Apps / Clean Server
Managed Clean Server hosting.
One server, no app limits.
A fresh managed server with no apps preinstalled. Everything else still applies: monitoring, backups, mail gateway, firewall, and humans on call.
What it is
A Clean Server is exactly what it says: a fresh managed VPS with no apps preinstalled. Your OS choice runs; everything else is a blank page with a professional operations team behind it.
Minimum RAM
1 GB
Fits on SC-1GB; SC-2GB is the comfortable pick with room to stack.
What we install
There is no app playbook to run: the server provisions with our standard hardening, monitoring agents, backup wiring, firewall, and mail gateway registration, then hands you the keys.
What managed covers
Everything platform-level: updates, daily snapshots, dual offsite backups, monitoring with humans behind it, the managed firewall and IDS, MailChannels, and the 500% SLA. What you build on top is entirely yours.
The app is $0. The managed server is the only bill, and everything above is part of it.
What is a Clean Server for?
For people who know what they want to build and want the operations handled: your own stack, your own tooling, your own way, on a machine that is patched, watched, backed up, and defended without you thinking about it. Full root, zero preinstalled opinions.
How is this different from an unmanaged VPS?
The 3 AM difference. An unmanaged VPS is hardware and best wishes; a Clean Server comes with monitoring someone acts on, backups that are tested, a firewall that is maintained, mail that delivers, and an SLA that pays 500% from the first minute. You administer your software; we operate the platform.
Can I add catalog apps later?
Any time, from the client area, at $0 each: a Clean Server is simply an Apps-mode server that started empty. The playbooks deploy new selections onto it exactly as at order time.
What lands on the server at handover?
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, hardened to our baseline, with backup, monitoring, and firewall wiring in place, and nothing else. The first process you start is the first thing on it.
Stack it
Clean Server runs well with.
Same server, no extra bill. These are the companions our team installs next to Clean Server most often.
Docker
+1 GBThe bare container engine, current stable, with the daemon configured sanely. Build whatever you want on top.
WireGuard
+1 GBThe modern VPN protocol, deployed with client configs ready to import and the tunnel verified working.
Frequently asked questions
Do I get root?
Yes, full root over SSH with your key. Managed here means we run the platform, not that we take your keys away.
Which plans can be Clean Servers?
Any of them, both CPU families. It is a mode, not a product tier.
Will you help with what I build on it?
Within reason and often beyond it: the platform is our responsibility, and 24/7 human support has opinions worth having about the rest.
Sizing an app stack? The VPS sizing calculator recommends a plan from your apps and traffic, with the math shown.
Shared CPU servers
The right home for Clean Server and most stacks: 3.0+ GHz vCPU, from $10/mo.
See Shared CPU →Dedicated CPU servers
For CPU-hungry stacks and busy databases: cores that are physically yours.
See Dedicated CPU →All plans and pricing
Every plan, both families, one honest price with everything included.
See pricing →Your server runs. You sleep.
Fully managed hosting from people who have been doing this since 2001.