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Product
Hostwinds describes a cloud server as a virtual private server on its cloud platform with dedicated resources.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Security
Hostwinds says its cloud firewall is managed externally from the server and controls which traffic can access it.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · hostwinds.com
Founded
2010Read 28 Sep 2026 · hostwinds.com
Access
Linux cloud servers include root access and Windows cloud servers include full administrator access.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Applications
The product page lists one-click applications including Drupal, Joomla, Minecraft, OpenVPN, WordPress, LEMP, and LAMP.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Backups and monitoring
Hostwinds describes nightly backups and 24/7 cloud server monitoring that automatically generates a support ticket if an issue occurs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Control panel and API
The Cloud Control Portal provides server management tools including DNS, firewalls, volumes, snapshots, load balancers, IP management, object storage, and an API.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Included features
The listed features included with all cloud servers include 1 Gbps ports, solid state drives, snapshots, 99.9999% uptime, custom ISOs, and an enterprise firewall.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Migrations
Hostwinds offers website migrations for cloud servers during their initial 60 days of service.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Operating systems
The product page lists Debian, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Windows as operating system choices.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Provisioning
The product page says a server can be up and running in seconds.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Scaling
Hostwinds says server resources can be increased instantly by upgrading to the next cloud server tier.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Support availability
Hostwinds says experts are available 24/7/365 for assistance.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
Support limit
Hostwinds documentation says unmanaged cloud servers receive no support assistance from staff and are intended for customers knowledgeable about their selected operating system.Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com

Plans and prices

1 CPU · 1 GB RAM $0.01, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 1 CPU · 1 GB RAM · 30 GB storage · 1 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
1 CPU · 2 GB RAM $0.01, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 1 CPU · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB storage · 2 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
2 CPU · 4 GB RAM $0.03, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 2 CPU · 4 GB RAM · 75 GB storage · 2 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
2 CPU · 6 GB RAM $0.04, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 2 CPU · 6 GB RAM · 100 GB storage · 2 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
4 CPU · 8 GB RAM $0.05, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 4 CPU · 8 GB RAM · 150 GB storage · 3 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
4 CPU · 12 GB RAM $0.07, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 4 CPU · 12 GB RAM · 200 GB storage · 4 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
6 CPU · 16 GB RAM $0.11, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 6 CPU · 16 GB RAM · 300 GB storage · 5 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
8 CPU · 32 GB RAM $0.17, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 8 CPU · 32 GB RAM · 400 GB storage · 6 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
12 CPU · 64 GB RAM $0.30, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 12 CPU · 64 GB RAM · 500 GB storage · 8 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com
16 CPU · 96 GB RAM $0.46, paid once Hourly rate; billed for usage 16 CPU · 96 GB RAM · 750 GB storage · 9 TB bandwidth Read 11 Oct 2026 · hostwinds.com

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