Which region should I choose for players in Cotabato?

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 Cotabato at an estimated 180 ms.

Is the free server available from Philippines?

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 Philippine Peso?

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

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Cotabato?

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 Cotabato?

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 Cotabato and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Cotabato

Cotabato (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines) is about 2,356 km from Enzonic's Asia region. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 45 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Cotabato looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Cotabato 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	2,356 km	~45 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
Europe	11,148 km	~180 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
North America	14,082 km	~225 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 Cotabato the closer of the two is Europe, an estimated 180 ms.

Local details for Cotabato

Language: The panel and this site are available in Filipino; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars. The Philippine Peso figures below are approximate, converted at the European Central Bank rate of 2026-11-10. Your bank sets the final rate.
Local time: Cotabato is on Asia/Manila (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 Philippines. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 380,000 people live in Cotabato (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Philippine Peso

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Philippine Peso 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	≈ ₱62.27
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$3.03 first month	≈ ₱238
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$4.39 first month	≈ ₱345
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$5.59 first month	≈ ₱440
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$7.19 first month	≈ ₱566
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$8.55 first month	≈ ₱672
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$11.19 first month	≈ ₱880
VPS S	2 GB	$1.96$1.57 first month	≈ ₱123
VPS M	4 GB	$3.92$3.14 first month	≈ ₱247
VPS L	8 GB	$7.84$6.27 first month	≈ ₱493
VPS XL	16 GB	$15.68$12.54 first month	≈ ₱986
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$13.59 first month	≈ ₱1,069
XL 20	20 GB	$16.99	≈ ₱1,069
XL 24	24 GB	$19.99	≈ ₱1,257
XL 32	32 GB	$26.99	≈ ₱1,698

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Java or Bedrock from Cotabato?

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.

Budta22 km away
Malingao26 km away
Cagayan de Oro147 km away
Davao152 km away
General Santos160 km away
Zamboanga242 km away
Lapu-Lapu City345 km away
Cebu City346 km away

Cities in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

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Questions from Cotabato

Our estimate is about 45 ms to the Asia region, based on the 2,356 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 Cotabato

Free in about a minute, no card. Pick Asia as the region and invite your friends.

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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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