Which region should I choose for players in Balikpapan?

Asia for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Europe is the next closest to Balikpapan at an estimated 185 ms.

Is the free server available from Indonesia?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the North America and Europe nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Indonesian Rupiah?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Indonesia works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Indonesian Rupiah prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Balikpapan?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Balikpapan?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in North America and Europe and rents extra capacity in Europe and Asia. This page is here to tell you honestly which region is closest to Balikpapan and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Balikpapan

Balikpapan (East Kalimantan, Indonesia) is about 1,475 km from Enzonic's Asia region. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 30 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Balikpapan looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Balikpapan to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
AsiaNearest	1,475 km	~30 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
Europe	11,399 km	~185 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
North America	15,302 km	~245 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in North America and Europe. From Balikpapan the closer of the two is Europe, an estimated 185 ms.

Local details for Balikpapan

Language: The panel and this site are available in Bahasa Indonesia; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars. The Indonesian Rupiah figures below are approximate, converted at the European Central Bank rate of 2026-11-10. Your bank sets the final rate.
Local time: Balikpapan is on Asia/Makassar (UTC+08). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Indonesia. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 700,000 people live in Balikpapan (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Indonesian Rupiah

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Indonesian Rupiah figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)	About
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00	—
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.79 first month	≈ IDR 17,881
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$3.03 first month	≈ IDR 68,455
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$4.39 first month	≈ IDR 99,160
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$5.59 first month	≈ IDR 126,253
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$7.19 first month	≈ IDR 162,377
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$8.55 first month	≈ IDR 193,083
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$11.19 first month	≈ IDR 252,687
VPS S	2 GB	$1.96$1.57 first month	≈ IDR 35,402
VPS M	4 GB	$3.92$3.14 first month	≈ IDR 70,803
VPS L	8 GB	$7.84$6.27 first month	≈ IDR 141,606
VPS XL	16 GB	$15.68$12.54 first month	≈ IDR 283,212
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$13.59 first month	≈ IDR 306,873
XL 20	20 GB	$16.99	≈ IDR 306,873
XL 24	24 GB	$19.99	≈ IDR 361,059
XL 32	32 GB	$26.99	≈ IDR 487,493

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Java or Bedrock from Balikpapan?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Samarinda93 km away
Banjarmasin337 km away
Palu341 km away
Makassar519 km away
Kendari700 km away
Situbondo781 km away
Surabaya804 km away
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia810 km away

Cities in East Kalimantan

Samarinda

Other servers from Indonesia

Nearby countries

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Questions from Balikpapan

Our estimate is about 30 ms to the Asia region, based on the 1,475 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

Start a server for Balikpapan

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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