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 Core-4-S-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 · 3 × 960 GB SSD 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2,880 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR4 128 GB | SSD 2.88 TB | Unmetered |  | €140.82(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €10.83 setup | €1,689.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-6-XS · 2× Intel Xeon Silver 4114 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 20 cores · 40 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR4 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €140.82(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €10.83 setup | €1,689.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-9-S · AMD EPYC 7281 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR4 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €140.82(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €10.83 setup | €1,689.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | 164 GB | 0 TB +€4.45/TB |    +2 | €141.04 incl. €4.46 Traffic | €1,692.45 12 mo | |||
 ServerMania AMD EPYC 4124P, 32 GB, 1 TB NVMe 4 cores · 8 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR5 32 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 100 TB |  | €141.66 Setup fee not published | €1,699.93 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure D2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €141.71 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,700.46 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 360 GB | Unmetered |  | €141.95 | €1,703.40 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | DDR5 16 GB | NVMe 200 GB | Unmetered | | €142.54 Setup fee not published | €1,710.51 12 mo | |||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 320G KVM PROMO V5 - CN2 GIA ECOMMERCE 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB · 8 TB traffic Check due | 8vCPU | 16 GB | 320 GB | 8 TB |    +1 | €142.54 Setup fee not published | €1,710.51 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 640 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €142.55 | €1,710.62 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 150 GB | 7.17 TB +€8.91/TB | +13 | €142.55 | €1,710.62 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €142.55 | €1,710.62 12 mo | |||
 AWS Lightsail Lightsail 32 GB · IPv6 only +6 locations 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 7 TB traffic +€80.19–€133.64/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 640 GB | 7 TB +€80.19–€133.64/TB |   +10 | €142.55 | €1,710.62 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail 32 GB · IPv6 only · Mumbai +2 locations 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 3.5 TB traffic +€115.82–€151.46/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 640 GB | 3.5 TB +€115.82–€151.46/TB |   | €142.55 | €1,710.62 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 640 GB | 8 TB |  | €142.55 Setup fee not published | €1,710.62 12 mo | |||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-L110X-SATA · Intel Xeon E5-1410 v2 · 4 × 12 TB HDD 4 cores · 8 threads · 96 GB RAM · 48 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR3ECC 96 GB | HDD 48 TB | Unmetered |  | €142.99 incl. €11.00 setup | €1,715.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Store-8-S · Intel Xeon E5-1410 v2 · 4 × 12 TB HDD 4 cores · 8 threads · 96 GB RAM · 48 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR3 96 GB | HDD 48 TB | Unmetered | | €142.99 incl. €11.00 setup | €1,715.87 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure D2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · London 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €144.31 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €1,731.68 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.