The Problem With Fixed Monthly Plans
Most DDoS protection services charge a flat monthly fee — whether your server has 10 players or 1,000. Small communities overpay for capacity they don't use. Large servers hit limits and need expensive upgrades.
We built fiveshield differently.
How Our Pricing Works
fiveshield charges based on your daily peak concurrent player count. Every midnight (Eastern Time), we take your highest player count for the day and bill it: a daily minimum that covers the first 50 players, then per-player tiers above that.
Rates (CAD)
The $2.25 CAD daily minimum covers any peak up to 50 players. Above 50, each block of players is billed at its own tier rate (between $0.030 and $0.047) — the calculator shows your exact price.
The tiers are progressive: your whole peak is never billed at one single rate. The minimum applies every day your server is enabled — even with zero players.
Real-World Examples
Small RP server (peak 40 players):
- Daily: ~$2.25 (minimum applies)
- Monthly: ~$67.50
Growing community (peak 200 players):
- Daily: ~$8.60
- Monthly: ~$258.00
Large network (peak 800 players):
- Daily: ~$29.50
- Monthly: ~$885.00
No Commitment, Full Control
- Billing is daily — no contracts, no lock-in
- Disable your server from the dashboard anytime to stop charges
- Each block of players is billed at its own tier rate
- $10 CAD of starting balance — free on your first server while the trial promotion is running (eligible accounts), otherwise a one-time deposit that goes toward your balance (never a fee)
What's Included
Every server includes:
- DDoS protection — L4 filtering in XDP plus the cfx.re Layer 7 filter: how fiveshield's FiveM DDoS protection works
- CDN caching — a CDN cache in front of your resource downloads, on Cloudflare's network (330+ cities, 405 Tb/s of capacity)
- Dashboard — Real-time monitoring and management
- txAdmin protection — Secure your admin panel
- 24/7 support — Via Discord
No hidden fees. No bandwidth surcharges. Just transparent, usage-based pricing.
Weighing this against paying nothing at all? Free FiveM DDoS Protection: What Actually Exists and Where It Stops covers the options that genuinely cost $0 and the point at which each of them runs out.
Ready to get started? The full install guide walks you through setup in under 5 minutes.