.0, a game you play in seasons
Three weeks of 1.0 at 10 h a week is 30 h of play: €1.80 on a 16 GB Enshrouded server (€0.06/h). Then the break: €0 through the months without a game, and your world is kept. A subscription keeps running during the break.
How to leave Nitrado without losing your world
No need to restart your adventure. Download your Nitrado save from their panel's Backups tab, upload it to your offline TickServ server (with zero compute costs), boot up to check your progress, and only then cancel your Nitrado plan with peace of mind.