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Factorio Server Hosting
After all, the factory MUST grow
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Plans from $5.61/mo
Paid yearly. Month to month is $8.99/mo.
3GB RAM
Grows to 16GB*$2 surcharge for Los Angeles
Every server includes one GameSwap freeze slot. Pay yearly and we add two more, so you can keep three game servers frozen in time and swap between them.
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Built for a factory that never stops growing
A Factorio server gets heavier the longer you play it. More map explored, more surfaces running, more mods in the list. Everything below is on the server from the first minute, at the price you see.
Add memory without a restart
You start at 3GB and you can take it to 16GB whenever the factory earns it, without restarting the server or touching your save. Disk moves the same way, from 25GB of NVMe up to 100GB.
That matters more in Factorio than in most games, because the thing that grows is not your player count. It is explored area, surface count and the mod list, and all three only go one direction.
Every file is yours
server-settings.json, map-gen-settings.json, the mod directory and every save on the box. Edit them in the Nitro Panel file manager or over SFTP, both from the first minute.
No support ticket to change a setting, and nothing held back for a bigger plan. If you want to pull a save down to your own machine and open it in singleplayer, it is a download.
Backups you did not have to remember
12 backup slots, one save taken automatically every 2 hours, set up when the server deploys. Twelve slots on a two hour schedule is a rolling day of restore points, and you restore any of them yourself from the panel.
They are stored off-site rather than on your server, so a bad day at the datacenter does not take the factory with it. Backups run while the server runs, so a stopped server is not being backed up.
A person answers the ticket
When the server will not start and the log is a wall of red, that is a normal Tuesday for us. Working out which mod did it is a thing we will sit down and do with you, not something we hand back as your problem.
Reach us in Discord or through the client portal. Guides for the panel live in our docs.
Space Age, overhauls, and a mod directory you control
Space Age runs here, and so do the big overhauls. Drop mods into the server's mod directory through the file manager or SFTP, start it up, and players joining are prompted to sync what they are missing. Nothing is gated behind a larger plan and there is no surcharge for running a modded server.
Factorio wants everyone on the same version, server included, which is the one thing that catches people out when a mod list moves. Take a backup before you change the list, and if a save comes back wrong, restore the one from two hours ago and try again.
Done with Factorio? Swap the game, keep the factory.
Factory games get played in bursts. You launch the rocket, or you finally finish the Aquilo base, and the group goes quiet for a while. Everywhere else that means cancelling, and when the itch comes back the save is gone.
With GameSwap, freeze the factory instead. We archive the whole server off the box, save, mod list and configs together, into a free freeze slot that does not count against your disk. Something else runs there in the meantime, and you restore Factorio whenever you want it back.
This is the swap people here actually make. Factorio, Satisfactory and Foundry are the same itch in three shapes, and the server you bought at 3GB for one of them will run the other two without you ordering a second one. Same box, same bill, same people answering your tickets.
Not sure what to swap to? Twelve factory games worth your next 100 hours
The whole thing, in two clicks: freeze the factory, pick what is next.
The Nitro Panel
Based on Pterodactyl.io, our control panel is packed with features and style, helping you control your server with ease and precision.
Four Locations
We have three locations throughout the United states, and one based in Falkenstein, Germany. Check your ping against our locations to decide on which is best for your server.
Getting started is easy
Select a Plan
Choose the right plan for your gaming session. This may be based on the number of players joining your server or the amount of resources the game and you will need.
Choose a Location
Depending on where you and your friends are playing from, select a location that is best for you. You can easily check your ping before buying to see the ping time of the connection from your location.
Select a billing Cycle
Choose to pay monthly, or receive a discount on quarterly, semi-annual, or yearly payment plans
Review the Specs
Review the options for Port, Memory and CPU Cores and select different options to customize the server for your gaming experience. Lots of friends joining you? You may want to increase the RAM accordingly.
Pick a Name and Complete your transaction
Name your server so your friends can find and connect to your game easily. Complete your purchase and you will receive an email within minutes with links to your server and Nitro Panel
Customize on the fly
Need to add another Gig of RAM, or add an extra CPU core? You can add/remove resources to your server at any time through our Billing Portal. No server restart needed!
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Questions?
I'm new to Factorio hosting. Is this easy to set up?
There is a short learning curve and not much else. In Factorio, click Multiplayer, choose Connect to address, and enter your new server IP and port. To make yourself an admin, type /promote yourusername into the Nitro Panel console. Mods, server settings and save files are all yours to edit from the panel, and our help team is around if you get stuck.
How much RAM does a Factorio server need?
The wiki publishes no minimum, so here is the honest answer. Vanilla multiplayer runs comfortably on 2 to 3GB. What pushes it up is how much map you have explored, how many surfaces you are running, and your mod list. A Space Age base spreads across planets and orbital platforms and every one of them is a surface the server keeps in memory, which is why Space Age saves get heavy faster than vanilla ones. Overhauls like Space Exploration or Krastorio 2 are 6GB and up territory. Start at 3GB and add more when the factory does, which you can do from the panel without a restart.
How much disk does a Factorio server need?
More than most people expect, and it is the figure worth checking before you buy. Factorio saves are zip archives that grow with explored area and surface count, and the server holds the live save, a rotating set of autosaves and the whole mod directory at the same time. Heavily modded saves have been reported close to 1GB each, so the autosaves alone can run to several gigabytes. A Factorio server here starts with 25GB of NVMe, which covers a modded server comfortably, and it expands to 100GB when the map gets out of hand.
How much does a Factorio server cost?
A Factorio dedicated server from us is $8.99/mo for 3GB of RAM, 2 Ryzen cores and 25GB of NVMe, billed monthly, or $5.61/mo if you pay the year up front, which also adds two GameSwap freeze slots. That is the Dallas price and it buys you a month, not a trial rate. Los Angeles costs $2 more because the hardware there costs us more, and the configurator shows you the exact figure before you pay. Backups, file access, the panel and mod support are on every server, and none of them are upsells.
Can I play with friends on Nintendo Switch?
Yes, as long as everyone is running the same version of Factorio. The Switch build often sits a version behind the PC build, and when it does, PC players can drop back to the matching version through the Steam beta branches. Switch players need a Nintendo Switch Online membership before the Connect to Address option appears, and they join with your server IP and port in the form xx.xx.xx.xx:1234. Mods are PC only, so a modded server is not somewhere a Switch player can join.
How do backups work, and how many do I get?
Every game server we run comes with 12 backup slots, and a save is backed up automatically every 2 hours, set up when your server deploys so there is nothing for you to configure. Twelve slots on a two hour schedule gives you a rolling day of restore points, and you can change the schedule or restore any of them yourself from the Nitro Panel. Backups only run while the server is running, so a stopped server is not being backed up. They are kept off-site rather than on your server, so a problem at the datacenter does not take the factory with it. Take one by hand before you install a mod pack.
What is your refund policy?
Our Game Servers have a 7 day refund policy. If you are not satisfied with the service, you can cancel within the first 7 days and receive a full refund. You must request this within the first month of service for a full refund. Services that have been in use for 1 month or have renewed are not eligible for a refund.
I still have other questions, what should I do?
Join our Discord Support server where we would be happy to answer any questions.