Managed Cloud Servers

Managed cloud servers, without the management

Dedicated CPU and memory that belongs to you alone, on infrastructure we run, patch, monitor and back up — right up to keeping the plugins on your site current. No setup fee, cancel any time.

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Starting @ $89/mo

Who this is for

Three situations where a managed server is the right answer.

Outgrowing shared or managed WordPress

Your site is fine until traffic spikes, and then it isn’t. A dedicated tier means your resources aren’t shared with anyone.

Running something that isn't WordPress

Applications, APIs, staging fleets, internal tools. A managed server gives you the environment without the maintenance burden.

Consolidating a hosting estate

One server, one invoice, one team accountable for it — instead of four providers and no single owner.

Plans

Current pricing, billed monthly or annually. Annual plans include two months free.

Server S

2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD

$89/mo

or $854.40/year — save 20%

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✓2 dedicated vCPU
✓4 GB memory
✓50 GB SSD storage
✓Managed patching and backups

What “fully managed” actually covers

“Managed” is the most abused word in hosting, so here is the exact line between our job and yours.

We handle

Operating system provisioning, patching and security updates
WordPress core, theme and plugin updates on your site — applied and checked, not left to you
24/7 infrastructure monitoring with alerting
Automated backups and restore on request
Firewall configuration and hardening
Uptime and resource monitoring
Migration of your first site or application onto the server

You keep control of

Your application, your code, your deployment process
Root/sudo access on request
Which plugins you run — we keep them current, you decide what's installed
Choice of stack and versions
Full data portability — your data is yours, and you can take it with you

INCLUDED, NOT AN ADD-ON

Plugin updates are our job, not yours

Your plugins are where the risk actually lives — and on a server you own outright, keeping them current is still our job, not something we hand back to you.

91%

of new WordPress vulnerabilities last year were in plugins — not core, not themes.

Patchstack, State of WordPress Security in 2026

is what managed plugin updates add to your bill. On most managed hosts this is a paid add-on, typically $3 to $10 per site per month.

Included on every Apex cloud server, from $89

Root, too

you keep sudo access and decide what’s installed. We keep what’s installed current, and a person fixes it if an update breaks something.

Managed updates, not just automated ones

Source: Patchstack, State of WordPress Security in 2026.

Replacing a VPS

A traditional VPS gives you a slice of a shared machine and leaves the maintenance to you. Apex cloud servers give you dedicated allocations of CPU and memory, and we run the layer beneath your application. If you’re currently paying for an unmanaged VPS plus your own time to keep it patched, the real comparison isn’t the monthly price — it’s the price plus the hours.

Moving from a VPS? We’ll migrate your first site or application at no cost.

Replacing a dedicated server

Dedicated hardware means paying for peak capacity every month of the year, and a hardware fault means a physical repair. Our cloud servers give you dedicated resources with none of that: capacity scales when you need it, and a failed host is replaced rather than repaired.

If you need genuine single-tenant isolation for compliance reasons, that’s Apex Private Cloud — talk to us.

Infrastructure and uptime

Apex runs on enterprise cloud infrastructure in our US West region, engineered for 99.999% availability. Our published guarantee is 99.9% uptime, and it’s a contractual commitment, not a marketing figure.

Questions

Can I get root access?

Yes, on request. Managed doesn't mean locked out.

What happens if I exceed my bandwidth allowance?

You're billed $0.15/GB for the overage. We alert you before you get there, and moving up a tier is prorated.

Can I run something other than WordPress?

Yes. These are general-purpose managed servers.

Do you migrate me?

Your first site or application, at no cost.

Do you really update my plugins?

Yes — core, themes and plugins, as part of the plan, at no extra charge. You decide what's installed; we keep it current. If a paid plugin's licence has lapsed we can't update it, so we'll tell you rather than leave it quietly out of date.

Can I change plans later?

Up or down, any time, with the difference prorated.

How is this different from your managed WordPress plans?

Managed WordPress is a platform tuned for one job, and it's the better choice for most WordPress sites. Cloud servers are for workloads that need dedicated resources or an environment we don't preconfigure. If you're not sure, ask — we'll tell you honestly which one fits.

Not sure which tier?

Tell us what you’re running and we’ll size it for you — no obligation. If one of these fits better, we’ll say so.

Managed WordPress

If you’re running WordPress and nothing else, this is the better answer for most sites. Five plans, from $29 a month.

Apex Private Cloud

If you need genuine single-tenant isolation for compliance reasons, or a larger estate sized to order. Quoted per project.