Minecraft Server Hosting Netherlands and Europe: From €2.70

Quick answer: Space-Node's main datacenter is in Hengelo in the Netherlands, and for a group spread across Western Europe it is a sensible single location. Minecraft plans there start at €2.70 a month for 3 GB, with NVMe storage and DDoS protection on every plan. Germany (Frankfurt) and Poland (Warsaw) sell the same plans at the same prices if your players sit further east.

This guide covers what the Netherlands region runs on, how it compares with our other European regions, which plan size fits vanilla, plugin servers (Paper, Purpur) and modpacks (ATM10, Better MC), and how to check your own ping before you order.

Plans and prices

The Netherlands suits a mixed European group because it is central to Western Europe and our datacenter there has AMS-IX connectivity, one of the largest internet exchanges in Europe.

• Standard: from €2.70 a month for 3 GB (€0.90 per GB), on an AMD EPYC 7443 with DDR4.
• Premium: from €5.25 a month for 3 GB, on a Ryzen 9 9950X with DDR5, 600 to 800% CPU under fair use and Cloudflare Magic Transit.
• On every plan: DDoS protection and NVMe storage, billed in euro.

Choose the region and size on our Minecraft server hosting in the Netherlands page, which opens on the Netherlands. Dutch speakers can use the same plans on Minecraft server hosting in het Nederlands.

Why the Netherlands for a European Minecraft server

Our Netherlands region runs in a Tier II datacenter in Hengelo, in the east of the country, with AMS-IX connectivity. The Netherlands is a common choice for European game servers because it sits between the UK, France, Germany and Scandinavia and has short routes to all of them.

It is not automatically the fastest location for everyone. From most German cities Frankfurt measured faster, and for players in Poland and further east our Warsaw region is worth testing. That is why the plan selector lets you compare regions before you pay.

What the public ping figures show

We do not publish our own ping table per country, because your result depends on your provider and the route. Our country guides quote WonderNetwork, which pings between its own test servers every hour. In late September 2026 its medians to Amsterdam were about 8 ms from London, 13 ms from Paris, 16 ms from Berlin and 19 ms from Dublin. Those are WonderNetwork's servers, not our Hengelo node, and your own connection adds to them.

For your own number, open the plan selector on the Minecraft page. It times a round trip from your browser to every region, so you and your regular players can compare the Netherlands, Germany and Poland from your own connections.

Netherlands, Germany or Poland

All three sell the same Minecraft plans at the same prices, so the choice is only about where your players are.

• Netherlands (Hengelo): mixed groups across Western Europe, plus the UK, Ireland, Benelux and Scandinavia.
• Germany (Frankfurt): mostly German players. In WonderNetwork's figures Frankfurt was faster than Amsterdam from Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Düsseldorf; see the Germany guide.
• Poland (Warsaw): groups in Poland and further east; see Serwer Minecraft w Polsce.

There is no UK location. The UK guide compares Amsterdam and Frankfurt from six British cities. If you pick wrong, moving a server between our locations is free through live chat, about once a week.

Space-Node plans in the Netherlands

These are the Standard (DDR4) plans as sold on the Minecraft hosting page:

Plans for heavy modpacks

The player counts in these tables are the plan selector's figures and fit lighter setups. ATM10 is heavier, so we size it on its own: MC Special 1 (12GB) for 1 to 5 players, MC Special 3 (16GB) for 5 to 15 and MC Special 4 (32GB) for 15 or more.

The Premium (DDR5) line has the same sizes on a Ryzen 9 9950X and costs more per GB, from €5.25 for 3GB to €56.99 for 32GB. The CPU is shared on both tiers, and the RAM in your plan is reserved for your server. Support runs on live chat and Discord every day from 08:00 to 20:00 UTC.

Netherlands is one of nine regions. You pick the region in the plan selector before checkout: Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Canada, USA California, USA Virginia, Singapore, India and Australia. Billing is in euro.

Storage speed

Storage speed shows up most when a server boots and when it generates new chunks. A kitchen sink pack like ATM10 loads several hundred mods on every start, so it leans on the disk far more than vanilla does. Every Space-Node plan runs on NVMe storage.

Ping and TPS are different problems

Ping is how long your actions take to reach the server. TPS is how smoothly the server keeps the world running, and a server stuck below 20 TPS lags for everyone, however close it is. Pick the location for your players and the plan size and tier for your world: a busy modpack on too little RAM or a slow CPU will not be fixed by a closer datacenter.

Common Questions

Why the Netherlands rather than Germany or the UK?

For a group spread over several Western European countries, the Netherlands is a good middle ground. For a mostly German group, Frankfurt often measures faster. We have no UK location; for British players the UK guide shows Amsterdam ahead of Frankfurt from five of six cities in WonderNetwork's figures. Hardware and prices are the same in all our European regions, so pick the location closest to most of your players.

What's the best Minecraft hosting plan for 10 to 20 players?

For 10 to 15 players on vanilla or Paper, MC Diamond (8GB, €7.20) is the usual pick. Toward 20 players, or with heavy plugins, go to MC Special 1 (12GB, €10.80). All The Mods 10 needs more at that size: MC Special 3 (16GB, €14.40) for up to 15 players and MC Special 4 (32GB, €29.99) above that.

Can I run ATM10 or Better MC on Netherlands hosting?

Yes. For All The Mods 10 we recommend MC Special 1 (12GB, €10.80) for 1 to 5 players, MC Special 3 (16GB, €14.40) for 5 to 15 and MC Special 4 (32GB, €29.99) for 15 or more. The official ATM10 server files set an 8GB Java heap (-Xmx8G in user_jvm_args.txt), and Java needs memory on top of the heap, which is why we start at 12GB. Raise -Xmx to fit your plan. The ATM10 server hosting page lists Standard and Premium prices for all three. For Better MC (BMC4), our BMC4 guide suggests MC Lapis (6GB, €5.40) for up to 5 players, MC Diamond (8GB, €7.20) for 6 to 10 and MC Special 1 (12GB, €10.80) for 10 to 15. How close you stay to 20 TPS depends on the pack, loaded chunks and how much automation your players build.

Which region for players in Eastern Europe or the UK?

For Poland and further east, test our Warsaw region against the Netherlands in the plan selector. For the UK, the Netherlands is our nearest region; the UK guide has WonderNetwork's figures for six British cities.

Does Netherlands hosting include DDoS protection?

Space-Node includes DDoS protection on every plan, in every region, with no add-on to buy. The Premium tier and the USA locations run Cloudflare Magic Transit; the Standard tier, Singapore, Australia and India use standard protection. Check this per host, because not every Netherlands provider includes it by default.

Can Bedrock and Java players join the same Netherlands server?

Not by default, because Java and Bedrock use different protocols. Install the Geyser plugin on your Java server to let Bedrock players join. Geyser needs a port of its own, open for TCP and UDP, which you can add in the panel as an extra port allocation at no cost (three are included, up to five on request).

Related guides:

• Best Minecraft Hosting for Modpacks
• All The Mods 10 (ATM10) Hosting Guide
• Better MC (BMC4) Server Hosting Guide

Netherlands, Europe, Germany, and Amsterdam hosting quick answers

If you are migrating from another European host, keep the old server online until DNS, backups, plugins, permissions and whitelist checks are confirmed on the new machine. If you would rather not do it yourself, the One-time Server Migration add-on (€15, charged once) has us move the server for you.