For Aternos players
The Aternos Alternative That Stays Online
Aternos is free and works well for a few friends who play together. A paid server keeps running all the time: no queue before it starts, and still online after the last player leaves. Your world comes with you.
Entry plans, online 24/7
- Standard 3 GB Minecraft up to 1.20.4€2.70
- Standard 4 GB 1.21 and newer€3.60
- Premium 3 GB Ryzen 9 9950X, DDR5€5.25
Monthly prices for Europe, billed in EUR. The plan picker shows every region.
Pick the plan you actually need
Choose a region, choose Standard or Premium, then pick RAM. The summary stays visible so price, players, storage, and hardware are easy to compare.
Choose the region
Pick the region closest to most of your players.
Choose the hardware line
Select RAM memory
Order summary
Netherlands
Selected plan
MC Iron
Starter SMP
- Ryzen 9 3900XShared CPU
- 4-8 Players (no hard cap)
- 4GB RAM
- 30GB NVMe
- Pterodactyl panel included
- DDoS Protection Included
Player counts are a recommendation based on RAM, not a hard limit. You can connect more players than listed.
3 server port allocations included. Up to 5 available on request.
Instant setup in your selected region.
CPU matters
Minecraft cares about single-thread speed. In the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Canada, Premium runs Ryzen 9 9950X and Standard Ryzen 9 3900X-class. California and Virginia run the 7950X3D on Standard and the 9950X on Premium, Singapore and Australia the 5950X, and India the 3900X-class. The CPU is shared on every plan.
Protection choices
DDoS protection is included on every plan in every region. Premium in Europe and Canada and every USA plan run behind Cloudflare Magic Transit; Standard, Singapore, Australia and India use standard protection. There is no paid add-on.
Panel included
Console, files, backups, schedules, startup flags, and sub-users are ready.
9 regions
Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Canada, USA (California), USA (Virginia), Singapore, India (Mumbai), and Australia. EU, NA, Asia, South Asia, and Oceania covered.
Need something bigger?
Running Velocity, a big modpack, or a server network? Tell us what you are building and we will size it properly.
What changes when you leave Aternos
Aternos is free and works well for a few friends who play together. These are the four things that change on a paid server. The Aternos side comes from Aternos' own pages, linked under each point.
Price
On Aternos
Free. In Aternos' own words: “There is no possibility to pay for anything.”
Source: aternos.org
On a Space-Node server
A monthly plan: €2.70 for 3 GB on Standard, €5.25 for 3 GB on Premium. Longer billing terms are cheaper per month at checkout.
Starting the server
On Aternos
When Aternos is at full capacity, you wait in a queue before your server starts.
Source: Aternos help: Queue
On a Space-Node server
No queue. The server is already running when you and your friends join.
When the last player leaves
On Aternos
A countdown starts once the server is empty, and the server stops when it runs out. Aternos does not offer 24/7 hosting.
Source: Aternos help: Stop countdown, 24/7 Hosting
On a Space-Node server
It keeps running. Your server stays online 24/7, also when nobody is playing.
Playing again later
On Aternos
Someone starts the server again on the Aternos website, or joins through Aternos' Dawn launcher, which can start it automatically.
Source: Aternos help: Dawn autostart
On a Space-Node server
Nothing to start. Your friends connect to the same address whenever they want to play.
Aternos pages checked 25 October 2026.
Which plan fits an Aternos world
Pick by RAM and by the Minecraft version you play. You can move up to a bigger plan later and keep your world.
Standard
MC Coal, 3 GB
Ryzen 9 3900X-class with DDR4. Minecraft up to 1.20.4, for a small group with a few plugins.
€2.70 /mo
Standard
MC Iron, 4 GB
The smallest Standard plan for Minecraft 1.21 and newer: Vanilla or Paper, or a light modpack up to 50 mods.
€3.60 /mo
Premium
MC Coal Premium, 3 GB
Ryzen 9 9950X with DDR5 and Cloudflare Magic Transit, for 1.21 and newer.
€5.25 /mo
Standard or Premium
MC Diamond, 8 GB
The sweet spot for most SMPs and popular modpacks.
€7.20 /mo · Premium €13.99
Monthly prices for the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, billed in EUR. The plan picker above shows the price in every region. The CPU is shared on every plan; the RAM in your plan is reserved for your server.
Move your Aternos world in five steps
Your world is yours: Aternos lets you download it, and you upload it in our panel.
- 1
Download the world on Aternos
Wait until the server has stopped, so the download has the latest save. Open the Worlds page of your Aternos server, select the world and click Download. You get a zip file. If the list also shows world_nether and world_the_end, download those too.
- 2
Order a plan and match the setup
Pick the same server software and Minecraft version in our panel. Start the server once so it creates its files, then stop it.
- 3
Upload the world in the panel
Unzip the world on your computer, delete the fresh world folder the server generated, then upload yours with the file manager in the panel. For worlds over about 1 GB, use SFTP: the address and username are under Settings in the panel, and the password is your panel password.
- 4
Check the folder name and online-mode
The folder name has to match level-name in server.properties, usually world. Keep online-mode the same as on Aternos, where Cracked on means online-mode=false; changing it can cost players their inventories and positions.
- 5
Add your plugins or mods and start
Install the same plugins or mods, start the server and watch the console. Test with a friend, then give your players the new address.
Rather have us do it?
Add the One-time Server Migration when you order. It costs €15, charged once, and it is meant for moving from another host to Space-Node: our team transfers the world for you. Questions first? Ask in live chat.
Full guide to moving a Minecraft serverAternos explains the download in its own help centre: Download your world.
When Aternos is still the better pick
You play together at set times
If your group plays a few evenings a week and does not mind starting the server first, free Aternos costs nothing, and that is hard to beat.
You want to pay by the hour
exaroton, the paid service from the Aternos team, charges 1 credit per GB of RAM for every hour the server runs. That suits short sessions; a monthly plan suits a server that should be online for a good part of the day.
Moving from Aternos: FAQ
- No. Our servers are paid monthly, from €2.70 for 3 GB on Standard. There is no free trial and no money-back guarantee, so if you are not sure which size fits, ask in live chat before you order.
- Yes. It runs 24/7, whether anyone is online or not, and there is no queue before it starts. You only restart it yourself, for example after changing settings or installing a plugin.
- Yes. Download the world from the Worlds page of your Aternos server as a zip file, then upload it in our panel with the file manager, or over SFTP for big worlds. If the Worlds page also lists world_nether and world_the_end, download those as well. Our guide to moving a Minecraft server lists every folder to copy.
- Yes. Add the One-time Server Migration when you order a plan. It costs €15, charged once, and it is meant for moving from another host to Space-Node: our team transfers the world for you. Questions before you order? Ask in live chat.
- For Vanilla or Paper with a few friends on Minecraft 1.21 or newer, MC Iron (4 GB, €3.60 a month) is the smallest Standard plan that fits. MC Coal (3 GB, €2.70) runs versions up to 1.20.4. Modpacks start around 8 GB (MC Diamond, €7.20). Premium starts at €5.25 for 3 GB on a Ryzen 9 9950X with DDR5.
- No. Aternos says there is no possibility to pay for anything. The paid service from the same company is exaroton, which charges 1 credit per GB of RAM for every hour the server runs. If you play a few hours a week, paying per hour can cost less; for a server that should be online most of the day, a monthly plan is the simpler and usually cheaper choice. Our guide to the Aternos paid version does the maths.
- Yes. Every server comes with a free subdomain such as yourname.mymcserver.nl, which you manage from the panel, so nobody has to type an IP address and port.
- Yes. Install a modpack from the panel's installer, or upload your own plugins, mods, modpacks and server files with the file manager or over SFTP. Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Fabric, Forge and NeoForge are supported.
- Our team answers live chat, Discord and email every day from 08:00 to 20:00 UTC. Servers are monitored around the clock.
More reading: does Aternos have a paid version?, moving a Minecraft server and how much RAM a Minecraft server needs.
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