A VPS for a Minecraft server
1,494 servers from 48 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked 9 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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Microsoft Azure Azure D2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · London 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €147.56(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €1,770.70 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 160G KVM PROMO V5 - OSAKA CN2 GIA 6 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB · 2 TB traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB | 2 TB |  | €147.89 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €1,774.66 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 160G KVM PROMO V5 - SINGAPORE CN2 GIA 6 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB · 2 TB traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB | 2 TB |  | €147.89 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €1,774.66 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B311X-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 · 2 × 12 TB HDD 20 cores · 40 threads · 256 GB RAM · 24 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR3ECC 256 GB | HDD 24 TB | Unmetered |  | €148.41 incl. €11.42 setup | €1,780.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B312X-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 · 2 × 1.02 TB SSD 20 cores · 40 threads · 256 GB RAM · 2,040 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR3ECC 256 GB | SSD 2.04 TB | Unmetered |  | €148.41 incl. €11.42 setup | €1,780.87 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal Intel Xeon Gold 5315Y · 2 × 250 GB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB NVMe · 30 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4ECC 32 GB | NVMe 500 GB | 30 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €149.00 Setup fee not published | €1,788.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 6 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 600 GB NVMe 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 600 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 600 GB | 20 TB +€0.50/TB |   +1 | €149.00 Setup fee not published | €1,788.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Performance VDS 6 · AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 600 GB NVMe · Singapore, Tokyo 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 600 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 12vCPU | 48 GB | NVMe 600 GB | 3 TB +€1.69/TB | | €149.00 Setup fee not published | €1,788.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Premium VDS 8 · AMD EPYC 9554P · 400 GB NVMe 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 20 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €149.00 Setup fee not published | €1,788.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Premium VDS 8 · AMD EPYC 9554P · 400 GB NVMe · Singapore 16 vCPU · 64 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | Dedicated 16vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 3 TB +€1.69/TB | | €149.00 Setup fee not published | €1,788.00 12 mo | ||
 Contabo AMD Ryzen 12 Cores · Sydney 12 cores · 24 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | Unmetered |  | €149.55 | €1,794.60 12 mo | ||
 Akamai (Linode) High Memory 48GB · Sao Paulo 2 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 40 GB · 6 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 2vCPU | 48 GB | 40 GB | 6 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €149.68 | €1,796.15 12 mo | ||
 AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB +3 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 7 TB traffic +€80.19–€124.73/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 640 GB | 7 TB +€80.19–€124.73/TB |   +6 | €149.68 | €1,796.15 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB · Hong Kong +3 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 320 GB SSD · 7 TB traffic +€80.19–€133.64/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 320 GB | 7 TB +€80.19–€133.64/TB |    | €149.68 | €1,796.15 12 mo | ||
| AWS Lightsail Lightsail Compute Optimized 16 GB · Mumbai +2 locations 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 3.5 TB traffic +€115.82–€151.46/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 640 GB | 3.5 TB +€115.82–€151.46/TB |   | €149.68 | €1,796.15 12 mo | ||
| 4vCPU | 16 GB | HDD 8 TB | 8 TB +€6.24/TB | | €149.69 | €1,796.30 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure D2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €149.95 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €1,799.35 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.