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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 Akamai (Linode) Linode 96GB · Jakarta 20 vCPU · 96 GB RAM · 1,920 GB SSD · 20 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | 20vCPU | 96 GB | SSD 1.92 TB | 20 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €615.82(lowest complete bill on this page) | €7,389.88 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) Dedicated 64GB · Jakarta 32 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB · 8 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | Dedicated 32vCPU | 64 GB | 1.28 TB | 8 TB +€13.36/TB | | €615.82(lowest complete bill on this page) | €7,389.88 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-I520E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 8434P · 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe 48 cores · 96 threads · 384 GB RAM · 7,680 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 48 cores 96threads | DDR5ECC 384 GB | NVMe 7.68 TB | Unmetered |    | €617.49 incl. €47.50 setup | €7,409.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-10-XL · AMD EPYC 8434P · 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe 48 cores · 96 threads · 384 GB RAM · 7,680 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 48 cores 96threads | DDR5 384 GB | NVMe 7.68 TB | Unmetered | | €617.49 incl. €47.50 setup | €7,409.87 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost 1280G KVM - ECOMMERCE SLA LOS ANGELES 12 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB · 12 TB traffic Check due | 12vCPU | 64 GB | 1.28 TB | 12 TB |  | €623.66 Setup fee not published | €7,483.86 12 mo | ||
 ServerMania AMD Epyc 9554, 128 GB, 1 TB NVMe 64 cores · 128 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic Check due | 64 cores 128threads | DDR5 128 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 100 TB |   | €631.68 Setup fee not published | €7,580.19 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 24vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 480 GB | 9.22 TB +€8.91/TB |   +11 | €641.48 | €7,697.79 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 32vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 10.24 TB +€8.91/TB | +10 | €641.48 | €7,697.79 12 mo | |||
 phoenixNAP Bare Metal Ampere Altra Q80-30 · 2 × 2 TB NVMe (a1.c5.large) 80 cores · 80 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 80 coresArm 80threads | 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €643.89 | €7,726.66 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Ampere Altra Q80-30 · 2 × 2 TB NVMe · Singapore (a1.c5.large) 80 cores · 80 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 80 coresArm 80threads | 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB |  | €643.89 | €7,726.66 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (d2.c4.medium) 48 cores · 96 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 48 cores 96threads | 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €643.89 | €7,726.66 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (d2.c4.medium) 48 cores · 96 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 48 cores 96threads | 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €643.89 | €7,726.66 12 mo | ||
 Vultr Bare Metal AMD EPYC 7443P 24 cores · 48 threads · 256 GB RAM · 960 GB SSD · 10.24 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4 256 GB | SSD 960 GB | 10.24 TB +€8.91/TB |  +5 | €645.94 | €7,751.25 12 mo | ||
 HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2660 V4 · Orlando 28 cores · 56 threads · 32 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 25 TB traffic Check due | 28 cores 56threads | 32 GB | SSD 480 GB | 25 TB | | €649.50 Setup fee not published | €7,794.01 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6258R · 2 × 2 TB NVMe (d1.c4.large) 56 cores · 112 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 56 cores 112threads | 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €650.39 | €7,804.70 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6258R · 2 × 2 TB NVMe · Singapore (d1.c4.large) 56 cores · 112 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 56 cores 112threads | 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €650.39 | €7,804.70 12 mo | ||
| HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2670 V3 · João Pessoa 24 cores · 48 threads · 64 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | 64 GB | SSD 480 GB | 16 TB |  | €667.32 Setup fee not published | €8,007.84 12 mo | ||
| HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2670 V3 · London 24 cores · 48 threads · 64 GB RAM · 256 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | 64 GB | SSD 256 GB | 16 TB | | €667.32 Setup fee not published | €8,007.84 12 mo | ||
| Vultr Storage Optimized · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,280 GB NVMe · 8.19 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 1.28 TB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB | | €668.21 | €8,018.53 12 mo | ||
| Vultr Memory Optimized · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 1,600 GB NVMe · 9.22 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 1.6 TB | 9.22 TB +€8.91/TB | | €668.21 | €8,018.53 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9274F · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 384 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR5ECC 384 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB | | €669.00 Setup fee not published | €8,028.00 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E8s v5 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB | | €672.04 incl. €145.14 Traffic | €8,064.51 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) Linode 128GB 24 vCPU · 128 GB RAM · 2,560 GB SSD · 20 TB traffic +€4.45/TB Check due | 24vCPU | 128 GB | SSD 2.56 TB | 20 TB +€4.45/TB | +9 | €684.25 | €8,210.98 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6326 · 2 × 2 TB NVMe (d2.c3.large) 32 cores · 64 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 32 cores 64threads | 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €695.92 | €8,351.03 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6326 · 2 × 2 TB NVMe · Singapore (d2.c3.large) 32 cores · 64 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 32 cores 64threads | 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €695.92 | €8,351.03 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.