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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 phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c1.medium) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 64 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB |   | €188.61(lowest complete bill on this page) | €2,263.36 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c1.medium) 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 64 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB |  | €188.61(lowest complete bill on this page) | €2,263.36 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 · 2 × 500 GB SSD 6 cores · 12 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB SSD · 30 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4ECC 64 GB | SSD 1 TB | 30 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €189.00 Setup fee not published | €2,268.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 7 9700X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €189.00 Setup fee not published | €2,268.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 7 9700X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Chicago 8 cores · 16 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €189.00 Setup fee not published | €2,268.00 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 24vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 720 GB | Unmetered |  | €189.00 | €2,268.00 12 mo | |||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B330E-NVMe-128G · AMD EPYC 4465P · 2 × 2.05 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 128 GB RAM · 4,100 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR5 128 GB | NVMe 4.1 TB | Unmetered |  | €189.99 | €2,279.88 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-L-128G · AMD EPYC 4465P · 2 × 2 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 128 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR5 128 GB | NVMe 4 TB | Unmetered | | €189.99 | €2,279.88 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 480 GB | Unmetered |  | €191.30 | €2,295.60 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 12vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 500 GB | 8 TB | | €191.55 Setup fee not published | €2,298.54 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €192.44 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €2,309.23 12 mo | ||
 Vultr High Performance AMD · São Paulo 12 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 500 GB · 12.29 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 12vCPU | 24 GB | 500 GB | 12.29 TB +€8.91/TB |  | €192.45 | €2,309.34 12 mo | ||
| Vultr High Performance Intel · São Paulo 12 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 500 GB · 12.29 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 12vCPU | 24 GB | 500 GB | 12.29 TB +€8.91/TB | | €192.45 | €2,309.34 12 mo | ||
| 12vCPU | 120 GB | NVMe 1.5 TB | Unmetered |  | €193.26 incl. €0.83 setup | €2,319.11 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 400 GB | 6 TB | | €194.61 Setup fee not published | €2,335.29 12 mo | |||
 Akamai (Linode) G8 Dedicated 16x4 · Sao Paulo 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 164 GB · 0 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | 164 GB | 0 TB +€6.24/TB | | €194.85 incl. €6.24 Traffic | €2,338.20 12 mo | ||
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-5 · AMD EPYC 7413 · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4ECC 128 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered |  +1 | €194.99 incl. €15.00 setup | €2,339.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-6-M · 2× Intel Xeon Silver 4114 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 20 cores · 40 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR4 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €194.99 incl. €15.00 setup | €2,339.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-9-S · AMD EPYC 7401P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €194.99 incl. €15.00 setup | €2,339.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 480 GB | Unmetered | | €195.20 | €2,342.40 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Singapore 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB Check due | Arm 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €195.92 incl. €96.22 Traffic | €2,351.03 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 9 9900X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR5 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €196.00 Setup fee not published | €2,352.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 9 9900X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Amsterdam 12 cores · 24 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR5 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €196.00 Setup fee not published | €2,352.00 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 480 GB | Unmetered |  | €196.50 | €2,358.00 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · New South Wales 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB Check due | Arm 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €196.69 incl. €96.22 Traffic | €2,360.23 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.