Starter
$10/mo
For a site that doesn't need a database.
- Your site on a shared StarlingTek server
- Automatic HTTPS
- Nightly backups of site files
- Uptime monitoring
- Cloudflare DNS, managed for you
Pricing
Builds are quoted, hosting is monthly
A StarlingTek custom build is priced once we know what it needs. Hosting is the same whether we built the system or you brought it. Shared plans are priced close to what the server, backups and database cost to run, and dedicated and high-availability setups are built and run by hand. Every hosting plan includes Cloudflare DNS, managed for you.
Custom builds
Quoted per project
Websites, web apps, internal tools and automations. We talk through what you need, then we send a written quote covering discovery, design, build and launch. Hosting afterwards is one of the plans below.
Dedicated hosting
A server of your own, run and looked after the same way.
Dedicated
from $59/mo
Built and managed for you
A server that isn't shared with other sites.
- A 4 GiB / 2 vCPU DigitalOcean droplet of your own
- Its own managed PostgreSQL database
- Weekly server backups
- Scheduled database backups with tested restores
- Spaces storage
- The full StarlingTek admin panel and monitoring
- Cloudflare DNS, managed for you
- Bigger sizes on request
How it works: We talk through what you need, build and configure your servers, then run, monitor, back up and update them.
Talk to usHigh availability
Two servers, so one can fail without taking your site with it.
High Availability
from $129/mo
Built and managed for you
Your site stays up if one server fails.
- Two identical app servers behind a DigitalOcean load balancer
- Health checks take a failed server out of rotation
- Managed PostgreSQL with a standby node for automatic failover
- Deploys roll out to one server at a time
- Backups, monitoring and alerts
- Cloudflare DNS, managed for you
How it works: We talk through what you need, build and configure your servers, then run, monitor, back up and update them.
Talk to usCompare the plans
All five plans side by side.
| Starter$10/mo | Standard$15/mo | Plus$25/mo | Dedicatedfrom $59/mo | High Availabilityfrom $129/mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated server | No, shared | No, shared | No, shared | Yes, 4 GiB / 2 vCPU | Yes, two |
| Database | None | Managed Postgres | Managed Postgres | Own managed Postgres | Managed Postgres with standby |
| Backups | Nightly site files | Site files and database | Site files and database | Weekly server and scheduled database | Servers and database |
| Load balancer | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Failover | No | No | No | No | Server and database |
| Storage / transfer | Site files | 100 GiB / 250 GiB a month | 250 GiB / 1 TiB a month | Spaces storage, sized to fit | Spaces storage, sized to fit |
| Cloudflare DNS | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Monitoring | Uptime and alerts | Uptime and alerts | Uptime, alerts and a monthly note | Full admin panel and monitoring | Per-server health checks and alerts |
The small print, in plain words
- Cloudflare is part of every plan. Your DNS is managed for you on Cloudflare, with records and the www redirect set up through StarlingTek.
- Domains are billed separately, at cost. Registration and renewal are passed through at what they cost us.
- Going over is billed only after notice. Usage beyond what your plan includes is billed at pass-through rates, and only after we've told you.
- Billed monthly. A 12-month plan is available if you'd rather pay for the year.
- Cancel any time with 30 days' notice, and we'll help you move your site and data out.
- Something different? Email [email protected] and we'll work out what fits.
The full terms are in the service agreement.
Questions
What's included?
Hosting for your site, automatic HTTPS, uptime monitoring with alerts that come to us, backups, and Cloudflare DNS. We keep the server updated, keep an eye on it, and deal with problems when they happen. Each plan's card lists exactly what it covers.
What does Cloudflare do here?
Cloudflare hosts your domain's DNS. We set up the records that point your domain at your server, and the www redirect, through StarlingTek. Sites run DNS-only by default, so their HTTPS certificates can renew without anything in the way. Cloudflare's proxy is available where it fits your site.
Shared vs dedicated: which do you need?
Most personal, family and small-business sites are well served by a shared plan: your site still gets its own container, its own certificate and its own health checks. Choose Dedicated when you want a server nobody else's site runs on, need more memory or CPU than a share, or have rules that call for it. If you're not sure, email us and we'll say which we'd pick.
What does high availability actually protect against?
A server failing. With two app servers behind a load balancer and a database standby, your site stays up if one server fails. It doesn't protect against a bad deploy or a bug in the site itself, because both servers run the same code. That's what rollback and backups are for, and every plan has those.
How do backups work?
Site files are backed up nightly. Sites with a database get scheduled dumps, daily by default, and each dump is read back to check it before it counts. The newest seven are kept on the server and copied to DigitalOcean Spaces, and restores are tested without touching the live database. Managed databases also keep their own provider backups.
What happens if you leave?
Give 30 days' notice and we'll help you move your site and its data out, wherever you're going next.
Not sure which plan?
Tell us about your site and we'll recommend one, including when the answer is "you don't need us".