Minehut vs Minefort

Minehut7.7Visit Minefort7.1Visit

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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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

• Minehut fits best

  Plugin servers that want free players from a lobby

• Minefort fits best

  Plugin servers with an owner who plays often

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Side by side

Feature	Minehut 7.7/10 Visit ↗	Minefort 7.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.7	7.1
Ranking	#3 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting	#5 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Plugin servers that want free players from a lobby	Plugin servers with an owner who plays often
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Not published	$5.99/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Features Minehut 1/3 · Minefort 3/3
Mods on free	Not published	✓ (best)
Bedrock players	✓	✓
FTP/SFTP on free	—	✓ (best)
Specs
Free RAM	1 GB	1 GB
Keep-alive rule	Sleeps when empty; wakes on /join	Woken by hand from the dashboard
Player limit	10	Not published
Deletion rule	Servers over the 5-per-account limit	Locked after 3 idle days
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	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
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	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
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 →	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 →

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

• 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

• 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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• 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.

  Visit MinefortFull verdict →