Getting StartedUpdated 2 min read

How the Free Trial Works

Try a Minecraft server free for 2 days. No card needed to start, and you choose whether to keep it.

You can try a Beacon Minecraft server free for 2 days.

Start a trial

  1. Go to the Minecraft store page and click Start Free Trial.
  2. Sign in or create an account, and confirm your email address.
  3. Choose how to start:
    • Start now, add billing later (the default): no card needed.
    • Add a payment method now: save a card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal, so the server carries on after the trial without anything more to do.
  4. Confirm. Your server is set up within a couple of minutes.

Nothing is charged today either way.

During the trial

Your trial server works like any other: install Paper, mods or modpacks from Package Manager, invite friends from Users, and so on.

When it ends

  • With a payment method saved, the server continues on the plan, and the first charge is taken when the trial ends. Cancel before then if you don't want to keep it.
  • Without one, the trial ends. Add a payment method from the service page in Billing before then to keep your server.

We email you before the trial ends.

Rules

There's one free trial per person: one per account, and one per network.