Paid Minecraft hosts ranked by their regular price per GB of RAM, cheapest first. Budget plans usually save money on CPU, backups or support, so the table shows what each one leaves out. Updated November 2026.
Ranked by price per GB. “–” means the host doesn’t clearly state it. How we compare hosts.
$1 per GB budget plans, and premium plans on Ryzen 9 with daily backups.
Good: Very low price per GB; Unmetered NVMe storage and unlimited slots; Premium plans add backups and Ryzen 9 CPUs.
Watch out for: No free backups on Budget plans; Support mainly through Discord.
$1 per GB budget plans from 1 GB to 22 GB, with its own Apollo panel.
Good: Plans from $1 a month (1 GB); Bedrock options include Vanilla, Nukkit and PocketMine; Modpack and plugin installers.
Watch out for: Backups cost extra; Very short refund window.
Each server is a full Ubuntu machine with root access and SFTP.
Good: Root shell and SFTP on every server; Daily backups; Low price per GB.
Watch out for: Starts at 4 GB; More technical than managed hosts.
Plans from 768 MB, a free tier and up to 600 player slots.
Good: Free plan to try things out; 14 locations, including India and Australia; BungeeCord and Spigot networks supported.
Watch out for: No refunds; The cheapest 768 MB plan is too small for most servers.
Switch between 60+ games on one plan; 27+ locations and a free trial.
Good: Most server locations of the hosts we compare; Swap between dozens of games on one plan; 7-day refund and a free trial.
Watch out for: Human support isn’t 24/7; Trial needs phone verification.
One per-GB plan for Minecraft and 100+ other games, in 21 locations.
Good: 21 server locations; 2,300+ one-click modpacks; Free backups and DDoS protection included.
Watch out for: Refund window is only 72 hours; Backups are kept for just 3 days.