# Aternos GmbH wiki

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## Information about Aternos GmbH

[Aternos GmbH](https://aternos.gmbh/) is the company that created, and maintains the server hosts known as [Aternos](https://aternos.org/) and [exaroton](https://exaroton.com/). Aternos GmbH consists of five team members.

#### Team members

* Developers ([Matthias](https://twitter.com/matternos), [kurt](https://twitter.com/Kurt_Thiemann))
* Engineers ([Roman](https://twitter.com/aft2d), [Dominik](https://twitter.com/Drachionix))
* Supporters ([Julian](https://twitter.com/Mc88Donalds))

#### Aternos GmbH history

Aternos GmbH originally started off with the development and release of Aternos (Now world's biggest free minecraft server host) in 2013. On 13 December 2016 the Aternos UG was founded. This was converted to Aternos GmbH on October 24 2019. 

[Read more about Aternos GmbH here.](https://aternos.gmbh/)\
[Check out the company imprint here.](https://aternos.gmbh/en/imprint)

## Server hosts

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#### Aternos

[Aternos](https://aternos.org/) is a free minecraft server host providing servers to those who want a server to play on with friends. These servers being fully customizable, DDoS protected and offering a wide variety of softwares to choose between. No payments and no hidden costs for you. Aternos is financed with use of advertisements.

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#### exaroton

While Aternos tries to provide the best performance possible for free, [exaroton](https://exaroton.com/) is a paid service which removes a lot of restrictions. The idea is that you only pay for the time that you actually use the server and keep it offline when you don't need it. This is made easy with features like automatic starting when someone tries to join or an API.

### helpful links

* [About advertisements](https://aternos.gmbh/en/advertise)
* [Aternos branding](https://aternos.gmbh/en/branding)
* [Aternos status](https://twitter.com/AternosStatus)

## About this wiki

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This wiki was not created by an official employee, nor was it reviewed by them as of yet. This wiki was only made by a moderator of the aternos discord and helper of the aternos forums (Zoniq). Any use of "we", "our", or others should not indicate anything said by the Aternos team unless stated otherwise. All this information should be completely and entirely reliable however.
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