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 E4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · London 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 |  | €267.88(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,214.57 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8als v2 · 32 GB SSD · Toronto 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 |  | €267.88(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,214.57 12 mo | ||
 Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-L220E-NVMe · AMD EPYC 7232P · 4 × 2.05 TB NVMe 8 cores · 16 threads · 64 GB RAM · 8,200 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR4ECC 64 GB | NVMe 8.2 TB | Unmetered |  | €270.82 incl. €20.83 setup | €3,249.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-4-L-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 · 3 × 6 TB HDD 28 cores · 56 threads · 256 GB RAM · 18 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 28 cores 56threads | DDR4 256 GB | HDD 18 TB | Unmetered | | €270.82 incl. €20.83 setup | €3,249.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-4-L-SSD · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 · 5 × 960 GB SSD 28 cores · 56 threads · 256 GB RAM · 4,800 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 28 cores 56threads | DDR4 256 GB | SSD 4.8 TB | Unmetered | | €270.82 incl. €20.83 setup | €3,249.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-5-M · AMD EPYC 7401P · 3 × 1 TB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 256 GB RAM · 3 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4 256 GB | NVMe 3 TB | Unmetered | | €270.82 incl. €20.83 setup | €3,249.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Core-9-M · AMD EPYC 7401P · 2 × 1 TB NVMe 24 cores · 48 threads · 256 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 24 cores 48threads | DDR4 256 GB | NVMe 2 TB | Unmetered | | €270.82 incl. €20.83 setup | €3,249.87 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8as v2 · 32 GB SSD 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€77.51/TB | 8vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€77.51/TB |  | €270.92 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,251.03 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure E4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Pune 4 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€106.91/TB | Dedicated 4vCPU | 32 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€106.91/TB |  | €270.93 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €96.22 Traffic | €3,251.14 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8als v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 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 | | €271.13 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,253.59 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · London 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 | | €271.13 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,253.59 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 24vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 720 GB | Unmetered |  | €271.30 | €3,255.60 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure E4s v5 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 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 |   | €272.87 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,274.44 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8als v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 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 | | €274.17 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,290.05 12 mo | ||
Microsoft Azure Azure B8ps v2 · 32 GB SSD · Frankfurt, Netherlands 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 | | €274.82 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €69.76 Traffic | €3,297.85 12 mo | ||
 HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 · Orlando 12 cores · 24 threads · 32 GB RAM · 480 GB SSD · 25 TB traffic Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 32 GB | SSD 480 GB | 25 TB | | €275.30 Setup fee not published | €3,303.64 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 960 GB | 7.17 TB +€8.91/TB | +14 | €276.19 | €3,314.33 12 mo | |||
 BinaryLane Dedicated AMD Ryzen 3900X · 1600 GB RAID-1 NVMe 12 cores · 24 threads · 128 GB RAM · 1,600 GB NVMe · 15 TB traffic +€6.24/TB Check due | 12 cores 24threads | 128 GB | NVMe 1.6 TB | 15 TB +€6.24/TB | | €277.55 | €3,330.63 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 8vCPU | 32 GB | 328 GB | 0 TB +€4.45/TB | +2 | €277.62 incl. €4.46 Traffic | €3,331.44 12 mo | |||
 Cherry Servers Bare Metal AMD Ryzen 7 9700X · 2 × 1 TB NVMe · Tokyo 8 cores · 16 threads · 96 GB RAM · 2 TB NVMe · 20 TB traffic +€1.69/TB Check due | 8 cores 16threads | DDR5 96 GB | NVMe 2 TB | 20 TB +€1.69/TB |  | €279.00 Setup fee not published | €3,348.00 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 24vCPU | 96 GB | NVMe 720 GB | Unmetered | | €280.85 | €3,370.20 12 mo | |||
Microsoft Azure Azure E2s v5 · 32 GB SSD · São Paulo 2 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 32 GB SSD · 0.1 TB traffic +€161.26/TB | Dedicated 2vCPU | 16 GB | SSD 32 GB | 0.1 TB +€161.26/TB |  | €283.11 incl. €3.25 IPv4, €145.14 Traffic | €3,397.29 12 mo | ||
| HostDime 2 × Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 · Guadalajara +2 locations 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 |   | €284.21 Setup fee not published | €3,410.55 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.