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Windows servers

Windows Server, sized to the job rather than to a tier

Full Administrator access over RDP, built from slices you choose at checkout. From $14.00 a month, and you resize later without rebuilding.

Administrator access RDP ASP.NET MSSQL 3 data centres
The product

One server, thirty-one sizes

Not three tiers with a gap between each. You pick a slice count from two to thirty-two and pay the slice price times the count.

HyperV Windows VPS — $7.00 per slice, per month

From $14.00 a month at the 2-slice minimum, up to $224.00 at 32 slices. Location and slice count are chosen at checkout, and the total is shown before you pay.

How slices work

One number decides the whole machine

Everything scales with the count except vCPU, which is one per two slices. The price is simply the slice price times the number.

Slices vCPU RAM SSD Transfer Per month
2 (minimum) 1 4 GB 80 GB 4 TB $14.00
4 2 8 GB 160 GB 8 TB $28.00
8 4 16 GB 320 GB 16 TB $56.00
16 8 32 GB 640 GB 32 TB $112.00
32 16 64 GB 1.28 TB 64 TB $224.00

Computed from the per-slice price rather than typed, so it cannot drift from billing. Windows starts at two slices because a single slice is 2 GB of RAM and Windows Server does not run comfortably in that.

What you choose, and what you do not
Data centreNew Jersey, Los Angeles or Dallas
Operating systemWindows - no other option on this product
Control panelNone - cPanel and Plesk are Linux
Administrator access and IPAlways included
Why Windows

Usually because something requires it

If nothing you run needs Windows, the Linux VPS is the same platform, starts at half the price and lets you pick the operating system.

01

Because the software demands it

ASP.NET, a legacy .NET application, an MSSQL database, or a desktop tool that only ships for Windows. If something you rely on requires Windows, that decides it - nothing else on this page matters.

02

Administrator access, not a panel

You get the machine over RDP and do what you like with it: install what you need, set your own policies, run scheduled tasks. There is no control panel in the way and none is offered.

03

Sized by slices, changed later

No plan to outgrow. Add slices when the load grows and the price follows the count - the same platform and the same arithmetic as our Linux servers.

Questions

About Windows servers

Not sure how many slices you need? Tell us what the application is and we will size it.

Is this a real dedicated machine?

No. It is Hyper-V virtualisation with resources allocated to you - full Administrator access and your own IP, but not bare metal. If you specifically need a physical machine, tell us and we will say honestly whether we can do it.

What is a slice?

One unit of server: 1 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM, 40 GB of SSD and 2 TB of transfer. Windows starts at two of them because it needs the memory, and goes up to thirty-two.

Why does it start at two slices when Linux starts at one?

Because a single slice is 2 GB of RAM, and Windows Server does not run comfortably in that. The minimum is set by the platform rather than by us wanting a higher entry price.

Can I choose the operating system?

Not on this product - it is Windows. If you want AlmaLinux, Ubuntu or Debian, that is the Linux VPS, which is the same platform with the OS choice unlocked and a lower starting point.

Do I get cPanel or Plesk?

No. Those are Linux control panels and neither is offered here. You administer the machine directly over RDP, which is how most people run Windows servers anyway.

Can I run MSSQL?

Yes - it is your server, so you install what you like. Licensing for SQL Server is between you and Microsoft; we provide the machine, not the database licence.

Where are the servers?

New Jersey, Los Angeles or Dallas. You choose at checkout, and it is worth picking the one nearest whoever uses the application.

Can I resize later?

Yes, that is the point of slices. Add or remove them without rebuilding, and the price follows the count.

Is it managed?

No. A server with Administrator access is yours to run. We look after the platform underneath it and answer at any hour if something at that level is wrong.

Tell us what has to run on it

A slice count is easy to get wrong in both directions. Say what the application is and we will suggest one - and you can change it later either way.