The Best Web Hosting Services for Rust in 2025

Sick of dealing with public Rust game servers, complete with 12-year-olds screaming through their mics as they take all your stuff? If you want exclusivity — and you’re willing to pay for it — a Rust hosting plan might be a solution.

Do you want easy installers and complete server control? Are you wondering how much it will cost? Here’s what you need to know about the best Rust server hosting providers today. Grab a Beverage™ and let’s get into it.

The best Rust server hosting providers of 2025

Compare the best web hosting services for Rust

Best for	Best for ease of use	Best for hosting value	Best for large communities
Star rating	4.9 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.	4.7 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.	4.6 AllAboutCookies writers and editors score products based on a number of objective features as well as our expert editorial assessment. Our partners do not influence how we rate products.
Starting price	Starts at $1.95/mo	Starts at $1.00/mo	Starts at $2.50/mo
Money-back guarantee	Yes — 30 days	Yes — 30 days	Yes — 30 days
Uptime guarantee	99.9%	99.99%	99.9%
Storage	200 GB - 400 GB	480 GB - 720 GB	Customizable
CPU cores	4 - 8	4 - 12	4 - 24
RAM	16 GB - 32 GB	16 GB - 24 GB	Customizable
Mod/plugin support	On all plans	On all plans	On all plans
Complimentary automatic backups			Yes for VPS — costs extra for dedicated servers
Learn more	Get Hostinger Read Our Hostinger Review	Get IONOS Read Our IONOS Review	Get InterServer Read Our InterServer Review

Hostinger: Best for ease of use

What we liked

Dedicated Rust/gaming server plans: Hostinger has specifically designed a number of VPS hosting plans for game servers. Not all VPS hosts can handle the intense CPU usage and other factors inherent to running game servers, so gaming-specific plans are handy.

Easy server setup: Hostinger offers one-click installers for a variety of games, making it easy to get started. If you have little to no experience setting up game servers, Hostinger is the place to start.

Worldwide data centers: The closer you are to your game server, the less you have to worry about things like lag. Hostinger has data centers around the world, making it easy to set up a server that feels butter-smooth.

What we didn’t like

Expensive-ish renewal prices: Okay, it’s actually the cheapest option on this list. However, Rust’s minimum server requirements mean that while your hosting will start out cheap, Hostinger’s Game Panel 4 renews at $26.99/mo. It can be a shock if you don’t check the fine print.

Test results

Hostinger performed well, with 100% uptime and reasonable average server response times. But it performed amazingly in the stress test, with 14 ms server response times, showing that Hostinger’s infrastructure is no stranger to heavy traffic.

Star rating summary

Hostinger justifies its status as our top pick by earning 5/5 in features, security, and performance. Those are the three most important categories in our rating system, so that matters. It scores pretty well in all the other categories, too.

IONOS: Best for hosting value

What we liked

Hosting plan variety: IONOS comes with many different types of hosting, and it supports running game servers on most of them, including VPS hosting, cloud hosting, and dedicated servers. Pick and choose what you need, then get to playing with your friends.

Official game server installation guides: While IONOS doesn’t have one-click-install options, its knowledge base includes handy guides to installing a number of different game servers, including Rust. It shows that the devs have considered the game server use case when designing their infrastructure, and that makes a difference.

High-value plans: For example, Hostinger’s Game Panel 4 plan renews at $26.99/mo with 4 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, and 200 GB storage; IONOS’ VPS XL plan renews at $30/mo with 8 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM, and 480 GB storage. IONOS costs a little bit more, but you get a lot more storage and extra CPU cores. Rust is a somewhat CPU-intensive game on the server side, and mods take up space.

What we didn’t like

You have to do everything manually: On the VPS plans, cloud hosting, and dedicated servers, IONOS expects you to handle everything yourself. This includes the actual installation and configuration of your Rust server.

Test results

IONOS passed all of our performance tests with flying colors. In particular, take note of the reasonably low server response times, 100% uptime, and solid performance in the stress test. IONOS can handle plenty of traffic, if needed.

Star rating summary

With IONOS giving you all the control you could want over your server, it expects you to know what you’re doing. Thus, the score suffers a little in the features department. But, the servers are fast and secure, which helps IONOS to keep its overall rating high.

InterServer: Best for large communities

What we liked

Managed hosting: InterServer offers a degree of managed hosting services, even on its dedicated servers, so its support team can handle a lot of the technical stuff for you. You may have to pay a little extra for some things, though.

Good dedicated servers: Dedicated servers are InterServer’s forte, and it even has a marketplace with limited-time offers where you can snag a dedicated server at surprisingly reasonable prices. (As of this writing, there’s one available for $64/mo that could handle a Rust server, but this price might not be available in the future.) For a large community, you’ll want to go with a dedicated server.

Good customer support: Our experiences with the support team were smooth, and the staff was helpful. If you’re going for managed hosting services, you definitely want a support team that knows their stuff, and InterServer has that.

What we didn’t like

Focus on dedicated servers for gaming: While Hostinger and IONOS can run game servers on their VPS infrastructure, InterServer recommends using its dedicated servers only for Rust or any other game. And dedicated server hosting is expensive by nature.

Test results

A quick note: These results look less than ideal because they were conducted on InterServer’s shared hosting. And if shared website hosting is what you want, then there are better options. But this author can tell you from personal experience that the dedicated servers are much better, because you’re not sharing them.

Star rating summary

InterServer scored well in our tests for overall hosting features and security. At this point, I’ll remind you that the performance testing was conducted on InterServer’s shared hosting and does not reflect what dedicated servers can do. Otherwise, InterServer offers a pretty great experience overall.

How much does Rust server hosting cost in 2025?

Costs start at $25/mo and — if you have a large community and a dedicated server — can climb into the hundreds per month. You technically can get cheaper plans, but after some research, I wouldn’t.

The cost of server hosting plans depends on the number of CPU cores included, as well as the amount of RAM and storage. While you can minimize the CPU cores and RAM needed by playing on a smaller map, you can only go so low.

You’ll want at least a few cores and 16 GB of RAM for stability, even with a fairly small player count. Hostinger’s Game Panel 4 plan costs $10.49/mo until renewal, at which point it will cost $26.99/mo, and it comes with 4 CPU cores, 16 GB of RAM, and more than enough storage at 200 GB.

Bottom line: The best Rust server hosting provider of 2025

Hostinger is the best pick for most people because its reasonably priced plans, combined with one-click installs, make life so much easier. But IONOS offers more bang for your buck when it comes to pricing, and it offer full control for people who like to be hands-on.

Meanwhile, InterServer’s dedicated server offerings are expensive, but oh-so-worth-it when you have a ton of players on your private server.

As always, it all comes down to what you need. The important thing is having fun by ruining everyone else’s fun in PVP. That’s the Rust way of life.

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