Minehut is a service providing free Minecraft server hosting. Everyone deserves to have fun on Minecraft, that's why Minehut makes it extremely easy to quickly and easily start up your own Minecraft server without any of the annoying hassles.
Minehut (minehut.com) has a 1.6 out of 5 rating on OK.one, based on 100 user reviews collected here. It is listed under Hobbies & Crafts and its reputation is poor. 77% of reviews are 1 star, a relatively high share; The business has replied to 98% of negative reviews; 26 of them were added in the last 12 months. Last updated 2026-08-30.
expensive hosting compared to competitors bad customer support toxic community and server staff boring servers
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Minehut is a great example of a project that once started as a little thing and then turned into something huge, when they cared about people. However, throughout the years, as everything has changed, they started putting greed over their community. Don't host your stuff at Minehut, as you're quite literally getting robbed with their prices. Get something better for the same amount of money you're paying at Minehut.
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
I'm going to be honest, I've been using Minehut for many years. They never failed me and always exceeded my expectations. However, recently I returned to a disrespectful and disappointing server. The time limit is horrendous and unreasonable now, and adding a paywall to world downloads is just disappointing. Not to mention the clear robotic replies to ratings similar to this one: "We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users." I'm going to move to a different server, I'll see you all there.
I'm sorry to hear that you are disappointed with recent changes. Our responses are not robotic, we just unfortunately have the same response to those that are upset about the same things. As a business we had to make tough decisions in order to stay in business.
This server hosting sucks. The daily limit is 4 hours THAT'S NOTHING. Every time someone complains about it they say: Free server hosting costs a lot of money. That's true but other server hosters can make good free plans still. I think Minehut should have bankcrupt cuz they now have to make every free plan bad just to stay alive. I think 1 star review is very reasonable. I played on Minehut in 2021 and it was good even better than Aternos. It was a very enjoyable server full of updated add-ons. Now those add-ons are outdated and don't work on the newest versions. That was minehuts best time. Now it's a piece of trash that shouldnt exist. And I do say this as someone who liked it a lot. Now I can't say that.
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
They added a playtime limit of only 4 hours per day and lock downloading your world behind a paywall.
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
Since the new update you only get less than 6 hours of playtime each day. And You can't download your world anymore. I hate it!!!
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
I've had a Minehut server for a while and have decided I wanted to switch to a different server host, so I wanted to download my world to put it on a different server just to realize I can't do it anymore with the free plan. This is anti-competitive behavior, to force people to pay to get their worlds off the platform because they prevent users from switching to a different server host. I had to use a world downloader to get it off. I would recommend to stay away from it and use self hosted servers instead if you wanna just play with friends. Running a public server with a free host is probably a bad idea anyway.
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
I start up a PAID server, and it puts me in QUEUE, then after it gets out QUEUE and it says starting than after 3 minutes it just stops! Minehut is terrible now days
We're sorry to hear you've had some trouble with your server starting. We were at capacity over the weekend due to the large number of players and servers online. There may be an underlying issue with your server that caused it not to start so we suggest contacting our support team.
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
Minehut used to be a good free server host, and I'd always use it. But recently, they've been starting to treat free users horribly. First, they added an 8 hour time limit. I was fine with that. But then they changed it to 4 hours. Then 2 hours. And then, when I went to switch my server to anything other than this junk, they don't even let you download multiple files at once! Edit: after getting one of Minehut's blatantly copy + pasted replies, I just have one thing to say: Let us switch server hosts. What you guys are doing with the "free users can only download one file" thing is messed up and just to keep people like me on Minehut. If I'd known Minehut would become this horrible, I'd never have made a server on there. I want this changed, before I delete my servers and leave Minehut for good.
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
I am writing this review with immense disappointment and frustration after my experience with Minehut's customer service, or the total lack thereof. Having faced a serious issue of fraud on their platform, I reached out to Minehut's support team not once, but twice, with detailed emails outlining the misuse of my account and server, backed by concrete evidence and screenshots. To my dismay, both of these critical communications have been met with what can only be described as a disheartening silence. Understanding the constraints of the holiday season, I expected some delay. However, what is inexcusable is the complete absence of any form of acknowledgement or response, even after their official business hours resumed. Minehut claimed that some agents would be available during the holidays, yet it appears this was not the case, at least in my experience. This lack of response has not only left me in a state of unresolved distress concerning the fraudulent activities on my account but also questions the credibility and reliability of Minehut's customer support system. What value does a support team hold if it fails to respond to urgent and significant issues like fraud and breach of terms of service? The situation raises serious concerns about the platform's commitment to its users' security and well-being. Minehut's disregard for a situation involving financial loss and intellectual property theft is not just disappointing but alarming. It reflects poorly on their operational ethics and customer service standards. One would expect a platform of Minehut's stature to be more attentive and responsive, especially in matters that directly impact their users' interests and rights. In conclusion, my experience with Minehut's customer service has been nothing short of a nightmare. It's a stark warning to current and potential users about the potential challenges they might face should they ever need urgent support. I sincerely hope that no other user has to go through the ordeal I am currently facing, and that Minehut takes immediate steps to address these glaring deficiencies in their customer support system.
We're sorry to hear that you have had such a bad experience. Our staff has responded to all of your emails with follow up questions but you have not responded back to us with those answers. Please check your emails so we can continue to assist you.
You could make access to the files after the time limit that they dont need to wait 10 hours to downlaod their world to maybe falix, godlike or aternos or install plugins. Without the world if you want to play you can't even use singleplayer or build the spawn or something. And you could add join requests that you can send them to friends and if they click them they join your server. If you say about the cost what if you use external drives and only one server that manages the files
When a server is online on the dashboard, it is also online in-game, this means that we would still be running free servers which is an additional cost for the company. Please share your feedback and suggestions in our Discord channel so our devs can review them.
This hosting service single-handedly is why I prefer Bedrock Edition over Java Edition. I can't even join servers I made! Please, don't use this. I wasted a significant portion of my day with this. How are you guys not bankrupt yet!? An average rating of just 2.7/5 AND crappy services.
We're sorry that you have had trouble joining your servers. You can reach out to our Support team for assistance.
Most servers are p2w generic garbage made by 2 guys high on drugs in a basement, the staff mute you if you are not ranked because "poor people don't get free speech", they claim the server is a garden and that I'm just some troll not allowed in after I told 2 kids who were arguing to "shut the f up" because this chat filter is so dumb, it doesn't even let us say "chess extra" because "woops I forgot that s ex was in there guess my four hour long essay is ruined". the sponsored event stuff also suck. overall would not recommend i hope minehut and the company that owns it goes bankrupt
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our servers. Our moderation team does issue punishments against players that violate our rules, but you are always welcome to submit an appeal for any punishments you think are unjust.
The new changes are terrible for players with free servers, So at least let us switch to a better free host without the stupid file download limit. Some of you say, "Use the plugin its not that hard." Then tell me, what was the point of the file download limit? It's obvious that they want to restrict people from leaving the host and instead by their new SUPER CHEAP PAID PLANS
We're sorry to hear that you are unhappy with our free server plan changes. Hosting free servers is very expensive for us as a business and we have had to add limits to them in order to continue providing a hosting service for our users.
Very fast support team, servers are powerful, good protections like IP spoofing. Reasonable server specs and features for free servers. Upgrade if you want more features. Support and moderation team is phenomenal and works very hard to keep people safe and keep Minehut clean from inappropriate content. I recommend this service to others.
Thank you so much for your feedback!
A few years ago, minehut was always the main server I always used, until today. I had to pay 14 euros to play a timeless server and the server crashes every time and takes forever to load. absolutely do not use. there really are a lot of CHEAPER and better server hosting sites
We're sorry to hear you are unhappy with our servers. Server crashes are certainly not normal and typically the result of misconfiguration. Please reach out to our Support Team so we can help you resolve the issue.
2 hour time limit is just stupid. what am i supposed to do with 2 hours? 12-8 hours would be very acceptable but reducing it from 24/7 to 2 is insane
We're sorry to hear you are unhappy with the new time limit. Server hosting is quite costly so we added time limits and download restrictions to our free server plans in order to continue being able to host servers for our player base. Selecting any of our paid options removes the daily time limit.
Getting worse and worse. Supposedly "free" servers, yeah maybe for 4 hours a day, and the /vote rewards have been reduced way too much, before to run your server with only vote credits for 1 day you would have to vote for 2 days straight, now it's more like 4 days. The staff will mute you in the span of 4 seconds rather than try to help you with server issues. Minehut won't last very long under these conditions.
We're sorry to hear you are unhappy with the new time limit. Server hosting is quite costly so we added time limits and download restrictions to our free server plans in order to continue being able to host servers for our player base. Selecting any of our paid options removes the daily time limit.
only 2 hours of playtime is INSANE. i ain't paying for playtime over 2 hours bro.
We're sorry to hear you are unhappy with the new time limit. Server hosting is quite costly so we added time limits and download restrictions to our free server plans in order to continue being able to host servers for our player base. Selecting any of our paid options removes the daily time limit.
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