Minefort vs Server.pro

Minefort7.1Visit Server.pro6.6Visit

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

• Minefort fits best

  Plugin servers with an owner who plays often

• Server.pro fits best

  A quick test before buying a Server.pro plan

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Side by side

Feature	Minefort 7.1/10 Visit ↗	Server.pro 6.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.1	6.6
Ranking	#5 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting	#8 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Plugin servers with an owner who plays often	A quick test before buying a Server.pro plan
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$5.99/mo (best)	$7/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Features Minefort 3/3 · Server.pro 1/3
Mods on free	✓ (best)	—
Bedrock players	✓	✓
FTP/SFTP on free	✓ (best)	Not published
Specs
Free RAM	1 GB	2 GB (best)
Keep-alive rule	Woken by hand from the dashboard	Renew every hour (demo)
Player limit	Not published	Not published
Deletion rule	Locked after 3 idle days	Data kept 24 hours
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	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	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	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	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 →	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

• 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

• 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

• 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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• 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 →