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Factorio server hosting
Crash-land on a hostile planet and automate your way to a rocket launch. Mine, smelt and assemble with belts, inserters and trains, defend against the locals, and keep optimizing a factory that is never quite finished.
- Runs well on 4 GB
- Backed up every day
- Hosted in Europe (Falkenstein)
Pick a size
Every size from 2 GB runs Factorio. Bigger sizes suit more players, and the price per GB is the same for every game.
2 GB
Suits up to 8 players 2 GB comes with 1 vCPU and 16 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$5.98/mo$0.008/h
Choose 2 GB for a Factorio server3 GB
Suits 5–15 players 3 GB comes with 1.5 vCPU and 24 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$8.97/mo$0.012/h
Choose 3 GB for a Factorio server4 GB
Recommended
Suits 8–20 players 4 GB comes with 2 vCPU and 32 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$11.96/mo$0.016/h
Choose 4 GB for a Factorio server6 GB
Suits 15–30 players 6 GB comes with 3 vCPU and 48 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$17.94/mo$0.025/h
Choose 6 GB for a Factorio server8 GB
Suits 20–40 players 8 GB comes with 4 vCPU and 64 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$23.92/mo$0.033/h
Choose 8 GB for a Factorio server10 GB
Suits 25–45 players 10 GB comes with 4 vCPU and 80 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$29.90/mo$0.041/h
Choose 10 GB for a Factorio server12 GB
Suits 25–50 players 12 GB comes with 4 vCPU and 96 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$35.88/mo$0.049/h
Choose 12 GB for a Factorio server16 GB
Suits 35–70 players 16 GB comes with 4 vCPU and 100 GB of fast NVMe storage. Your world backups never use it up. Player counts are a guide for a mid-sized factory; factory size matters more than players, not a limit.
$47.84/mo$0.066/h
Choose 16 GB for a Factorio server
Need more room? Extra storage is $0.10 per GB a month. Prices excl. VAT/sales tax. EU customers also pay their country's VAT (e.g. $3.74/GB at 25% in Sweden).
You pay by the hour from your credit while the server exists, even when it's stopped. Delete it any time to stop paying.
What you get
Keep your factory growing on a server that's always on. A new map is made on the first start, and everyone who joins plays on it.
- Runs well on 4 GB, starts at 2 GB
- Always the latest stable Factorio Players on the experimental branch need to switch back to stable to join.
- Daily off-site backups, and one-click backups whenever you want Restore any backup from the server page. Backups don't use your server's disk.
- Kick, ban, promote and whitelist players from the Players tab
- Give friends their own access to start, stop or manage the server, without sharing your password
- Schedule restarts and other tasks, like in-game announcements and backups
- If the game crashes, it starts again on its own
More ways to run it
- Get a Discord or email alert when your server crashes, starts or stops
- Your world is yours: download a backup file any time
Getting started
Bring your world
Already playing somewhere else? Upload your saves and files as a .zip and we add them to Factorio's files, with a backup first.
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Stop the server first, then use World in the Settings tab. Files with the same name are replaced and nothing else is deleted. You can download your world as a backup file any time.
How your friends join
Copy your server's address from the server page.
In Factorio, choose Multiplayer, then Connect to address.
Paste the address and connect. Everyone needs the same Factorio version as the server.
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Default port 34197/udp. The address on the server page already has the right one.
Questions about Factorio servers
Which version does it run?
The latest stable release of Factorio.
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Players on the experimental branch need to switch back to stable to join.
Can I use mods?
Not yet. Factorio servers have no mod installer for now, but you can add mod files yourself in the Files tab.
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Put the files in the mods folder. For big files, Advanced: connect with FileZilla or WinSCP. Every player needs the same mods.
Can I load my existing save?
Yes. Stop the server, upload the save in the Files tab, and set Save Name to its file name.
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Upload the save .zip to the saves folder.
How much memory does it need?
2 GB to start, and 4 GB is best.
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Megabases need more.
Is the factory backed up?
Yes, every day, and you can make one yourself whenever you want.
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The server saves just before each backup. Restore any backup from the server page. Backups don't use your server's disk.
Ready to play Factorio together?
Pick a size, see the price, and send your friends the address as soon as it's running.