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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 Akamai (Linode) Linode 32GB · Sao Paulo 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 640 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 640 GB | 16 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €239.49(lowest complete bill on this page) | €2,873.84 12 mo | ||
 HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 · João Pessoa 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 32 GB | SSD 480 GB | 16 TB | | €239.67 Setup fee not published | €2,875.98 12 mo | ||
| HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 · London 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 256 GB SSD · 16 TB traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 32 GB | SSD 256 GB | 16 TB |  | €239.67 Setup fee not published | €2,875.98 12 mo | ||
Time4VPS Linux 48 12 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 600 GB · 96 TB traffic Check due | 12vCPU | 48 GB | 600 GB | 96 TB |  | €239.99 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €2,879.88 12 mo | ||
 Vultr CPU Optimized · São Paulo 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · 7.17 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 300 GB | 7.17 TB +€8.91/TB | | €240.56 | €2,886.67 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · Tokyo 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €240.80 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,889.56 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 20vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 1.54 TB | Unmetered |    | €241.04 incl. €0.50 IPv4 | €2,892.48 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Arm 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €245.12 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €2,941.40 12 mo | ||
 phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c1.large) 6 cores · 12 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB |  | €245.20 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €2,942.37 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2356G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c1.large) 6 cores · 12 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB |  | €245.20 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €2,942.37 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c2.medium) 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4 128 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €245.20 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €2,942.37 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 1 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c2.medium) 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4 128 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €245.20 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €2,942.37 12 mo | ||
 BinaryLane Dedicated AMD Ryzen 7900X · 800 GB RAID-1 NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 64 GB RAM · 800 GB NVMe · 12 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 64 GB | NVMe 800 GB | 12 TB +€6.24/TB |  | €246.37 | €2,956.40 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure F4s v2 · 32 GB SSD · New South Wales 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €246.77 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €2,961.19 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8als v2 · 32 GB SSD 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €248.16 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €2,977.86 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 24vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 720 GB | Unmetered | | €248.35 | €2,980.20 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Arm 8vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €248.37 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €2,980.43 12 mo | ||
 ServerMania AMD Ryzen 7950X, 64 GB, 1 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5 64 GB | NVMe 1 TB | 100 TB | | €248.57 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €2,982.89 12 mo | ||
 OVHcloud Rise RISE-9 · AMD EPYC 7642 · 2 × 480 GB SSD 48 cores · 96 threads · 256 GB RAM · 960 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 48 cores 96threads | DDR4ECC 256 GB | SSD 960 GB | Unmetered |  +1 | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-I220E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 8124P · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5ECC 128 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered |  | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-10-S · AMD EPYC 8124P · 2 × 960 GB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5 128 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | Unmetered | | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-3-L-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 · 3 × 500 GB SSD 20 cores · 40 threads · 256 GB RAM · 1,500 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR3 256 GB | SSD 1.5 TB | Unmetered | | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Store-1-L · AMD Opteron 4386 · 12 × 4 TB HDD 8 cores · 8 threads · 64 GB RAM · 48 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 8threads | DDR3 64 GB | HDD 48 TB | Unmetered | | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Store-2-L · Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 · 12 × 4 TB HDD 4 cores · 8 threads · 64 GB RAM · 48 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR4 64 GB | HDD 48 TB | Unmetered | | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Store-4-L · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 · 5 × 6 TB HDD 20 cores · 40 threads · 192 GB RAM · 30 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 20 cores 40threads | DDR4 192 GB | HDD 30 TB | Unmetered | | €249.16 incl. €19.17 setup | €2,989.87 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.