Why is aternos a big free scam?
When I turn on the server on Aternos, it takes over 20 minutes to load and wants me to watch ads endlessly because the website is crashing, so it's not working. And this is how they make money off you.
By Šimon B.
Saturday, November 7, 2026 · Customer reviews of US businesses
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Aternos (aternos.org) has 782 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 2.7 out of 5.
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When I turn on the server on Aternos, it takes over 20 minutes to load and wants me to watch ads endlessly because the website is crashing, so it's not working. And this is how they make money off you.
By Šimon B.
Pretty good. The hosting is decent but the queue goes well more than 3 thousand and takes an eternity to be completed. There is no lag and 2650 MB RAM? YES!! But there should be a server list because I want to get my server popular faster instead of having to advertise it which you can't, 4GB storage is pathetic, but it's free so not even surprised, But then the plug-in list. There is nearly no plugins I want in there and even SkBee isn't here. Overall this is very good but also bad at being the best free server host.
By adam
I get that it's free but the experience is absolutely awful. I don't even care about the lag, but when you play with mods files get corrupted so easily, they go missing, mods who'd usually be compatible with each other aren't on aternos etc. The modded experience is actual torture. I can't join my server because of a missing resource, but if I download the world map and load it into singleplayer, there are no issues. DON'T play modded on aternos
By blood H.
This company is awfull. They restarted the server because i was butchering 50 animal carcasses, and the system crashed. I also bought 50000 V-bucks and they stole them. I will never play on an aternos server ever again. Also the made fail-rp.
By Giacomo D.
most laggiest host i used lags on 2 players btw
By Don
chcialem zrobic z kolegami serwer zombie apokalipsa no ale prawie nie było żadnego modpacka z zombie apokalipsą pamiętam że jakies 4 miesięcy byl taki fajny modpack a potem sie okazało że juz go nie ma bo atenosowi nie chce sie dodac popularnego modpacka xd
By kacper
Managerul de server Minecraft Gamer este simplu de utilizat, dar este foarte lent la încărcarea serverelor multiplayer. 2 GB de RAM este prea puţin.
By HectorAMG
hosted an smp with my friends, most fun ive ever had
By Odin Y.