Which hosts sell 6 GB Minecraft servers?
Astroworld Hosting sells a 6 GB Minecraft server for Bedrock, and none of the three hosts we compare sells 6 GB for Java. Astroworld Village costs €9.95 a month in Germany with daily backups, and Astroworld Village Performance costs €11.95 with reserved Ryzen 9 threads. For Java, Cheapest Minecraft Hosting, Lodehost and Astroworld Hosting all go from 4 GB straight to 8 GB.
| Host | Plan | Per month | Memory | vCPU | Processor | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astroworld | Village Performance Performance line | €11.95 (€9.95 on 24 mo) New customers: €4.78 a month for the first 3 months, 60% off | 6 GB | 3 reserved | Ryzen 9 5900X (Germany) or 7950X (Poland) | 60 GB Enterprise NVMe |
| CheapestMinecraftHosting | Plus Budget line | €6.40 | 8 GB | 2 shared | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, DDR5 | 40 GB NVMe |
| Astroworld | Village Standard line | €9.95 (€7.95 on 24 mo) | 6 GB | 3 shared | AMD EPYC | 75 GB SSD |
How many players fit on a 6 GB Minecraft server?
A 6 GB Minecraft server holds about 12 players online on vanilla, 8 with plugins and 2 on a modded server. It is not enough for a large modpack. Each row below is one kind of server, sized by the rule the finder uses. Bedrock follows the vanilla row, because its server uses less memory than Java.
| Setup | Players online on 6 GB | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla | About 12 | The vanilla server or Paper without plugins |
| Plugins | About 8 | Paper or Purpur with a few plugins |
| Modded | About 2 | Fabric, Forge or NeoForge with mods you pick yourself |
| Modpack | Not enough | A large modpack with around 300 mods |
6 GB or 8 GB for a Minecraft Java server?
Choose 8 GB for a Java server, because no host we compare sells 6 GB for Java and the next size up costs only a few euros more than 4 GB. An 8 GB plan holds about 18 players on vanilla and 12 with plugins, and at Astroworld Hosting and Lodehost it is the first size with a free server website. CheapestMinecraftHosting Plus costs €6.40 a month, and Lodehost Starter costs €12.95 in Germany. More on 8 GB Minecraft server hosting.
Best 6 GB Minecraft Bedrock server plans
The best 6 GB Minecraft Bedrock server for ten players is Village at Astroworld Hosting, and the finder shows how it compares:
For 6 to 10 players on a Minecraft Bedrock server in Poland (Warsaw), the finder recommends Astroworld Hosting Village Performance: 6 GB, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, DDR5, for €11.95 a month when you pay monthly. As a new customer you pay €4.78 a month for the first 3 months, 60% off. The best plan at Cheapest Minecraft Hosting is CheapestMinecraftHosting Plus at €6.40.
When is 6 GB not enough?
6 GB is not enough for modpacks, for a plugin server with more than about eight players, or for a Bedrock group that grows past a dozen. A modpack needs 6 to 8 GB before anyone joins, so it leaves little or nothing for players. The next sizes are 8 GB for Java and Town with 12 GB for Bedrock, at €14.95 a month. Bedrock servers in general are on Minecraft Bedrock server hosting.
4 GB vs 6 GB Minecraft server
A 6 GB Minecraft server holds about twice as many players as 4 GB: about 12 on vanilla or Bedrock instead of 6, and 8 with plugins instead of 4. Astroworld Hosting shows the step in its Bedrock plans. Astroworld Pocket has 4 GB, 2 vCPU and 60 GB of storage for €7.95 a month, and Village adds 2 GB, a third vCPU and 15 GB of storage for €9.95.
On Java the choice is 4 GB or 8 GB, because there is no 6 GB plan in between. 4 GB is also the least a crossplay server with Geyser needs by our rule, so a mixed Java and Bedrock group on 4 GB has no room left to grow before the jump to 8 GB. See 4 GB Minecraft server hosting for the smaller size.