PebbleHost vs ScalaCube

PebbleHost8.9Visit ScalaCube8.5Visit

Higher score PebbleHost #5 in Minecraft Server Hosting 8.9/10 Paid plans · price varies by game ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit PebbleHost

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ScalaCube #8 in Minecraft Server Hosting 8.5/10 Free plan · paid from $2/mo (excl. VAT) Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit ScalaCube

• PebbleHost fits best

  Players who want the lowest price per gigabyte

• ScalaCube fits best

  Modpack hoppers who want a huge one-click catalogue

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Side by side

Feature	PebbleHost 8.9/10 Visit ↗	ScalaCube 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.5
Ranking	#5 in Minecraft Server Hosting	#8 in Minecraft Server Hosting
Best for	Players who want the lowest price per gigabyte	Modpack hoppers who want a huge one-click catalogue
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$1/mo (best)	$2/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Features PebbleHost 4/4 · ScalaCube 3/4
Bedrock support	✓	✓
One-click modpacks	✓	✓
Custom modpack upload	✓	✓
Automatic backups	✓ (best)	—
Specs
Price per GB RAM	$1/GB/mo (best)	$2.67/GB/mo
Server locations	7 locations	14 locations (best)
Money-back window	3 days	7 days (best)
Our review
Pros	Budget costs $1 per GB and Premium $2.25 per GB, with no first-month discounts to decode Premium adds one-click modpacks, daily and hourly backups and four more locations Bedrock runs as vanilla, NukkitX or PocketMine-MP, preinstalled at checkout	One-click catalogue of 3,298+ modpacks, most of them from CurseForge One plan runs several game servers plus MySQL, Apache and RCON within its RAM Seven-day refund on payments and ten days on automatic renewals
Cons	Budget 1–3 GB plans are billed quarterly, and backup restores cost extra Support runs through Discord and tickets rather than live chat or phone Its help centre says PS4, Switch and Xbox players can't join a server by IP	Automatic backups are a paid add-on; otherwise copies are manual FTP downloads The free server must be renewed every 2 days and runs only vanilla or snapshots Prices exclude VAT, and the terms guarantee 99% uptime, below the marketing claims
Our verdict	PebbleHost, a UK host that launched in 2017, prices Minecraft servers strictly by the gigabyte and manages them in its own game panel. Every plan includes full file access through SFTP and the panel's file manager, a free MySQL database, a… Read the review →	ScalaCube, run by Scalable Hosting Solutions OÜ in Tallinn, sells each Minecraft plan as a small VPS on which its control panel can run any number of game servers, along with Apache, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, an FTP server and RCON. The one-click… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• PebbleHost — where it wins

  • Budget costs $1 per GB and Premium $2.25 per GB, with no first-month discounts to decode
  • Premium adds one-click modpacks, daily and hourly backups and four more locations
  • Bedrock runs as vanilla, NukkitX or PocketMine-MP, preinstalled at checkout

  Where it doesn't

  • Budget 1–3 GB plans are billed quarterly, and backup restores cost extra
  • Support runs through Discord and tickets rather than live chat or phone
  • Its help centre says PS4, Switch and Xbox players can't join a server by IP

• ScalaCube — where it wins

  • One-click catalogue of 3,298+ modpacks, most of them from CurseForge
  • One plan runs several game servers plus MySQL, Apache and RCON within its RAM
  • Seven-day refund on payments and ten days on automatic renewals

  Where it doesn't

  • Automatic backups are a paid add-on; otherwise copies are manual FTP downloads
  • The free server must be renewed every 2 days and runs only vanilla or snapshots
  • Prices exclude VAT, and the terms guarantee 99% uptime, below the marketing claims

• PebbleHost8.9/10 · Paid plans · price varies by game

  Pay-by-the-gigabyte hosting at $1 per GB on Budget or $2.25 on Premium, with Bedrock and modpacks covered.

  Visit PebbleHostFull verdict →
• ScalaCube8.5/10 · Free plan · paid from $2/mo (excl. VAT)

  A VPS-style plan that runs several game servers at once, with 3,298+ one-click modpacks and 14 locations.

  Visit ScalaCubeFull verdict →