Scalacube review and details
Scalacube
Minecraft HostingOverview
Scalacube is a well known hosting provider, especially in the Minecraft space, recognized for their reliability and long history as one of the most popular services worldwide. They even offer a free Minecraft server with 6GB of RAM, one of the most generous free plans on the market. However, the plan comes with a lot of limitations, which makes it less suitable for most users.
Server Specifications
Latest Reviews
Myuui
Unusable
Vanilla only with two players. It's great that you have 6 GB of RAM, but it's unusable since you're stuck on Vanilla with the base settings.
legeriergeek
Pretty shit overall
yes 6GB is cool, but it's limited to one slot and it's very limited.
Hands On Review
First off, they claim that free servers are only available in Europe, specifically Germany. But the server we got for testing was actually in the US. So either their info is outdated, or things have changed.
That said, the free server itself is pretty generous, 6GB of RAM and 30GB of storage. And the performance? Surprisingly powerful. During testing, even while flying around with an elytra, we never ran into chunk loading issues. Scalacube’s free servers really do perform extremely well.
However, the same can’t be said for features and limitations. It’s easier to list what you do get rather than what you don’t. On the free plan, you only have access to the server console and power options. That’s it. No file access, no databases, no backups, and no extras.
And to make things worse, Scalacube free servers are limited to just 2 player slots, and you can’t change that.
So, are Scalacube’s free servers good? Honestly, it depends. If you just want to play with one close friend and don’t care about file access or extra features, then yes, they give you a solid, lag free server. But if you’re looking for anything beyond that, Scalacube isn’t the right choice.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Powerful servers with no performance issues
Cons
- No access to server files
- Most features locked on free plans
- Only 2 player slots allowed
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