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Cloud hosting that's easy to use

when you need scalable, flexible VPS capacity on demand

from just 6c/4p per hour or $44/£29 per month

Competitive prices
Flexible cloud server pricing

buy exactly the capacity you need, when you need it, by the hour or by monthly subscription.

Run Linux, Windows or any other OS and software
Cloud hosting on Linux and other OSs

standard installs of Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server 2008. Many open source install CDs available, including Red Hat Fedora Linux, FreeBSD and OpenSolaris.

US, Canadian and UK data centers
UK, US and Canadian cloud hosting

fast direct network links and data storage within local jurisdiction and data protection regimes for both European and North American customers.

100% SLA, 100x credits for any downtime
Cloud hosting with 100% uptime

100% availability guaranteed for your running cloud servers. Credit of 100 times the fees for any period of unavailability. See Terms of Service for legal terms.

Five independent availability zones
Cloud computing with built-in redundancy

completely independent systems in five locations across Europe and North America. Buy capacity on two or more for ultimate redundancy.

Cloud servers ideal for your task

Scalable web hosting
Cloud hosting that's flexible and scalable

instantly add cloud computing capacity for growth or peaks in demand.

Back up & disaster recovery
Cloud backups for continuous service

maintain backups in the cloud of your servers elsewhere, ready to bring online.

Prototypes & demos
Instant cloud server capacity

create prototypes & demos on our cloud servers for instant capacity, with no commitment and globally accessibility.

Cloud bursting
Cloud bursting to on-demand VPS capacity

burst to our on-demand virtual private server (VPS) capacity when your own servers are full.

Award-winning Best Cloud Servers

ElasticHosts award for Best Cloud Service ElasticHosts are proud winners of the award for Best Cloud Service at the Cloud Computing World Series Awards 2010.



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"You guys rock! Whenever there has been a question I have received prompt and competent replies that go beyond the average hosting support. I remember one time when I sent an email at midnight, not expecting an answer until the morning, I got one 3 minutes later... The ElasticHosts team is fast, efficient and highly professional. Keep up the amazing work!" -- Philip Hohn, Apparent Media


Cloud server media coverage

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ElasticHosts vs. Amazon EC2

  EH EC2
Configure VMs like hardware Y N
All storage persistent Y N
Fully flexible server sizing Y N
True static IPs Y N
Clean, simple API Y N