Dev and staging environments
that match production.
Affordable Basic Cloud Cubes for development and staging — same infrastructure, same OS, same management as your production server. Experiment freely with daily snapshots as your safety net.
"Works on staging" fails because staging doesn't match production.
Local and staging environments diverge from production
Different OS, different PHP version, different MySQL configuration, different server settings — bugs that only appear in production are almost always environment differences.
Shared staging environments cause conflicts
When multiple developers share one staging server, deployments conflict, databases collide, and branches interfere with each other's testing.
Unmanaged dev servers accumulate security debt
Dev servers get the same security vulnerabilities as production but none of the patching attention. Exposed dev environments are a frequent attack vector.
Fear of breaking staging slows development
When restoring a broken staging environment takes hours, developers become conservative — avoiding the experiments and destructive tests that make staging valuable.
Identical infrastructure to production. Daily snapshots make experiments free.
Same stack as production — always
Your dev Cloud Cube runs the same OS, same control panel, same software versions as production. "Works on staging" becomes a reliable signal.
Daily snapshots — break anything, restore in minutes
Every morning your staging server is snapshotted. Run destructive tests, try breaking changes, experiment freely — restore to this morning's clean state in minutes if needed.
Full SSH access for any workflow
SSH key auth, root access, git pull, Ansible playbooks, Docker — your deployment and testing workflow works exactly the same on staging as it does in production.
Basic tiers keep dev costs low
Basic Cloud Cubes starting at $8/mo (or $2 for the first month) give you a real server for development without paying production prices for a non-production workload.
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Dual Remote Backups, PBS + S3
- Daily Snapshots
- 500% SLA Guarantee
The closer staging matches production, the more valuable it is.
A staging environment that diverges from production isn't just useless — it's misleading. Cloud Cubes close the gap completely.
Identical infrastructure to production
Dev and staging Cloud Cubes run the same OS, same configuration, same network stack as your production server. If it works on staging, it works in production — because the environments are identical.
Daily snapshots turn experiments into safe bets
Want to try a major refactor, a database migration, or a third-party integration that might break things? Every morning's snapshot is your unconditional rollback. Experiment freely — restore in minutes.
Full control for any development workflow
SSH, git, Docker, Vagrant provisioners, Ansible, custom scripts — whatever your team's deployment workflow is, it works. No platform restrictions, no push-to-deploy-only constraints.
Managed security keeps dev servers patched
Dev servers attract attackers because they're assumed to be unpatched. RC manages patching and firewall rules on every Cloud Cube — including your dev and staging environments.
A full managed server for every environment in your stack.
Every Cloud Cube — including Basic tiers for dev/staging — includes the full management stack. No stripped-down dev plan.
Affordable Basic tiers
Basic Cloud Cubes start at $8/mo — or $2 for your first month. A production-matching dev environment for the price of a lunch.
Full SSH and root access
SSH key authentication, root access, any package installation, any service configuration — your dev workflow, unchanged.
Daily snapshots — free rollback for any experiment
Every morning, automatic snapshot. Run destructive migrations, test breaking changes, deploy experimental branches — roll back to this morning's clean state in minutes.
Match your production OS exactly
Run the same Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, or Debian version as production. Environment parity means no more "it worked on staging" bugs from OS differences.
Managed firewall and security patching
Dev servers get the same managed security as production — firewall rules, OS patches, intrusion detection. No exposed dev environments in your stack.
Proactive monitoring on dev servers
We watch dev and staging Cloud Cubes too. A crashed service on staging that would waste hours of debugging is caught and logged — you know what broke and when.
Isolated database per environment
Each Cloud Cube gets its own database server resources — no production database shared with staging, no test data contaminating real data.
Scale up when load testing
Need to simulate production traffic on staging before a launch? Temporarily scale the staging Cloud Cube to match production specs — then scale back.
How teams typically structure Cloud Cubes for development.
There's no single right answer — here are common patterns and the tradeoffs of each.
| Pattern | Setup | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Shared staging server | One Cloud Cube for all developers to test on | Small teams, infrequent deployments, simple apps |
| Per-developer staging | Each developer gets their own Basic Cloud Cube | Parallel feature development, frequent conflicting changes |
| Production mirror | Staging Cloud Cube matches production specs exactly | Pre-launch load testing, complex deployment validation |
| Branch-based staging | Staging cube redeployed per branch or PR | CI/CD pipelines, automated testing before merge |
| Separate DB staging | App + DB on separate staging cubes | Apps with large databases, data migration testing |
Build the complete environment stack.
A real server for development. Starting at $2.
First month 75% off on monthly billing. Basic Cloud Cubes from $8/mo — production-matching dev environments for less than a dinner.