FreeMCHost vs Server.pro

FreeMCHost6.8Visit Server.pro6.6Visit

Higher score FreeMCHost #7 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting 6.8/10 Free plan · paid from €0.59/mo Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit FreeMCHost

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Server.pro #8 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting 6.6/10 Paid from $7/mo · free demo ✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Server.pro

• FreeMCHost fits best

  Tinkerers who can wait for a free slot

• Server.pro fits best

  A quick test before buying a Server.pro plan

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Side by side

Feature	FreeMCHost 6.8/10 Visit ↗	Server.pro 6.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	6.8	6.6
Ranking	#7 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting	#8 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Tinkerers who can wait for a free slot	A quick test before buying a Server.pro plan
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	$7/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Features FreeMCHost 3/3 · Server.pro 1/3
Mods on free	✓ (best)	—
Bedrock players	✓	✓
FTP/SFTP on free	✓ (best)	Not published
Specs
Free RAM	Not published	2 GB
Keep-alive rule	Renew every 48 hours to 14 days	Renew every hour (demo)
Player limit	No hard limit	Not published
Deletion rule	At any time, per the terms	Data kept 24 hours
Our review
Pros	One-click renewals last 48 hours, 7 days or 14 days Full console and FTP access, with Paper, Forge, Fabric and Bedrock No hard player limit, and no ads injected into the game	No credit card needed for the free demo Same platform as the paid plans, with 2 GB of RAM and 2 cores Vanilla Java or Bedrock can be tried
Cons	All free plans were out of stock, so new users queue for a slot Free RAM is a shared 24 GB pool, not a dedicated allocation The terms allow free servers to be deleted at any time, even if renewed	A time-limited demo that has to be renewed by hand every hour Data is kept for 24 hours, then only a paid plan can reach it Only Montreal and Gravelines, with vanilla software only
Our verdict	FreeMCHost, run by a French sole trader in Paris, offers three free plans with full console and FTP access, Paper by default, support for Forge, Fabric and Quilt, and a Bedrock server type, with Geyser and Floodgate available for… Read the review →	Server.pro doesn't offer a free plan so much as a free demo of its platform. The demo gives 2 GB of RAM, 2 cores and 8 GB of disk at $0 an hour with no credit card, runs vanilla Java or Bedrock in Montreal or Gravelines, and has to be… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• FreeMCHost — where it wins

  • One-click renewals last 48 hours, 7 days or 14 days
  • Full console and FTP access, with Paper, Forge, Fabric and Bedrock
  • No hard player limit, and no ads injected into the game

  Where it doesn't

  • All free plans were out of stock, so new users queue for a slot
  • Free RAM is a shared 24 GB pool, not a dedicated allocation
  • The terms allow free servers to be deleted at any time, even if renewed

• Server.pro — where it wins

  • No credit card needed for the free demo
  • Same platform as the paid plans, with 2 GB of RAM and 2 cores
  • Vanilla Java or Bedrock can be tried

  Where it doesn't

  • A time-limited demo that has to be renewed by hand every hour
  • Data is kept for 24 hours, then only a paid plan can reach it
  • Only Montreal and Gravelines, with vanilla software only

• FreeMCHost6.8/10 · Free plan · paid from €0.59/mo

  Free servers renewed for 48 hours to 14 days a click, with FTP and Bedrock, when a free slot opens up.

  Visit FreeMCHostFull verdict →
• Server.pro6.6/10 · Paid from $7/mo · free demo

  A free, hourly-renewed demo of a real Server.pro machine in Montreal or Gravelines, data kept 24 hours.

  Visit Server.proFull verdict →