5 Bestes Server-Hosting für Counter Strike 2 (CS2) Okt. 2026 - DEUTSCH
Drei der günstigsten CS2-Serverpläne, die wir ermittelt haben 1 Oktober 2026 fall below the minimum that Valve's own server documentation lists. Wir haben auch alle neun Hosts von Heimverbindungen in Europa und Nordamerika aus angepingt. So this guide ranks them on price, terms and measured network distance.
Schnelle Antwort: DatHost is the best CS2 server host for most groups. It charges EUR 0.99 pro Steckplatz, Listen 49 Standorte, refunds within 14 days and bills the same price every month. Want one machine for several servers? Take Hostinger Game Panel 2. Need a server for one weekend? G-Portal rents for 3 Tage.
Zuletzt überprüft: Oktober 2026. Preise und Ausstattung überprüft.
Springe zu: Hostinger | Interesse | Host-Unlimited.de | Apex-Hosting | GameServer | DatHost | ZAP-Hosting | G-Portal | Host-Verwüstung | So wählen Sie aus | FAQ
Among hosts with a server in the same region, the fastest and slowest were never more than 7 ms apart in our measurement. A server on the wrong continent added more than 90 Frau. That gap decides how CS2 feels, so pick the city first and the host second. Then check three things the plan cards hide: der RAM, die Festplatte, and what the price becomes after month one.
Wie wir diese Anbieter ausgewählt haben
We kept all five hosts from the earlier version of this page. We added four that sell dedicated CS2 servers: DatHost, ZAP-Hosting, G-Portal and Host Havoc. Each host had to sell CS2 directly, or sell a VPS that its own page markets for CS2. Each had to publish a price we could read without creating an account.
Valve's dedicated server page sets the floor we used. It lists a minimum of 2 GB RAM und 65 GB Speicher, and it says the full CS2 download is about 60 GB. Other players can only join a server that carries a Game Server Login Token (GSLT), a free key you generate on Steam. Managed game hosts install the game files for you. Auf einem VPS, das 60 GB download and the token are your job.
We weighted five things. Location and measured latency count for 30%. Preis, including the renewal price, counts for 25%. Meeting Valve's minimum counts for 20%, refund terms for 15%, and panel and plugin tools for 10%.
Our sources were each host's pricing pages, carts (read without filling in any details), terms of service and refund policies, plus Reddit threads from 2026. We didn't rent servers or run load tests. We didn't count review scores either. Most CS2 hosts sell many games, so a host-wide score says little about CS2. Prices come from the storefront our browser was served: ZAP-Hosting's Irish page, welches beinhaltet 23% Umsatzsteuer, and G-Portal's EUR page. Visitors in other countries see local prices.
| Hosting-Anbieter | Bewertungen | Gesamtbewertung | Gegenschlag 2 VPS von |
|---|---|---|---|
1  Hostinger
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63.2k+ |
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$1.95 / mo. 80% aus |
2  Interesse
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320 |
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$4.00 / mo. 30 Tage frei |
3  Host-Unlimited.de
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8.6k+ |
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Keine Daten / mo. |
4  Apex-Hosting
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742 |
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Keine Daten / mo. |
5  GameServer
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177 |
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Keine Daten / mo. |
1. Hostinger
63.2k+
4.6
Positiv
Positiv
| Lager | Bandbreite | Panel | Preis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 GB | Unbegrenzt | cPanel | $1.95 / mo. | Plan anzeigen |
| 200 GB | Unbegrenzt | cPanel | $2.95 / mo. | Plan anzeigen |
| 200 GB | Unbegrenzt | cPanel | $3.49 / mo. | Plan anzeigen |
Hostinger - Best for Several CS2 Servers on One VPS
Eintrag: USD 9.49/mo (Spielpanel 2) | Erneuert: 14,99 USD/Monat | Klingeln: 18.3 ms Europe, 26.7 ms North America
Say your community wants a 5v5 server, a retake server and a deathmatch server. Three managed servers mean three bills. Hostinger sells one VPS with a game panel, and you can run several CS2 instances on it. Spielpanel 2 gibt dir 2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM und 100 GB of NVMe disk. Es kostet USD 9.49 a month on a 24-month prepay.
Skip the cheaper Game Panel 1. Es ist USD 6.99 kauft 50 GB Festplatte, and Valve lists 65 GB of storage as the minimum. Hostinger's own CS2 page points small groups to Game Panel 2 wie auch immer. The cart then shows the real term: US Dollar 14.99 a month for the next 24 Monate, 1.58x der Eintrittspreis. Four years cost USD 587.52, gegenüber USD 227.76 for the first two.
Compare that with Kamatera. Its cheapest server that clears Valve's minimum costs USD 12 einen Monat für 1 Kern und 2 GB RAM. Hostinger's Game Panel 2 gives four times the RAM for USD 2.51 weniger, as long as you prepay. Hostinger's game VPS runs in the UK, Deutschland, Litauen, die USA, Indien, Indonesien, Malaysia and Brazil. Its location page also lists France, but the Game Panel 2 cart didn't offer it.
The refund policy covers Game Panel VPS plans for 30 Tage, but not upgrades. Unser Hostingers Bewertung found another line of the same policy excluding all VPS plans. Ein Januar 2026 Reddit thread adds a warning. A user who says they ran Hostinger game VPS plans for a year claims heavy use got throttled. It's one account and we couldn't verify it, but keep your own backups.
Vorteile:
- 8 GB RAM für USD 9.49 ein Monat, enough for several small servers
- 30-day refund on Game Panel plans
- Frankfurt server averaged 18.3 ms across our European probes
Nachteile:
- Erneuerung springt auf USD 14.99 a month after 24 Monate
- Der USD 6.99 plan has less disk than Valve's 65 GB storage figure
- Price needs a 24-month prepay, and tax is added at checkout
Preisgestaltung: US Dollar 227.76 up front for 24 Monate (US Dollar 9.49 ein Monat, excluding tax), dann USD 14.99 ein Monat. Weekly backups and DDoS protection are included.
Beste für: groups running two to four CS2 servers who can handle a Linux VPS.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: you want one server with nothing to manage; DatHost does that from EUR 4.95.
Urteil: buy Game Panel 2 if you'll run several servers and prepay two years. For a single 10-player server, DatHost costs about the same and needs no admin work.
2. Kamatera
320
4.2
Positiv
Positiv
| Lager | Bandbreite | Panel | Preis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 GB | 5 TB | cPanel Direktadministrator ISP Manager Plesk | $4.00 / mo. | Plan anzeigen |
| 20 GB | 5 TB | cPanel Direktadministrator ISP Manager Plesk | $6.00 / mo. | Plan anzeigen |
| 30 GB | 5 TB | cPanel Direktadministrator ISP Manager Plesk | $12.00 / mo. | Plan anzeigen |
Interesse - Best for Hourly Scrim and Event Servers
Eintrag: 12 USD/Monat (1 Ader, 2 GB, 80 GB) | Erneuert: 12 USD/Monat | Klingeln (TCP): 21.5 ms Europe, 23.9 ms North America
US Dollar 4 is the number on Kamatera's ads, and it won't run CS2. That configuration has 1 GB RAM und 20 GB Festplatte. To meet Valve's minimum, we built 1 Ader, 2 GB RAM und 80 GB of disk in Kamatera's calculator. The price became USD 12 ein Monat. Two cores and 4 GB with the same disk cost USD 22.
Kamatera's real strength is billing. The calculator shows US Dollar 0.016 eine Stunde dafür 80 GB-Server, wird minutenweise abgerechnet. A team that spins up a scrim server for a few evenings a month can pay hourly instead of a full month. Monthly servers are a trap here, obwohl. Kamatera's terms say no refund is issued for the current month, and every fee is non-refundable unless stated otherwise.
Es gibt keine Geld-zurück-Garantie, despite what older reviews say. Kamatera offers a 30-day free trial instead. Its terms also let it change prices "jederzeit", sofort Wirksam, even on longer prepaid terms.
Kamatera announced a new data center in Bucharest in a blog post dated 8 August 2026, and Bucharest is now selectable in its calculator. Players in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova can now rent a Kamatera server close to home instead of routing through Frankfurt.
Auf Ressourcen, Hostinger's Game Panel 2 gibt 8 GB RAM für USD 9.49, gegen 2 GB für USD 12 Hier. Kamatera's Frankfurt test server took 21.5 ms on average to open a TCP connection. You also install everything yourself, starting with SteamCMD and the GSLT.
Vorteile:
- Hourly billing by the minute, good for part-time servers
- 21 Standorte, including Bucharest since August 2026
- No promo price, so month two costs the same as month one
Nachteile:
- No refund for a monthly server once the month starts
- Der beworbene USD 4 server is too small for CS2
- No game panel; you set up CS2 from the command line
Preisgestaltung: US Dollar 12 a month or USD 0.016 an hour for 1 Ader, 2 GB RAM und 80 GB-Festplatte. Extra storage costs USD 0.05 per GB a month.
Beste für: teams that need a server a few nights a month and can run Linux.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: you want a panel and one-click plugins; ZAP-Hosting starts at USD 5.84 zum 10 slots with both.
Urteil: buy Kamatera for hourly event servers and Eastern European locations. For a server that stays online all month, Hostinger's Game Panel 2 gives more RAM for less.
3. Host-Unlimited.de
8.6k+
4.5
Positiv
Positiv
Host-Unlimited.de - Best for German Players Who Prepay
Eintrag: EUR 7.99 pro 30 Tage (4 Schlüssel, with ad) | Erneuert: gleicher Preis | Klingeln: 20.1 ms Europe, 120.6 ms North America (location not stated)
The advertised price puts Host-Unlimited's ad in your server name. Its CS2 page shows 4 slots for EUR 7.99 pro 30 Tage. Open the cart, and the price reads EUR 8.99. That's because the option "Ohne Werbung im Servernamen" (without advertising in the server name) comes preselected at EUR 1.00 ein Monat. To get EUR 7.99, you switch to "Mit Werbung", was hinzufügt "Powered by Host-Unlimited.de" to your server name.
Once you know that, the deal is clear. Die Preise verstehen sich inklusive Mehrwertsteuer, the server runs on 10 GB of RAM at the Budget level, and every plan gets 150 GB NVMe-Speicher. Billing is prepaid with no auto-renewal. You pay for 30 zu 720 Tage, with discounts from 2% zu 20%, and an unpaid server is simply deleted. The cart shows two data centers, Frankfurt and Wolfsburg.
The page and the cart disagree on one more price. The page says Premium Hosting is a EUR 3 monthly supplement. The cart charges EUR 5 dafür, which matches the gap between the EUR 8.99 und EUR 13.99 Karten.
Auf den Preis, DatHost undercuts it. DatHost's 5 slots cost EUR 4.95 a month with no ad, while Host-Unlimited charges EUR 8.99 zum 4 ad-free slots. On distance, our probes reached its test server in 20.1 ms on average. Host-Unlimited doesn't say which of its two data centers that server sits in. From North America the same server took 120.6 Frau, so it's a Europe-only pick.
Es gibt keine Geld-zurück-Garantie. You get the EU's 14-day withdrawal right, but its terms say that right expires once the service is fully delivered with your consent. Unser Host-Unlimited.de review also found its terms set availability at 99.25% ein Jahr.
Vorteile:
- Prepaid with no auto-renewal and no surprise charges
- 10 GB RAM und 150 GB NVMe on the Budget level
- Bis zu 20% off for a 720-day prepay
Nachteile:
- Ad-free costs EUR 1.00 extra, preselected in the cart
- No North American location
- Keine Geld-zurück-Garantie
Preisgestaltung: EUR 8.99 pro 30 days for 4 slots without the ad, EUR 13.99 zum 10 Premium slots, all incl. Umsatzsteuer.
Beste für: German players who want prepaid billing and no subscription.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: anyone in your group plays from North America; G-Portal's New York server averaged 23.3 ms there.
Urteil: buy it if you want prepaid German hosting and accept the EUR 1.00 ad-free add-on. Everyone else gets more for less at DatHost.
4. Apex Hosting
742
4.7
Positiv
Positiv
Apex-Hosting - Best for First-Time Admins Who Want Guides
Eintrag: US Dollar 2.99 erster Monat (1 GB) | Erneuert: 3,99 USD/Monat | Klingeln: 15.6 ms Europe, 23.7 ms North America
Apex labels its 1 GB-Plan "Minimum for Counter-Strike: 2". Valve's dedicated server page lists 2 GB as the minimum. So the cheapest CS2 plan on this list has half the RAM Valve asks for.
The pricing has a second layer. US Dollar 2.99 applies to the first month only, through the first-order code APEX25. The cart then lists US Dollar 3.99 ein Monat, which is 1.33x the first month. Die vierteljährliche Abrechnung kostet USD 10.77. The next step up is 5 GB zu USD 18.75 a month after the first month.
Where Apex does well is network reach. Its Frankfurt server averaged 15.6 ms across our European probes, gegen 18.3 ms for Hostinger's Frankfurt server. Its New York server averaged 23.7 ms in North America, 0.4 ms behind G-Portal's. The cart offers 14 Städte, from Vint Hill in Virginia to Mumbai and Tel Aviv. Apex also publishes CS2 guides for installing MetaMod and CounterStrikeSharp, the plugin frameworks most community servers use.
Two terms deserve a look before you pay. Rückerstattungen laufen 7 Tage ab der Servererstellung, and Apex says you need "probable cause". Ownership is also less simple than the About page suggests. That page calls Apex "ein amerikanisches Unternehmen", while Apex's own blog announced that Nitrado acquired it. Unser Apex Hosting review covers how the first-month discount plays out on its larger plans.
Vorteile:
- Lowest European result among confirmed locations, 15.6 Frau
- 14 Standorte auf fünf Kontinenten
- Step-by-step CS2 plugin guides
Nachteile:
- 1 GB entry plan is below Valve's 2 Mindestens GB
- First-month discount only; recurring price is 1.33x
- 7-day refund window requires a reason
Preisgestaltung: US Dollar 3.99 einen Monat für 1 GB after a USD 2.99 erster Monat. Plan on 5 GB zu USD 18.75 a month for a busy server.
Beste für: new admins who want a panel, guides and a server in North America.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: Sie wollen 2 GB or more for under USD 6; ZAP-Hosting includes 2 GB mit 10 slots for USD 5.84.
Urteil: buy Apex for its locations and guides, aber nicht das 1 GB-Plan. If you need more RAM on a budget, ZAP-Hosting gives more per dollar.
5. GameServers
177
3.0
Neutral
Neutral
GameServer - Best for Public Servers Billed per Slot
Eintrag: 9,95 USD/Monat (10 private slots) | Erneuert: 9,95 USD/Monat | Klingeln: 15.9 ms Europe (location not stated), North America not measured
GameServers prices CS2 by the player slot, much like DatHost, but in US dollars and with a split. A private server costs USD 0.99 a slot, damit 10 players cost USD 9.95 ein Monat. A public server costs USD 1.29 a slot, oder USD 12.95 zum 10. Beim 32 public slots, the bill reaches USD 41.55.
The CS2 page still shows its age. Its web address ends in "csgo-128-tickrate", the title says "Buy CSGO Server Hosting", and it asks for "a valid copy of CSGO". Es listet auf 19 Städte, including St. Louis, Warsaw and Johannesburg, which few rivals cover.
The refund promise needs checking. GameServers' games page advertises a "5-Tagesgeld-zurück-Garantie". Its terms, last modified on 4 November 2021, say it "will not issue You any refund whatsoever" if you cancel before a prepaid term ends. The terms also renew your plan automatically for the same length. Before you pay, ask support in writing which rule applies to you.
Its networks sit inside The Constant Company's address space. Our European probes reached a GameServers address in 15.9 ms on average, but GameServers doesn't state where that address sits. No address in its New Jersey ranges answered pings, so we have no North American figure.
Vorteile:
- Private servers at USD 0.99 a slot
- 19 Städte, including St. Louis and Johannesburg
- Moves your server to another city from the control panel
Nachteile:
- Refund promise contradicts its terms
- Public slots cost 30% more than private ones
- CS2 page still written for CS:GEHEN
Preisgestaltung: US Dollar 9.95 einen Monat für 10 private slots, US Dollar 12.95 zum 10 public slots, renewing automatically at the same price.
Beste für: public community servers in less common US cities.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: you want a clear refund; DatHost's 14-day refund is written into its terms.
Urteil: buy GameServers for a public server in a city others skip. If refund terms matter to you, DatHost charges EUR 9.90 zum 10 slots and puts its refund in writing.
DatHost - Best for Most Groups, Scrims and Practice
Eintrag: EUR 4.95/mo (5 Schlüssel) | Erneuert: EUR 4.95/mo | Klingeln: 17.3 ms Europe, 29.5 ms North America
DatHost builds its whole product around Counter-Strike, und es zeigt. Its CS2 page lists 49 Standorte, from Dublin and Sofia to Bogotá and Auckland. It lets you move a running server to another city at any time. That matters for a team that scrims against European and North American opponents in the same week.
Pricing is the simplest here. Each slot costs EUR 0.99 ein Monat, von 5 Slots zu 64. Five slots cost EUR 4.95 und 10 cost EUR 9.90, renewing at the same price. Einsparungen durch vierteljährliche Abrechnung 10% and yearly billing 20%. The page shows prices as listed, with no tax line.
Vergleichen Sie 10 slots with G-Portal. G-Portal charges EUR 13.70 pro 30 days for the same 10 Schlüssel, welches ist 38% more than DatHost's EUR 9.90. DatHost also includes 16 GB of DDR5 RAM per server, according to its page, and ships practice setups with grenade training ready to go.
Its refund is written into the terms. You email support within 14 days of the invoice date, and DatHost refunds or cancels it. Prepaid credit expires after one year, obwohl, so don't top up more than you'll use.
Our probes reached its Frankfurt test server in 17.3 ms on average. Its New York server averaged 29.5 Frau, the slowest of the North American servers we tested. The Mississauga probe pulled that up at 50.7 Frau, so Canadian players should test DatHost's Toronto location instead.
Vorteile:
- 49 locations and instant relocation between them
- EUR 0.99 per slot with no renewal increase
- 14-day refund written into the terms
Nachteile:
- Slowest North American server we measured, 29.5 Frau
- Prepaid credit expires after one year
- Gedeckelt bei 64 Schlüssel
Preisgestaltung: EUR 4.95 einen Monat für 5 Schlüssel, EUR 9.90 zum 10, EUR 133.06 ein Jahr für 14 slots on yearly billing.
Beste für: 5v5 teams, scrim groups and friends who want a server that just works.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: Du brauchst mehr als 64 Schlüssel; Host Havoc goes to 100.
Urteil: buy DatHost unless you need hourly billing, a weekend-only rental or 100 Schlüssel. Für diejenigen, Bucht und Kamatera, G-Portal or Host Havoc.
ZAP-Hosting - Best for Paying Once
Eintrag: USD 5.84/mo (10 Schlüssel, inkl. 23% Umsatzsteuer) | Erneuert: USD 5.84/mo | Klingeln: 18.2 ms Europe, 25.6 ms North America (locations not stated)
US Dollar 62.15, paid once. That's ZAP-Hosting's lifetime CS2 server, and no other host on this list sells one. At the monthly price of USD 5.84, it pays for itself in under 11 Monate.
The monthly server is cheap too. ZAP's configurator priced 10 slots with 2 GB RAM bei USD 5.84 ein Monat, einschließlich der 23% Irish VAT our session was shown. That meets Valve's 2 GB minimum and costs USD 1.85 more than Apex's 1 GB-Plan, which doesn't. Six months prepaid saves 20%, and five years saves 50%.
Read two lines before you order. ZAP's own CS2 page shows two different entry prices, ab USD 5.65 in one spot and from USD 5.75 in einem anderen. The configurator came out higher still. The configurator also defaults to Standard hardware. It then warns that "the standard hardware comes to its limits" for this game. Budget for the Premium upgrade on a busy server.
Billing is prepaid. If you stop paying, the server closes without further charges. Es gibt keine Geld-zurück-Garantie, only an EU withdrawal right that ends once the service is delivered with your consent.
ZAP runs its own network. Our probes reached servers on it in 18.2 ms on average in Europe and 25.6 ms in North America. ZAP doesn't state which locations those servers sit in, so treat both as rough figures. The configurator offers eight locations: Frankfurt/Eygelshoven, London, Los Angeles, Ashburn, Montreal, Dallas, Sydney and Singapore.
Vorteile:
- Lifetime server for a one-time USD 62.15
- 2 GB RAM included at 10 Schlüssel
- Bis zu 50% off for long prepay terms
Nachteile:
- Default Standard hardware that ZAP itself calls limiting for CS2
- Three different entry prices across one page and its cart
- Eight locations, gegen 49 at DatHost
Preisgestaltung: US Dollar 5.84 einen Monat für 10 slots incl. Umsatzsteuer, oder USD 62.15 for a lifetime server.
Beste für: players who want to pay once and keep a small server for years.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: you need a location outside its eight cities; DatHost covers 49.
Urteil: buy the lifetime plan if you're sure you'll keep playing CS2 for a year. If you're not sure, DatHost's monthly plan carries less risk.
G-Portal - Best for Weekend Rentals
Eintrag: EUR 2.38 zum 3 Tage (4 Schlüssel) | Erneuert: same rate per period | Klingeln: 19.8 ms Europe, 23.3 ms North America
Planning a Saturday tournament for two teams? G-Portal rents a CS2 server for 3 days from EUR 2.38, and no other host here sells a period that short. Longer rentals run 30 days at EUR 13.70 zum 10 Schlüssel, 90 days at EUR 36.99, or a full year at 20% aus.
G-Portal says it has hosted Counter-Strike since its founding. Its order page offers 12 Regionen, from Washington, D.C. and New York to Taipei and Mumbai, and servers from 4 slots up to 1,000. Every server gets 50 GB of backup space and DDoS filtering.
For a full month, it costs more than its rivals. DatHost's 10 slots cost EUR 9.90, so G-Portal charges 38% more for the same slot count. Its terms also contradict its marketing. The CS2 page promises "keine Verträge, no subscriptions". The terms describe automatic renewals, a 14-day money-back guarantee that starts with the automatic renewal, und 72 hours to claim a refund after a renewal. Paysafecard payments are not refundable at all.
On distance, G-Portal did best in North America. Its New York test server averaged 23.3 Frau, the lowest North American result we measured. Its Central Europe server averaged 19.8 ms from our European probes. G-Portal doesn't say whether that server sits in Frankfurt, Lauterbourg or Karlsruhe.
Vorteile:
- 3-day rentals from EUR 2.38
- Von 4 zu 1,000 Schlüssel
- Best North American latency we measured, 23.3 Frau
Nachteile:
- 38% more than DatHost for 10 slots over 30 Tage
- "No subscriptions" claim conflicts with its renewal terms
- Paysafecard payments can't be refunded
Preisgestaltung: EUR 2.38 zum 3 Tage, EUR 13.70 pro 30 days for 10 Schlüssel, prices as listed with no tax line shown.
Beste für: one-off tournaments, LAN weekends and short events.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: the server runs all month; DatHost is EUR 3.80 cheaper for 10 Schlüssel.
Urteil: buy G-Portal for a weekend or an event. For a permanent server, DatHost's per-slot price wins.
Host-Verwüstung - Best for Large Community Servers
Eintrag: 10,00 USD/Monat (20 Schlüssel) | Erneuert: 10,00 USD/Monat | Klingeln: 18.9 ms Europe, 25.7 ms North America (Chicago)
Where DatHost stops at 64 Schlüssel, Host Havoc starts at 20 und geht zu 100. Its 20-slot CS2 server costs USD 10.00 ein Monat, oder US Dollar 0.50 pro Steckplatz. That's about half of GameServers' USD 0.99 private rate.
Host Havoc says it owns and runs its own hardware. Its Frankfurt router, named fr5 in Host Havoc's own DNS, runs on Host Havoc's own network. Our European probes reached it in 18.9 ms on average. We found no New York address to test. So we measured a Chicago range registered to Host Havoc, which its data center operator lists in Chicago. The Chicago probe got 13.2 Frau, but the East Coast probes saw about 31 Frau.
The site lists 14 Standorte: eight in North America, four in Europe, plus Singapore and Sydney. A banner offers 10% off new services for life with a code. Its CS2 panel is a modified TCAdmin with a Workshop installer, offsite backups and FTP access.
The terms are strict. Rückerstattungen laufen 72 hours from server creation, for a new customer's first order only, and never for longer billing terms. The SLA, zuletzt aktualisiert in 2018, Credits 5% per hour of downtime below 100% Betriebszeit. That credit is at Host Havoc's discretion and excludes DDoS attacks, hardware failures and software failures.
Vorteile:
- US Dollar 0.50 per slot at 20 Schlüssel
- Skaliert auf 100 Schlüssel
- Runs its own network, which we reached in Frankfurt
Nachteile:
- 72-Stundenrückerstattung, Nur Erstbestellung
- SLA credits exclude DDoS and hardware failures
- Minimum order is 20 Schlüssel
Preisgestaltung: US Dollar 10.00 einen Monat für 20 Schlüssel, scaling in steps of 4 Slots zu 100.
Beste für: community servers with 20 zu 100 Spieler.
Überspringen Sie, wenn: you only need 10 Schlüssel; DatHost's EUR 9.90 zum 10 slots fits better.
Urteil: buy Host Havoc for a large public server. Small teams should pick DatHost.
How we measured latency
Auf 1 Oktober 2026 we used Globalping, a free network of volunteer probes, to ping each host's own infrastructure. In Europe the probes sat on home connections in Hamburg, London, Paris and Lodz. In North America they sat in Virginia Beach, Chicago, Mississauga and Coram, New York. Every host was measured from the same eight probes on the same day.
We aimed at each host's Frankfurt-area and New York-area servers where it ran one. The targets were the hosts' own ping-test servers, routers or machines on their own networks, never their marketing websites. A location counts as confirmed only when the host states it. That can be in its ping-test data, the server's own hostname or its data center operator's location list.
Three targets have no stated location: Host-Unlimited's test server, ZAP-Hosting's two servers and GameServers' European address. Read those rows as rough figures, not a like-for-like comparison. G-Portal states a region for its European target but not the city. Kamatera's test servers dropped most pings, so its figures are TCP connection times instead. This shows how far each host's network sits from real home connections. It doesn't measure how a CS2 server performs once it is busy.
The spread inside Europe ran from 15.6 ms bis 21.5 Frau. North America ran from 23.3 ms bis 29.5 Frau. The wrong continent costs far more. From the same North American probes, DatHost's Frankfurt server averaged 119.6 Frau, gegen 29.5 ms for its New York server. So a host's map matters far more than its brand.
Where each host offers CS2 servers
Here is every CS2 location each host lists on its own pages, überprüft 1 Oktober 2026. Hostinger names countries rather than cities outside the US.
| Anbieter | Europa | Nordamerika | Südamerika | Asien | Ozeanien | Afrika |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | Frankreich, Deutschland, Litauen, Vereinigtes Königreich (countries only; France not offered in the Game Panel 2 Wagen) | Phönix, Boston | Brasilien (country only) | Indien, Indonesien, Malaysia (countries only) | Keiner | Keiner |
| Interesse | Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Stockholm, Madrid, Mailand, Bukarest | New York, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Seattle, Toronto | Keiner | Hongkong, Tokyo, Singapur, Tel Aviv | Sydney | Keiner |
| Host-Unlimited.de | Frankfurt, Wolfsburg | Keiner | Keiner | Keiner | Keiner | Keiner |
| Apex-Hosting | Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London | New York, Vint Hill, Miami, Dallas, San Jose | Sao Paulo | Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Singapur, Tokyo | Sydney | Keiner |
| GameServer | London, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Warschau | New York/New Jersey, Chicago, St.. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles | Sao Paulo | Tokyo | Sydney | Johannesburg |
| DatHost | Frankfurt, Paris, Marseille, London, Dublin, Madrid, Lissabon, Mailand, Amsterdam, Kopenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Warschau, Prag, Bratislava, Bukarest, Sofia, Kiew, Istanbul | New York, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Toronto, Querétaro | Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Santiago | Mumbai, Singapur, Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong, Hongkong (CN2), Seoul, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Bahrein | Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland | Johannesburg |
| ZAP-Hosting | Frankfurt/Eygelshoven (one location), London | Ashburn, Dallas, Los Angeles, Montreal | Keiner | Singapur | Sydney | Keiner |
| G-Portal | Mitteleuropa (Frankfurt, Lauterbourg, Karlsruhe), London | New York, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Los Angeles | Sao Paulo | Mumbai, Singapur, Taipeh, Tokyo | Sydney | Keiner |
| Host-Verwüstung | London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Nürnberg | New York, Montreal, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle | Keiner | Singapur | Sydney | Keiner |
How to Choose CS2 Server Hosting
Start with where your players live, then match the group size and budget. Every recommendation below names the alternative it beats.
Five to ten friends in Europe, unter EUR 10 a month -> DatHost, bei EUR 9.90 zum 10 Schlüssel. G-Portal charges EUR 13.70 for the same slots, and Host-Unlimited charges EUR 8.99 für nur 4 ad-free slots.
Players spread across North America -> Apex in New York or Vint Hill, or G-Portal in New York. Both averaged under 24 ms from our four North American probes. Skip Host-Unlimited, which has no North American location; its test server took 120.6 ms from the same probes.
A community of 20 or more on one public server -> Host Havoc at USD 10.00 zum 20 Schlüssel. GameServers charges USD 25.95 zum 20 public slots.
Three or four servers (5v5, retakes, deathmatch) on one bill -> Hostinger Game Panel 4. Es hat 4 vCPUs und 16 GB für USD 13.99 a month on a 24-month prepay. Budget for USD 28.99 a month after that. Four managed DatHost servers with 10 slots each would cost EUR 39.60 ein Monat.
A team that plays a few nights a month -> Kamatera's hourly server at USD 0.016 eine Stunde, or G-Portal's 3-day rental at EUR 2.38. A full month on Kamatera costs USD 12, so hourly only wins if the server sleeps most of the time. Unser Cloud-Hosting-Vergleich ranks Kamatera against other cloud platforms.
Players in Romania, Bulgaria or Moldova -> DatHost in Bucharest or Sofia, or Kamatera in Bucharest. A local server saves routing every match through Frankfurt.
Thinking of hosting at home instead? Du kannst, with a free GSLT and UDP port 27015 forwarded on your router. In a May 2026 Reddit thread, a player couldn't get friends connected, and replies pointed to carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). With CGNAT, your provider shares one public IP across many homes, so port forwarding can't work.
Häufig gestellte Fragen
How much does a CS2 server cost per month?
Ten slots cost USD 5.84 a month at ZAP-Hosting, EUR 9.90 at DatHost and EUR 13.70 pro 30 days at G-Portal. GameServers charges USD 9.95 zum 10 private slots. Zum 20 Spieler, Host Havoc works out to USD 0.50 pro Steckplatz.
Can a 1 GB plan run a CS2 server?
Valve's dedicated server page lists 2 GB of RAM as the minimum. Apex still sells a 1 GB plan it labels "Minimum for Counter-Strike: 2". Wählen Sie ein 2 GB plan or more, such as ZAP-Hosting's 10 Slots in USD 5.84.
Is DatHost better than G-Portal for a 10-player server?
For a server that runs all month, Ja. DatHost charges EUR 9.90 zum 10 slots against G-Portal's EUR 13.70, and it lists 49 locations against 12. G-Portal wins only for short rentals, ab EUR 2.38 zum 3 Tage.
Can I host my own CS2 server at home?
Ja, if your home connection allows incoming traffic. You need a GSLT from Steam and UDP port 27015 forwarded to the machine. Many mobile and some cable providers use CGNAT, which blocks this, so check before buying hardware.
Endgültiges Urteil
DatHost is the pick for most CS2 groups: EUR 0.99 pro Steckplatz, 49 cities and a 14-day refund in its terms. Hostinger Spielpanel 2 suits admins running several servers, as long as they plan for the USD 14.99 Erneuerung. Interesse wins for hourly event servers and Bucharest, but monthly plans can't be refunded.
For large public servers, Host-Verwüstung berechnet USD 0.50 per slot at 20 Schlüssel. Weekend organisers should rent from G-Portal, which also had the best North American result we measured. Anyone who wants to pay once should take ZAP-Hosting's lifetime plan. Apex-Hosting pairs 14 cities with plugin guides, but skip its 1 GB-Plan. GameServer covers unusual cities, so get its refund rule in writing. Host-Unlimited.de only suits Europe, and its ad-free option costs EUR 1.00 extra.
Running a big community with many servers at once? Vergleichen Sie unsere dedicated server rankings before you stack VPS plans. One machine you control can replace a pile of separate monthly bills.