Don’t know if this Reddit is the best place to ask this but here we go.
I’m the guy in my friends group that always hosts servers for us whenever we want to play some games where dedicated servers are just better.
Sometime in December we wanted to play Ark and I’ve done many servers for Ark in the past but I’m kinda wondering if it’s cheaper to tun a dedicated computer 24/7 just for the server or if it’s better to pick a hosting service?
Nitrado would cost 12€ for 30 days. Is self hosting cheaper?
I also host Ark and can assert it has surprisingly minimal demands for a small handful of users. Meaning, you can double stack it with other game hosts.
If electricity consumption is the primary concern, you can always script your server to turn on and off on a schedule.