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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated 6vCPU | DDR5 12 GB | NVMe 160 GB | Unmetered |  | €115.81 Setup fee not published | €1,389.77 12 mo | |||
 Contabo Cloud VDS L · Portsmouth, St. Louis 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 360 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 360 GB | Unmetered |  | €116.10(lowest complete bill on this page) | €1,393.20 12 mo | ||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 750 GB | Unmetered |  | €116.35 | €1,396.20 12 mo | |||
 Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 6 (Gen 2) · AMD EPYC 9354P · 300 GB NVMe 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 12vCPU | DDR5 48 GB | NVMe 300 GB | 20 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €119.00 Setup fee not published | €1,428.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 6 (Gen 2) · AMD EPYC 9354P · 300 GB NVMe · Tokyo 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 12vCPU | DDR5 48 GB | NVMe 300 GB | 5 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €119.00 Setup fee not published | €1,428.00 12 mo | ||
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-3 · AMD Ryzen 9 5900X · 2 × 512 GB NVMe · Mumbai +1 location 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | 25 TB |   | €119.17 incl. €9.17 setup | €1,430.00 12 mo | ||
 Akamai (Linode) Linode 16GB · Sao Paulo 6 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 8 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 8 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €119.74 | €1,436.92 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Arm 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €119.98 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,439.80 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B230E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 4345P · 2 × 1.02 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2,040 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 2.04 TB | Unmetered |   | €119.99 | €1,439.88 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-M-64G · AMD EPYC 4345P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €119.99 | €1,439.88 12 mo | ||
 Vultr CPU Optimized · São Paulo 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 150 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 150 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | | €120.28 | €1,443.34 12 mo | ||
 webgo managed NVMe vServer Premium 32 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,500 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic +€25.13/TB Check due | 32vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 1.5 TB | 3 TB +€25.13/TB | | €120.68 incl. €1.39 setup | €1,448.20 12 mo | ||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 750 GB | Unmetered | | €120.70 | €1,448.40 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2as v2 · 32 GB SSD 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €120.81 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,449.75 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 360 GB | Unmetered | | €120.90 | €1,450.80 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Arm 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €121.03 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,452.31 12 mo | ||
 BinaryLane Dedicated Intel Xeon E-2136 · 800 GB RAID-1 NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 800 GB NVMe · 6 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 32 GB | NVMe 800 GB | 6 TB +€6.24/TB | | €121.62 | €1,459.49 12 mo | ||
| Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 18 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 18 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 18vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 900 GB | Unmetered | | €121.85 | €1,462.20 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Arm 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €121.85 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,462.15 12 mo | ||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.02 TB | Unmetered | | €121.91 | €1,462.92 12 mo | |||
| OVHcloud Rise RISE-2 · Intel Xeon-E 2388G · 2 × 512 GB NVMe · Mumbai +1 location 8 cores · 16 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | 25 TB | | €122.41 incl. €9.42 setup | €1,468.87 12 mo | ||
| Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 16 · Singapore 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 750 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 750 GB | Unmetered | | €123.30 | €1,479.60 12 mo | ||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 750 GB | Unmetered | | €124.20 | €1,490.40 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.