Hostwinds is a US-based hosting provider founded in 2010, offering managed and unmanaged Linux and Windows VPS alongside shared, cloud, and dedicated hosting. Unmanaged Linux VPS starts at $4.99/month, with automated backups, monitoring, and scalable resources. It runs data centers in Seattle, Dallas, and Amsterdam built to 2N redundancy and advertises a high uptime guarantee. The service targets developers, resellers, and SMBs wanting affordable VPS with optional management and cPanel; licensing is standard self-managed (or managed) VPS with full root access and no Kubernetes layer.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2010
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- No
Cloud infrastructure
- Starting price
- $4.99/mo
- Regions
- 3
- SLA uptime
- 99.999%
- Managed Kubernetes
- No
- Helm support
- No
- Free tier
- No
- Vendor lock-in
- Low
- Open standards
- Yes
- Easy data export
- Yes
- Multi-cloud friendly
- Yes
- Org size
- Startup
- Support tier
- Standard
- Ease of use
- 3/5