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is*hosting
Medium · 3 × 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · Global
✓ Listed for “Minecraft server”✓ Plan covers 2 cores and 4 GB RAM✓ Within budget
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VPS for a Minecraft server
Hosting a Minecraft (Java or Bedrock) server for you and your players
How many resources you need
Why that many
A Minecraft server is a memory and single-thread story. The game runs on Java, which claims a heap up front and fills it as chunks load and players spread out; run short and the server stutters and drops ticks. It also leans on one CPU core more than on many, so the clock speed of a single thread matters more than the core count. Mods and plugins multiply both: a heavy modpack can want as much memory for ten players as vanilla wants for fifty
01 · Minimum
2 × 4 GB
disk from 20 GB
Vanilla or light plugins, a handful of friends, up to about ten players
02 · Workingtypical choice
2 × 6 GB
disk from 40 GB
Plugins and a community server, around twenty players, a few loaded chunks
03 · With headroom
4 × 8 GB
disk from 60 GB
A modpack or many players, worlds that keep growing on disk
What to check before paying
- Single-thread CPU performance (clock speed), not just the number of cores
- Whether the provider allows game servers on the plan at all
- DDoS protection — game servers are a common target
- That RAM is dedicated, not oversold, so the Java heap has real memory
How this ties into the matching. The calculator below is already set up for this workload: 2 cores and 4 GB of memory from the recommendation are filled in. You can change the values and the match recalculates instantly. A workload fit adds +25 points to a provider, the full formula
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Server matching
108 plans with a verified price, data checked August 17, 202601 · Workloadwe suggest 2 × 4 GB
Hosting a Minecraft (Java or Bedrock) server for you and your players
02 · Location
03 · Memory4 GB
1 GB64 GB
04 · Cores2 cores
116
05 · Budgetup to $25 / month
$5no limit
06 · Requirements
Provider commission is not part of the formula. How the score works
Matching result20 matching plans
02
Hostman
Cloud 4 · 2 × 4 GB · 80 GB NVMe · Europe
✕ “Minecraft server” is not listed by the provider✓ Plan covers 2 cores and 4 GB RAM✓ Within budget
03
RackNerd
KVM 4 GB · 3 × 4 GB · 60 GB SSD · Asia
✓ Listed for “Minecraft server”✓ Plan covers 2 cores and 4 GB RAM✓ Within budget
04
VPSDime
Linux VPS 6 GB · 4 × 6 GB · 30 GB NVMe · USA
✓ Listed for “Minecraft server”✓ Plan covers 2 cores and 4 GB RAM✓ Within budget
05
FireVPS
Ryzen 4GB (тариф за 2 года) · 2 × 4 GB · 50 GB SSD · Global
✓ Listed for “Minecraft server”✓ Plan covers 2 cores and 4 GB RAM✓ Within budget
06
Cherry Servers
Cloud VPS 4 · 4 × 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · Asia
✓ Listed for “Minecraft server”✓ Plan covers 2 cores and 4 GB RAM✓ Within budget
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Plans
Suitable plans from the base
Selected are the ones that cover the recommended configuration: at least 2 cores and 4 GB of memory
| Provider | Plan | CPU | RAM | Disk | Price per GB | Verified | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RackNerd | KVM 4 GB | 3 | 4 GB | 60 GB SSD | $1 | August 16, 2026 | $5 |
| VPSDime | Linux VPS 6 GB | 4 | 6 GB | 30 GB NVMe | $1 | August 16, 2026 | $7 |
| FireVPS | Ryzen 4GB (тариф за 2 года) | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB SSD | $2 | August 17, 2026 | $9 |
| Cherry Servers | Cloud VPS 4 | 4 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | $3 | August 16, 2026 | $11 |
| Ethernet Servers | VPS 4 GB | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | $3 | August 16, 2026 | $12 |
| VDSina | Medium · Amsterdam | 2 | 4 GB | 100 GB NVMe | $4 | August 17, 2026 | $15 |
| DataPacket | VServer 4 GB | 3 | 4 GB | 150 GB NVMe | $4 | August 6, 2026 | $15 |
| FireVPS | Ryzen 8GB (тариф за 2 года) | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | $2 | August 17, 2026 | $18 |
| MassiveGRID | Professional | 4 | 8 GB | 128 GB NVMe | $2 | August 16, 2026 | $19 |
| DataPacket | VServer 6 GB | 4 | 6 GB | 200 GB NVMe | $3 | August 6, 2026 | $20 |
| VPS.org | 2C-4GB | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | $5 | August 3, 2026 | $20 |
| is*hosting | Medium | 3 | 4 GB | 40 GB SSD | $5 | August 3, 2026 | $21 |
Providers
Who claims this workload
Very broad geography: more than forty VPS locations plus a separate dedicated-server line. Handy when you need a specific host cou…
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Plans from$6
Focused on performance and dedicated servers for production. A choice for heavy workloads where stable capacity matters more than…
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Plans from$5
VP
A general-purpose mid-range provider with flexible configurations. A fit when you need a predictable server for typical workloads…
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Plans from$3
VD
An inexpensive provider with hourly billing and a clear plan line-up. Often chosen for small services and test stands.
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Plans from$2
Cloud VPS with hourly billing and broad geography: Europe, the US and Asia. Handy when you need a specific host country and flexib…
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Plans from$4
A cloud with NVMe storage and sites in New York, London, Frankfurt and Singapore. A 2 Gbps uplink and an uptime SLA are advertised
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Plans from$4
RA
A very cheap KVM VPS with many US locations plus points in Europe and Asia. Billed a year upfront, hence the low effective price
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Plans from$2
An inexpensive VPS with sites in the US, Germany and the UK, daily backups and a 10 Gbps port
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Plans from$6
VP
A VPS with a lot of RAM for the money and sites in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. Known for generous configurations
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Plans from$7
FI
Windows RDP and Linux VPS on AMD Ryzen with data centers in 16 locations across 10 countries. Focused on RDP access and fast SSD/N…
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Plans from$7
Questions
Common questions about a minecraft server
How much RAM for a Minecraft server
Roughly four gigabytes for a small vanilla or lightly-modded server, six to eight once you add plugins, players and loaded chunks, and more for a serious modpack. The calculator sizes CPU and memory for you; tune the exact heap to your mods and player count, and give Java a gigabyte of headroom above what you set
Why does clock speed matter more than cores
The core game loop is largely single-threaded, so it runs on one CPU thread and cannot spread the world tick across many cores. A server with fewer but faster cores holds a steady tick rate better than one with many slow cores. Extra cores still help the operating system, backups and side processes, but the tick lives on one thread