Plan terms explained
New to game hosting? Here’s what each word on our plans means, with an everyday example.
- Machine
- A machine is a computer of yours connected to Cosmic Warp, and it's what actually runs your game servers: your PC, a mini PC or a Linux machine at home. "2 machines" means you can connect two of them, say one for your weekend group and another for a second community. Plans are for running servers on your own machine at home: they buy the dashboard and the benefits, not the hardware. If you'd rather not run anything yourself, Warp Hosted is the other way.
- Server (game server)
- A server (or game server) is one running game world that your friends join, like a Valheim world or a Minecraft world. "3 servers" means you can run up to three at once, across all your machines: a Minecraft world, a Valheim world and a Terraria world, all at the same time.
- Game swap
- A game swap switches a server to a different game, and back again later, without losing either world. Play Valheim this month, swap to Minecraft for a weekend, then swap back: your Viking world is exactly where you left it.
- Archive / backup storage
- Archives are saved copies of your worlds, kept safe when you swap games or stop a server, and you can restore one whenever you like. The GB number is how much backup space you get: a typical Minecraft or Valheim world is well under 1 GB, so 10 GB keeps a lot of worlds.
- RelayComing soon: in final testing
- The relay lets your friends join a server you host at home even if your internet blocks normal hosting, which Starlink, some apartment buildings and mobile hotspots do. There's no router setup: your friends join through the relay's address instead of yours.
- Machine TeamsComing soon: in final testing
- Machine Teams link machines together, so if the one running your server goes offline, another takes over your server automatically. A standby machine waits ready to take over, and helper machines do the heavy lifting, like getting a new game ready, so your server is down for less time.
- Boost / ShrinkComing soon: in final testing
- Boost gives a server more power for a big night, say twenty friends on at once for a launch party, and Shrink scales it back down afterwards so you're not paying for power you don't need.
- Mod pinning
- Mod pinning locks a server's mods to exact versions, so an update can't break your world. If your modded Minecraft world was built with certain versions of its mods, restoring it later brings back those same versions, not whatever came out since.
- White-labelComing soon: in final testing
- White-label means running Cosmic Warp under your own brand name and logo, for people starting a hosting business. Your customers see your brand, not ours.
- Sub-accountsComing soon: in final testing
- Sub-accounts are accounts of their own for your customers, under your brand and on your plan. They're part of white-label: each customer signs in and sees only their own servers.
- Partner program / Certified BuilderComing soon: in final testing
- The partner program is for businesses that build or sell servers using Cosmic Warp. A Certified Builder sells machines that come ready for Cosmic Warp: the buyer plugs it in, enters a code, and it joins their account.
- Extra server slotsComing soon: in final testing
- The Host plan includes 25 servers. Each one beyond that is $1.50 a month, counted by the day, so a 26th server that runs for a week costs about a quarter of that.
- Warp Hosted
- Warp Hosted means we host the server for you, on machines we rent and look after. The monthly price includes the server itself, and you don't need a plan: pick a game, pay, play.
- Founder plan
- A founder plan is one year of a plan, prepaid at a discount, with a locked renewal rate for later years and a founder badge on your account. There are only a limited number of spots.
- Discord control
- Discord control lets you and your friends start, stop and swap your servers from your own Discord server, without opening Cosmic Warp.
- Custom domains
- A custom domain lets your customers reach your branded site at your own web address, like play.yourbrand.com, instead of ours.