Minehut vs FreeMCHost

Minehut7.7Visit FreeMCHost6.8Visit

Higher score Minehut #3 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting 7.7/10 Free plan · paid plans in credits Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Minehut

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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

• Minehut fits best

  Plugin servers that want free players from a lobby

• FreeMCHost fits best

  Tinkerers who can wait for a free slot

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Side by side

Feature	Minehut 7.7/10 Visit ↗	FreeMCHost 6.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.7	6.8
Ranking	#3 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting	#7 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Plugin servers that want free players from a lobby	Tinkerers who can wait for a free slot
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Features Minehut 1/3 · FreeMCHost 3/3
Mods on free	Not published	✓ (best)
Bedrock players	✓	✓
FTP/SFTP on free	—	✓ (best)
Specs
Free RAM	1 GB	Not published
Keep-alive rule	Sleeps when empty; wakes on /join	Renew every 48 hours to 14 days
Player limit	10	No hard limit
Deletion rule	Servers over the 5-per-account limit	At any time, per the terms
Our review
Pros	Up to five free servers per account, with unlimited plugins Servers wake themselves when a player uses /join from the lobby Bedrock crossplay is built in, even on free servers	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	1 GB of RAM and a 10-player cap No SFTP on free; files are managed in the browser only Free servers beyond the five-per-account limit are being deleted	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	Minehut's free Starter plan gives each server 1 GB of RAM, a 10-player cap and no time limit, and an account can keep up to five of them. What makes it different is the network: every server is reachable from the shared lobby at… 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

• Minehut — where it wins

  • Up to five free servers per account, with unlimited plugins
  • Servers wake themselves when a player uses /join from the lobby
  • Bedrock crossplay is built in, even on free servers

  Where it doesn't

  • 1 GB of RAM and a 10-player cap
  • No SFTP on free; files are managed in the browser only
  • Free servers beyond the five-per-account limit are being deleted

• 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

• Minehut7.7/10 · Free plan · paid plans in credits

  Up to five free 1 GB servers that sleep when empty and wake when a player joins through the Minehut lobby.

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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 →