What is Cloud VPS Hosting?

Cloud VPS hosting combines the best feats out of all other service types. You get a completely independent virtual server account with a dedicated set of resources and complete control over the environment. Utilizing the power of your cloud, you can rest assured that your website is always backed by additional web servers, ensuring its constant availability and smooth running.

What is the difference between Managed VPS and Self-Managed VPS?

The main distinction between Managed and Unmanaged VPS hosting plans comes with the feature set and level of support. Self-managed VPS solutions grant you complete control as you practically get a bare-metal physical server to configure as you wish. The hosting provider is only responsible for the initial setup, making the service best-suited for experienced developers and system administrators. In comparison, the hosting provider is always by your side in a fully managed VPS hosting environment. You can count on them for hardware and software setup, maintenance, updates, and issue resolution. Highly preferred web hosting solution by startups and SMBs.

Can I customize my self-managed VPS server?

A virtual private server gives you full freedom for customizations. You have complete control over the VPS environment to manage accounts and websites, install third-party software, and do everything else your online project might require.

Can I add more CPU cores or RAM to my self-managed VPS?

One of the great benefits of unmanaged VPS hosting plans is their immense scalability. Depending on your current consumption or future needs, you can opt-in for more system resources at any point of your hosting journey. This includes CPU cores, RAM, and storage space.

What can I use my self-managed VPS for?

A self-managed VPS is basically like a blank canvas, a bare-metal machine that you can customize as per your specific needs. This means you can use the platform as a database server, gaming server, backup server - practically anything you can think of. You are the sole owner of the self-managed VPS and have full root access to make modifications.

What operating systems do your self-managed VPS plans support?

All virtual private servers with ScalaHosting offer a wide choice of operating systems. Linux-based users can take a pick between Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and OpenSUSE. Naturally, Windows fans can also find a suitable distribution for their online projects.

How to choose a self-managed VPS plan with ScalaHosting?

ScalaHosting doesn’t offer fixed self-managed VPS plans. Instead, we give complete control to the customer to configure the server as per their website needs. Choose the number of CPU cores, amount of RAM and disk space, and you’re good to go. All VPS solutions give you root access to further customize the server as you wish. Additionally, we offer plenty of extras you can purchase separately - LiteSpeed web server, WHMCS license, cPanel licenses, dedicated IP addresses, additional system resources, and many more.

How long do I have to wait for my self-managed VPS server setup?

Once you complete your order for a new self-managed VPS from ScalaHosting, we will ensure your new web server is configured in less than a minute. Our skilled professionals have completely automated the setup process, ensuring an optimal environment from the get-go for each new client.

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	SPanel VPS	cPanel VPS
Monthly Price	No extra cost	From $26.95 to $200+
Price LOCK Guarantee	yes	Prices tend to increase every year
Host Unlimited Accounts/Websites	yes	Additional cost
400+ Scripts 1-click Installer	yes	Additional cost
Subusers & Collaborators	yes	no
Real-time Malware Protection	yes	no
Blacklists Monitoring & Removal	yes	no
Powerful Caching with OpenLiteSpeed	yes	no
Outbound SPAM Protection	yes	no
Easy & Instant Access to Support	yes	no
Developing New Features Policy	Users decide by voting	cPanel decides
GENERAL FEATURES
Monthly Price	No extra cost	$26.95 to $200+
Ease of Use	5/5	5/5
Resource usage	Lightweight	Heavy
Price Lock Guarantee	yes	no
Security System	SShield	Basic
WordPress Manager	SWordPress Manager	Basic
NodeJS Manager	yes	yes
Joomla Manager	yes	no
2FA Authentication	yes	yes
Create Unlimited Accounts	yes	Additional cost
Branding	yes	yes
Multiple PHP Versions	yes	yes
Automated Backups	yes	yes
Brute-force Protection	yes	yes
Add New Features Policy	Users demand	cPanel decides
PERFORMANCE
Apache Support	yes	yes
Nginx Support	yes	no
OpenLiteSpeed Support	yes	no
LiteSpeed Enterprise Support	yes	yes
CloudFlare CDN	yes	yes
Memcached	yes	On request
Redis	On request	On request
Static Content Compression	yes	yes
HTTP/2 Support	yes	yes
HTTP/3 Support	On request	Extra cost
SUPPORTED SERVICES
PHP-FPM Support	yes	yes
MySQL Databases	yes	yes
phpMyAdmin	yes	yes
Remote MySQL Access	yes	yes
Free Let’s Encrypt SSL	yes	yes
SMTP/POP3/IMAP Support	yes	yes
SpamAssassin	yes	yes
DNS Support	yes	yes
FTP Support	yes	yes
Webmail	yes	yes
Powerful API	yes	yes
USER INTERFACE FEATURES
Add/Remove Email Accounts	yes	yes
Change Email Password	yes	yes
Add/Remove Email Forwarders	yes	yes
Add/Remove Auto-responders	yes	yes
Email Catch-all	yes	yes
Email Disk Quotas	yes	yes
Add/Remove Addon domains	yes	yes
Add/Remove Subdomains	yes	yes
DNS Editor	yes	yes
Add/Remove FTP Accounts	yes	yes
Generate a Full Account Backup	yes	yes
Restore Files and Databases	yes	yes
File Manager	yes	yes
Cron Jobs Management	yes	yes
PHP Version Manager	yes	yes
Custom PHP.ini Editor	yes	yes
ADMIN INTERFACE FEATURES
Create an Account	yes	yes
Terminate an Account	yes	yes
Modify/upgrade an Account	yes	yes
Suspend/unsuspend an Account	yes	yes
Manage SSH Access	yes	yes
List Accounts	yes	yes
Change Username	yes	yes
Change Main Domain	yes	yes
Show Server Information	yes	yes
Show Server Status	yes	yes
Show MySQL Running Queries	yes	yes
Restart a Service	yes	yes
Restart a Server	yes	yes
INFO FOR DEVELOPERS
Datacenter locations	US, Europe, Asia	US, Europe
Operating System	Rocky Linux OS	AlmaLinux OS
Latest Software	yes	yes
PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2	yes	yes
Python support	yes	yes
Apache Logs Access	yes	yes
Mod_security protection	yes	yes
GIT & SVN Support	yes	yes
WordPress Cloning & Staging	yes	no
WP CLI Support	yes	yes
NodeJS support	yes	yes
WHMCS integration	yes	yes
SSH Access	yes	yes

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Allocate as many CPU cores, RAM, and storage as you need. Easily upgrade or downgrade your virtual private server with one click, and never waste money on resources you don’t need.

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Cloud Hosting Extras

1 CPU core

$6
1GB RAM

$2
10GB SSD

$1
50GB R1soft backup space

$5
cPanel license 5 accounts

$26.95
cPanel license 30 accounts

$32.95
cPanel license 50 accounts

$45.95
cPanel license 100 accounts

$64.95
LiteSpeed 5 Domains 8GB RAM

$10
LiteSpeed 5 Domains Unlimited RAM

$16
WHMCS Starter License

$13.95
WHMCS Plus License

$15.95

High Availability Guaranteed

We keep 3 copies of your data on 3 different locations. In case of a hardware failure, your VPS hosting server is automatically migrated to a healthy node.

100% Automated

Master your self-managed hosting server easily from your client area. Start/stop/restart, password reset, upgrade, downgrade, console access, and monitor resource usage are just some of the neat tools you get with ScalaHosting’s cloud VPS server plans.

Get Your Self-Managed VPS In 30 Sec.

Order a self-managed cloud VPS hosting server and see it up and running within 30 seconds. No matter how many virtual servers you need - they will be online and ready for use less than a minute after your payment.

Powerful Virtual Servers

Your self-managed VPS will run on a dual CPU E5 Intel Xeon physical server with minimum 256GB RAM, dual power supplies, and a lightning-fast network.

10Gbps Redundant Network

ScalaHosting utilizes 10Gbps redundant networks with multiple uplinks to premium upstream providers. That’s how we’re able to be one of the few VPS hosting providers to deliver 100% network uptime.

Multiple Locations

Choose where you want your SSD cloud server to be deployed. We currently offer datacenters in the US and Europe, with many more available if you opt-in for a self-managed VPS from our partners from Amazon AWS.

Self-Managed VPS FAQs

What is Cloud VPS Hosting?

Cloud VPS hosting combines the best feats out of all other service types. You get a completely independent virtual server account with a dedicated set of resources and complete control over the environment. Utilizing the power of your cloud, you can rest assured that your website is always backed by additional web servers, ensuring its constant availability and smooth running.
What is the difference between Managed VPS and Self-Managed VPS?

The main distinction between Managed and Unmanaged VPS hosting plans comes with the feature set and level of support. Self-managed VPS solutions grant you complete control as you practically get a bare-metal physical server to configure as you wish. The hosting provider is only responsible for the initial setup, making the service best-suited for experienced developers and system administrators.

In comparison, the hosting provider is always by your side in a fully managed VPS hosting environment. You can count on them for hardware and software setup, maintenance, updates, and issue resolution. Highly preferred web hosting solution by startups and SMBs.
Can I customize my self-managed VPS server?

A virtual private server gives you full freedom for customizations. You have complete control over the VPS environment to manage accounts and websites, install third-party software, and do everything else your online project might require.
Can I add more CPU cores or RAM to my self-managed VPS?

One of the great benefits of unmanaged VPS hosting plans is their immense scalability. Depending on your current consumption or future needs, you can opt-in for more system resources at any point of your hosting journey. This includes CPU cores, RAM, and storage space.
What can I use my self-managed VPS for?

A self-managed VPS is basically like a blank canvas, a bare-metal machine that you can customize as per your specific needs. This means you can use the platform as a database server, gaming server, backup server - practically anything you can think of. You are the sole owner of the self-managed VPS and have full root access to make modifications.
What operating systems do your self-managed VPS plans support?

All virtual private servers with ScalaHosting offer a wide choice of operating systems. Linux-based users can take a pick between Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and OpenSUSE. Naturally, Windows fans can also find a suitable distribution for their online projects.
How to choose a self-managed VPS plan with ScalaHosting?

ScalaHosting doesn’t offer fixed self-managed VPS plans. Instead, we give complete control to the customer to configure the server as per their website needs. Choose the number of CPU cores, amount of RAM and disk space, and you’re good to go. All VPS solutions give you root access to further customize the server as you wish. Additionally, we offer plenty of extras you can purchase separately - LiteSpeed web server, WHMCS license, cPanel licenses, dedicated IP addresses, additional system resources, and many more.
How long do I have to wait for my self-managed VPS server setup?

Once you complete your order for a new self-managed VPS from ScalaHosting, we will ensure your new web server is configured in less than a minute. Our skilled professionals have completely automated the setup process, ensuring an optimal environment from the get-go for each new client.