Why CoalHost

The moat,in one page.

The four sections below are everything a serious server admin would want to read before clicking Create server.

CoalHost moat illustration

Your server crashed at 3 AM. You're asleep.

CoalHost detects, diagnoses, fixes and reboots while you sleep, then emails you what happened.

  1. Step 1

    Detect crash within seconds

    Agent on the host watches the JVM. The panel knows the moment a server dies — usually before the player rage-quits the lobby.

  2. Step 2

    AI analyses the crash report

    Haiku reads the stack trace, identifies the offending mod or config, and matches it against the cross-customer crash-pattern database.

  3. Step 3

    Apply the fix automatically

    Recipe DB applies the known-good remediation: disable broken recipe, lower a tick rate, swap a config flag, or roll back a bad mod update.

  4. Step 4

    Server back online in 60s

    Restart is gated on a smoke-test. If the fix doesn't hold, we email you with the root cause instead of looping forever.

Apex, Bisect and Shockbyte don't do this. They ticket you, wait for a tech, and bill you anyway.

Learn how it works

Real hardware. Named, not implied.

Every Coalhost server runs on a dedicated Hetzner Cloud cpx-line VPS — AMD EPYC, local NVMe storage, 20 TB transfer included. These are the same numbers our provisioner orders.

  • CPU
    AMD EPYC · Zen 3
    Hetzner cpx-line · same Zen architecture family as desktop Ryzen, server-grade silicon · dedicated vCPUs
  • Storage
    NVMe SSD
    Local NVMe up to 360 GB on every node · scales with the RAM tier
  • Network
    20 TB / mo
    Egress included on every plan · 10 Gbit/s internal between nodes
  • FI· Default
    Helsinki
    HEL1
  • DE
    Falkenstein
    FSN1
  • DE
    Nuremberg
    NBG1
  • US· Premium
    Ashburn
    ASH
  • US· Premium
    Hillsboro
    HIL
  • SG· Premium
    Singapore
    SIN

Built for the moments other hosts fail you.

Six things customers tell us actually made the difference. Every claim below maps to code we've shipped, not a wishlist.

60-second deploy from a baked snapshot

Top modpacks (ATM10, Vault Hunters, ZOMBIEMANIA and others) ship as pre-built Hetzner snapshots. You hit Create, the VM boots from the snapshot with mods + world already on disk — connect IP in under a minute, not 5–10 min of provisioning.

AI auto-fix on every crash

Haiku reads the crash log, the recipe-DB stores fingerprinted fixes from past customers, and a known-pattern crash is patched and restarted before you're back on Discord. Other hosts open a ticket and ask you to wait.

Founder-direct Discord support

There is no ticket queue. The person who wrote the code answers — usually within minutes during the day, never more than a few hours. No outsourced tier-1 reading a script.

Free world import from any host

Bisect, Apex, Shockbyte, ScalaCube — upload the world ZIP and we import it. Player data, inventories, ender chests, region files, datapacks. Hardcore-safe by default.

How migration works →

€2 / GB · no setup fee · cancel anytime

Same € the checkout charges. No tiered plans, no premium-support upsells, no per-modpack install fees. Stripe billing — cancel from the portal, get prorated.

See full pricing →

Built-in Modrinth + CurseForge + FTB browser

Search 30 000+ modpacks from inside the panel, click Install. No manual server-pack ZIPs, no .mrpack uploads, no copy-paste IDs. Server-only mods get filtered out automatically.

Browse the catalog →

Things people ask before signing up.

How much does CoalHosting cost?
€2 per GB of RAM per month. A 4 GB server is €6, a 16 GB server is €24. The cheapest game hosting on the market.
What games are supported?
Minecraft Java + Bedrock, Palworld, Terraria, Valheim, Project Zomboid, Rust, ARK, 7 Days to Die, Don't Starve Together, Satisfactory, Enshrouded, V Rising and Sons of the Forest.
Can I install modpacks?
Yes. Browse and install modpacks directly from Modrinth, CurseForge, FTB and ATLauncher in one click — and import packwiz or ZIP server packs when needed.
How long does setup take?
Under two minutes. Pick your game, hit create — your server is ready instantly.
Can I change RAM later?
Yes. Upgrade or downgrade RAM any time in the billing portal; the change takes effect on the next cycle.

Read enough?

Pick a game, pick a RAM tier, you're online in under two minutes.