Crunchy.

Hosting with a crunchy edge

Predictable performance on AMD Ryzen 9 hardware, on our own RIPE-allocated network, with humans on the other end of the ticket

// machine
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
DDR5 ECC · NVMe Gen4 · Frankfurt
// network
AS214320
Our RIPE allocation, no resellers
// latency
6.0 ms · DE-CIX
Median, 5-min rolling
// shield
2 Tbps DDoS
Always-on, every plan
Plans · Minecraft

Pick a tier sized for Minecraft

Full spec table
// switch game
tier 01

Crust

for Minecraft
3.90 / mo
RAM
2 GB DDR5
DDR5 ECC, plugin & modpack headroom
PLY
5–15 players
Vanilla / Paper, no mods
CPU
1 vCPU · 3.8 GHz
Ryzen 9 X3D, dedicated cores
DSK
20 GB NVMe
World saves, backups, plugin data
Deploy Crust
Most loved

Biscuit

recommended for Minecraft
7.90 / mo
RAM
4 GB DDR5
DDR5 ECC, plugin & modpack headroom
PLY
20–40 players
Paper + 30 plugins, light modpacks
CPU
2 vCPU · 4.2 GHz
Ryzen 9 X3D, dedicated cores
DSK
50 GB NVMe
World saves, backups, plugin data
Deploy Biscuit
tier 03

Muffin

for Minecraft
14.90 / mo
RAM
8 GB DDR5
DDR5 ECC, plugin & modpack headroom
PLY
40–80 players
Mid-size modpacks, Velocity proxy
CPU
4 vCPU · 4.6 GHz
Ryzen 9 X3D, dedicated cores
DSK
100 GB NVMe
World saves, backups, plugin data
Deploy Muffin
tier 04

Croissant

for Minecraft
27.90 / mo
RAM
16 GB DDR5
DDR5 ECC, plugin & modpack headroom
PLY
80–150 players
Heavy modpacks, multi-shard network
CPU
8 vCPU · 5.0 GHz
Ryzen 9 X3D, dedicated cores
DSK
200 GB NVMe
World saves, backups, plugin data
Deploy Croissant

Slot ranges and notes are tuned per game They reflect the load we see in production, not theoretical maximums Switch the game above to see how each tier maps

// on every plan

Things we never charge extra for

  • 2 Tbps DDoS mitigation
  • DDR5 ECC · NVMe Gen4
  • One-click game installer
  • Auto-restart on crash
  • SFTP & file manager
  • IPv6 ready
  • 7-day money-back
Add-ons

Optional, never bundled by default

  • Off-site backups
    Daily snapshot, copied to a second Frankfurt rack
    per server
    From
    €2.00
  • Dedicated IPv4
    Your own routable v4, transfers with you on migrate
    per IP
    From
    €2.50
  • Sub-domain
    mc.your-name.crunchy.host or similar, included
    on request
    Free
    Free
  • Pre-installed modpacks
    Curated CurseForge & Modrinth packs, one-click
    all tiers
    Free
    Free
Full spec

Every spec, every tier, no asterisks

Crust
// Compute
RAM
2 GB
vCPU
1 · 3.8 GHz
Storage
20 GB NVMe
Network port
1 Gbps
// Players & games
Minecraft (Paper)
5–15
CS2 slots
8
Rust map size
2K · 20
Pre-installed games
Included
// Network & shield
2 Tbps DDoS scrubbing
Included
IPv6
Included
Dedicated IPv4
+€2.50
Sub-domain
Included
// Operations
Game panel
Included
SFTP & file manager
Included
Auto-restart on crash
Included
Off-site backups
+€2
Provisioning time
<90 s
Biscuit · loved
// Compute
RAM
4 GB
vCPU
2 · 4.2 GHz
Storage
50 GB NVMe
Network port
2 Gbps
// Players & games
Minecraft (Paper)
20–40
CS2 slots
12
Rust map size
3K · 50
Pre-installed games
Included
// Network & shield
2 Tbps DDoS scrubbing
Included
IPv6
Included
Dedicated IPv4
+€2.50
Sub-domain
Included
// Operations
Game panel
Included
SFTP & file manager
Included
Auto-restart on crash
Included
Off-site backups
+€2
Provisioning time
<90 s
Muffin
// Compute
RAM
8 GB
vCPU
4 · 4.6 GHz
Storage
100 GB NVMe
Network port
5 Gbps
// Players & games
Minecraft (Paper)
40–80
CS2 slots
20
Rust map size
4K · 100
Pre-installed games
Included
// Network & shield
2 Tbps DDoS scrubbing
Included
IPv6
Included
Dedicated IPv4
+€2.50
Sub-domain
Included
// Operations
Game panel
Included
SFTP & file manager
Included
Auto-restart on crash
Included
Off-site backups
+€2
Provisioning time
<90 s
Croissant
// Compute
RAM
16 GB
vCPU
8 · 5.0 GHz
Storage
200 GB NVMe
Network port
10 Gbps
// Players & games
Minecraft (Paper)
80–150
CS2 slots
32
Rust map size
6K · 200
Pre-installed games
Included
// Network & shield
2 Tbps DDoS scrubbing
Included
IPv6
Included
Dedicated IPv4
included
Sub-domain
Included
// Operations
Game panel
Included
SFTP & file manager
Included
Auto-restart on crash
Included
Off-site backups
included
Provisioning time
<90 s

Player ranges shown in the table are for Minecraft Paper, CS2, and Rust at the busiest hour of a wipe night Other titles scale similarly per RAM.

Game server FAQ

Things people ask before they migrate

Which games can I run, and how do I install one?
Minecraft, CS2, Rust, Palworld, ARK: Survival Ascended, Valheim, Terraria, Project Zomboid, 7 Days to Die, Factorio, Satisfactory, V Rising, Garry’s Mod, Team Fortress 2, Squad, and more We ship a one-click installer in the panel for every supported title You can also drop in a custom build via SFTP
Do you support modpacks and plugins?
Yes, curated CurseForge and Modrinth packs install one-click on Minecraft Paper plugins, Forge mods, Oxide / Carbon for Rust, BepInEx for Valheim and Palworld are all supported with no extra setup
How does DDoS mitigation behave during an actual attack?
Always-on filtering at the edge in Frankfurt, 2 Tbps scrubbing capacity included on every plan No null-routing, no extra fee Most attacks are absorbed before they touch the box; you see no degraded gameplay
What tickrate do CS2 and Source-engine games run at?
128 tick on Biscuit and up Crust runs at 64 for casual / community servers GOTV proxy can co-locate on the same box from Muffin upward
Can I migrate from another host?
Yes For Minecraft, point us at your old SFTP and we copy worlds, plugins, and configs across in under 10 minutes For other games, drop your save / world via SFTP and we restart the server for you
Can I bring my own domain?
Yes Add an A or AAAA record to your domain pointed at the box, or use a free *.crunchy.host sub-domain that ships with every plan
Is there a refund window?
Seven days, no questions Billing is hourly-prorated, downgrades and cancellations take effect on the next hour boundary
Heard in Discord

Word of mouth, mostly Pinned in #hosting

LW
Lukas Weber
@lukasw
Moved our 200-player Minecraft network from another host Latency dropped from 40 ms to 6 ms in Frankfurt
SB
Sofia Bianchi
@sofia.dev
Their CLI is the first hosting CLI I actually keep in my shell Deploy, restart, ssh and tail logs from one binary
ML
Matthieu Laurent
@mlaurent
Called support at 03:12 on a Sunday A human picked up on the second ring I am still stunned
NB
Niklas Berg
@niklasb
Ryzen 9 7950X3D for €15/mo with real DDR5 My benchmark graphs look like someone flipped a switch
WdV
Willem de Vries
@willem
The status page is embarrassingly honest One 4-minute blip in 90 days and they sent a credit before I noticed
TN
Tomáš Novák
@tnovak
They run their own ASN out of Frankfurt, so routing is straightforward and DDoS scrubbing is on by default
HB
Hannah Bauer
@hbauer
Spun up a Ryzen 9 9900X box in 38 seconds Clock speeds match the spec sheet, which is a first for me
JS
Jonas Schmidt
@jschmidt
Plain BGP-anycasted Frankfurt PoP No reseller obfuscation, no surprise CDN layer in front of my game server
LW
Lukas Weber
@lukasw
Moved our 200-player Minecraft network from another host Latency dropped from 40 ms to 6 ms in Frankfurt
SB
Sofia Bianchi
@sofia.dev
Their CLI is the first hosting CLI I actually keep in my shell Deploy, restart, ssh and tail logs from one binary
ML
Matthieu Laurent
@mlaurent
Called support at 03:12 on a Sunday A human picked up on the second ring I am still stunned
NB
Niklas Berg
@niklasb
Ryzen 9 7950X3D for €15/mo with real DDR5 My benchmark graphs look like someone flipped a switch
WdV
Willem de Vries
@willem
The status page is embarrassingly honest One 4-minute blip in 90 days and they sent a credit before I noticed
TN
Tomáš Novák
@tnovak
They run their own ASN out of Frankfurt, so routing is straightforward and DDoS scrubbing is on by default
HB
Hannah Bauer
@hbauer
Spun up a Ryzen 9 9900X box in 38 seconds Clock speeds match the spec sheet, which is a first for me
JS
Jonas Schmidt
@jschmidt
Plain BGP-anycasted Frankfurt PoP No reseller obfuscation, no surprise CDN layer in front of my game server
Ready to deploy

Spin up a Minecraft server in under 90 seconds

Game pre-installed and running on first boot Plugins and modpacks via one-click 7-day money-back if it is not what you needed