Pick a region
Metered or unmetered?
Two kinds of plan. The difference is the traffic, and it is the whole difference.
Metered
A fixed traffic allowance each month; the port speed is on every plan. The right choice for most sites: pages, an API, mail, a shop. Cheaper, because you pay for the traffic you actually move.
Metered locationsUnmetered
No monthly traffic cap; the port speed is on every plan. For video, backups, mirrors and anything that moves data all day. Fair use applies; the terms of service say exactly what that means.
Unmetered locationsHow it works
Pick a city and a plan
Every location page lists what can be ordered there today, with the monthly price. Nothing is listed that cannot be bought.
Create an account and pay
Pay online. The server is provisioned as soon as the payment clears, with the operating system you chose.
Log in and connect
Root over SSH from the first minute. A browser console in the portal if you lock yourself out, and a support ticket when you need a person.
Popular locations
All locations
Operating systems
Installed from the portal at order time.
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Questions
What is VPS?
A virtual private server is a virtual machine on a physical server, with CPU, memory and disk reserved for it and its own operating system. You get root access and can install what you like. The hardware is shared, the resources are not, so it behaves like a small dedicated server at a fraction of the price.
Which hosting option offers the best performance and flexibility: shared hosting or VPS?
A VPS, once a site needs consistent performance or software the host does not offer. Shared hosting divides one server between many accounts and gives you a control panel; a VPS gives you the whole operating system and resources that are yours. Shared hosting is still the simpler choice for a small site with light traffic.
Why choose a Linux VPS from $5.63 USD a month over shared hosting?
Control. Root access, your own software, your own firewall, and performance that does not depend on the other accounts on the machine. The trade is that you administer the server yourself: updates, backups and security are your job, and that is the right deal for a site that has outgrown a control panel.
What advantages does VPS hosting offer over traditional shared hosting?
Reserved CPU, memory and disk; isolation from other customers; root access; and your choice of operating system. Shared hosting is cheaper and needs less attention, and its performance moves with whoever else is on the server.