2 GB of RAM.
Enough for eight to ten people on Paper with light plugins.
Your server never sleeps.
Free Minecraft hosting that keeps running. No queue, no ads, no daily limit. You enter an email, the rest runs.
Started. 44.7 seconds, then the world is there.
03:12, nobody around. The server keeps running anyway.
09:40, still nobody. No sleep, no queue.
16:05. Twenty hours idle. Nobody had to keep it awake.
18:22, kelpdiver is here. And the server was already awake.
- [19:47:42 INFO]: Starting minecraft server version 1.21.1
- [19:47:42 INFO]: Loading properties
- [19:47:43 INFO]: Preparing level "world"
- [19:47:47 INFO]: Preparing start region for dimension minecraft:overworld
- [19:47:51 INFO]: Preparing start region for dimension minecraft:the_nether
- [19:47:52 INFO]: Done (44.730s)! For help, type "help"
- [03:12:08 INFO]: There are 0 of a max of 20 players online
- [09:40:11 INFO]: There are 0 of a max of 20 players online
- [16:05:59 INFO]: There are 0 of a max of 20 players online
- [18:22:04 INFO]: kelpdiver joined the game
- [18:22:19 INFO]: tunnelbau_99 joined the game
- no auto-sleep
- no queue
- no daily limit
- no ads
- no credits
- no keep-alive
What’s on the server.
A real console, real files, a file browser for plugins and worlds. No second panel, no FTP client. And these specs, no more and no less.
5 GB of disk.
World, plugins and the backup all share it.
2 cores of compute.
200 percent as a peak, not as a sustained load.
One backup.
You create it, you restore it. Nothing runs on its own at night.
An address instead of IP and port.
Letters, digits and hyphens, 3 to 32 characters.
your-name.play.plurra.de
What the others really give you.
Six well-known free hosts, each with the plan detail that matters. All read on 22 September 2026 on the provider’s own site, not on a comparison portal. We lose to two of them, and it says so right here. Plans change; when in doubt, what the provider says is what counts.
Aternos Paid for with ads.
Aternos says itself that it is funded entirely by advertising and detects ad blockers to ask you to switch them off. If you don’t want to see ads, it’s the wrong place.
support.aternos.org · checked 22 September 2026
Minehut 1 GB, ten slots.
The free server has 1 GB of RAM and ten player slots. The four-hour limit Minehut was long known for has been gone since 6 July 2026.
minehut.wiki.gg (official wiki) · checked 22 September 2026
Exaroton You pay by the hour.
One credit per GB per hour, plus an automatic shutdown when the last player leaves. Running around the clock for free is not part of the deal.
exaroton.com · checked 22 September 2026
OuiHeberg More RAM, but four players.
8 GB and 24/7, but four concurrent players, 2 GB of disk and no mods — plugins yes, mods only on the paid plan. Once a month you have to confirm that you still need the server.
ouiheberg.com · checked 22 September 2026
ScalaCube Gives more than we do. We lose here.
The free plan lists 6 GB of RAM and 30 GB of SSD. We found no player cap on the pricing page. On numbers, we lose here.
scalacube.com · checked 22 September 2026
FalixNodes Advertises no time limit. We lose here.
Its own site says “free, forever, no time limit” and lists unlimited player slots. We could not find a catch we can back up, so we don’t claim one.
falixnodes.net · checked 22 September 2026
What we don’t claim: that we’re the only ones or ahead everywhere. ScalaCube and FalixNodes give more on paper, OuiHeberg and intracex.de keep running too. Our difference from the big names isn’t a number: no ads, no credits, no keep-alive. You enter an email, and the server runs.
The catch, upfront.
Plurra is the free way into MRMedia, our paid hosting. If you outgrow it here, you move there. If you don’t, you stay free. That’s the whole math. You are not the product.
2 GB, no more.
If you want to run a big modpack or twenty people, you need more. Then MRMedia is the right place, not here.
One backup, by hand.
You create it, you restore it. Nothing runs on its own at night. You can download your world at any time.
30 days without players, then it’s gone.
Only a real player connecting counts. After 21 days you get a warning email. Joining once is enough.
Slots are limited.
We only put up as many servers as the machine can really carry. When it’s full, it’s full, and we’ll say so.
In three moves.
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Enter your email
That’s all we want to know. The confirmation link arrives right away.
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Pick a version
Paper, Vanilla or NeoForge. Old worlds from 1.7.10 onwards keep working.
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Share the address
Copy it, drop it in the group chat, join.
Questions that always come up.
Is it really free?
Yes. Plurra costs nothing and is backed by MRMedia, our paid hosting. We don’t sell data and we don’t put ads in your game.
Does the server fall asleep when nobody is online?
No. There is no auto-sleep, no queue and no daily limit. The server keeps running, even if nobody joins for days.
Will my server be deleted at some point?
Only if really nobody plays any more. The only thing that counts as activity is a real player connecting. Not a panel login, not a dashboard visit. After 21 days without a connection you get a warning email, after 30 days the server is deleted. Joining briefly resets the clock.
Can I use plugins and mods?
Yes. Paper plugins and NeoForge mods both work. We scan uploaded files for known malware, otherwise we stay out of it.
Are you the only ones who keep free servers running?
No, and we don’t claim to be. OuiHeberg and intracex.de keep running too. What sets us apart from the big names is not that we can do 24/7, but that there is no second cap behind it.
Is everything in English?
Almost. This page, sign-up, the dashboard and the emails are in English. The terms of service and the privacy policy exist in German only, and the German version is the binding one. The servers are in Germany.
Get started.
It’s 22:12 on the third evening, and the server has been running for 50 hours. Enter your email, pick a version, copy the address. Plurra does the rest.