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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OVHcloud So you Start SYS-3-P · Intel Xeon Silver 4214R · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 96 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR4ECC 96 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered |  | €124.57(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €9.58 setup | €1,494.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB |     +4 | €125.53 | €1,506.31 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 360 GB | Unmetered | | €125.65 | €1,507.80 12 mo | |||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B211X-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 or equivalent · 2 × 8 TB HDD 16 cores · 32 threads · 256 GB RAM · 16 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR3ECC 256 GB | HDD 16 TB | Unmetered | | €125.66 incl. €9.67 setup | €1,507.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B212X-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 or equivalent · 2 × 1.02 TB SSD 16 cores · 32 threads · 256 GB RAM · 2,040 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR3ECC 256 GB | SSD 2.04 TB | Unmetered | | €125.66 incl. €9.67 setup | €1,507.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-8-M · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2670 · 2 × 1 TB SSD 16 cores · 32 threads · 256 GB RAM · 2 TB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR3 256 GB | SSD 2 TB | Unmetered | | €125.66 incl. €9.67 setup | €1,507.87 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2as v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 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 |  | €126.49 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,517.85 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 300 GB | 5 TB | | €127.14 Setup fee not published | €1,525.68 12 mo | |||
| 18vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 900 GB | Unmetered | | €127.30 | €1,527.60 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2as v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 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 | | €127.40 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,528.76 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB Check due | Arm 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €127.71 incl. €96.22 Traffic | €1,532.50 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B2as v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 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 | | €128.09 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,537.09 12 mo | ||
| 6vCPU | 24 GB | 448 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | +12 | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | |||
 Vultr High Performance AMD · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 350 GB · 8.19 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 16 GB | 350 GB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB |  | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | ||
| 12vCPU | 24 GB | 500 GB | 12.29 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | |||
| Vultr High Performance Intel · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 350 GB · 8.19 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 16 GB | 350 GB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB | | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | ||
| 12vCPU | 24 GB | 500 GB | 12.29 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | |||
 Akamai (Linode) High Memory 48GB · Jakarta 2 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 40 GB · 6 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 48 GB | 40 GB | 6 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | 320 GB | 6 TB +€4.45/TB | +9 | €128.30 | €1,539.56 12 mo | |||
Time4VPS Linux 32 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB · 64 TB traffic Check due | 8vCPU | 32 GB | 400 GB | 64 TB |  | €128.99 Setup fee not published | €1,547.88 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 8 · Intel Xeon Gold 6230R · 400 GB NVMe 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 20 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €129.00 Setup fee not published | €1,548.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 8 · Intel Xeon Gold 6230R · 400 GB NVMe · Šiauliai 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 25 TB +€0.50/TB | | €129.00 Setup fee not published | €1,548.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Cloud VDS 8 · Intel Xeon Gold 6230R · 400 GB NVMe · Singapore 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 5 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €129.00 Setup fee not published | €1,548.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 4 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 400 GB NVMe 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 10 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 10 TB +€0.50/TB | +1 | €129.00 Setup fee not published | €1,548.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 4 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 400 GB NVMe · Singapore, Tokyo 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 1 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 1 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €129.00 Setup fee not published | €1,548.00 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.