Minefort vs FreeMCHost

Minefort7.1Visit FreeMCHost6.8Visit

Higher score Minefort #5 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting 7.1/10 Free plan · paid from $5.99/mo Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Minefort

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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

• Minefort fits best

  Plugin servers with an owner who plays often

• FreeMCHost fits best

  Tinkerers who can wait for a free slot

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Side by side

Feature	Minefort 7.1/10 Visit ↗	FreeMCHost 6.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.1	6.8
Ranking	#5 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting	#7 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Plugin servers with an owner who plays often	Tinkerers who can wait for a free slot
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$5.99/mo	Not published
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Features Minefort 3/3 · FreeMCHost 3/3
Mods on free	✓	✓
Bedrock players	✓	✓
FTP/SFTP on free	✓	✓
Specs
Free RAM	1 GB	Not published
Keep-alive rule	Woken by hand from the dashboard	Renew every 48 hours to 14 days
Player limit	Not published	No hard limit
Deletion rule	Locked after 3 idle days	At any time, per the terms
Our review
Pros	A plugin manager plus FTP and file-manager access on free servers Toggles let Bedrock players and offline-mode clients join Up to three servers per account, reachable from play.minefort.com	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
Cons	Free servers aren't online 24/7 and must be woken from the dashboard Servers unused for 3 days are locked, and unlocking goes through staff Mod support is limited, and one-click modpacks are still to come	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
Our verdict	Minefort, run by Minefort.com B.V. in Amsterdam, gives free servers 1 GB of RAM, a plugin manager, a web file manager and an FTP server, with no credit card required and up to three servers per account. Every server is part of the Minefort… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Minefort — where it wins

  • A plugin manager plus FTP and file-manager access on free servers
  • Toggles let Bedrock players and offline-mode clients join
  • Up to three servers per account, reachable from play.minefort.com

  Where it doesn't

  • Free servers aren't online 24/7 and must be woken from the dashboard
  • Servers unused for 3 days are locked, and unlocking goes through staff
  • Mod support is limited, and one-click modpacks are still to come

• 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

• Minefort7.1/10 · Free plan · paid from $5.99/mo

  Free 1 GB servers with FTP, plugins and a Bedrock toggle, woken by hand and locked after 3 idle days.

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• 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 →