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Unlimited slots · $2.50 per GB
One shared universe for the whole crew, with every terraformed planet and orbital base sitting on unmetered NVMe storage and backed up nightly while nobody is online.
3 GB at $7.50 is plenty for a handful of friends, while a mod-heavy server with twenty explorers and hundreds of visited worlds belongs on 8 GB at $20.00.
4 Cores with 8 GB RAM. Billed monthly.
Every node runs Ryzen 9 7900 to 9950X processors with DDR5 ECC memory.
Starbound spends its day streaming world chunks off disk and running mod scripts, so unmetered NVMe storage and fast Ryzen 9 cores matter more here than a large memory pool.
Deployment is automated at checkout, so the server is generating its first star system minutes after payment clears.
Planet files load from unmetered NVMe SSD storage behind Ryzen 9 processors and DDR5 ECC memory.
Upload .pak files in the browser or over SFTP, then confirm each one in the startup log from the live console.
We do not sell player slots, so your cap is whatever number you write into the server configuration.
Every Starbound server sits behind DDoS protection from the moment it deploys, with nothing extra to buy.
Five locations are available at checkout, from San Jose and Miami to New York City, Toronto, and Brussels.
A live console, file manager, SFTP and task scheduler in your browser.
A Starbound server keeps one universe on disk: a folder of world files for every planet, station, and ship anyone has visited, plus the data for each character. That folder is effectively the whole server, and it grows quietly as the crew explores. FSH runs automatic daily backups into ten rolling slots on unmetered NVMe, so a corrupted world after a crash means restoring one file instead of rebuilding a colony.
Server mods are .pak files that live in the mods folder, and Starbound compares assets when a client connects. In practice that means everyone joining needs the same mods you installed, which is why large overhauls work best when the group agrees on a list first. Upload the .pak files in the file manager, restart from the console, and read the startup log to confirm each one was picked up.
The server configuration is a JSON file, so a stray comma is the usual reason a server refuses to come back up. Open it in the panel, set the server name and message of the day, raise the player limit, add your character to the admin list, and decide whether strict asset checking stays on. Copy the file to a backup before editing, then use the live console to confirm a clean start.
Deploy in North America or Europe, and move your server later at no charge.
Still unsure? Ask our team.
Starbound is modest by modern standards. Two gigabytes at $5.00 runs a small private universe, 3 GB at $7.50 is comfortable for a regular group, and mod-heavy servers or twenty-plus explorers do better on 8 GB at $20.00. Every tier includes unmetered NVMe storage, which matters because world files accumulate steadily as the crew travels.
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