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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 900 GB | Unmetered |  | €99.00(lowest complete bill on this page) | €1,188.00 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB |    +4 | €99.51 | €1,194.12 12 mo | |||
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-3 · AMD Ryzen 9 5900X · 2 × 512 GB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | Unmetered |   +1 | €99.66 incl. €7.67 setup | €1,195.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 512 GB | Unmetered |  | €100.01 | €1,200.12 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | Unmetered |  | €100.75 | €1,209.00 12 mo | |||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 750 GB | Unmetered | | €101.60 | €1,219.20 12 mo | |||
 Akamai (Linode) Linode 16GB · Jakarta 6 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 8 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 8 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €102.64 | €1,231.65 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | Unmetered | | €102.80 | €1,233.60 12 mo | |||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B111X-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 or equivalent · 2 × 8 TB HDD 12 cores · 24 threads · 192 GB RAM · 16 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR3ECC 192 GB | HDD 16 TB | Unmetered | | €102.91 incl. €7.92 setup | €1,234.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B112X-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 or equivalent · 2 × 1 TB SSD 12 cores · 24 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR3ECC 192 GB | SSD 2 TB | Unmetered |  | €102.91 incl. €7.92 setup | €1,234.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-8-S · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 · 2 × 1 TB SSD 12 cores · 24 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR3 192 GB | SSD 2 TB | Unmetered | | €102.91 incl. €7.92 setup | €1,234.87 12 mo | ||
 HostAfrica Linux Cloud C7 · 400 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8vCPU | DDR4 16 GB | NVMe 400 GB | Unmetered |    | €103.14 Setup fee not published | €1,237.70 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | Unmetered |  | €103.45 | €1,241.40 12 mo | |||
| Akamai (Linode) G8 Dedicated 8x2 · Sao Paulo 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 82 GB · 0 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | 82 GB | 0 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €103.80 incl. €6.24 Traffic | €1,245.55 12 mo | ||
 phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2276G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe (s1.c1.small) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €104.06 | €1,248.75 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2276G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s1.c1.small) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €104.06 | €1,248.75 12 mo | ||
 Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 16 · New York 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 750 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 750 GB | Unmetered | | €105.95 | €1,271.40 12 mo | ||
 Vultr Regular Performance · São Paulo 6 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 5.12 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 5.12 TB +€8.91/TB | | €106.91 | €1,282.97 12 mo | ||
| Vultr CPU Optimized · São Paulo 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 75 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 75 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | | €106.91 | €1,282.97 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 80 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €106.91 | €1,282.97 12 mo | |||
| Vultr Memory Optimized · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 100 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | | €106.91 | €1,282.97 12 mo | ||
| Vultr Bare Metal Intel E3-1270 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 5.12 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 4 cores 8threads | 32 GB | SSD 480 GB | 5.12 TB +€8.91/TB | | €106.91 | €1,282.97 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 48 GB | 40 GB | 6 TB +€4.45/TB | +9 | €106.91 | €1,282.97 12 mo | |||
BandwagonHost 480G KVM - PROMO 7 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 6 TB traffic Check due | 7vCPU | 24 GB | SSD 480 GB | 6 TB | | €106.91 Setup fee not published | €1,282.86 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) G7 Dedicated 8x4 · 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 | | €107.27 | €1,287.24 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.