Our story
How MainHoster.de came about
It did not start with a business plan but with our own need: servers for our own projects - and with them the experience that hosting almost always comes with conditions that have nothing to do with the service itself. Twelve or twenty-four month minimum terms, notice periods you miss, and an introductory price that quietly doubles after a year.
That is how MainHoster.de started in 2016, with a billing model that prevents these problems in the first place: prepaid. You top up credit, book a service for 30, 90 or 360 days and decide each time whether to extend. There are no payment reminders, because there is nothing to remind you of, and no contract you would have to cancel.
The first servers have since grown into a broad range - from game servers for 14 games and VPS to web hosting, domains, colocation and n8n hosting. The principle has stayed the same.
You should pay for the service, not for the fine print.
- No minimum term, no notice period
- The same price from the first month
- Extend by 30, 90 or 360 days
- No payment reminders - credit instead of invoices
Milestones
From VPS to six product areas
- 2016Launch with VPSMainHoster.de launches with VPS - prepaid, no contract, servers in Germany.
- 2018Web hostingWith web hosting, websites can be run without managing a server.
- 2019DomainsSince then, the matching domain comes from the same credit.
- 2022ColocationYour own hardware in a rack: colocation extends the range.
- 2026Game serversGame servers with a ready-made web interface - today for 14 games.
- November 2026Enshrouded as the 14th gameAfter the release of Enshrouded 1.0, with plans based on computing power instead of RAM.
- TodaySix product areas, one principlePlus guides collected in our guide section.
What we stand for
What you can expect from us
Six principles we build our services on - and that you can hold us to.
Prepaid instead of contracts
No minimum term, no notice period. The price is the same from the first month - there is no promotional price that changes later.
Honest, not salesy
We also tell you what we do not offer - automatic backups, for example. A clear limit is better than a promise that does not hold up when it matters.
Servers in Germany
VPS, game servers and web hosting run in Frankfurt am Main, close to DE-CIX. Short routes for players and visitors, data protection under the GDPR.
You stay in control
Web interface, Plesk or root access: upgrades, reinstalls and settings are up to you, without waiting for a ticket.
Support from real people
Our team answers tickets around the clock - in German or English, from people who run the systems themselves.
Knowledge that helps
Guides on games, servers and web hosting - written by our team, with the date of the last update.
The team
Small enough for short paths
MainHoster.de is run by a small team from Germany. We operate the technology ourselves, answer the tickets ourselves and write the content on this site ourselves. Whoever answers you in support knows the systems in question.
That has limits we are open about: there is no phone hotline and no corporate structure. In return, your request does not end up in a queue but goes straight to the people who can solve it.
Contact
- Support ticket in the customer interface
- Address and operator in the legal notice
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See for yourself
Create an account, top up credit, choose a service - it is up and running in about 120 seconds. And if it no longer suits you, simply let it expire.