Get the real figure
Find a measured or documented memory figure for your busiest instance. Where sources disagree, plan for the higher one.
Quasar
Room for the
hungriest servers.
32 GB VPS hosting · Quasar
Quasar is our 32 GB plan: 8 vCPU, 400 GB SSD, unmetered transfer. Our ARK guide recommends it, and our Rust guide names it for many players or plugins.
Quasar from $49.99/month · USD · availability varies by region
Dedicated IPv4DDoS protectionDaily backupsFull root access
PlanQuasar
$49.99/ month
vCPU8
Memory32 GB
SSD storage400 GB
Filled = this plan. Outline = our largest plan.
Overview
For workloads that outgrow 16 GB.
Eight vCPU, 32 GB of memory, 400 GB of disk. We have fewer measurements at this size than on smaller plans, so each figure here says whether it is measured, documented or community-reported.
ARK: Survival Ascended
Sources disagree. Our ARK guide cites the wiki at 8 to 10 GiB for an empty Island; our idle Island on Quasar reached about 10.5 GiB. It cites other setups at 13 to 16 GB. The guide recommends Quasar, with Pulsar as the floor.
Many players or plugins
Our Rust guide names Quasar for many players or a stack of plugins. Pulsar is its main recommendation.
Several services on one host
In our 2 GB measurements, single-stack figures added up to within about 12 MiB of the combined total. Budget a consolidated server the same way, then verify it under load.
Workflow
Size from evidence, then leave room.
Start from a measured or documented figure for your heaviest instance.
Choose the operating system early
The ARK guide says to pick a Windows image in the deploy wizard if offered, starting from Quasar. Checkout shows the images for your region.
Test with your players
Our ARK figure is an idle server. Validate yours with real players, mods and saves before you rely on it.
Limits of our evidence
What we measured at this size, and what we did not.
Idle is not busy
Our ARK figure is an idle Island. Nobody publishes a figure for a busy, modded server, and we could not load ours.
Disk
Check install, save and backup sizes for your titles against the 400 GB disk before you commit.
Backups
Daily backups are included and you can keep up to seven free snapshots. Keep an independent copy of data you cannot recreate.
Pricing
Where Quasar sits in the range.
Monthly pricing in USD. Unmetered transfer, subject to the acceptable use policy.
Flare
Small projects & personal apps
$5.99/ month
Billed monthly. No setup fee.
Deploy Flare- CPU
- 1 vCPU
- Memory
- 2 GB
- SSD storage
- 25 GB
- Unmetered traffic
- Daily backups & dedicated IPv4
Orbit
Websites & lightweight services
$7.99/ month
Billed monthly. No setup fee.
Deploy Orbit- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- SSD storage
- 50 GB
- Unmetered traffic
- Daily backups & dedicated IPv4
Comet
Growing applications
$15.99/ month
Billed monthly. No setup fee.
Deploy Comet- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- SSD storage
- 100 GB
- Unmetered traffic
- Daily backups & dedicated IPv4
Pulsar
More demanding workloads
$27.99/ month
Billed monthly. No setup fee.
Deploy Pulsar- CPU
- 6 vCPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- SSD storage
- 200 GB
- Unmetered traffic
- Daily backups & dedicated IPv4
This plan
Quasar
Heavy, memory-hungry workloads
$49.99/ month
Billed monthly. No setup fee.
Deploy Quasar- CPU
- 8 vCPU
- Memory
- 32 GB
- SSD storage
- 400 GB
- Unmetered traffic
- Daily backups & dedicated IPv4
Nebula
Our largest plan
$89.99/ month
Billed monthly. No setup fee.
Deploy Nebula- CPU
- 12 vCPU
- Memory
- 64 GB
- SSD storage
- 800 GB
- Unmetered traffic
- Daily backups & dedicated IPv4
Six plans. Check your selected region and current stock in checkout.
Included
DDoS protectionDaily backupsDedicated IPv4Root & console
All included features
DDoS protection
Always on. No scrubbing fee, no attack-time surcharge.
Daily backups
Automated, seven-day retention, restore them yourself.
Snapshots
Save a point to return to. Up to 7, free.
Dedicated IPv4
One public IPv4 of your own.
Browser VNC console
Console access from your browser, even without SSH.
Unmetered traffic
No per-GB charge, subject to the Acceptable Use Policy.
SSH key at deploy
Your public key is on the machine at first boot. No password sent by email.
Windows licensing
Server 2019, 2022 and 2025 activate themselves. No separate licence to buy.
Orbit and aboveCrypto payments
Pay in crypto at checkout, not only by card.
Telegram control
Servers, balance, invoices and tickets from your phone.
Answers
A few things to know.
Is Quasar enough for ARK: Survival Ascended?+
It is the plan our ARK guide recommends. The guide could not load-test a busy modded server, so size for your player count and mods and watch memory.
Can I run Windows on Quasar?+
Our ARK guide suggests a Windows image from Quasar upwards where offered, and our servers page lists Windows Server licensing from Orbit upwards. Checkout confirms image availability.
Is Quasar worth it over Pulsar?+
Only if your measured or documented memory goes beyond 16 GB. The ARK guide treats Pulsar as the floor for one small map and Quasar as the recommendation.
What if I need more than 32 GB?+
Nebula has 64 GB. Our ARK guide suggests it for a two-map cluster, by its own arithmetic rather than a test.
Does unmetered mean unlimited?+
Unmetered means no per-GB transfer charge. It does not mean unlimited throughput, and the acceptable use policy applies.
Start with Quasar.
Check your region and current stock in checkout, then test with real load.
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