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Expanse Host Sons of the Forest Hosting

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What it is

Expanse Host Sons of the Forest Hosting provides dedicated servers with instant setup and daily backups. Paid plans start at $9/mo, and the listed Castaway plan costs $9 a month for 4 GB DDR5 RAM, 20GB NVMe storage and capacity for up to 4 players. The game supports up to 8 players on a dedicated server; the Settler plan costs $16 a month and lists capacity for up to 8, while Stronghold costs $23 a month and supports 8 players plus mods. Every plan includes a server console, MySQL database(s), FTP access, secure backups, auto restarts, DDoS protection, global locations and instant setup. Customers can upload existing save files through the file manager to carry a world forward. The control panel also lets them adjust settings and trigger updates, which restart the server on the latest game version. Plans list New York, Frankfurt and Singapore locations, and Expanse advertises 24/7 technical support with response targets for live chat, tickets and email.

Good, and not so good

  • Daily backups included
  • Upload existing save files
  • Control-panel game updates
  • DDoS protection included
  • No free plan
  • Castaway supports up to 4 players
  • Stronghold costs $23 a month

Who it suits

This suits Sons of the Forest groups that want a dedicated server with save migration and control-panel updates. The plan options cover up to 4 players or up to 8, with the Stronghold plan listing support for mods.

Expanse Host combines dedicated hosting with save migration, automatic restarts and daily backups. Compare the plan capacities and monthly costs against your group size before choosing.

Plans

  • Starterbilled monthly · 4GB RAM · 20GB storage · Up to 8 players$9 a month
  • Standardbilled monthly · 8GB RAM · 35GB storage$16 a month
  • Performancebilled monthly · 12GB RAM · 50GB storage$23 a month
  • Castawaymonthly · 4GB DDR5 RAM · 200% Ryzen 9 9950X CPU · 20GB NVMe storage · up to 4 players$9 a month
  • Settlermonthly · 8GB DDR5 RAM · 300% Ryzen 9 9950X CPU · 35GB NVMe storage · up to 8 players$16 a month
  • Strongholdmonthly · 12GB DDR5 RAM · 500% Ryzen 9 9950X CPU · 50GB NVMe storage · 8 players plus mods$23 a month

As expanse.host lists them, read 20 Sept 2026.