A VPS for a Minecraft server
1,494 servers from 48 providers, from €5.41 a month. Prices checked 5 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 Start-1-L · Intel Xeon E3-1220 v2 · 2 × 1 TB HDD 4 cores · 4 threads · 16 GB RAM · 2 TB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 4threads | DDR3 16 GB | HDD 2 TB | Unmetered |  | €21.66(lowest complete bill on this page) incl. €1.67 setup | €259.87 12 mo | ||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 160 GB | — |  | €21.75 Setup fee, Traffic allowance not published | €260.94 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | SSD 300 GB | Unmetered |  | €21.85 | €262.20 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 18 GB | SSD 1 TB | Unmetered | | €21.85 | €262.20 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | SSD 300 GB | Unmetered |  | €22.00 | €264.00 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 18 GB | SSD 1 TB | Unmetered | | €22.00 | €264.00 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 20 TB |    | €22.99 Setup fee not published | €275.88 12 mo | |||
| 4vCPU | 16 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 16 TB |  +5 | €23.15 | €277.76 12 mo | |||
 Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 6 · Portsmouth, St. Louis 6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM · 300 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6vCPU | 12 GB | NVMe 300 GB | Unmetered | | €23.40 | €280.80 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 200 GB | Unmetered |  +2 | €23.49 | €281.88 12 mo | |||
 OVHcloud VPS-4 2027 · 200 GB NVMe · Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai 8 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 3 TB traffic Check due | 8vCPU | 24 GB | NVMe 200 GB | 3 TB |   | €23.49 | €281.88 12 mo | ||
| 4vCPU | DDR5 8 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 7 TB |    +4 | €23.59 Setup fee not published | €283.11 12 mo | |||
 Cloudzy High Frequency CPU 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 240 GB NVMe · 7 TB traffic Check due | 4vCPU | DDR5 8 GB | NVMe 240 GB | 7 TB | +4 | €23.59 Setup fee not published | €283.11 12 mo | ||
| OVHcloud Kimsufi KS-5-B · Intel Xeon E5-1650v4 · 2 × 450 GB NVMe 6 cores · 12 threads · 16 GB RAM · 900 GB NVMe · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4ECC 16 GB | NVMe 900 GB | Unmetered | +1 | €23.82 incl. €1.83 setup | €285.87 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 120 GB | 8 TB | | €23.99 Setup fee not published | €287.88 12 mo | |||
| Dedicated 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 128 GB | Unmetered |  | €24.15 incl. €0.50 IPv4 | €289.80 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 16 GB | 50 GB | — +€2.50/TB |  | €24.20 Traffic allowance not published | €290.40 12 mo | |||
| 4vCPU | 8 GB | NVMe 100 GB | 4 TB +€6.24/TB | | €24.45 | €293.40 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 12 GB | NVMe 300 GB | Unmetered | | €24.45 | €293.40 12 mo | |||
| 12vCPU | 48 GB | SSD 400 GB | Unmetered | | €25.00 | €300.00 12 mo | |||
| 8vCPU | 30 GB | SSD 1.2 TB | Unmetered | | €25.00 | €300.00 12 mo | |||
| 6vCPU | 12 GB | NVMe 300 GB | Unmetered | | €25.50 | €306.00 12 mo | |||
| OVHcloud Kimsufi KS-STOR · Intel Xeon-D 1521 · 4 × 4 TB HDD + 1 × 500 GB NVMe 4 cores · 8 threads · 16 GB RAM · 16,500 GB HDD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 4 cores 8threads | DDR4ECC 16 GB | HDD 16.5 TB | Unmetered | +1 | €25.99 incl. €2.00 setup | €311.87 12 mo | ||
| Scaleway Dedibox Start-2-L · Intel Xeon D-1531 · 2 × 250 GB SSD 6 cores · 12 threads · 32 GB RAM · 500 GB SSD · Unmetered traffic Check due | 6 cores 12threads | DDR4 32 GB | SSD 500 GB | Unmetered | | €27.07 incl. €2.08 setup | €324.87 12 mo | ||
| 8vCPU | 32 GB | NVMe 250 GB | 20 TB | | €27.99 Setup fee not published | €335.88 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.