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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 Scaleway Dedibox Store-2-XXL · AMD Opteron 4386 · 12 × 6 TB HDD 8 cores · 8 threads · 64 GB RAM · 72 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 8threads | DDR3 64 GB | HDD 72 TB | Unmetered |  | €249.99(lowest complete bill on this page) | €2,999.88 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8ps v2 · 32 GB SSD 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Arm 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €250.11 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,001.27 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 64 GB | NVMe 480 GB | 7.17 TB +€8.91/TB |    +4 | €251.05 | €3,012.62 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure D2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB | Dedicated 2vCPU | 8 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB |  | €251.89 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €145.14 Traffic | €3,022.67 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8pls v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 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 | | €252.06 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,024.69 12 mo | ||
 Akamai (Linode) G8 Dedicated 16x8 · Sao Paulo 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 164 GB · 0 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | Dedicated 8vCPU | 16 GB | 164 GB | 0 TB +€6.24/TB | | €252.09 incl. €6.24 Traffic | €3,025.02 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 4 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €254.87 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,058.47 12 mo | ||
| Akamai (Linode) High Memory 90GB · Jakarta 4 vCPU · 90 GB RAM · 90 GB · 7 TB traffic +€13.36/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 90 GB | 90 GB | 7 TB +€13.36/TB |  | €256.59 | €3,079.12 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 16vCPU | 32 GB | 640 GB | 7 TB +€4.45/TB |  +9 | €256.59 | €3,079.12 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure D4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Singapore 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €257.71 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €3,092.48 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 640G KVM PROMO V5 - CN2 GIA ECOMMERCE 10 vCPU · 31.91 GB RAM · 640 GB · 10 TB traffic Check due | 10vCPU | 31.91 GB | 640 GB | 10 TB |   +1 | €258.37 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €3,100.39 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure D4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · New South Wales 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €258.47 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €3,101.67 12 mo | ||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD EPYC 4564P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 192 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 100 TB traffic +€0.50/TB Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR5 192 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 100 TB +€0.50/TB |  | €259.00 Setup fee not published | €3,108.00 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-I210E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 7313P · 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe 16 cores · 32 threads · 128 GB RAM · 3,840 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 16 cores 32threads | DDR4ECC 128 GB | NVMe 3.84 TB | Unmetered | | €259.99 incl. €20.00 setup | €3,119.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Store-9-M-HDD · AMD EPYC 7272 · 2 × 1 TB NVMe + 3 × 12 TB HDD 12 cores · 24 threads · 128 GB RAM · 38 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | DDR4 128 GB | HDD 38 TB | Unmetered | | €259.99 incl. €20.00 setup | €3,119.87 12 mo | ||
 Vultr Memory Optimized · São Paulo 4 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB NVMe · 8.19 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | Dedicated 4vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 400 GB | 8.19 TB +€8.91/TB | | €260.60 | €3,127.23 12 mo | ||
| Vultr Bare Metal AMD EPYC 4245P 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · 10.24 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR5 32 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | 10.24 TB +€8.91/TB |  +8 | €262.83 | €3,153.96 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure D4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Tokyo 4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB | | €262.91 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €3,154.92 12 mo | ||
 Latitude.sh m4.metal.small 6 cores · 12 threads · 48 GB RAM · 1,920 GB NVMe · 20 TB traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | 48 GB | NVMe 1.92 TB | 20 TB | +1 | €263.72 Setup fee not published | €3,164.65 12 mo | ||
 phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe (s2.c2.large) 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€8.91/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 15 TB +€8.91/TB | | €264.71 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €3,176.51 12 mo | ||
| phoenixNAP Bare Metal Intel Xeon E-2388G · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Singapore (s2.c2.large) 8 cores · 16 threads · 128 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 5 TB traffic +€26.73/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4 128 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 5 TB +€26.73/TB | | €264.71 incl. €4.55 IPv4 | €3,176.51 12 mo | ||
 ServerMania AMD Ryzen 9950X, 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 | | €266.39 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €3,196.72 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | Arm 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB | | €266.58 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,198.96 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 160G KVM PROMO V5 - HONG KONG CN2 GIA 6 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB · 2 TB traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB | 2 TB |  | €267.28 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €3,207.31 12 mo | ||
BandwagonHost SPECIAL 160G KVM PROMO V5 - TOKYO CN2 GIA 6 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB · 2 TB traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 8 GB | 160 GB | 2 TB | | €267.28 Setup fee, IPv4 address not published | €3,207.31 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.