A server for a Bitcoin node
739 servers from 19 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked 23 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 | |||||
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 phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y · 2 × 4 TB NVMe · Singapore (d2.m1.medium) +1 identical plan 16 cores · 32 threads · 512 GB RAM · 8 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | 512 GB | NVMe 8 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB |  | €715.43(lowest complete bill on this page) | €8,585.17 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y · 2 × 4 TB NVMe (d2.m1.xlarge) 16 cores · 32 threads · 512 GB RAM · 8 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | 512 GB | NVMe 8 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB |   | €715.43(lowest complete bill on this page) | €8,585.17 12 mo | ||
 Akamai (Linode) Linode 96GB · Sao Paulo 20 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 1,920 GB SSD · 20 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 20vCPU | 96 GB | SSD 1.92 TB | 20 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €718.46 | €8,621.53 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) Dedicated 64GB · Sao Paulo 32 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB · 8 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 32vCPU | 64 GB | 1.28 TB | 8 TB +€6.24/TB | | €718.46 | €8,621.53 12 mo | ||
 Contabo AMD Turin 64 Cores · St. Louis 64 cores · 128 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 64 cores 128threads | 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €725.50 | €8,706.00 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-I620E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 8534P · 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe 64 cores · 128 threads · 576 GB RAM · 7,680 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5ECC 576 GB | NVMe 7.68 TB | Unmetered |   | €736.66 incl. €56.67 setup | €8,839.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-10-XXL · AMD EPYC 8534P · 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe 64 cores · 128 threads · 576 GB RAM · 7,680 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5 576 GB | NVMe 7.68 TB | Unmetered | | €736.66 incl. €56.67 setup | €8,839.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Store-9-XL · AMD EPYC 7313P · 6 × 3.84 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 256 GB RAM · 23,040 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR4 256 GB | NVMe 23.04 TB | Unmetered | | €736.66 incl. €56.67 setup | €8,839.87 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) G7 Dedicated 64x32 · Jakarta 32 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB · 8 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | Dedicated 32vCPU | 64 GB | 1.28 TB | 8 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €738.77 | €8,865.29 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) Premium 64GB · Jakarta 32 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB · 8 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | Dedicated 32vCPU | 64 GB | 1.28 TB | 8 TB +€13.36/TB | | €738.99 | €8,867.85 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9554P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 64 cores · 128 threads · 384 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5ECC 384 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |   | €739.00 Setup fee not published | €8,868.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9554P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Šiauliai 64 cores · 128 threads · 384 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5ECC 384 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €739.00 Setup fee not published | €8,868.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9554P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Amsterdam 64 cores · 128 threads · 384 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5ECC 384 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €739.00 Setup fee not published | €8,868.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9554P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore 64 cores · 128 threads · 384 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5ECC 384 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 20 TB +€1.69/TB | | €739.00 Setup fee not published | €8,868.00 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 5317 · 2 × 4 TB NVMe (d2.m1.large) +1 identical plan 24 cores · 48 threads · 512 GB RAM · 8 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | 512 GB | NVMe 8 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €747.95 | €8,975.41 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 5317 · 2 × 4 TB NVMe · Singapore (d2.m1.large) +1 identical plan 24 cores · 48 threads · 512 GB RAM · 8 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | 512 GB | NVMe 8 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €747.95 | €8,975.41 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal AMD EPYC 4565P · 2 × 2 TB NVMe (s4.c6.medium) 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | 128 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €747.95 | €8,975.41 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal AMD EPYC 4565P · 2 × 2 TB NVMe · Singapore (s4.c6.medium) 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | 128 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €747.95 | €8,975.41 12 mo | ||
 AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 72 GB · IPv6 only +4 locations 36 vCPU · 72 GB RAM · 1,280 GB SSD · 9 TB traffic +€80.19–€124.73/TB Check due | Dedicated 36vCPU | 72 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 9 TB +€80.19–€124.73/TB |    +8 | €748.40 | €8,980.76 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.