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Preston

Managed web hosting and infrastructure

Hosting sized to what your site actually needs, backups we test by restoring them, and monitoring that tells us about a problem before your customers notice it. We'll take on sites we didn't build, too.

Checks
Every minute
Uptime
Above 99.9%, measured
Backups
Daily, restore-tested
Data centres
UK only
In front
Cloudflare
Servers
AllHost.IO
Applications
Railway
Exit fees
None

What's included

  1. 01

    Hosting that fits

    We size each setup to what it actually needs, which usually means simpler and cheaper than before. Nobody gets sold a big server for a small brochure site.

  2. 02

    Backups we've tested

    Taken every day, stored away from the live server, and tested by actually restoring them. Lots of businesses only find out their backups don't work on the day they need one.

  3. 03

    Monitoring around the clock

    Automated checks every minute, and a status page anyone can see, including you. If a host won't show you its uptime, it's worth asking why.

  4. 04

    Security and updates

    SSL on everything, Cloudflare in front of it all, and software updates done by us, not left on a list in a control panel nobody logs into.

One business now pays £500 a month less for hosting.

£500

saved every month

A small specialist business

We've looked after this business's IT and websites for five years. When we took over the hosting, it was spread across three plans with two providers, renewing on different dates, and sized for far more traffic than the site ever got.

We moved everything onto one server, sized for the visitors the site actually gets, and tuned it. The site's faster than it was, the bill is £500 a month lower, and we still look after it.

Hosting and infrastructure

Where your site lives

Most hosts won't tell you what's behind the curtain. We will. Websites and servers run on AllHost.IO, applications run on Railway, and Cloudflare sits in front of everything for DNS, caching and protection. Your data stays in UK data centres.

We pick the infrastructure for each job instead of putting everyone on one platform. If something better or cheaper comes along for your site, we'll move you to it. That's what you're paying for with managed hosting, rather than a slot on someone's reseller plan.

We're happy to take on sites we didn't build. Maybe your developer has stopped answering, or nobody in the office knows where the website is hosted. We'll find it, move it, write down how it all works and give you the access you should have had in the first place.

Who it's for

  1. 01

    The bill nobody understands

    Your hosting bill comes once a year, nobody's quite sure what it covers, and it's gone up again.

  2. 02

    The developer who disappeared

    Your developer has moved on and the website has become a mystery with a renewal date.

  3. 03

    An app, not a brochure site

    You run an application that needs more looking after than a shared hosting plan can give it.

  4. 04

    We built it

    We built your website or software and you'd rather we kept it running too.

Questions we get asked a lot

What does managed web hosting actually mean?

It means the hosting, backups, monitoring, updates and security are our job, not yours. You don't get a control panel and a ticket queue. You get the people who set your hosting up and keep it running.

Can you move my site without downtime?

Almost always. We set up the new hosting next to the old, test everything, then switch the traffic over, so your visitors never notice. Most moves are done within a few days of us getting access.

Do I have to host with you if you built my site?

No. Every site we build is handed over with full access and documentation, and it'll run happily somewhere else. Most clients host with us because it's easier, but it's never a condition.

What happens if the site goes down overnight?

Our monitoring alerts us straight away. Automatic recovery sorts most problems on its own, and anything that needs a person goes to whoever built your setup. Measured uptime is above 99.9%, and it's published on our status page.

Where is my data?

In UK data centres, on infrastructure we're happy to name: AllHost.IO for servers, Railway for applications, and Cloudflare in front. Backups are kept away from the live systems and tested by restoring them.

Can I leave easily?

Yes. Your files, your access and the documentation of how it all fits together are yours from day one. There are no exit fees and we'll never hold your domain to ransom. If you stay, we'd like it to be because you're happy, not because leaving is hard.

Tell us what's going on. We'll tell you what we'd do about it.

Tell us what you're hosting and where, and we'll tell you what it should cost and what would need to move. Moving usually takes a few days, and your site stays up while we do it.

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