Configured before you see it
The install runs, the configuration is written and the server starts. No first-boot checklist, and nothing left on a default password shared with every other Insurgency: Sandstorm server on the internet.
Insurgency: Sandstorm server hosting
Insurgency: Sandstorm servers -- Push, Firefight, Checkpoint and co-op against bots, with mod.io content supported. Add a free Steam token on the Startup tab to appear in the public server browser.
- Metacritic 78
- Action
- New World Interactive · 12 Dec, 2018
Read before you buy
Guides for Insurgency: Sandstorm
Short, practical reading from the people who run the platform - what to size, what to watch, and what tends to go wrong.
Guides · 13 min read
Insurgency: Sandstorm server setup, config and mods
Run an Insurgency: Sandstorm dedicated server: the launch line and scenarios, Game.ini, map cycles, mutators, admins, RCON, ports, stats tokens and mod.io.
Sizing · 14 min read
How to choose game server hosting: a checklist
The questions to ask before you pay any host: latency you measured yourself, what the CPU share really is, whether backups are yours, and how to leave.
Sizing · 16 min read
Game server requirements: RAM, CPU and disk by game
A single table of sensible RAM, vCPU, disk and port numbers for every game we host, then the reason each genre needs what it needs.
Plans
Insurgency: Sandstorm hosting plans
Five sizes, priced by what they actually give you. Every tier carries the same panel, the same file access and the same backups - bigger simply means more room.
Starter
$9/month
- RAM
- 2 GB
- NVMe
- 15 GB
- vCPU
- 1.5
- 12 player slots
- Every mode: Push, Firefight, Checkpoint
- mod.io content supported
- Automatic game updates
- 2 backup slots
Standard
$12/month
- RAM
- 3 GB
- NVMe
- 20 GB
- vCPU
- 2
- 16 player slots
- Every mode: Push, Firefight, Checkpoint
- mod.io content supported
- Automatic game updates
- 2 backup slots
Most popular
Advanced
$15/month
- RAM
- 4 GB
- NVMe
- 25 GB
- vCPU
- 2.5
- 24 player slots
- Every mode: Push, Firefight, Checkpoint
- mod.io content supported
- Automatic game updates
- 2 backup slots
Pro
$19/month
- RAM
- 5 GB
- NVMe
- 30 GB
- vCPU
- 3
- 28 player slots
- Every mode: Push, Firefight, Checkpoint
- mod.io content supported
- Automatic game updates
- 2 backup slots
Premium
$24/month
- RAM
- 6 GB
- NVMe
- 40 GB
- vCPU
- 3.5
- 32 player slots
- Every mode: Push, Firefight, Checkpoint
- mod.io content supported
- Automatic game updates
- 2 backup slots
Specifications side by side
| Plan | Memory | NVMe storage | vCPU | Backups | /month | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 2 GB | 15 GB | 1.5 | 2 | $9 | |
| Standard | 3 GB | 20 GB | 2 | 2 | $12 | |
| Advanced | 4 GB | 25 GB | 2.5 | 2 | $15 | |
| Pro | 5 GB | 30 GB | 3 | 2 | $19 | |
| Premium | 6 GB | 40 GB | 3.5 | 2 | $24 |
What comes with every Insurgency: Sandstorm server
The real console
Live output, command input and the server's own logs - not a filtered summary. Web-server noise is folded behind a counter you can switch off.
Files and SFTP
A full file manager with an editor, plus SFTP credentials. Upload mods, edit configs, pull a world down to your machine.
2-2 backup slots
Taken on demand or on a schedule, restored with a button. Deleting a server takes its backups with it, on purpose.
2 ports allocated
Add and remove ports yourself from the Network tab, including the query and RCON ports where the game wants them.
People on the same server
Invite friends or staff with granular permissions - console only, files only, no billing - through subusers, roles and teams.
Which Insurgency: Sandstorm plan do you need?
Memory is what decides whether a server holds together, so start there. The Starter tier gives 2 GB and 1.5 vCPU, which suits a private group. The Advanced tier at 4 GB is where most public servers sit, and Premium at 6 GB exists for the servers that stay full.
Storage matters more than people expect once mods and backups are involved - plans here run from 15 GB to 40 GB of NVMe. Moving up or down a tier later does not rebuild your world; it changes the limits on the container you already have.
If you are not sure, take the middle tier. It is cheaper to move up after a busy weekend than to spend one explaining lag to your players.
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