The numbers side by side
| What | EUGameHost | Pine Hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Rust plan at 50 slots Monthly billing |
£7.50/mo (Standard Starter) £15.00/mo on Extreme |
$14.99/mo (Essential) |
| RAM at that price | 16 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR5 on Extreme |
8 GB |
| CPU named | Intel Xeon, 3.8GHz+ (Standard) Ryzen 9 7950X, dedicated cores (Extreme) |
Not named: sold as a 150% CPU allocation |
| Locations | 2: London (UK), Dallas (US) | Not listed on the Rust page |
| Refund window | 48 hours on new orders | Not stated on the Rust page |
| Contract and setup fee | None, none | Monthly to annual cycles, discounts to 30%; setup fee not stated |
| Plugin install | One-click Oxide/uMod or Carbon, plus a uMod.org plugin browser | One-click selector for Oxide or Carbon |
| Custom maps | Yes: upload a .map or paste its URL from the panel | Not mentioned on the Rust page |
| Trustpilot Both read 15 Oct 2026 |
4.5 / 5 from 611 reviews | 4.9 / 5 from 1,170 reviews |
Where Pine Hosting is ahead
- A higher Trustpilot score, 4.9 against our 4.5, from nearly twice as many reviews.
- A bigger brand in Rust: Pine is creator-driven and ranks first for the main Rust hosting searches, so more of your players will have heard of it.
- Deeper billing discounts at the top end: up to 30% off against our 15% for annual.
The trade-off
At 50 slots you pay about half with us and get 16 GB of RAM instead of 8, on a named CPU in a data centre we own. Pine does not name its CPU, its locations or its refund terms on the Rust page, which does not mean they are bad, only that you have to ask. If the review score and the brand matter more to you than the hardware per pound, Pine is a reasonable choice; if you want to know exactly what you are renting, the table above is the case for us.
Both hosts install Oxide/uMod or Carbon from the panel, both run NVMe storage and both include DDoS protection, so the choice comes down to the rows above: what you pay at 50 slots, how much RAM that buys, which CPU it runs on, where it runs and how long you have to change your mind. Our Rust server hosting page lists every plan, and the Rust server guide covers the admin side whichever host you pick.