Self-managed
Combine filters →When the customer manages the OS, security updates happen because someone applies them. That is the real cost of a server, and it does not go away because a control panel automates part of it — a panel moves the work without moving the responsibility. It comes with root, full flexibility, and a job that continues after the site is launched.
74 providers leave the operating system to you, listed alphabetically. Mostly GPU cloud, Virtual Private Servers and Platform as a Service, of 10 categories in all. 52 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way.
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Alibaba CloudAlibaba Group's cloud platform, selling virtual machines, containers, serverless functions and managed services.
Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services is the largest cloud infrastructure provider, spanning 123 Availability Zones in 39 geographic Regions.
AppwriteOpen-source backend platform sold as a hosted service, running user functions alongside managed databases, authentication, storage and messaging.
Aruba.itAn Italian provider that owns its data centers and sells registrar services, hosting, servers and a public cloud.
AzureMicrosoft's hyperscale cloud — hundreds of separately metered infrastructure services, with App Service as the managed application layer above them.
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Back4AppManaged Parse Server backend with an auto-generated REST and GraphQL API, plus a container platform that builds and runs Docker images from GitHub.
BasetenAI inference platform offering token-priced model APIs and dedicated GPU deployments of customers' own models, billed per minute and able to scale to zero.
BeamServerless GPU platform where Python functions and container images run as autoscaling endpoints, task queues and sandboxes, with on-demand GPU machines beside them.
BegetBeget is a Russian hosting company selling shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers and managed databases, priced in euros on its international storefront.
Binary LaneAustralian VPS provider selling hourly-billed NVMe cloud servers with independently adjustable memory, storage and transfer, and a public API.
Bunny.netSlovenian edge platform selling CDN, storage, video and DNS, with Edge Scripting and Magic Containers running the customer's own code across its network.
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Cafe24Cafe24 is a Seoul-based hosting and e-commerce platform company selling shared hosting, managed WordPress VPS and hourly cloud servers alongside its shopping-mall SaaS product.
CerebriumServerless GPU platform for real-time AI workloads, running Python apps and custom Docker containers that scale to zero and bill per second.
Cherry ServersLithuanian provider selling dedicated machines and virtual servers on its own hardware, billed by the hour, by fixed term or as spot capacity.
CivoBritish Kubernetes-first cloud that charges for worker nodes only, with control planes included and data transfer unmetered.
Clever CloudFrench platform-as-a-service that detects, builds and runs an application from a git push, with managed databases and storage sold as add-ons.
cloudscale.chSwiss infrastructure-as-a-service provider selling virtual servers, object storage and load balancers on server hardware it owns in Swiss data centers.
ContaboGerman provider selling virtual and dedicated servers from Munich, with large resource allocations at low fixed monthly rates.
CrusoeUS AI infrastructure company renting GPU and CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and model inference from its own data centers.
cyber_FolksPolish shared host from Poznań with a per-domain choice of PHP version alongside Node and Python, running on LiteSpeed with DirectAdmin as the panel.
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DigitalOceanOne we likeDigitalOcean is a publicly listed cloud provider best known for Droplets, its VPS product, alongside managed databases, Kubernetes and an app platform.
DivioDivio is a Swiss platform-as-a-service that runs Dockerised applications of any stack, deployed from git.
DonWebDonWeb is an Argentine hosting and cloud provider running its own data centers, selling shared hosting, VPS, bare metal and pre-configured application stacks.
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E2E NetworksIndian cloud infrastructure provider listed on the National Stock Exchange, selling CPU and GPU compute by the minute with published hourly rates.
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Exabytes is a Malaysian host selling shared plans on a choice of cPanel or Plesk from its own data center in Malaysia.
exe.devOne we likeUbuntu VMs in seconds over SSH, sold as a pool of capacity rather than as machines, and aimed as much at agents as at people.
ExoscaleExoscale is a Swiss infrastructure provider selling KVM instances, managed Kubernetes, object and block storage and managed databases from European zones.
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Fly.ioFly.io runs applications as Firecracker microVMs on hardware it operates itself, deployed from a Dockerfile through the flyctl CLI and billed by usage.
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GandiGandi is a French registrar whose Simple Hosting product runs application code in per-customer Linux containers, deployed by git or SFTP.
GcoreGcore is an edge and cloud provider selling CDN, streaming, DDoS protection, virtual machines, bare metal, Kubernetes and serverless functions.
GigalixirGigalixir is a platform-as-a-service built around Elixir and Phoenix, keeping hot upgrades, remote observer and distributed clustering intact.
GleSYSGleSYS is a Swedish infrastructure provider selling KVM and VMware servers, bare metal, managed databases, object storage and colocation from Nordic data centers.
Google Cloud PlatformGoogle Cloud Platform is one of the three hyperscalers, selling compute, storage, data and machine-learning services on the infrastructure behind Google's own products.
Google Cloud RunGoogle Cloud Run runs any container image, scales it to zero when idle and bills per request and per resource-second.
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HetznerOne we likeHetzner is an independent German hosting company offering VPS, dedicated servers, cloud and storage infrastructure from its own data centers.
HostPinnacleHostPinnacle is a Kenyan host selling cPanel shared hosting alongside self-managed and cPanel-managed VPS from Nairobi.
Hugging FaceMachine-learning hub whose Spaces product hosts running applications — Gradio, Streamlit or an arbitrary Dockerfile — on CPU or rented GPU hardware.
HyperstackGPU cloud from London's NexGen Cloud, selling GPU virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters and a token-priced model API.
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InterServerAmerican host selling one shared plan at a price it undertakes not to raise, on DirectAdmin and CloudLinux, alongside VPS, dedicated servers and colocation.
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JarvislabsIndian GPU cloud renting GPU virtual machines, framework containers, managed model endpoints and a token-priced model API, billed by the minute.
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KamateraKamatera is a cloud infrastructure company selling hourly-billed cloud servers, block storage, load balancers and firewalls from data centers worldwide.
KeywebA German host selling root servers, dedicated servers and shared webhosting from data centers it operates itself.
KoyebFrench platform that deploys containers and repositories across global regions with scale-to-zero, per-second billing, GPUs and serverless Postgres.
KrystalOne we likeBritish host running PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby on cPanel, powered by certified renewable electricity and operated as a certified B Corp.
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LambdaUS GPU cloud selling on-demand NVIDIA GPU instances, reserved multi-node clusters and private cloud capacity.
Latitude.shBare-metal and GPU infrastructure billed hourly with automated provisioning, an API, SDKs, a CLI and Terraform support.
LinodeLinode is a US VPS provider founded in 2003, acquired by Akamai in 2022 and now sold as Akamai Cloud.
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ModalServerless compute platform for Python, where functions are decorated in code and run in containers on CPU or GPU with per-second billing.
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NebiusAmsterdam-based AI cloud selling GPU and CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, serverless GPU containers and a model API.
NhostOpen-source backend platform built on PostgreSQL, Hasura GraphQL and serverless functions, with a managed container runtime for the customer's own services.
NorthflankBritish platform running containers, jobs and managed databases on its own cloud, in the customer's cloud account, or on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
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QoddiManaged application platform deploying Node, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, Python and Docker workloads with per-second billing and managed databases alongside.
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Raiola NetworksSpanish shared host from Lugo, running cPanel on servers it assembles itself and operates in Tier III facilities in Madrid.
ReplitBrowser-based development environment with hosting attached, sold around an AI agent that writes, runs and publishes the application.
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Sakura InternetA Japanese cloud and infrastructure provider selling shared hosting, virtual servers and dedicated machines.
ScalewayFrench cloud provider selling instances, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, serverless containers and managed databases, with European data residency as the pitch.
ScalingoFrench platform-as-a-service with git-push deploys, buildpacks, managed databases and review apps, running only in French regions.
SelectelSelectel is a Russian infrastructure company running its own data centers in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, selling dedicated servers, cloud servers and object storage.
SesterceFrench GPU cloud renting GPU virtual machines, bare-metal servers and inference endpoints by the hour from a prepaid balance.
SevallaSevalla is a polyglot cloud hosting platform covering application hosting, database hosting, static sites, and object storage.
SiteHostNew Zealand host that owns its Auckland data center and sells Cloud Containers, a product that runs prebuilt or custom Docker images.
SliplaneGerman Docker hosting that bills for the server rather than the container, so unlimited services can share one machine, with managed Postgres and S3 storage.
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Tencent CloudTencent's cloud platform, selling virtual machines, VPS bundles, GPU instances and serverless functions.
TensorDockUS marketplace selling GPU virtual machines on servers supplied by independent hosts, now owned by Voltage Park.
Tornado VPSSelf-managed Xen virtual private servers for Linux and the BSDs, trading as Tornado VPS since a 2022 rename from Prgmr.com.
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UpCloudFinnish cloud infrastructure provider selling virtual machines, block storage and private networking, driven by a public API.
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VentraIPAustralian domain registrar and hosting provider selling cPanel shared hosting, WordPress hosting and VPS, operated by Nexigen Digital.
VerdaFinnish GPU cloud selling GPU virtual machines, multi-node clusters and serverless containers from data centers in Helsinki.
VultrCloud infrastructure provider selling virtual private servers, bare metal, GPU instances, object storage and managed Kubernetes, billed by the hour.
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WebdockDanish VPS provider selling virtual servers with a web control panel, prepared stacks and WordPress plans, from a single facility in Denmark.
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ZeaburContainer platform that reads a git repository, works out what kind of project it is and deploys it without a configuration file.
ZeropsOne we likeCzech container platform running applications and managed services on rented infrastructure in Prague, billed by resources consumed rather than by plan tier.
Which of these providers is best?
We can't tell from here. A host that suits a small agency site can be wrong for an API with users in Asia and Europe. The list is alphabetical and nobody paid for a place on it. The guide covers what to compare.

