48GB Minecraft Server Hosting: Networks and Big Communities

48 GB Minecraft server hosting

48 GB Minecraft server hosting is meant for networks and large public servers, with room for about 90 players with plugins or 40 on a large modpack. Before you buy one, check whether two smaller servers would work better.

Prices checked on 7 October 2026 on the hosts' own order pages. All prices include VAT.

Compare 48 GB Minecraft server plans

Every 48 GB Minecraft server plan at the three hosts, with the processor, storage and monthly price.

48 GB Minecraft server plans at Astroworld Hosting, Lodehost and Cheapest Minecraft Hosting
Provider	Memory	CPU & storage	Monthly price	Order page
Astroworld Hosting Ultimate Performance	48 GB Free website	Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5, Poland (Warsaw) 6 reserved vCPU, 240 GB Enterprise NVMe	€37.58 /mo First 3 months, then €93.95/mo, €83.95 on 24 months 60% off for new customers	View plan Astroworld Ultimate Performance (opens Astroworld Hosting)
Lodehost Ultimate, performance line	48 GB Free website	Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5, Poland (Warsaw) 6 reserved vCPU, 240 GB Enterprise NVMe	€37.58 first month Then €93.95/mo, €83.95 on 24 months 60% off for new customers	View plan Lodehost Ultimate (opens Lodehost)
Cheapest Minecraft Hosting Realm, budget line	48 GB	Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5, Poland (Warsaw) 4 shared vCPU, 200 GB NVMe	€38.40 /mo Same price on every term	View plan CheapestMinecraftHosting Realm (opens Cheapest Minecraft Hosting)
Astroworld Hosting Ultimate, standard line	48 GB Free website	AMD EPYC, Germany 6 shared vCPU, 300 GB SSD	€46.95 /mo €41.95 on 24 months	View plan Astroworld Ultimate (opens Astroworld Hosting)
Lodehost Ultimate, standard line	48 GB Free website	Shared processor, Germany 6 shared vCPU, 300 GB SSD	€46.95 /mo €41.95 on 24 months	View plan Lodehost Ultimate (opens Lodehost)

On the Performance lines the large price is what a new customer pays a month at the start: for the first 3 months at Astroworld Hosting and the first payment at Lodehost. The regular monthly price comes after it, and the last price in each row is the monthly price on the host's longest term.

Compare the same billing term and location before you order.

Every price is taken from the host's own order page. How we compare

What can you run on a 48 GB Minecraft server?

About 90 players with plugins

A public Paper server with plugins, on a fast processor.

A large modpack for about 40 players

A big modded community on one world.

A small server network

A lobby and two or three game servers behind one address.

One world uses one main thread however much RAM it has, so at 48 GB two smaller servers often run better than one big one.

One large Minecraft server or several smaller ones?

Several smaller Minecraft servers usually run better than one large one, because a Minecraft server cannot spread one world over many cores. If you put ninety players on one 48 GB server, they still share one main thread. Split them over a lobby and two game servers, and each server gets its own thread. That is the main reason to buy several smaller plans once your community reaches this size.

The reason to choose one large plan is price and simplicity. Lodehost Ultimate costs €46.95 when you pay monthly, and one world is easier to manage than three. While your community is still growing, that is a sensible place to start. When you do split, Astroworld Hosting can put two to six of your servers behind a single address, with one of them as the lobby.

For 51 to 75 players with a few plugins on Java in Poland (Warsaw), the finder recommends Lodehost Ultimate: 48 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, DDR5, for €93.95 a month when you pay monthly. As a new customer you pay €37.58 for the first month, 60% off. The best plans at the other two hosts are Astroworld Ultimate Performance at €93.95 and CheapestMinecraftHosting Realm at €38.40.

How many players fit on a 48 GB Minecraft server?

A 48 GB Minecraft server holds about 138 players online on vanilla, 92 with plugins, 86 on a modded server and 40 on a large modpack. The table shows how many players fit on 48 GB of RAM for each kind of server, by the same rule the finder uses. A single world this big is limited by its one main thread long before the memory runs out.

Players online that fit on a 48 GB Minecraft server, per setup
Setup	Players online on 48 GB	What that means
Vanilla	About 138	The vanilla server or Paper without plugins
Plugins	About 92	Paper or Purpur with a few plugins
Modded	About 86	Fabric, Forge or NeoForge with mods you pick yourself
Modpack	About 40	A large modpack with around 300 mods

One 48 GB Minecraft server plan or two 24 GB plans?

On the standard line at Lodehost, Lodehost Ultimate costs €46.95 a month, and two Lodehost Premium plans of 24 GB each cost €23.95 a month apiece. For about the same money you get the same memory, but two main threads instead of one. That is why large communities often run a survival server and a minigame server side by side instead of one big world. Our page on Minecraft hosting for 100 players explains how to connect them behind one address.

Before you buy a 48 GB Minecraft server

Consider a network

Astroworld Hosting can put two to six of your servers behind one address, with one of them as the lobby.

Compare two 24 GB plans

At Lodehost, two Premium plans cost about the same as one Ultimate and give you two main threads.

Check the processor

The 48 GB plans have 6 vCPU at Lodehost and Astroworld Hosting, reserved on the Performance line.

Questions about 48 GB Minecraft servers

Who needs a 48 GB Minecraft server?

A 48 GB Minecraft server is for public plugin servers with around 90 players online, large modded communities and small networks with a lobby and several game servers.

How much does a 48 GB Minecraft server cost?

CheapestMinecraftHosting Realm costs €38.40 a month in Poland. On the standard line, Lodehost Ultimate costs €46.95 a month in Germany, and on the Performance line with reserved Ryzen 9 threads, 48 GB costs €93.95 a month.

How many players can a 48 GB Minecraft server hold?

A 48 GB Minecraft server holds about 40 players on a large modpack, about 86 on a modded server and about 90 with plugins by memory alone. In practice one world with more than about 100 players is limited by its main thread, which is why big servers split into a network.

Is 48 GB enough for a Minecraft server network?

For a small network, yes, but in a network every server is its own plan. Instead of one 48 GB plan you would choose, for example, a 24 GB survival server, a 16 GB minigame server and a small lobby. That is about the same memory, and every world gets its own main thread.