fragmentsPricing
Two tiers.
One subscription runs one world and covers everyone who plays in it. Sign up during the beta and your worlds keep 16 players until it ends.
Compared
Four ways to play a modpack with friends.
Most groups rent a server, use a free host, or have one friend run the game for everyone. This is how they compare.
Drag the table sideways
Rental prices are what five hosts charge each month for a server big enough for a 500-mod pack: Apex Hosting $71.99, BisectHosting $47.84, GGServers $48.00, Shockbyte $33.59, PebbleHost $36.00. Checked 21 October 2026.
| Fragments | Rent a server | Free server hosts | One friend hosts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big modpacks | Shared across everyone's computers, so it keeps up | Fine, if you pay for a big enough server | Too slow for big packs | Slows down, because one computer does all the work |
| Your world | A copy is kept online, so it doesn't live on one person's computer | Always on, and you pay for the hours nobody plays | Waiting lines, and it shuts down when nobody's on | Only there while that friend is online |
| Joining | Open a link. Mods from Modrinth download for you | Type in an address, then everyone installs the same mods by hand | Type in an address, then everyone installs the same mods by hand | Everyone installs the same mods by hand |
| Price | £5 a month per worldFree for one world and five players | $33–72 a month | Free | Free |
What renting the same pack costs
Five hosts, 16GB, a month.
16GB is the memory a 500-mod pack plays on; it boots on 8. Every figure is the host's own published price, so you can check it.
Drag the prices sideways
Prices as each host publishes them, in the currency they publish them in — not converted, so you can check them. 16GB is the size a 500-mod pack plays on, not the 8GB it boots on.
There are cases where renting is the better answer. When a rented box wins →| Host | 16GB a month | Which tier |
|---|---|---|
| Apex Hosting | $71.99 | EX Series, their only listed 16GB plan; the standard plans stop at 8GB |
| BisectHosting | $47.84 | flat $2.99/GB standard rate, billed monthly |
| GGServers | $48.00 | Amethyst, their standard 16GB plan |
| Shockbyte | $33.59 | Zeus, 12GB: their largest fixed plan, since 16GB is no longer offered and custom plans start at 17GB. Listed at $47.99, charged at $33.59 with the recurring discount they show |
| PebbleHost | $36.00 | Premium, at their $2.25/GB — the Budget tier has no thread guarantee, no backups and no modpack installer, so it is not the comparable tier |