How we host
What makes Stratus different, and why it matters for your site and your data.
Why choose Stratus
Six things we do on every plan, not just the expensive ones.
Your own private container
Every site runs in its own container with its own database and resource limits. A busy neighbor cannot slow you down.
Backups on redundant ZFS
Nightly point-in-time backups on redundant ZFS storage. Base keeps 14 nights, Boost 30 and Boost Plus 45. We also back up before every update or publish.
Staging first, always
Changes go to a private staging copy first. Nothing goes straight to your live site.
Cloudflare in front
Every hosted site sits behind Cloudflare with free SSL and protection from bad traffic before it reaches you.
Published limits and prices
Cores, RAM, disk, bandwidth and backups for every plan are on this site. No contract, no teaser rates.
A real person
You work directly with the person who sets up and runs your service.
The details
Uptime
We target 99.5% monthly uptime and publish our real numbers on our status page. A target, not a guarantee.
Payments
Card payments are handled by Stripe, Square, PayPal or WooPayments. Card details never touch our servers.
Email
We partner with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 for email, for the most reliable delivery.
Your data stays private
We do not look at your data and we do not track who you or your visitors talk to.
This site follows our client-site rules
This website follows the same rules we use for client sites.
- No trackers, ads or third-party scripts
- No outside fonts or content networks
- A strict content security policy and HTTPS everywhere
- Works with keyboards and screen readers, and respects reduced motion settings
Policies, in plain words
No contracts, anywhere. We are open and honest up front, so you know exactly what you are getting.
- Billed monthly, no contract, no teaser rates
- Leave or change plans whenever you need to
- Your domain is registered in your name
- Free migration on every hosting plan (not from Wix)
- Every plan's limits and price are published on this site
- You approve every website build and change on a private preview first
- Your files and site data are yours, and we do not look through them
Get your plan and price
Send a request from the Get started page. Every plan, price and spec is listed on this site.