A server for a Bitcoin node
739 servers from 19 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked 9 hours ago
A Bitcoin full node checks every block itself instead of trusting someone else’s server, and it is the base for a Lightning node, a wallet backend or an Electrum server. Disk is what you pay for: the blockchain was about 768 GB in September 2026 and grows by roughly 70 to 80 GB a year, and bitcoin.org already asks for more than 750 GB. This list starts at 1 TB of storage with 2 vCPU and 4 GB of memory, enough for Bitcoin Core plus Lightning.
- Lowest bill
- €5.41(The lowest bill with every charge known. Rows priced lower leave out a charge their provider doesn’t publish.)
- Typical hidden fees
- +€9.17/mo(29% of these servers cost more than their price tag once the required fees are added (IPv4, setup, traffic, minimum term). On those, the extra is typically €9.17 a month. The list is always sorted by the full bill.)
739 servers match, sorted by bill per month.
| Tick 2 to 4 servers to compare their bills side by side | Traffic | Locations | Total | Actions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-XL · AMD EPYC TURIN 9455 · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 48 cores · 96 threads · 128 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 48 cores 96threads | DDR5ECC 128 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered |     | €324.99(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €25.00 setup | €3,899.87 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Dedibox Store-2-L-144TB · Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 · 12 × 12 TB HDD 4 cores · 8 threads · 64 GB RAM · 144 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR4 64 GB | HDD 144 TB | Unmetered | | €324.99(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €25.00 setup | €3,899.87 12 mo | ||
 Vultr Bare Metal AMD EPYC 4345P 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 3,890 GB NVMe · 10.24 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 3.89 TB | 10.24 TB +€8.91/TB |     +5 | €325.20 | €3,902.35 12 mo | ||
| OVHcloud Rise RISE-6 · Intel Xeon Gold 6312U · 2 × 960 GB NVMe · Singapore 24 cores · 48 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4ECC 128 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | 25 TB |  | €328.24 incl. €25.25 setup | €3,938.87 12 mo | ||
 ServerMania AMD Epyc 7642, 128 GB, 1 TB NVMe 48 cores · 96 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic Check due | 48 cores 96threads | DDR4 128 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 100 TB | | €337.67 Setup fee not published | €4,052.03 12 mo | ||
 AWS Lightsail Lightsail 64 GB · IPv6 only +6 locations 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB SSD · 8 TB traffic +€80.19–€133.64/TB Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 8 TB +€80.19–€133.64/TB |   +10 | €338.56 | €4,062.72 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail 64 GB · IPv6 only · Mumbai +2 locations 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB SSD · 4 TB traffic +€115.82–€151.46/TB Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 4 TB +€115.82–€151.46/TB |    | €338.56 | €4,062.72 12 mo | ||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 20 TB +€4.45/TB | +9 | €342.12 | €4,105.49 12 mo | |||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail 64 GB +6 locations 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB SSD · 8 TB traffic +€80.19–€133.64/TB Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 8 TB +€80.19–€133.64/TB | +10 | €342.12 | €4,105.38 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail 64 GB · Mumbai +2 locations 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB SSD · 4 TB traffic +€115.82–€151.46/TB Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 4 TB +€115.82–€151.46/TB | | €342.12 | €4,105.38 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 9 9950X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €349.00 Setup fee not published | €4,188.00 12 mo |
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Memory and processor: Bitcoin Core runs with 2 GB of memory, but the first sync, which downloads and checks the whole chain, goes much faster with more memory for its cache and with SSD storage; on hard disks it can take days. Lightning (LND) adds about 2 GB of memory and a few gigabytes of disk. The 4 GB starting point covers both.
Pruned nodes: if you only need to validate and send your own transactions, Bitcoin Core’s prune mode keeps the last few gigabytes of blocks and drops the rest, so a small VPS with 20 GB of disk works. You lose the ability to serve old blocks and to run an Electrum server or block explorer. Lower the disk filter if that is your plan.
Traffic: a node with incoming connections can upload several hundred gigabytes a month to other nodes. Check the traffic included with each plan and the price per extra terabyte, or limit the upload with Bitcoin Core’s maxuploadtarget setting. Some providers forbid cryptocurrency mining, which a node is not, but read the terms if you plan to run anything beyond the node.