A VPS for a Minecraft server
1,494 servers from 48 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked 10 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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 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5ECC 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |    | €199.00 Setup fee not published | €2,388.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Šiauliai 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5ECC 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €199.00 Setup fee not published | €2,388.00 12 mo | ||
| Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 9 7950X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Amsterdam 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5ECC 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €199.00 Setup fee not published | €2,388.00 12 mo | ||
 Contabo AMD Genoa 24 Cores 24 cores · 48 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | ECC 128 GB | SSD 2 TB | Unmetered | | €199.00(lowest complete bill on this page) | €2,388.00 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 480 GB | 7.17 TB +€8.91/TB |  +4 | €199.02 | €2,388.24 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 | Arm 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €199.17 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,390.05 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 | Arm 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €199.94 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,399.25 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B430E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 4545P · 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 64 GB RAM · 7,680 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 7.68 TB | Unmetered |  | €199.99 | €2,399.88 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-11-XL-64G · AMD EPYC 4545P · 2 × 4 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 64 GB RAM · 8 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 8 TB | Unmetered | | €199.99 | €2,399.88 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure D4s v5 · 32 GB SSD 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €200.03 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €2,400.31 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Singapore, Tokyo 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €200.47 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,405.66 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · New South Wales 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €200.59 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,407.05 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B4pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Tokyo 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Arm 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €201.12 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,413.47 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €201.33 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €2,415.92 12 mo | ||
 HostDime Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 · Guadalajara +2 locations 4 cores · 8 threads · 16 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | 16 GB | SSD 480 GB | 16 TB |    | €204.03 Setup fee not published | €2,448.33 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Arm 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €205.24 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,462.86 12 mo | ||
 Akamai (Linode) Linode 32GB · Jakarta 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 640 GB | 16 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €205.27 | €2,463.29 12 mo | ||
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-8 · AMD EPYC 7532 · 2 × 480 GB SSD 32 cores · 64 threads · 256 GB RAM · 960 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 32 cores 64threads | DDR4ECC 256 GB | SSD 960 GB | Unmetered |  +1 | €205.82 incl. €15.83 setup | €2,469.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B520E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 7272 · 2 × 2.05 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4,100 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR4ECC 256 GB | NVMe 4.1 TB | Unmetered |  | €205.82 incl. €15.83 setup | €2,469.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Pro-9-L · AMD EPYC 7272 · 2 × 2 TB NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR4 256 GB | NVMe 4 TB | Unmetered | | €205.82 incl. €15.83 setup | €2,469.87 12 mo | ||
 phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c2.small) 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €206.17 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €2,474.09 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c2.small) 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €206.17 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €2,474.09 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €206.74 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €2,480.93 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.