Run a game server for your friends
Run a game server for your friends or your community, with DDoS protection, one address to join and backups. You pay for what the server uses.
Choose a game and a size, and we install the server for you. Your friends join at one short address, and you run the server from your dashboard.
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What a game server needs
Your game runs as a game server on our network. Players reach it at a join address or at a floating IP, depending on the game.
- Game servers: A server for Minecraft, Rust and other games, with the game installed for you and a console and file manager in your dashboard. It bills by use, and the price includes Server access.
- Game Shield: A join address that carries players to your server through our network. Join addresses for servers hosted here cost nothing.
- Floating IPs: An address of your server’s own, which DDoS Shield filters for any game.
What comes with your server
- One address to join. Players type a name such as survival-smp.coritan.gg, with no IP address or port to remember. Our network checks each connection on the way to your server. For Minecraft Java, Minecraft Bedrock 26.50 and newer, and other games that connect over TCP. How join addresses work
- Protection for any game. Attach a floating IP to your server, and DDoS Shield filters every packet sent to it. That covers games that use UDP, such as Rust and Valheim. Traffic sent to the shared address of a server without a floating IP does not pass through DDoS Shield. Game server protection
- Daily backups on Pro. On the Pro and Business plans, we back up each game server every day and keep the newest 7. Take snapshots yourself, or add automatic backups to a server as an add-on. Backups count toward your snapshot storage. Automatic backups
- Billed by use. A server bills by the second for its memory and for the CPU it uses. A stopped server costs its disk only. Game servers need Server access, which Pro and Business include. Usage billing opens once you have added a first deposit. How servers are billed
What a Minecraft server costs
Two months for the same server, worked out from our current prices: one that sleeps when nobody plays, and one that runs all month.
Worked examples
A Minecraft server for friends that sleeps when empty
CX4 with 4 GB of memory, 2 vCPUs and 40 GB of disk, running 3 hours a day with the CPU at 25%.
| What | Used | Free | Price | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft server: Memory | 365 GiB-hours | — | $0.0030 | $1.10 |
| Minecraft server: CPU | 45.625 vCPU-hours | — | $0.015 | $0.68 |
| Minecraft server: Disk | 29,200 GB-hours | — | $0.00005 | $1.46 |
A month costs $7.74. That includes Server access at $4.50.
On a Pro account the same month costs $3.24, plus the Pro plan.
The same Minecraft server, always on
CX4 with 4 GB of memory, 2 vCPUs and 40 GB of disk, running 24 hours a day with the CPU at 25%.
| What | Used | Free | Price | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft server: Memory | 2,920 GiB-hours | — | $0.0030 | $8.76 |
| Minecraft server: CPU | 365 vCPU-hours | — | $0.015 | $5.48 |
| Minecraft server: Disk | 29,200 GB-hours | — | $0.00005 | $1.46 |
A month costs $20.20. That includes Server access at $4.50.
On a Pro account the same month costs $15.70, plus the Pro plan.
Each month assumes none of the free amounts is used yet, and prices are in US dollars before any promo code.
Start your server in three steps
- Create your account. Sign up with your email address. Your account starts on the Free plan, which costs nothing.
- Order a server. Choose the game, a size and a location. A Free account needs Server access, and the first deposit opens usage billing. We install the game for you.
- Invite your friends. Create a join address and share it. To let a friend help run the server, give their Coritan account access to it.
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Guides for your game server
Each guide in our docs takes you through one job, step by step.
- Host a Minecraft server: Order a Minecraft server, install plugins, invite friends and keep the world safe.
- Order a server: Choose a plan, the game, a location and a name on the order page.
- Create a join address: Give your server a name that players can join with.
- Game server protection: Which protection suits your game, and where to set it up.
- Take a server snapshot: Keep a copy of your server, and turn on daily automatic backups.
- Share a server with other users: Let a friend help run the server, with the permissions you choose.
Start your game server
Create an account, choose a game and send your friends the address.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I run a game server for free?
No. Coritan sells no free game server. You pay for what each one uses, and a stopped server costs its disk only. Your account starts on the Free plan, which includes DNS and protection for your websites, email and storage at no charge.
Which games can I host?
You choose the game on the order page, which lists every game we install, such as Minecraft Java, Minecraft Bedrock and Rust.
How do my friends join?
Create a join address for the server, such as survival-smp.coritan.gg, and share it. Minecraft players type only the name. For another game that connects over TCP, players add the port the dashboard shows.
Is my server protected from DDoS attacks?
A join address checks each connection before it reaches your server, and players never see the server’s own address. For a game that uses UDP, attach a floating IP: DDoS Shield filters all the traffic sent to it.
Are backups included?
On Pro and Business, we back up each game server every day and keep the newest 7. On the Free plan, add automatic backups to a server as an add-on, or take snapshots yourself.
