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This takes about 3 hours to configure. Your time is worth money. Is your time worth less than $5?

Before diving into the list, it’s important to understand why you shouldn't just host Lavalink on the same small VPS as your bot.

If you run a Discord music bot, you already know the struggle. Bots like (the gold standard for audio streaming) are powerful, but they aren’t magic. They need a server to live on. For developers and server owners on a budget, the hunt for the perfect Lavalink hosting solution usually comes down to three words: Free, Best, and Reliable.

To keep the service free, unused connections are aggressively managed.

Lavalink generally needs at least 512MB to 1GB of RAM to run smoothly for multiple guilds. How to Connect Your Bot