PebbleHost review
Pay-by-the-gigabyte hosting at $1 per GB on Budget or $2.25 on Premium, with Bedrock and modpacks covered.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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 free .my.pebble.host subdomain and unlimited player slots, and support is handled through a Discord system staffed around the clock. The Bedrock side is well covered: vanilla Bedrock, NukkitX and PocketMine-MP can all be picked, including as a one-click preinstall at checkout, and Geyser is documented for crossplay on Java servers.
Two tiers are on sale. Budget costs $1 per GB, from $3 a quarter for 1 GB (sizes up to 3 GB are quarterly only) to $4 a month for 4 GB, $8 for 8 GB, $16 for 16 GB and $36 for 36 GB, on Ryzen 7 5700X, Core i9-9900K or Xeon E-2236 hardware depending on region. Premium costs $2.25 per GB, so $9 for 4 GB, $18 for 8 GB and $81 for 36 GB, on Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 9 9950X3D or EPYC chips with DDR5. It adds the one-click modpack installer, free daily and hourly incremental backups, 800 Gbps rather than 480 Gbps of DDoS protection and four extra locations: Singapore, Florida, Oregon and Mumbai. New orders can be refunded within 72 hours, with exclusions such as add-ons.
Budget is cheap for a reason. It skips the modpack installer, restores from its daily backups need the paid Automatic Backups add-on or a ticket, and it is sold in three regions only. The 12,000-modpack figure belongs to Premium, and console players on PS4, Switch or Xbox can't join by IP according to PebbleHost's own help centre. Players who want live chat or phone support, or who have console friends to bring in, should consider alternatives; anyone who knows how much RAM they need and wants to pay as little as possible for it will find few lower rates.
PebbleHost pros and cons
- 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
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