Managed Cloud Dedicated Server
from $57.34 a Month

A Managed Dedicated Cloud Server combines dedicated CPU resources (exclusively allocated cores) with MassiveGRID's full management service. Unlike shared resource servers, your CPU cores are never shared with other tenants, providing consistent performance for demanding workloads. The managed service includes 24/7 monitoring, security management, patching, and optimization by MassiveGRID's expert team.

Managed Dedicated Cloud Servers are ideal for businesses running CPU-intensive workloads that require predictable performance, such as large databases, high-traffic web applications, ERP systems, and data processing pipelines. If your application's performance depends on consistent CPU availability rather than burstable capacity, dedicated resources are the better choice.

Managed Dedicated Cloud Servers include priority support with faster response times compared to standard plans. This includes 24/7 proactive monitoring, emergency incident response, security patch management, performance optimization, and direct access to senior engineers for complex issues. Support is available via ticket system and live chat.

Yes, MassiveGRID offers free migration assistance for new Managed Dedicated Cloud Server customers. The migration team handles the transfer of your data, applications, and configurations with minimal downtime. They also verify that everything is working correctly after migration before the handover.

Windows Server Standard adds $6.00 per vCore a month, so a 2-vCore server moves from $57.34 to $69.34 and an 8-vCore server with 32 GB and 512 GB from $229.36 to $277.36. The SQL Server Web edition adds a further $8.50 per vCore: $86.34 a month for 2 vCores and 8 GB, $172.68 for 4 vCores and 16 GB, $345.36 for 8 vCores and 32 GB. Both licences are billed monthly with the server through our Microsoft hosting agreement, so there is nothing to buy up front and nothing left over when you cancel. The SQL Server hosting page has the full price table and edition comparison.

Yes, in three ways. SQL Server Express is free on any Windows Server configuration and covers databases up to 10 GB each. Order the server with the Windows + SQL Server Web option and the Web edition licence is included for databases behind public websites, web applications and APIs, which is what Microsoft's terms allow a hosting provider to license it for. For an internal line-of-business application you need SQL Server Standard: install your own licence on the evaluation configuration where your agreement permits it, or ask us for a quote.

We install the operating system, apply security patches and updates, harden the server, run daily backups with on-demand snapshots, monitor CPU, memory, disk, network and service health around the clock, and respond to incidents with priority support. The HA cluster restarts the server on another node within about two minutes of a hardware failure. Your applications and their data stay yours: deploying code, schema changes and application-level tuning are in your hands, and if you want us to administer a database or an application stack for you, open a ticket and we quote it per project.