A VPS for a Minecraft server
1,494 servers from 48 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked 7 hours ago
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
- +€6.24/mo(50% 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 €6.24 a month. The list is always sorted by the full bill.)
1,494 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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 OVHcloud Rise RISE-GAME-1 · AMD Ryzen 5 5600X · 2 × 512 GB NVMe · Sydney +1 location 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · 25 TB traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | 25 TB |   | €70.41(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €5.42 setup | €844.87 12 mo | ||
| OVHcloud Rise RISE-GAME-1 · AMD Ryzen 5 5600X · 2 × 512 GB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | Unmetered |     +1 | €70.41(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €5.42 setup | €844.87 12 mo | ||
| OVHcloud Rise RISE-2 · Intel Xeon-E 2388G · 2 × 512 GB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,024 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | Unmetered | +1 | €70.41(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €5.42 setup | €844.87 12 mo | ||
| OVHcloud So you Start SYS-GAME-2 · AMD Ryzen 7 3800X · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4ECC 64 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered | +1 | €70.41(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €5.42 setup | €844.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 6vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 180 GB | Unmetered |  | €70.70 | €848.40 12 mo | |||
BandwagonHost 320G KVM - PROMO 6 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 5 TB traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 5 TB |  | €71.27 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €855.20 12 mo | ||
| 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 5.12 TB +€8.91/TB |  +14 | €71.28 | €855.31 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 75 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €71.28 | €855.31 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 100 GB | 6.14 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €71.28 | €855.31 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 120 GB | 12 TB | +3 | €71.28 Setup fee not published | €855.31 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 7 TB | | €71.28 Setup fee not published | €855.31 12 mo | |||
 HostAfrica Linux Cloud C6 · 300 GB NVMe 6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6vCPU | DDR4 12 GB | NVMe 300 GB | Unmetered |  | €72.03 Setup fee not published | €864.34 12 mo | ||
| 18vCPU | 96 GB | SSD 600 GB | Unmetered | | €72.20 | €866.40 12 mo | |||
 Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 600 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 600 GB | Unmetered | | €72.65 | €871.80 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | DDR5 16 GB | 350 GB | Unmetered |   +7 | €73.94 Setup fee not published | €887.28 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 640 GB | — | | €74.09 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €889.06 12 mo | |||
| 16vCPU | 64 GB | SSD 1.02 TB | Unmetered |  | €74.58 incl. €0.50 IPv4 | €894.96 12 mo | |||
| Arm 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 1.02 TB | Unmetered | | €74.58 incl. €0.50 IPv4 | €894.96 12 mo | |||
 Akamai (Linode) High Memory 24GB · Sao Paulo 2 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 20 GB · 5 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 24 GB | 20 GB | 5 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €74.84 | €898.08 12 mo | ||
 AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 8 GB +2 locations 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 6 TB traffic +€80.19–€124.73/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 320 GB | 6 TB +€80.19–€124.73/TB |  +5 | €74.84 | €898.08 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 8 GB · Hong Kong 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD · 6 TB traffic +€80.19/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 160 GB | 6 TB +€80.19/TB |  | €74.84 | €898.08 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 8 GB · Mumbai 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 3 TB traffic +€115.82/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 320 GB | 3 TB +€115.82/TB | | €74.84 | €898.08 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.