Minecraft: Java Edition Server Hosting

Pick a plan and a location above and check out. The server is live 60 seconds later. When you create it, pick the server type that fits your mods or plugins. If the whitelist is on, add your group to it, then share the IP and port from your dashboard.

Plans come in 2 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB, or a custom plan from 2 to 24 GB. As a starting point, 2 GB suits a small vanilla world for a few friends, 8 GB plugins or a bigger group, and 16 GB a modpack. Not sure? Support can help you pick.

On six continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. The live map above shows every location, the checkout shows your ping to each one, and every location costs the same.

Copy the IP and port from My Servers, then Manage Server. In Minecraft, open Multiplayer, choose Direct Connect or Add Server, paste the address and join. Everyone needs the same game version as the server, and on a modded server usually the same mods. How to join.

Pick a mod loader for the server (Forge, Fabric and NeoForge all work with the Mods tab). Shut it down in Actions, open the Mods tab and search CurseForge or Modrinth for a mod or a whole modpack. Click Install, and the panel checks it against your version and loader. Restart, and players add the same mods to their game. Mods guide.

Yes. Choose Paper when you create the server, upload the plugin files to the plugins folder with File Manager or SFTP, and restart. Plugins run on the server only, so players don’t install anything.

Check the whitelist first. With it on, only players on the list get in, and since 26.3 Mojang turns it on by default for a new server. Add their names to the list, or set white-list to false in server.properties and restart. Also check that everyone runs the same version as the server.

The server stays up. With Mojang’s default it pauses 60 seconds after the last player leaves, so crops and farms wait until someone joins; Paper turns the pause off by default. Change it with pause-when-empty-seconds in server.properties; 0 keeps it running.

Not out of the box. The third-party Geyser plugin, with Floodgate, lets Bedrock players join a Java world. It runs on Paper, Fabric or NeoForge, and our guide covers the port setup. Geyser lists the game versions it supports, so check it before you update. Bedrock players guide.

Yes. Shut the server down, open File Manager or connect over SFTP, and upload your world folder into the Server folder, named to match level-name in server.properties (world by default), with level.dat directly inside it. Match the server version to the world, then restart. A world from an older version is upgraded when it loads, and that can’t be undone.

Yes, free on every plan. Our engineers copy your saves, mods and configs, check them and hand you the new IP, and your old server keeps running until then. How free migration works.

The version is set under My Server, and every player needs the same one. Mojang numbers releases by year now (26.x in 2026).

Every plan comes with a 24-hour money-back guarantee. If the server is not right for your group, talk to support on live chat or email.

In My Servers, open the three dots on the server card, choose Billing, then View options next to Renewal settings and cancellation, and click Cancel Subscription. The server stays active until the end of the period you paid for.

Yes, with SharePay. After signup the panel gives you a link, and your group pays their share without making an account. It works on any plan, for any group size.

Yes, and switching is free on games your plan has the memory for. Ask support before you switch so you know what happens to your Minecraft: Java Edition files.