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Best VPS for a Minecraft server
A vanilla or lightly modded Minecraft server for a small group of friends needs about 4 GB of RAM, and it benefits from fast single-core performance, because the main game loop runs on one thread. Modpacks and larger player counts need 8 GB or more.
£4.68cheapest that fits
£4.68cheapest in the UK
539plans that fit
27providers
What to look for
- For modpacks, filter for 8 GB or more of RAM.
- Dedicated CPU plans avoid the lag spikes shared CPU can cause when neighbours are busy.
- Choose a datacentre close to your players. Latency matters more than bandwidth for games.
Minimum spec used for this list: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB disk.
Cheapest in the UK
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Transfer | Location | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVHcloud | VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-2027-model1 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £4.68 |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB cloud-vps-core-4 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 100 GB | Unmetered | UK | £7.74 |
| Contabo | Storage VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB storage-vps-10 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 300 GB | Unmetered | UK | £7.80 |
| HOSTKEY | High-end 2 vCPU / 4 GB vm.v3-nano |
2 shared |
4 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £8.82 |
| OVHcloud | VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB vps-2027-model2 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 75 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £8.88 |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 6 vCPU / 12 GB cloud-vps-core-6 |
6 shared |
12 GB | 200 GB | Unmetered | UK | £10.74 |
| Contabo | Storage VPS 3 vCPU / 8 GB storage-vps-20 |
3 shared |
8 GB | 400 GB | Unmetered | UK | £10.80 |
| HostHatch | NVMe 4 vCPU / 12 GB nvme-12-gb |
4 shared |
12 GB | 50 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £10.85 |
| HOSTKEY | High-end 4 vCPU / 8 GB vm.v3-mini |
4 shared |
8 GB | 120 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £12.29 |
| OVHcloud | VPS 6 vCPU / 12 GB vps-2027-model3 |
6 shared |
12 GB | 100 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £12.72 |
Price comparison: cheapest anywhere in Europe
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Transfer | Cheapest location | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVHcloud | VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-2027-model1 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £4.68 |
| HOSTKEY | Basic 4 vCPU / 6 GB vm.mini |
4 shared |
6 GB | 120 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £5.20 |
| HOSTKEY | Standard 2 vCPU / 4 GB vm.v2-nano |
2 shared |
4 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £5.50 |
| Gigahost | Value 2 vCPU / 4 GB 7955 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | 20 TB | Sandefjord, Norway | £5.63 |
| OVHcloud | VPS Local Zone 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-2027-model1.LZ |
2 shared |
4 GB | 40 GB | Unmetered | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £5.76 |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB cloud-vps-core-4 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 100 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £6.48 |
| Contabo | Storage VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB storage-vps-10 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 300 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £6.48 |
| HOSTKEY | Standard 4 vCPU / 8 GB vm.v2-mini |
4 shared |
8 GB | 120 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £6.65 |
| Infomaniak | VPS Lite 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-lite-2c-4g |
2 dedicated |
4 GB | 60 GB | Unmetered | Geneva, Switzerland | £7.81 |
| STRATO | VPS M 2 vCores / 4 GB vps-m |
2 shared |
4 GB | 120 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £8.51 |
| Contabo | Cloud VPS 6 vCPU / 12 GB cloud-vps-core-6 |
6 shared |
12 GB | 200 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £8.82 |
| Contabo | Storage VPS 3 vCPU / 8 GB storage-vps-20 |
3 shared |
8 GB | 400 GB | Unmetered | Germany | £8.82 |
| HOSTKEY | High-end 2 vCPU / 4 GB vm.v3-nano |
2 shared |
4 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | London, UK | £8.82 |
| OVHcloud | VPS Local Zone 4 vCPU / 8 GB vps-2027-model2.LZ |
4 shared |
8 GB | 75 GB | Unmetered | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £8.88 |
| OVHcloud | VPS 4 vCPU / 8 GB vps-2027-model2 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 75 GB | Unmetered | London, UK | £8.88 |
| HOSTKEY | Storage-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB vm.storage-1000 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 1000 GB | 3 TB | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £9.01 |
| Cherry Servers | Cloud VPS Gen 2 4 vCPU / 4 GB b2-4-4gb-80s-shared |
4 shared |
4 GB | 80 GB | 1 TB | Šiauliai, Lithuania | £9.11 |
| netcup | VPS 2 vCPU / 4 GB vps-500-g12.5 |
2 shared |
4 GB | 64 GB | Unmetered | Nuremberg, Germany | £9.30 |
| Gigahost | Value 4 vCPU / 8 GB 7956 |
4 shared |
8 GB | 80 GB | 20 TB | Sandefjord, Norway | £9.45 |
| Infomaniak | VPS Lite 4 vCPU / 4 GB vps-lite-4c-4g |
4 dedicated |
4 GB | 80 GB | Unmetered | Geneva, Switzerland | £9.77 |