RankRackCategories
Main branches first, then the specialist categories underneath. Most providers sit across several and carry a separate rating in each one, so a host can be excellent at game servers and mediocre at VDS without either number hiding the other.
Main branches
Game Servers
Hosts running dedicated game instances, from Minecraft and Rust to Counter-Strike and ARK.
3 providers
VDS / VPS
Virtual machines. VDS means the resources are dedicated to you, VPS means they are shared.
3 providers
Bare Metal
Whole physical machines, rented monthly, with nothing else running on the hardware.
4 providers
Also listed under
Cloud hosting
Pooled compute billed by usage, with instances that scale up and down on demand.
2 providers
Shared web hosting
Websites sharing one server, usually behind cPanel or a similar control panel.
2 providers
Managed hosting
The provider runs the operating system, patching, and monitoring, not the customer.
0 providers
Data and Database Hosting
Hosted database engines and data stores, backed up and maintained by the provider.
0 providers
Storage
Block, object, and bulk storage sold separately from compute.
0 providers
Colocation
Rack space, power, and transit for hardware the customer owns.
1 provider
CDN
Edge caching and delivery networks that serve content close to the visitor.
0 providers
DNS
Authoritative and managed DNS, including anycast and failover routing.
0 providers
Backups
Offsite backup targets and managed snapshot retention.
1 provider
Reseller hosting
Wholesale capacity sold on under the reseller own brand.
1 provider
This list is the starting structure, not a final one. Categories get added or merged as the listings make the case for it.