A VPS for a Minecraft server
1,617 servers from 48 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked yesterday
A Minecraft server on your own VPS costs less than most game hosts once you pass a handful of players, and you get full control over plugins, mods and backups. Memory decides how many players fit: the Minecraft Wiki puts a vanilla server at 2 GB for up to ten players and 4 GB beyond that, before the operating system and before plugins or mods. This list starts at 2 vCPU and 8 GB, enough for a Paper server with plugins and twenty players.
- 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
- +€20.00/mo(31% 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 €20.00 a month. The list is always sorted by the full bill.)
1,617 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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 Scaleway Dedibox Store-8-XS · Intel Xeon E5-1410 v2 · 4 × 6 TB HDD 4 cores · 8 threads · 96 GB RAM · 24 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR3 96 GB | HDD 24 TB | Unmetered |  | €83.41(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €6.42 setup | €1,000.87 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 160 GB | — |     +9 | €85.49 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €1,025.84 12 mo | |||
| 4vCPU | 16 GB | 384 GB | 5.12 TB +€8.91/TB |  +13 | €85.53 | €1,026.37 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 16 GB | 350 GB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €85.53 | €1,026.37 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 16 GB | 350 GB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €85.53 | €1,026.37 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 8 TB +€4.45/TB | +9 | €85.53 | €1,026.37 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | Unmetered | | €85.75 | €1,029.00 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 512 GB | Unmetered |  | €85.99 | €1,031.88 12 mo | |||
| 12vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 512 GB | Unmetered |  | €86.16 | €1,033.92 12 mo | |||
 ScalaHosting Managed Cloud VPS Build #2 · 100 GB NVMe 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 100 GB | Unmetered | +9 | €86.38 Setup fee not published | €1,036.53 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 12 GB | SSD 200 GB | 4 TB | | €86.49 Setup fee not published | €1,037.84 12 mo | |||
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-1 · Intel Xeon-E 2386G · 2 × 512 GB NVMe · Singapore 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | 25 TB | | €86.66 incl. €6.67 setup | €1,039.87 12 mo | ||
| 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 600 GB | Unmetered |  | €86.90 | €1,042.80 12 mo | |||
 Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 4 · Intel Xeon Gold 6230R · 200 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 10 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 10 TB +€0.50/TB |  +1 | €89.00 Setup fee not published | €1,068.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 4 · Intel Xeon Gold 6230R · 200 GB NVMe · Singapore 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 3 TB +€1.69/TB | | €89.00 Setup fee not published | €1,068.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 2 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 200 GB NVMe 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 10 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 10 TB +€0.50/TB | +1 | €89.00 Setup fee not published | €1,068.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 2 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 200 GB NVMe · Singapore, Tokyo 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 1 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 1 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €89.00 Setup fee not published | €1,068.00 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €89.10 | €1,069.14 12 mo | |||
Lunanode s.16 10 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 250 GB SSD · 5 TB traffic Check due | 10vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 250 GB | 5 TB |  | €89.10 Setup fee not published | €1,069.14 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | Unmetered | | €89.15 | €1,069.80 12 mo | |||
 Akamai (Linode) Dedicated 8GB · Sao Paulo 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB · 5 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €89.81 | €1,077.69 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 300 GB | 6 TB +€6.24/TB | | €89.82 | €1,077.78 12 mo | |||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B130E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 4245P · 2 × 1.02 TB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 2,040 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR5 32 GB | NVMe 2.04 TB | Unmetered | | €89.99 | €1,079.88 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-S-32G · AMD EPYC 4245P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR5 32 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €89.99 | €1,079.88 12 mo | ||
| 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 600 GB | Unmetered | | €90.15 | €1,081.80 12 mo |
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Cores: Minecraft runs each world on one main thread, so a fast core beats many slow ones. Two vCPUs cover the main thread plus chunk generation and the operating system. If players notice lag when someone is busy on a neighbouring server, switch to dedicated cores with the cores filter. Big modpacks often want 10 GB of memory or more: raise the memory filter.
VPS or game host: a Minecraft host gives you a control panel, one-click modpacks and support, and charges per gigabyte of memory, often with a low first month. A VPS needs a few commands to install Java and Paper, or a free panel such as Pterodactyl or Crafty, and then runs as many worlds as it holds. The bills here include the IPv4 address, which players connect to, and the renewal price, so you can compare with a host’s regular monthly price.
Before you buy: pick the location closest to most of your players, because ping matters more than a few euros. Players connect on port 25565, so keep the IPv4 address on. Turn on backups or copy the world folder every night: a corrupted world is the one thing you cannot rebuild.