Hermes
The smallest server that still feels like yours.
What you get
- DDR5 RAMWhere the world, plugins and loaded chunks live.1 GB
- NVMe SSDGen4 NVMe for worlds, jars, plugins and backups.15 GB
- Shared vCoresRyzen 9700X threads. What keeps the tick at 20.1
- DatabasesFor the plugins that keep their own data.1
- BackupsSnapshots you take and roll back yourself.1
- Splitter slotsExtra server instances under this same plan.None
- AMD Ryzen 7 9700XThe same 9700X on every plan. No slower tier.
- 24/7 DDoS ProtectionFiltered upstream, always on, never an add-on.
- Instant SetupLive about sixty seconds after payment clears.
- Premium SupportHumans on tickets and Discord. Not a reply bot.
- Plugin InstallerOne-click installs and updates from the panel.
- Custom Aikar FlagsGarbage collection tuned. Nothing to configure.
- 99% UptimeProven on a public status page, not just claimed.
Hermes is the entry point to the pantheon: one gigabyte of DDR5 on the same Ryzen 7 9700X that runs every other plan. Nothing about the hardware is downgraded — only the slice of it you rent.
This is the plan for a world you and a handful of friends actually play in. Vanilla or a light Paper server, a couple of quality-of-life plugins, render distance kept sensible. Within those limits it is quick, quiet and cheap enough to forget you are paying for it.
It is also the honest floor. One gigabyte does not run a modpack, and we would rather tell you that here than let you find out after checkout. Once the JVM takes its overhead you are working with a little over half a gigabyte of real headroom — enough for a small world and a small group, not for Create or All The Mods.
If your world outgrows it, moving up the pantheon takes minutes and your files come with you. Nothing you build on Hermes is stranded there.
What actually runs on it
- Vanilla survival for 4–6 friends at normal render distance
- Paper or Purpur with a handful of light plugins
- A private SMP that runs a few hours a night
- A test or staging server next to your main one
What it will not run
- Modpacks — Forge and Fabric packs need 4 GB and up
- Servers past roughly eight concurrent players
- Heavy world generation like Terralith or BetterEnd
Planning on mods, or more than a handful of players? Apolo doubles the memory for $1.50 more, and Ares is the smallest plan we would put a modpack on.