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Discord bot VPS

A VPS for your Discord bots.

A Discord bot only makes outgoing connections, so it is the easiest thing to run on a VPS: no ports to open, no domain to set up. Host several bots, a database and a dashboard on one small machine.

Create a VPSSee plans

Monthly, quarterly (5% off) or yearly (2 months free). Refunds within 72 hours of payment.

Why a VPS for this

No ports needed

Bots connect out to Discord's gateway, so the shared IPv4 address is no limit at all.

Many bots, one bill

Run every bot you maintain on the same VPS with pm2, systemd or Docker.

Any language

discord.js, discord.py, JDA, DiscordGo or Rust: install whatever runtime and version you need.

Get started

  1. 01

    Create the VPS

    VPS S with Debian or Ubuntu is plenty for most bots.

  2. 02

    Install your runtime

    For Node.js use NodeSource or nvm; for Python use apt install python3-venv and a virtual environment.

  3. 03

    Clone and configure

    git clone your bot and put the token in an .env file that is not committed to Git.

  4. 04

    Run it as a service

    Use pm2 start index.js --name bot and pm2 startup, or a systemd unit, so the bot restarts after crashes and reboots.

Which plan fits

VPS plans

VPS S (2 GB) runs several small bots. Bots with music, image generation or a large cache are happier on VPS M.

Fits this best

VPS S

$1.96/mo

Billed monthly

  • 1 vCPU
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 30 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

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VPS M

$3.92/mo

Billed monthly

  • 2 vCPU
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 60 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

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VPS L

$7.84/mo

Billed monthly

  • 4 vCPU
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 120 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

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VPS XL

$15.68/mo

Billed monthly

  • 6 vCPU
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 200 GB NVMe
  • Shared IPv4, 20 ports
  • IPv6 address
  • KVM, full root

Dedicated IPv4: +$3/mo

Create a VPS

Shared IPv4 with 20 ports and IPv6 included; dedicated IPv4 +$3/mo

Your VPS is usually ready in minutes. During busy times it may take up to 48 hours to create; you'll get an email the moment it's ready. The same goes for a dedicated IPv4 address.

NAT · IPv6

NAT IPv4 and IPv6, in plain words

How people and programs reach your VPS, and what that means for what you run on it.

IPv4: one shared address, 20 ports of your own

IPv4 addresses are scarce, so several VPSes share one public IPv4 address. Your VPS gets its own block of 20 ports on it. Traffic to those ports goes straight to your VPS. The panel shows your address and your port range.

IPv6: an address that is only yours

Your VPS also has its own public IPv6 address. Every port on it is yours, including 80 and 443, so a website or service can listen on its normal port.

Running a website

Ports 80 and 443 on the shared IPv4 address are not yours. Point your domain's AAAA record at your IPv6 address and put Cloudflare's proxy in front: it accepts IPv4 visitors and passes them to your VPS over IPv6. A tunnel such as Cloudflare Tunnel works too, or add a dedicated IPv4 for $3 a month.

Going out is not limited by the port block

The 20 ports are for incoming connections. Your VPS can reach the internet as usual: updates, APIs, Discord and Git all work without opening anything.

No ports are needed for the bot itself. If you add a web dashboard or webhooks, use a port from your block or serve it over IPv6 behind Cloudflare.

Example: SSH on the first port of your block looks like ssh -p 40001 root@203.0.113.10. Your real address and ports are in the panel.

Need a whole IPv4 address of your own? Add a dedicated IPv4 for $3 a month and every port on it is yours.

VPS questions

Managed bot hosting includes a free tier and a panel with console, files and restarts. Choose a VPS when you want several bots, a database or custom software on one machine with root access.

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