Your own server · fixed fee · yours from day one

Someone else's cloud.Someone else's rules.Your own server.

Metered cloud hosting is priced for venture-funded startups: the moment your site gets busy, you get a bill instead of a win. We set up a server rented in your name, harden it, back it up daily, and hand it over documented. From £500, fixed and agreed in writing before we start.

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What's included

One server. Yours. Set up properly.

VPS setup and hardening as one fixed job: a server rented in your name (usually £10 to £20 a month, paid straight to the provider), set up by us so it quietly runs your website, your apps, your systems. Here's what that covers.

  • The server account opened in your name, so the keys, the billing and the ownership are yours from day one
  • Hardening done properly: firewall, automatic security updates, intrusion protection, key-only access
  • A deployment platform installed, so websites and apps go live cleanly instead of by copy-paste and crossed fingers
  • Daily backups that run themselves, so a bad day means a restore, not a rebuild
  • Your existing website or system moved over from shared hosting, a metered platform, or a developer's personal account
  • A written handover documenting the lot: what's installed, where everything lives, and how to get in
How it works

From someone else's account to yours.

01

Have a chat

Tell us where your website or systems live today and what the hosting costs you. We'll say straight whether your own server makes sense or your current setup is fine.

02

The account opens in your name

You sign up with the provider (about ten minutes, we walk you through it), so the server is yours, legally and practically, before we touch it.

03

We set up, harden, and move you in

Firewall, automatic updates, key-only access, daily backups, a clean way to deploy. Then your site and systems come across and run alongside the old hosting until you're happy.

04

Handover, in writing

You get a plain-English document covering everything on the server and how to reach it. If we part ways tomorrow you lose nothing, because it was always yours.

The evidence

We sell what we run.

Our entire company runs this way: the website you're reading, the automations, the databases, the email machinery, all on servers we set up and manage exactly like this. We recently delivered the same setup for an East Midlands trades company at a fixed £500: server, hardening and written handover, with their new website built on top of it.

£4,453 saved by owning, not renting

A UK professional practice with four users was paying £99 a month for a managed firewall, forever. One £1,487 build later they own the hardware outright: no contract, no recurring fee, £4,453 kept over five years. Same principle as the server: own the thing instead of renting it.

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Common questions

The honest answers.

Is your own server harder to run than cloud hosting?
Not the way we set it up. Security updates install themselves, backups run daily, and deploying a site or app is a clean repeatable step rather than a dark art. Most clients never log into it at all: it just quietly runs. And if you'd rather never think about hosting again, our £50-a-month website plan handles all of it for you.
What happens if it goes down?
Keeping the machine running is the provider's job, and the reputable ones are up well over 99.9% of the time, which is the same hardware reality the big cloud platforms sit on. Daily backups mean the worst day is a restore, not a rebuild, and the handover document tells you (or anyone you hire) exactly how. If you'd like us looking after it, we can agree light managed hosting up front; it's optional, never a condition.
Who owns the server?
You do, properly. The account is in your name, the billing goes to you, the keys are yours, and the documentation is yours. Plenty of businesses discover their website actually lives on a developer's personal account or an agency login nobody can reach. This is the opposite, in writing. If we part ways, you lose nothing, because none of it was ever ours.
What does hardening actually include?
A firewall that only lets through what your site or app actually needs, automatic security updates, intrusion protection that blocks repeated break-in attempts, and key-only access instead of guessable passwords. It's the boring, unglamorous setup work most rushed installs skip. We do it properly and then write down what we did.
Can you move my existing website or system?
Yes, that's most of the job. Shared hosting, a metered platform like Vercel, a developer's personal account, an agency that's gone quiet: we move it onto your server and run it alongside the old hosting until you're happy. Nothing switches off until you say so. Custom software we build for you lives happily on the same server too.
What does it cost per month after setup?
The server rental, usually £10 to £20 a month depending on size, paid by you directly to the provider: we never sit in the middle of the bill, so there's no markup and no meter. Beyond that you owe us nothing unless you want ongoing care, either through the website plan or a fixed arrangement we agree in writing.

Bring it home.

Tell us where your website or systems live today, and we'll say straight whether your own server is worth it. Costs nothing to chat. Ring 07754 218 688 any weekday.

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