Choosing a Plan: How RAM, vCPU and Pricing Work

Every game has a small set of plans, and the main difference between them is memory. This page explains what each plan includes, how prices are worked out, and how to pick the right one.

What a plan includes

Each plan card shows three numbers:

• RAM: the memory reserved for your server. This is the number that matters most, because it decides how much world, how many players and how many mods the server can hold.
• vCPU: the processor cores available to the server. Larger plans get more.
• Players: a suggested player count the plan handles comfortably for that game. It is a guide, not a hard limit, except where the game itself has a cap (Valheim allows 10 players per world, for example).

Plans are named Starter, Standard, Pro and so on, going up in size. The plan marked Popular is the one that fits most groups for that game.

How pricing works

Plans are priced by RAM, at about $2.50 per GB per month, with every price ending in .99. For example:

Each game only offers the sizes that make sense for it, so a light game like Terraria starts at 2 GB while ARK: Survival Ascended starts at 12 GB. The exact prices are always shown on the game page and at checkout.

Every plan is a monthly subscription for one server. There are no setup fees or contracts. See billing and cancellation for how payment works.

How to pick

1. Start with the Popular plan. It is sized for a typical group of friends playing the base game.
2. Go bigger for mods. Modpacks, plugin heavy servers and workshop mods can double memory use. A big Minecraft modpack wants 8 GB or more.
3. Go bigger for more players, bigger maps or old worlds. Every player loads more of the world, and worlds grow as people build.
4. Go smaller for a light setup. Two friends on vanilla Minecraft or Terraria do not need much.

For a detailed breakdown by game, including what uses memory and the signs you need more, read how much RAM a game server needs.

Examples

• Vanilla Minecraft with a few friends: 2 GB. With Paper and plugins for 10 to 25 players: 4 GB. See Minecraft plans.
• Valheim with up to 10 Vikings: the Popular plan. Add memory for BepInEx mods. See Valheim plans.
• Rust for a community: 12 GB for up to 100 players, more for large maps or many plugins. See Rust plans.
• Palworld for a big group: 16 GB or more, since Palworld memory grows the longer it runs. See Palworld plans.

Running more than one server

Each server is its own plan and its own subscription, so you can run a Minecraft server and a Valheim server side by side, each on the size it needs. They all appear on your dashboard.

Ready to go? Follow getting started to deploy your first server.