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-M-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 · 3 × 6 TB HDD 20 cores · 40 threads · 192 GB RAM · 18 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR4 192 GB | HDD 18 TB | Unmetered |  | €162.49(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €12.50 setup | €1,949.87 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4as v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB Check due | 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €162.57 incl. €96.22 Traffic | €1,950.86 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 480 GB | Unmetered |  | €162.75 | €1,953.00 12 mo | |||
 Contabo AMD Ryzen 12 Cores · Tokyo 12 cores · 24 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | Unmetered |  | €163.00 | €1,956.00 12 mo | ||
| Contabo AMD Ryzen 12 Cores · Mumbai 12 cores · 24 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | Unmetered | | €163.20 | €1,958.40 12 mo | ||
 ScalaHosting Unmanaged Cloud VPS Config #4 · 240 GB NVMe 16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 240 GB NVMe Check due | 16vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | — |    +9 | €163.89 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €1,966.68 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure D2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €164.26 incl. €96.22 Traffic | €1,971.17 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | Unmetered |  | €164.44 | €1,973.28 12 mo | |||
 Vultr Bare Metal Intel E-2286G 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,920 GB SSD · 5.12 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4 32 GB | SSD 1.92 TB | 5.12 TB +€8.91/TB |  +12 | €164.83 | €1,977.90 12 mo | ||
| Contabo AMD Ryzen 12 Cores · Singapore 12 cores · 24 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | Unmetered |  | €165.00 | €1,980.00 12 mo | ||
| Vultr Storage Optimized · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 320 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB |  | €167.05 | €2,004.63 12 mo | ||
| Vultr Memory Optimized · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 6.14 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | | €167.05 | €2,004.63 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Arm 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €167.72 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,012.65 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · London 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €168.37 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,020.45 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4als v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €168.37 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,020.45 12 mo | ||
 HostAfrica Linux Cloud C8 · 500 GB NVMe 12 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12vCPU | DDR4 32 GB | NVMe 500 GB | Unmetered | | €168.48 Setup fee not published | €2,021.72 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 7443P · 2 × 250 GB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4ECC 64 GB | NVMe 500 GB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €169.00 Setup fee not published | €2,028.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 7443P · 2 × 250 GB NVMe · Amsterdam 24 cores · 48 threads · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4ECC 64 GB | NVMe 500 GB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €169.00 Setup fee not published | €2,028.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 7443P · 2 × 250 GB NVMe · Chicago 24 cores · 48 threads · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4ECC 64 GB | NVMe 500 GB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €169.00 Setup fee not published | €2,028.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 8 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 800 GB NVMe 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 800 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 800 GB | 20 TB +€0.50/TB | +1 | €169.00 Setup fee not published | €2,028.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 8 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 800 GB NVMe · Singapore, Tokyo 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 800 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 800 GB | 3 TB +€1.69/TB | | €169.00 Setup fee not published | €2,028.00 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 480 GB | Unmetered | | €169.25 | €2,031.00 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4as v2 · 32 GB SSD 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €169.46 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,033.49 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Arm 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €169.67 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,036.06 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4als v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €170.32 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,043.87 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.