ScalaCube
Ultra-budget Minecraft hosting on OVHcloud infrastructure with a $2.50 entry tier
About
ScalaCube runs on OVHcloud's bare-metal backbone, which means the raw network is solid and DDoS protection is real. The pricing is aggressively low (an entry tier starts at $2.50/month) and the panel has a built-in modpack library with one-click install.
Where ScalaCube struggles is the customer experience side: aggressive in-panel upsells, templated support replies, billing friction at cancellation time, and a starter tier (0.75 GB) that's below Mojang's vanilla minimum. For a hobbyist running a small SMP and comfortable troubleshooting on their own, the price is hard to beat. For anyone moving from a polished host like Apex or BisectHosting, the operational gap is noticeable.
Plans
Starter (768 MB)
$2.50/mo
1 GB RAM · 10 players
- ·Sub-vanilla minimum RAM
- ·Unlimited slots toggle
- ·Free subdomain
- ·DDoS protection
Minecraft 2 GB
[modded]$5.00/mo
2 GB RAM · 40 players
- ·Light modpacks
- ·One-click modpack install
- ·FTP access
- ·Free MySQL
Minecraft 4 GB
[modded]$10.00/mo
4 GB RAM · 70 players
- ·Mid-tier modpacks
- ·SSD option
- ·Automatic backups
- ·Custom JAR upload
Minecraft 8 GB
[modded]$20.00/mo
8 GB RAM · 150 players
- ·Large modpacks
- ·Dedicated IP
- ·Free domain
- ·Modpack auto-updater
Minecraft 16 GB
[modded]$40.00/mo
16 GB RAM · 300 players
- ·Kitchen-sink modpacks
- ·VPS-grade resources
- ·Root-like control
- ·OVH bare-metal backbone
Pros
- +Genuine sub-$3 entry tier
- +OVHcloud backbone gives solid raw network and DDoS protection
- +Free subdomain and unlimited-slots toggle on all plans
- +Built-in modpack library with one-click install
- +High Trustpilot volume with a 4.8 average
Cons
- -The 0.75 GB starter tier is below Mojang's vanilla minimum: feels like bait-and-switch
- -Aggressive in-panel upsells to upgrade RAM even on healthy servers
- -Support replies are generic and templated, billing friction at cancellation
Data centers
NA
Montreal
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