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 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 360 GB | Unmetered |  | €144.80(lowest complete bill on this page) | €1,737.60 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 360 GB | Unmetered |  | €145.75 | €1,749.00 12 mo | |||
| 18vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 900 GB | Unmetered |  | €145.85 | €1,750.20 12 mo | |||
 AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB · IPv6 only +3 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 7 TB traffic +€80.19–€124.73/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 640 GB | 7 TB +€80.19–€124.73/TB |     +6 | €146.12 | €1,753.39 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB · IPv6 only · Hong Kong +3 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 7 TB traffic +€80.19–€133.64/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 7 TB +€80.19–€133.64/TB |     | €146.12 | €1,753.39 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB · IPv6 only · Mumbai +2 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 3.5 TB traffic +€115.82–€151.46/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 640 GB | 3.5 TB +€115.82–€151.46/TB |   | €146.12 | €1,753.39 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail 32 GB +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 | €146.12 | €1,753.39 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail 32 GB · 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 | | €146.12 | €1,753.39 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-I120E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 8024P · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5ECC 64 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered |    | €146.24 incl. €11.25 setup | €1,754.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-10-XS · AMD EPYC 8024P · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered | | €146.24 incl. €11.25 setup | €1,754.87 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.