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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| Dedicated 16vCPU | 96 GB | SSD 750 GB | 9 TB |   | €455.83 Setup fee not published | €5,469.92 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure E8s v5 · 32 GB SSD · London 8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €457.15(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €69.76 Traffic | €5,485.74 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9255 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR5ECC 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |   | €459.00 Setup fee not published | €5,508.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9255 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Tokyo 24 cores · 48 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR5ECC 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 20 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €459.00 Setup fee not published | €5,508.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9255 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Šiauliai 24 cores · 48 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR5ECC 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €459.00 Setup fee not published | €5,508.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9255 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Amsterdam 24 cores · 48 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR5ECC 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €459.00 Setup fee not published | €5,508.00 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8as v2 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB |  | €463.92 incl. €145.14 Traffic | €5,567.00 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E8s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €467.34 incl. €69.76 Traffic | €5,608.05 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal 2× Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 · 2 × 250 GB SSD 24 cores · 48 threads · 128 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4ECC 128 GB | SSD 500 GB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €469.00 Setup fee not published | €5,628.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal 2× AMD EPYC 7443 · 2 × 500 GB NVMe · Singapore 48 cores · 96 threads · 256 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | 48 cores 96threads | DDR4ECC 256 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 20 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €469.00 Setup fee not published | €5,628.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal 2× Intel Xeon Gold 6330 · 2 × 500 GB NVMe · Singapore 56 cores · 112 threads · 256 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | 56 cores 112threads | DDR4ECC 256 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 20 TB +€1.69/TB | | €469.00 Setup fee not published | €5,628.00 12 mo | ||
 Akamai (Linode) Linode 64GB · Sao Paulo 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB SSD · 20 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.28 TB | 20 TB +€6.24/TB | | €478.97 | €5,747.68 12 mo | ||
Time4VPS Linux 64 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 800 GB · 128 TB traffic Check due | 16vCPU | 64 GB | 800 GB | 128 TB | | €479.99 Setup fee not published | €5,759.88 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-I420E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 8324P · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 32 cores · 64 threads · 256 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 32 cores 64threads | DDR5ECC 256 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered |   | €487.49 incl. €37.50 setup | €5,849.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-L520E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 8124P · 4 × 3.84 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 15,360 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5ECC 128 GB | NVMe 15.36 TB | Unmetered | | €487.49 incl. €37.50 setup | €5,849.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-10-L · AMD EPYC 8324P · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 32 cores · 64 threads · 256 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 32 cores 64threads | DDR5 256 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered | | €487.49 incl. €37.50 setup | €5,849.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-5-L · 2× Intel Xeon Gold 5120 · 4 × 1 TB NVMe 28 cores · 56 threads · 384 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 28 cores 56threads | DDR4 384 GB | NVMe 4 TB | Unmetered | | €487.49 incl. €37.50 setup | €5,849.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-7-L-A · AMD EPYC 7532 · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 32 cores · 64 threads · 256 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 32 cores 64threads | DDR4 256 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered | | €487.49 incl. €37.50 setup | €5,849.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-7-L-I · 2× Intel Xeon Silver 4214R · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 576 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4 576 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered | | €487.49 incl. €37.50 setup | €5,849.87 12 mo | ||
| 24vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 1.62 TB | 30 TB |   | €488.24 Setup fee not published | €5,858.87 12 mo | |||
 HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2650 V3 · João Pessoa 20 cores · 40 threads · 64 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | 64 GB | SSD 480 GB | 16 TB | | €489.13 Setup fee not published | €5,869.57 12 mo | ||
| HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2650 V3 · London 20 cores · 40 threads · 64 GB RAM · 256 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | 64 GB | SSD 256 GB | 16 TB | | €489.13 Setup fee not published | €5,869.57 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure F8s v2 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB | | €489.93 incl. €145.14 Traffic | €5,879.19 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 1280G KVM PROMO V5 - CN2 GIA ECOMMERCE 12 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB · 12 TB traffic Check due | 12vCPU | 64 GB | 1.28 TB | 12 TB |  +1 | €490.01 Setup fee not published | €5,880.15 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 640G KVM PROMO V5 - OSAKA CN2 GIA 10 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB · 6 TB traffic Check due | 10vCPU | 32 GB | 640 GB | 6 TB | | €490.01 Setup fee not published | €5,880.15 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.