Managed VPS

This is not a typical VPS. It's your server team.

We handle everything: setup, security, monitoring, backups and 24/7 incident response. You get a fast, reliable European server, with zero server management on your side.

Save 10+ hours every month you'd lose to server admin.
Sleep through patch nights, outages and security alerts.
Launch in days, not weeks, with a tuned stack from day one.
One predictable monthly bill. No surprise cloud invoices.
Never explain a server outage to a client again.

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Managed vs DIY

What a managed VPS actually replaces.

Cheap unmanaged VPS providers sell you a Linux box. We sell you the outcome: a server that runs, stays patched, and never wakes you up.

Topic

Hostander Managed VPS

Typical VPS (DIY)

Setup

We install, configure, harden and tune the full stack for you.

You install Linux, web server, database, firewall, SSL, and hope nothing breaks.

Security

Hardened by default. Patches applied within hours of release.

You track CVEs, schedule reboots, and pray you didn't miss one.

Monitoring

24/7 monitoring of CPU, RAM, disk, services and uptime.

You set up your own monitoring, or find out from angry users.

Maintenance

OS upgrades, kernel patches, log rotation, all handled silently.

Weekend maintenance windows, and the occasional 3 a.m. surprise.

Time required

Around 0 hours per month from your side.

5 to 20 hours a month, more when something breaks.

Risk

We carry the operational risk. SLA-backed, with credit-back guarantees.

All on you. One bad config can take a production site offline for days.

A €5 VPS is cheap until you count your own hours, the cost of one bad outage, or the day you need a real engineer at 3 a.m.

Who it's for

Built for people who'd rather not run a server.

SaaS founders

You'd rather ship features than tail logs. We keep the server boring so the product can be exciting.

Agencies and studios

Host every client on one fully managed environment, instead of juggling cPanel, AWS and Hetzner.

Business owners

Your site or app is critical, but you have no in-house sysadmin. We are your sysadmin.

Not for developers who genuinely enjoy managing their own servers. If that's you, an unmanaged VPS will be cheaper, and we'll happily recommend one.

Plans

One price. Everything included.

Every plan is fully managed by senior Linux engineers, hosted in Tier III facilities in Tallinn and Amsterdam.

Included on every plan

24/7 emergency helpline
Free migration from your current host
Daily encrypted off-site backups
Always-on DDoS protection
99.99% uptime SLA, credit-back
Unmetered bandwidth (fair use, 75 TB / month)

Launch

For your first production site or app, fully looked after.

€18/mo

Perfect for one busy site or a small SaaS, with everything set up and watched 24/7.

2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe
Setup, hardening and SSL handled by us
Daily backups, 14-day retention
24/7 monitoring and incident response
99.99% uptime SLA with credit-back

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Studio

For agencies running multiple client sites.

€38/mo

Host several client projects on one tuned, monitored, and patched server.

4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe
Multi-site setup with isolated stacks
Free migrations from your current host
Priority ticket queue
99.99% uptime SLA with credit-back

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What you don't have to do anymore.

Every line below is a task we quietly take off your plate the moment your server goes live.

Patch the kernel at midnight
Read another "how to harden SSH" guide
Configure Nginx, PHP-FPM or LiteSpeed by hand
Wire up Let's Encrypt and renewals
Set up Prometheus, Grafana or alerting
Build a backup strategy and test restores
Debug a failed apt upgrade on a production box
Be on-call for your own server

You ship the product. We run the server.

That's the whole pitch.

Under the hood

For the technical readers in the room

The hardware, the network, the operational model.

Hardware platform

Every VPS runs on dual-socket Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 hosts with DDR4 ECC memory and enterprise NVMe storage. vCPUs are pinned to dedicated cores on Business plans and above, so you never share a thread with a noisy neighbour.

Network and uplinks

Our own ASN, our own IPv4 and IPv6 ranges, and a private 10G backbone between Tallinn and Amsterdam. Direct AMS-IX peering and multiple Tier 1 transit providers keep latency low across Europe.

Virtualization and isolation

KVM-based virtualization with full hardware isolation. Each VPS gets its own kernel, its own network stack and dedicated I/O queues. You can run Docker, nested KVM, WireGuard and any kernel module you need.

Provisioning and migrations

New VPS are provisioned in under 30 minutes. Migrations from another provider (cPanel, Plesk, raw Linux, Docker stacks) are included free of charge, performed by our engineers with zero or near-zero downtime.

Monitoring and SLA

24/7 proactive monitoring of CPU, RAM, disk, network and service health. 99.99% uptime SLA with credit-back guarantees. Average ticket response under 5 minutes, handled by senior Linux engineers, never first-line scripts.

Compliance and sovereignty

EU-owned, EU-operated, GDPR-native. Data is stored exclusively in the Tier III facilities we use in Tallinn and Amsterdam. We are not subject to the US CLOUD Act or FISA 702, and no part of the stack runs on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.

Common questions

Why is this more expensive than a €5 VPS from Hostinger or Contabo?

Because those are unmanaged. You get a blank Linux box and a login. With Hostander, you also get the engineer who would normally set it up, secure it, monitor it and fix it at 3 a.m. The hardware is a small part of the price, the team is the rest.

What does "fully managed" actually include?

OS installation and hardening, security patches, web and database server configuration, performance tuning, monitoring, backups, incident response and migration assistance. If it runs on the server, we look after it.

Can I still get root access?

Absolutely. You stay in full control. We co-manage with your team, or take everything off your plate. Your call.

Where are the VPS hosted?

Tier III data centers in Tallinn (Estonia) and Amsterdam (Netherlands). You pick the location at checkout. Data never leaves the EU.

Is my data exposed to US law (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)?

No. Hostander is EU-owned, EU-operated and runs on its own hardware in EU data centers. We are not subject to the US CLOUD Act and we do not use AWS, Google Cloud or Azure underneath.

Do you handle migrations from another provider?

Yes, included free of charge. We move sites, databases and full stacks with zero or near-zero downtime.

Which operating systems do you support?

All major Linux distributions (Ubuntu LTS, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky, openSUSE) and Windows Server 2019/2022. We can also install custom images on request.

How are backups handled?

Daily automated backups are encrypted at rest and stored off-site in a separate facility. Standard retention is 14 days; longer retention and hourly snapshots are available on Business plans and above.

Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan later?

Yes. Upgrades are typically applied within minutes and require only a brief reboot. Downgrades are scheduled at your next billing cycle so we can validate disk usage first.

What if my VPS gets hit by a DDoS attack?

Our network includes always-on volumetric and application-layer DDoS mitigation at the edge. Most attacks are filtered before they ever reach your server, with no action required from you.

Is there a setup fee or long-term contract?

No setup fees and no long-term contracts. You can cancel any time, and we'll even help you migrate out if it ever comes to that.

Still comparing us to a €5 VPS?

Tell us what you're running today. We'll tell you, honestly, whether managed VPS is worth it for your case, and which plan fits.

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