Managed bare metal
For agencies and small businesses that outgrew shared hosting and VPS plans: modern AMD and Intel hardware, with updates, security hardening, monitoring and backups handled by us.
Who does what
On Essential Managed, here is exactly what we look after and what stays with you.
| Job | Us | You |
|---|---|---|
| OS security updates | ✓Yes | No |
| Firewall, SSH and brute-force hardening | ✓Yes | No |
| 24/7 uptime, disk and RAID monitoring | ✓Yes | No |
| Nightly offsite backups and restores | ✓Yes | No |
| Failed disks, RAM and power supplies | ✓Yes | No |
| Your sites, apps and their settings | No | ✓Yes |
| Deciding when to reboot for kernel updates | No | ✓Yes |
Servers
| Server | CPU | RAM | Storage | Network | Locations | Unmanaged | Essential Managed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xeon E-2236 · 16 GB | Intel Xeon E-2236 6 cores / 12 threads | 16 GB | 480 GB SSD | 1 Gbps 20 TB/mo | Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA | from $99/mo | from $168/mo |
| Xeon E-2336 · 128 GB · 10 Gbps | Intel Xeon E-2336 6 cores / 12 threads | 128 GB | 1 TB NVMe SSD + 500 GB NVMe SSD | 10 Gbps 20 TB/mo | Tampa, FL | from $409/mo | from $478/mo |
| Ryzen 9 5950X · 64 GB | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 cores / 32 threads | 64 GB | 1 TB NVMe | 1 Gbps 20 TB/mo | Los Angeles, CA | from $229/mo | from $298/mo |
| EPYC 7413 · 256 GB · 10 Gbps | AMD EPYC 7413 24 cores / 48 threads | 256 GB | 480 GB SSD | 10 Gbps 20 TB/mo | Tampa, FL | from $359/mo | from $428/mo |
Prices in USD per month, as of October 28, 2026. Stock is limited per location; we confirm availability before you pay. No setup fees on these configurations.
Help me choose
A handful of sites, a database each, steady traffic.
Start with the Xeon E-2236 · 16 GB, 16 GB: from $168/mo on Essential Managed.
See this serverOne busy app, background workers, a larger database.
Start with the Xeon E-2236 · 64 GB, 64 GB: from $298/mo on Essential Managed.
See this serverMemory-heavy work where RAM decides the box.
Start with the EPYC 7413 · 256 GB · 10 Gbps, 256 GB: from $428/mo on Essential Managed.
See this serverWe confirm the fit and stock within one business day of your request. Nothing is charged until you approve.
Management tiers
Hardware price only
From $99/mo
Root access and hardware replacement. You run the OS.
+$69/mo per server
From $168/mo
We keep it patched, hardened, monitored and backed up.
+$179/mo per server
From $278/mo
Adds hands-on admin time and a faster response target.
The admin work
Updates and security
Monitoring
Backups
Hardware
6 US locationsChicago, Dallas, New York metro, Atlanta, Tampa, Los Angeles
1 to 10 Gbps portsMonthly transfer included
L3/L4 DDoS filteringIncluded at no extra cost
Single-tenantNo neighbours on your hardware
Locations
Pick the city nearest the people who use your sites. Every location includes network DDoS filtering.
Ordering
Choose the server, location and tier. No payment details.
Within one business day: stock, handover date and final price.
Pay the first invoice. On managed tiers we harden, monitor and back up the server.
Access details and a written summary of the setup.
Support
Response commitments are in the Service Level Agreement.
FAQ
Send an order request for the server, location and management tier you want. We check stock at that location, confirm the setup date and the final monthly price by email within one business day, and only then send an invoice. Nothing is charged when you submit the form.
Essential Managed covers operating system security updates, initial hardening (SSH keys only, firewall, brute-force blocking, automatic security updates), 24/7 monitoring with alerts, nightly offsite backups and handling hardware failures with the data center for you. Pro Managed adds configuration changes, two admin hours a month and a 1-hour first response for outages. Neither tier covers writing or debugging your application code.
Yes. You keep full root (or sudo) access on every tier. If a change you make conflicts with our hardening or breaks backups, we will tell you and help put it right; on Essential that help is limited to restoring the managed baseline.
Every server sits behind automatic network-layer (L3/L4) volumetric DDoS filtering at no extra cost. That handles common floods; it is not an application firewall. If you expect targeted application-layer attacks, put a CDN or WAF in front of the server and we can help configure it on Pro Managed.
Yes. Services renew automatically until you cancel. Cancel by email or in the client area before the day your service renews; monthly services then end at the end of the billing month and prepaid terms run to the end of the term. Within 7 days of handover you can cancel a prepaid term for a full refund, and if you cancel a managed tier within 30 days of handover we refund the first month's management fee. The refund policy covers the details.