Is Nitrado worth it?

[BaumShellBeauty]

So far...NO!

 

We have 4 xboxes and have hosted a couple dedicated servers for a long time on them.  We have dedicated google fiber lines and ups backups etc.  the problem is that we felt that there was just always a lot of lag and not a lot of control over the actual server or In the least a limited amount of control, and with Xbox we seemed to encounter a lot of Nat issues. 

 

After much research we finally decided to give Nitrado a try and figured we would be able to improve game performance since it wasn’t hosted on our internet, more people would be able to be hosted, and there would be more control over the actual game experience. This has not been the case at all unfortunately.  The lag is far worse on Nitrado even with just one or two people connected.  The game crashes ALOT more on Nitrado and has FAR more down time then we have ever experienced, we rarely had down time on our Xbox servers but it’s a daily occurrence with Nitrado and for hours at a time. We have LESS control over our servers now then we did previously and the server settings were actually way easier on our Xbox.   Friends on PC use to be able to join us crossplay but no longer with Nitrado. And unfortunately this has nothing to do with Nitrado or is not any fault of theirs but there is ALOT of misinformation out there concerning Nitrado servers which sold us on the idea but were not really true.  

 

So, so far our experience with Nitrado is less then pleasant and makes us wonder why we are actually paying for this service when in our experience it’s far better just to use your own Xbox to host.

[NitradoAndre]

Hi,

what you're describing certainly does not meet the standards we strive for. All of the positive aspects that drove you to us are things we usually achieve, and if we don't, then that's a problem that needs solving.

As you've certainly noticed, there was a more wide-spread server outage today that partially also affected official servers. This was by far the most severe incident we had since Xbox servers launched almost a year ago, and we certainly don't want that to be happening again. Therefor we've already taken measures to prevent this in the future.

So: Today was definitely not representative of our service quality in general. As for the other points you mentioned (such as lag), I would urge you to reach out to customer support at https://nitra.do/support. We aim for a smooth experience on all of our servers, and from everything that you're describing, we're not meeting that goal for you - yet.

[Guest DJRone89]

OP is hilarious for blaming Nitrado downtime on a server wide Xbox Live issue.

If you think console hosting is better than Nitrado, you need to seriously hone in on your server management skills. I use expert mode to set up my servers and it’s incredibly easy once you learn how to use it - a quick copy and paste and you have a cluster set up in minutes.