Minecraft server pricing: pay only when you play

Most Minecraft hosts charge you a fixed plan, even if your server sits empty all week. Not Picoserver.

• Pay only when you play: the server is billed per minute while it is on.
• It shuts itself down when nobody is connected, so you never pay for a whole night you forgot about.
• Your world stays saved on its own disk for a few pesos a month.

Every number is below. They are the same ones the system uses to bill you, not window-display prices.

Prices in Mexican pesos (MXN).

Pick your size: price per hour

The size is your server's RAM. More RAM = more mods, more friends and a longer view distance, without the world lagging.

What you pay even when you don't play (not much)

• Your world's disk: $40.40 MXN a month. That is where your world, mods and backups live. It is charged even while the server is off, because everything stays saved.
• Fixed address (optional): $135.05 MXN a month. Without it, the address changes every time you start the server (you see it in the panel). With it, your friends always join at yourname.mc.ericksilva.com.mx.
• Minimum top-up: $100 MXN. After setting aside the first month of storage, it covers about 33 hours of play on a Small server.

What would you pay per month? It depends on how much you play

The table already includes the month's storage. Hours are the time the server is on. Since it shuts down by itself once everyone leaves, you never pay for empty hours.

See that last row? That is why a pay as you go Minecraft server makes sense for almost any group of friends. A server that sits empty Monday through Thursday shouldn't cost the same as one packed all day.

Want to try other combinations? Use the calculator on the home page; it adds the fixed address too.

How billing works, step by step

1. Top up your balance by card or at OXXO. No subscription and no automatic charges.
2. While the server is on, it is deducted minute by minute. Under “Balance” you see your usage per day and per server.
3. Storage (and the fixed address, if you have it) is deducted in small amounts throughout the month, on or off.
4. Data your friends download: $3.33 MXN per GB. Each player uses roughly 0.1 to 0.3 GB per hour of play: a few cents per hour. Playing solo or with a few friends, that is a few pesos a month.
5. It shuts itself down: after starting you get a 1-minute grace period, and if 6 minutes pass with nobody connected, it turns off. Zero empty hours.

Which size is right for you?

• Small (4 GB): vanilla or a few light mods, 2 to 4 players.
• Medium (8 GB): the sweet spot for mid-size modpacks and groups of up to about 8 people.
• Large (16 GB): heavy tech or “kitchen sink” modpacks with hundreds of mods, or lots of players exploring at once.

Not sure? Start with Small or Medium. Changing size takes a couple of clicks and you never lose your world. The modded server guide tells you how much RAM each kind of modpack needs.

Everything included, no “premium” tiers

The same price gets you the full panel. Nothing locked behind a plan:

• Live console and any Minecraft version: vanilla, Fabric, Forge or NeoForge.
• Bedrock servers, and Bedrock players on your Java world, at the same price.
• Modrinth mod catalog and a .mrpack modpack download for your players.
• Multiple worlds per server, each with its own version, mods and server.properties.
• Whitelist, operators, world import and export, and daily backups.
• Team roles and player registration from inside the game.