Minehut vs Server.pro

Minehut7.7Visit Server.pro6.6Visit

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

• Minehut fits best

  Plugin servers that want free players from a lobby

• Server.pro fits best

  A quick test before buying a Server.pro plan

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Side by side

Feature	Minehut 7.7/10 Visit ↗	Server.pro 6.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.7	6.6
Ranking	#3 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting	#8 in Free Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Plugin servers that want free players from a lobby	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 Minehut 1/3 · Server.pro 1/3
Mods on free	Not published	—
Bedrock players	✓	✓
FTP/SFTP on free	—	Not published
Specs
Free RAM	1 GB	2 GB (best)
Keep-alive rule	Sleeps when empty; wakes on /join	Renew every hour (demo)
Player limit	10	Not published
Deletion rule	Servers over the 5-per-account limit	Data kept 24 hours
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	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	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	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	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 →	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

• 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

• 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

• 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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• 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 →