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VPS Features Tailor-Made for Your Business
Our VPS hosting provides scalable computing power and a more controllable environment compared to shared Web Hosting plans. Your VPS is yours to configure however you need it. Host as many sites as your resources can handle and scale up when you're ready.
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Two Levels of Server Management
We offer two management levels so you can pick the right balance of control and support for your team.
Unmanaged VPS
Unmanaged VPS is built for developers and sysadmins who want complete control over their server. You'll handle updates, app installations, security patches, and all server configuration through root access and the VHI VPS Panel.
No control panel like cPanel is included. You install and manage your own tools. Website, email, and database migration are also your responsibility. Several plan tiers are available, starting at $2.95 per month on a 36-month term. Each plan includes one dedicated IP address, NVMe storage, a Free standard SSL certificate, private nameservers, and unlimited domain hosting.
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Managed VPS is for teams and business owners who want full system administrator support without hiring dedicated IT staff. We handle OS patching, security monitoring, and software updates so you don't have to.
You'll also get Free migration assistance from day one, access to a dedicated team of server admins, and Softaculous for one-click installation of 400+ apps including WordPress and Joomla!. Four plan tiers are available, starting at $33.45 on a 36-month term. Each Managed plan includes two dedicated IP addresses, a cPanel/WHM license, plus everything in the Unmanaged feature set.
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Unmanaged vs Managed VPS Hosting
The main difference between Managed vs Unmanaged VPS Hosting is who maintains the server. Both options provide dedicated resources, NVMe storage, VPS isolation, and control beyond shared hosting. The right choice depends less on website size and more on your technical experience, available time, and preferred level of responsibility.
| Comparison | Unmanaged VPS Hosting | Managed VPS Hosting |
|---|---|---|
Who manages the server? | Either you or your technical team manages the complete software environment. | HostPapa’s server administrators maintain the core server environment. |
OS updates and patches | You install, test, and troubleshoot all operating system updates and patches. | HostPapa handles supported operating system updates and security patches. |
Software installation | You install and configure all web servers, databases, runtimes, applications, and developer tools through root access. | Softaculous simplifies installation of supported applications. HostPapa assists with supported server packages and cPanel configurations. Your application code and unsupported third-party software remain your responsibility. |
Control panel | No cPanel license is included. You can work from the command line or install and license a compatible control panel yourself. | cPanel/WHM is included for managing websites, accounts, email, domains, databases, and supported applications. |
Security responsibilities | You configure the firewall, harden SSH, manage users, monitor threats, patch software, and secure every service above the infrastructure layer. | HostPapa manages supported server patching, firewall configuration, monitoring, and core security maintenance. You remain responsible for website users, application security, passwords, and content. |
Support scope | Support covers physical hardware, network connectivity, provisioning, and infrastructure availability. Software configuration and troubleshooting are your responsibility. | Support covers hardware, networking, server administration, and supported cPanel/server configurations. Custom application development and unsupported third-party tools are outside the standard scope. |
Best for | Developers, DevOps teams, system administrators, technical learners, and organizations that want complete configuration control. | Business owners, small and midsize businesses, agencies, and teams without an in-house system administrator. |
Starting price | From $2.95 per month on the current 36-month promotional term; renews at the regular rate. | From $33.45 per month on the current 36-month promotional term; renews at the regular rate. |
Powerful Server Protection
We Handle Web Security, Giving You Peace of Mind
Your VPS comes with built-in security features at no extra cost. Here's what's protecting your server and your visitors from day one.
Server Firewall & DDoS Protection
Every VPS includes a preconfigured firewall and automatic DDoS mitigation. Brute force detection blocks repeated failed login attempts before they become a problem.
RAID Redundancy & 24/7 Monitoring
Disk-level redundancy protects against hardware failure, and our automated monitoring watches your server around the clock. If something looks off, we catch it early.
Free SSL, FTPS & IP Deny Manager
Every plan includes a Free standard SSL certificate for encrypted connections. You also get FTPS for secure file transfers and an IP Deny Manager to block specific IPs or ranges at the server level.
WHY CHOOSE VPS HOSTING?
Who Is VPS Hosting For?
The most common VPS Hosting use cases involve websites, stores, applications, or business systems that need more control and consistent resources than shared hosting can provide. So, who needs VPS hosting? It is usually the right fit for growing organizations experiencing traffic spikes, performance bottlenecks, specialized software requirements, or the need to host multiple projects within a single flexible environment. Here's how our customers are using it to grow their businesses:
eCommerce Stores
VPS Hosting for eCommerce gives WooCommerce, Magento, and other online stores dedicated CPU, RAM, and NVMe storage. Unlike shared hosting, another account’s activity cannot consume the resources reserved for your store. That helps product pages, carts, and checkout processes remain responsive during promotions, seasonal demand, or sudden traffic spikes.
With WooCommerce VPS Hosting, you can also configure caching, PHP workers, database resources, and security controls around your store’s needs.
Best fit: Managed VPS Hosting if you want HostPapa to handle server updates, security, and monitoring.
Digital Agencies
VPS Hosting for agencies lets you consolidate multiple client websites on one server while maintaining separate accounts and permissions. Managed plans include cPanel/WHM, allowing your team to create client accounts, allocate resources, manage domains, and organize websites through a familiar interface.
For agencies considering hosting multiple client websites, VPS resources can provide a smoother upgrade path from reseller or shared hosting. You gain dedicated capacity and can upgrade to a larger plan as your client portfolio grows, without immediately paying for a dedicated physical server.
Best fit: Managed VPS Hosting for cPanel/WHM and professional server administration.
High-Traffic WordPress Sites
WordPress VPS Hosting is designed for publishers, membership sites, learning platforms, and content-heavy websites that have outgrown shared hosting. Dedicated resources prevent noisy-neighbour activity from consuming the CPU or memory allocated to your site during a traffic surge.
Root-level control also supports server-side performance tools such as Redis and Varnish, depending on your application configuration. cPanel and Softaculous tools can help you create staging copies, allowing you to test plugins, themes, updates, and code changes before applying them to production.
Best fit: Managed VPS Hosting for WordPress flexibility without routine server maintenance.
SaaS & App Developers
VPS Hosting for developers provides root access for installing custom runtimes, frameworks, databases, and supporting services. Build a Node.js API, deploy a Django application, configure a Laravel stack, or use Docker and Docker Compose for containerized workloads.
An app hosting VPS also lets you control environment variables, ports, reverse proxies, deployment pipelines, and software versions. Dedicated resources provide a more consistent foundation for APIs and production applications than a shared environment.
Best fit: Unmanaged VPS Hosting if your developers or system administrators want full control of the stack.
Growing Small Businesses
Knowing when to upgrade to VPS Hosting starts with observable problems. Consider upgrading if your website slows down during peak periods, repeatedly exceeds shared-hosting resource limits, requires custom software, or supports revenue-critical operations.
Receiving more than 10,000 monthly visits can be one signal, but traffic alone does not determine the right hosting level. A demanding store with fewer visitors may need a VPS sooner, while a well-optimized informational site may support more traffic on shared hosting.
Best fit: Managed VPS Hosting for a low-maintenance path to dedicated resources.
Remote Teams & Business Tools
Business VPS Hosting can support self-hosted CRM, project management, ERP, collaboration, or reporting tools. You can also configure private email infrastructure, apply custom access policies, or deploy WireGuard or OpenVPN for secure connections used by distributed teams.
Because these systems may contain sensitive business data, plan for authentication, encryption, backups, software patching, and access monitoring from the start.
Best fit: Unmanaged VPS Hosting for teams with in-house technical expertise, or Managed VPS Hosting when server administration should be handled for you.
Compatible With the Tools You Already Use
HostPapa offers VPS Hosting compatible software for popular websites, application stacks, databases, development workflows, and server-management tools. Managed plans include cPanel/WHM and Softaculous for simplified setup, while unmanaged plans provide root access so you can install and configure the software yourself.
CMS Platforms
Frameworks & Runtimes
Databases
Developer Tools
Caching & Performance
Security Tools
Control Panels
Boost Performance and Reliability With VPS Add-Ons
These affordable VPS Hosting Add-Ons are designed to enhance server performance, strengthen security, and provide reliable data recovery for all of your websites.
Keep Your Site Fast & Stable with CloudLinux OS
CloudLinux OS elevates your VPS Hosting with greater stability and performance. Intelligent resource management helps keep your websites fast, responsive, and reliable, even during periods of high demand. Designed to create a secure and efficient hosting environment with minimal administration, CloudLinux OS transforms your VPS into a high-performance foundation that scales with your web projects.
Add Enterprise-Grade Server Security With Imunify360
Imunify360 draws on global threat intelligence from a network monitoring more than 57 million domains. When a new threat is identified anywhere in the network, protection is automatically extended to your environment. It features a firewall, malware scanner, real-time threat engine, and more to detect, block, and clean threats before they can impact your websites. Once activated, there's nothing to configure or monitor.
Protect Your VPS From Day One With Acronis Backup
A corrupted database, bad plugin update, or accidental deletion can take down your website. Acronis Backup provides a daily automated safety net that runs silently without impacting performance. The simple self-service console lets you recover anything from a single file to an entire server. Your backups are stored on HostPapa's secure infrastructure instead of a third-party public cloud for faster restore times.
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RAM (Random Access Memory) stores data the server accesses frequently, improving performance. The more RAM a server has, the less time it will take to access resources, ultimately reducing wait time.
Processor
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the brains of your server and is where most calculations happen. More cores mean the CPU can process more calculations in faster times than traditional single-core processors.
NVMe storage
Disk space is the physical amount of storage area you have in which to keep vital files. For example, the more space you have, the less you need to worry about finding room for a growing website.
Bandwidth transfer
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another over a certain period of time.
Your choice of management level: self-managed, managed, or fully managed
Your choice of operating system: CentOS, Ubuntu, or Debian
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Websites hosted
Enhanced NVMe drives
NVMe is three times faster than traditional Hard Disk Drives. For your website hosting, this means a much faster loading speed. If your server can display your website at lightning speed, this will contribute to the user experience on your site.
FTP accounts
Dreamweaver compatible
Adobe GoLive compatible
Cron jobs
DDoS attack responses
Secured entrance/exit
Redundant carriers
Network monitoring
Business-grade email - Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Advanced Email
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24/7 live chat support
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Page redirects manager
Web disk (WebDAV)
Web-based file manager
Password protected directories
Free website transfer1
One Free transfer (website files, databases, scripts) for new accounts within 30 days of sign-up and to newly upgraded accounts. We will migrate your current VPS hosting account from any provider, and you will experience no website downtime during the process.
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PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1 (choose your version)
Perl
Python version 2.7.5
Perl module installer
SSL supported (eCommerce)
Standard SSL
Ruby on Rails
Image Magick, NetPRM, GD
CURL, DomXML, mod-rewrite
Zend optimizer
IonCube PHP loader
Git
Mailboxes (POP & IMAP)
Autoresponders
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Memory
RAM (Random Access Memory) stores data the server accesses frequently, improving performance. The more RAM a server has, the less time it will take to access resources, ultimately reducing wait time.
Processor
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the brains of your server and is where most calculations happen. More cores mean the CPU can process more calculations in faster times than traditional single-core processors.
NVMe storage
Disk space is the physical amount of storage area you have in which to keep vital files. For example, the more space you have, the less you need to worry about finding room for a growing website.
Bandwidth transfer
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another over a certain period of time.
Your choice of management level: self-managed, managed, or fully managed
Your choice of operating system: CentOS, Ubuntu, or Debian
Root access SSH
SolusVM VPS panel
Websites hosted
Enhanced NVMe drives
NVMe is three times faster than traditional Hard Disk Drives. For your website hosting, this means a much faster loading speed. If your server can display your website at lightning speed, this will contribute to the user experience on your site.
FTP accounts
Dreamweaver compatible
Adobe GoLive compatible
Cron jobs
DDoS attack responses
Secured entrance/exit
Redundant carriers
Network monitoring
Business-grade email - Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Advanced Email
24/7 live telephone support
24/7 email support
24/7 live chat support
Knowledge Base
99.9% uptime guarantee
Unlimited
Unlimited
Available
Unlimited
Unlimited
Available
Unlimited
Unlimited
Available
Unlimited
Unlimited
Available
Domain aliases
Websites hosted
Subdomains
Server & control panel updates, patches & monitoring
Private nameservers
LAMP stack
HTML editor
File MIME types
Custom error pages
Page redirects manager
Web disk (WebDAV)
Web-based file manager
Password protected directories
Free website transfer1
One Free transfer (website files, databases, scripts) for new accounts within 30 days of sign-up and to newly upgraded accounts. We will migrate your current VPS hosting account from any provider, and you will experience no website downtime during the process.
Disaster recovery restore
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Firewall
Brute force detection
Regular security updates
PCI DSS compliant
MySQL 8.0 databases
phpMyAdmin access
PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1 (choose your version)
Perl
Python version 2.7.5
Perl module installer
SSL supported (eCommerce)
Standard SSL
Ruby on Rails
Image Magick, NetPRM, GD
CURL, DomXML, mod-rewrite
Zend optimizer
IonCube PHP loader
Git
Mailboxes (POP & IMAP)
Autoresponders
Forwarders
Mailman mailing lists
Secure IMAP & POP3
Roundcube webmail
BoxTrapper spam blocker
ClamAV
SpamAssassin spam blocker
Catch-all email addresses
Manual email filtering
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AWStats software
Webalizer software
Error & referral logs
Raw access logs
Subdomain stats
Domain keys and SPF
Frequently Asked Questions
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A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is an isolated virtual partition on a physical server. Think of it as your own private container. You get dedicated CPU, RAM, and storage that no one else can touch. You can install applications, configure your server, and manage files however you want.
The underlying hardware is shared with other VPS accounts, but each container is completely isolated. Nothing your neighbors do will affect your performance or security. You'll get many of the benefits of a dedicated server at a fraction of the cost.
We've been in the web hosting business since 2006, and we're rated 4.8/5 on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews. Our PapaSquad support team is available 24/7 by phone, chat, and email.
All VPS plans include NVMe storage, blacklist-free IPs, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, a Free standard SSL certificate, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you choose a Managed plan, you'll also get a dedicated server admin team and Free migration assistance.
- Run specific applications that are not allowed in shared plans, such as custom forums.
- Access additional capacity—fewer customers share each server.
- Enjoy the reduced risk that your business will be disrupted due to a co-hosted site on the server.
- Be independent. If another customer compromises their VPS, yours won't be affected.
Two words: cost and maintenance. Running your own dedicated server is possible but comes at a higher cost and is self-managed. You must keep up with patches, hardware upgrades, server maintenance, and storage. You can also rent dedicated servers, but the price is substantially more than that of a VPS.
A VPS offers the perfect compromise between the constraints of a shared hosting plan and the commitment of a dedicated server. You'll have much more flexibility, capacity, and control at an affordable price.
Managed VPS hosting means that we will handle just about anything to do with your server: nuts, bolts, wires, drives, connectivity, racking, storage, security, and so on. All you have to manage is your own container, which you can do using the provided control panel software or through root access. You can install, manage, and operate software/scripts of your choice. Customers who acquire either managed or fully managed service for VPS hosting will receive cPanel/WHM licenses. Installation of non-cPanel supported applications will not be supported by our customer service.
Managed support services include, but are not limited to:
- Server boot failures
- Email configuration
- Package manager installations
- Google Apps setup
- Firewall setup/troubleshooting
- Hardware failures
- Network issues
- Software upgrades and migrations
- Custom Apache configurations
- DNS configuration
- Security audits
- Troubleshooting script configurations/website errors
- Perl/PECL module/extension installations
- And more
For further information on the differences between managed and fully managed VPS services, please click here.