Basic
For small sessions with friends.
€7.99/month
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- Players (guide value)approx. 8
- RAM3 GB
- vCores1.5
- NVMe5 GB
- 2 backup slots
- With or without Space Age
Rent a Factorio server
Rent your own Factorio server: You pay for hardware, not slots. Your friends join with the address and port of your server – you set the save, Space Age and the player count yourself.
Plan
€11.99 /month · approx. 16 players
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- DDoS protection included
- Server in Germany
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Neuer Server von Nexthosting
Connect to address
Address and port from your panelThis is how your server appears under Browse public games once you switch on the public list – at first as “Neuer Server von Nexthosting”. You change the name in the startup settings. Without the list, your players join through Connect to address.
Factorio server: plans and prices
Every plan includes DDoS protection, the panel and hosting in Germany. The plans differ in hardware – we do not limit slots.
Advanced
For regular groups and weekly sessions.
€11.99/month
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Choose plan
- Players (guide value)approx. 16
- RAM6 GB
- vCores2
- NVMe10 GB
- 3 backup slots
- With or without Space Age
Premium
For larger servers and more headroom.
€14.99/month
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- Players (guide value)approx. 32
- RAM8 GB
- vCores3
- NVMe15 GB
- 4 backup slots
- With or without Space Age
Community
For large communities.
€20.99/month
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- Players (guide value)approx. 64
- RAM12 GB
- vCores4
- NVMe20 GB
- 5 backup slots
- With or without Space Age
Included in every plan
- DDoS protectionIncluded with every server at no extra charge. With your own IP address: your own filter and protection panel.
- Backups2 to 5 backup slots depending on the plan – with one click or on your own schedule.
- Console and filesLive console, file manager in the browser and SFTP.
- Grows with youAdd RAM, cores or storage one by one – for good, or as a boost just for one evening.
- Co-adminsSeparate logins for friends and admins, with exactly the permissions you grant.
- Personal supportMon–Fri 9 a.m.–6 p.m. by ticket.
13th-generation Intel processorDDR4 memoryNVMe SSDData center in GermanyAvailability as set out in the Service Level Agreement
With monthly billing you can cancel monthly. Up to 15% cheaper when you pay in advance. Final prices, no setup fee. Player numbers are guide values – you set the maximum yourself.
Set up and manage your Factorio server
Real screenshots from the game server panel. Everything runs in the browser – no FTP program and no SSH.
Screenshot from the Nexthosting panel (example server). Arrow keys switch between the areas.
Settings you control
- Server name and descriptionThis is how players see your server – also in the public list, if you switch it on.
- Player count and passwordYou set the maximum yourself; 0 means no limit. A password keeps your session private.
- SaveThe name of your save. If it does not exist yet, the server creates a new map on its own at the next start.
- Space AgeSwitch the expansion on or off, together with Quality and Elevated Rails – ideally before the map is created.
- Saving and pauseInterval and number of the saves the server creates on its own, pause while the server is empty, and a time limit for idle players.
- VersionThe stable version, the experimental one or a fixed version – your friends need the same one.
All of this is in the panel under “Startup settings”. To become an admin, enter /promote playername in the console.
How your players join the server
Your friends connect directly with the address and port of your server. Both are shown in your panel once the server is set up.
In the game
- Choose Multiplayer in the main menu.
- Choose Connect to address and enter the address and port of your server – exactly as they are shown in your panel.
- If you have set a password, your friends enter it when they join.
Everyone needs exactly the same game version and the same mods as the server.
Public list: only with a factorio.com account
A new server is not in the public list of the game. Your session works anyway: your friends join with the address and port, and the server does not need an account for that.
- Switching it on
- In the startup settings you switch on the public list and enter your factorio.com username and a token. Players then find your server under Browse public games.
- Username
- This means your factorio.com username, not your email address.
- Token
- The token takes the place of your password. According to Factorio, you can find it on the website of the game or in the file
player-data.json. Do not share it.
Nexthosting Schutz
Players stay connected. Flooders get locked out.
Every game server at Nexthosting is protected against DDoS attacks at no extra cost. With a dedicated IP address, your server gets a filter all to itself – and you get the panel where you watch every attack bounce off.
All quiet. Blue means your players. They walk through the gate – that is your server's port.
Example, no real data
Arriving right now242
Turned away1
Let through238
packets per second
Moving example from the protection panel: small squares run towards a wall. Blue squares – the players – pass through the gate to the server, during an attack too. Sand-coloured squares – the attack – get stuck at the wall.
Sand stays outside
Senders that open connections in bulk are locked out automatically while an attack is running. You lift any lock with one click.
Blue keeps playing
Existing connections are never cut. Regulars – anyone who has spent a while on your server – get in straight away, even in the middle of an attack.
Your situation room
You see where it comes from
The map shows the traffic to your server, country by country. Block a country with one click – or allow only the ones you choose. If you like, the protection blocks attacking countries by itself while an attack is running.
Every attack is put on record
Course, waves and senders, minute by minute – as a PDF and as a table. One click reports the attack to Nexthosting: an urgent notice at once, followed by a full report as a PDF. On request with a confirmation you can hand to the police or other authorities.
You decide how strict
Three protection levels – and if you like, the protection tightens by itself when an attack starts. You are told by e-mail and Discord as soon as an attack begins and when it is over. Plus: a test of the protection at the push of a button, co-managers for your community's admins, and traffic per port.
What the protection costs
- With every game server
- The data centre's basic protection against DDoS attacks. At no extra cost.
- With a dedicated IP address
- A filter for your address alone, and the protection panel with it – for €3.79 a month plus a one-time setup fee of €4.99, with no further charge. Usually set up within a few minutes; you can also add it later.
Order a Factorio serverCompare plans
You pick the dedicated IP address as an add-on while ordering. Server location: a data centre in Germany.
Included for free: your server’s live status
Your players can see for themselves whether the server is up and how full it is right now.
- In Discord
- A message in your channel that updates itself: status, players, map and address. No bot needed.
- On websites and forums
- A banner as an image, for a signature for example. You copy the embed code in the panel.
Included with every game server at no extra charge, you switch it on in the panel. Player count and map are available for games with a server query, online or offline is always shown.
Example: a Discord channel shows the status message of a server with 12 of 50 players, ping, uptime and address. Below it is a forum post whose signature contains the status banner of the same server. Both show the same player count.
Frequently asked questions about your Factorio server
Costs, setup, player numbers and cancellation – answered briefly.
From €7.99 per month (Basic plan). The largest plan, Community, costs €20.99 per month. The plans differ in memory, cores and storage. These are final prices, and there is no setup fee.
After payment, your server sets itself up. You open the panel straight from your customer account.
Through Multiplayer and Connect to address in the main menu: there they enter the address and port of your server, exactly as they are shown in your panel. If you have set a password, they need it to join.
Everyone needs exactly the same game version and the same mods as the server.
Not for a session with friends: your server runs without an entry in the public list, and your friends join with the address and port.
If you want your server to appear under Browse public games, Factorio requires the login credentials of a factorio.com account. To do so, you enter your username and a token in the startup settings – not your password – and switch on the public list. A new server is first called “Neuer Server von Nexthosting” there; you change the name in the startup settings as well.
Yes. Space Age is switched on at first, together with Quality and Elevated Rails. Then only players who own the expansion can join. You can switch it off in the startup settings; the server then runs the base game.
Decide before the map is created: a map made with Space Age needs the expansion.
You upload your save as a zip file to the saves folder and enter its name in the startup settings – without the .zip extension.
In Factorio, mods are zip files in the mods folder; they are not unpacked. When your friends join, the game offers to synchronize their mods with the server and downloads exactly the versions the server uses.
In the startup settings you choose the stable version, the experimental one or a fixed one that you enter. After a change you reinstall the server in the panel – saves, mods and settings are kept.
Your friends need the same version as the server.
We do not limit slots – you pay for hardware. The player numbers on the plans are guide values; how many your server really handles depends on the size of your factory and on mods. You set the maximum in the startup settings – 0 means no limit.
Yes. You can upgrade at any time; the change takes effect immediately and the difference is charged pro rata. Downgrades take effect at the end of the term. You can also add just RAM, cores or storage. Your data stays in place.
Yes. You book your own IP address as an add-on to your server. With it, you get up to 100 ports of your choice and the protection panel.
Yes, in every plan. Backup slots: Basic 2, Advanced 3, Premium 4, Community 5. Back up with one click or set up your own schedule in the panel; restoring also takes one click.
In a data center in Germany. What applies to availability is set out in the Service Level Agreement.
Yes. With monthly billing you can cancel your server monthly. Paying in advance makes it up to 15% cheaper; the chosen term then applies. If you only need a break, you can pause the server – then you pay only for keeping your data.