Fully managed Australian VPS servers backed by Skyrack's team of WHM & cPanel certified experts. We take care of software updates, backups and 24/7 monitoring
A managed VPS gives you dedicated resources with the server work done for you. With more than 14 years of expertise in the web hosting industry, we've crafted a high-performance VPS hosting platform optimised for speed and reliability.
Whether you're a growing business, a developer requiring more resources, or managing resource-intensive applications, we can tailor a VPS solution to meet your specific needs. Our cutting-edge infrastructure and technical know-how ensure that your VPS is fast, secure, and dependable, giving you the power and flexibility to take your online projects to the next level.
Easily scale as you grow with our free migration service
Our real-time server security system ensures your website is constantly protected from potential threats. We use Imunify360, a leading security platform designed to safeguard websites from malware, brute force attacks, and other malicious activities. This also includes advanced traffic filtering, blocking harmful bots and malicious traffic before they reach your site. With real-time monitoring and automated threat detection, your site remains secure without you having to lift a finger or install additional and often disruptive WordPress security plugins.
Our Sales & Support Team is 100% Australian-based and dedicated to providing prompt, friendly, and knowledgeable assistance. With years of experience in web hosting and WordPress development, our support specialists are well-equipped to handle any issue you might face. Whether it’s troubleshooting, guidance on best practices, or expert recommendations, our team is committed to delivering solutions quickly and effectively, ensuring your website operates smoothly. Paid AD HOC support is also available for issues outside the support scope or for security hardening and speed optimisations.
Our Server Administration Team consists of highly skilled professionals with extensive experience managing complex hosting environments. They monitor our infrastructure 24/7, ensuring that any potential issues are identified and resolved or mitigated as swiftly as possible. With expertise in server management, security protocols, and WordPress optimisation, our admins are dedicated to maintaining peak performance, reliability, and security across all Skyrack hosting and domain related services.
Hourly backups of your hosting account and data are performed every hour during peak times (4am to 9pm Australian Eastern time) and stored off-site, so you don’t have to worry about managing them yourself. Data restoration for these backups is self-service through cPanel (Acronis). All with all hosting services, it is the responsibility of the customer to maintain a relatively recent copy of all data stored on their service at all times in case of an event where backups become inaccessible.
| Spec | VPS 1 | VPS 2 | VPS 3 | VPS 4 | VPS 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vCPU | 4 vCPU | 8 vCPU | 16 vCPU | 24 vCPU | 48 vCPU |
| Storage | 50GB Enterprise SSD | 100GB Enterprise SSD | 300GB Enterprise SSD | 500GB Enterprise SSD | 1,000GB Enterprise SSD |
| RAM | 4GB ECC | 8GB ECC | 16GB ECC | 32GB ECC | 64GB ECC |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Management | Fully managed | Fully managed | Fully managed | Fully managed | Fully managed |
| Control panel | cPanel and WHM | cPanel and WHM | cPanel and WHM | cPanel and WHM | cPanel and WHM |
| Backups | Hourly off-site Backups | Hourly off-site Backups | Hourly off-site Backups | Hourly off-site Backups | Hourly off-site Backups |
| Price | $199 per month | $299 per month | $499 per month | $899 per month | $1,399 per month |
On a fully managed VPS the Skyrack team looks after the server so you can focus on your sites and applications. You get the control of a VPS without having to be a system administrator.
Not sure you need a VPS yet? Read shared hosting or a VPS: when do you need one, or look at our cPanel hosting for smaller sites.
Shared hosting is the right start for most sites. Consider a VPS when your site has outgrown shared resources, when you run resource-intensive applications, or when you host many client sites and want them on one server with dedicated resources.
Our guide VPS vs shared hosting: when do you need a VPS walks through the signs. If you resell hosting to clients, reseller hosting may fit better.
Fully managed means our team handles software updates, 24/7 monitoring, hourly off-site backups and security patching, with help migrating your sites. Each plan includes WHM and cPanel and outbound mail filtering. You keep the control of a VPS without needing to administer the operating system yourself.
Move to a VPS when your site is slowing down on shared resources, when you run heavy applications or large databases, or when you host many sites for clients. A VPS gives you dedicated CPU, RAM and storage. Our VPS vs shared hosting guide covers the signs in more detail.
Servers are in a Sydney data centre, and Skyrack is Australian owned, with our team operating between Sydney and Adelaide. That keeps latency low for Australian visitors and your data in the country. Read more on our data centres page, and see our DNS network for how lookups are served nationwide.
VPS 1 (4 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 50GB SSD, $199) suits small to medium sites. VPS 2 (8 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 100GB, $299) suits growing sites and stores. VPS 3 (16 vCPU, 16GB, 300GB, $499) suits busy sites and agencies. VPS 4 and VPS 5 are for large databases and demanding workloads. You can upgrade as you grow.
Yes. The Skyrack team migrates up to 20 existing cPanel accounts per calendar month for free, generally without downtime. We copy your sites, email and databases, test them on the new server and then guide the DNS switch. cPanel-to-cPanel migrations are free; ask us about other platforms. Whether you are coming from shared hosting or another VPS, start with our free migration service.
Yes. WHM and cPanel are included on every VPS plan, so you can create cPanel accounts for each site or client and manage them separately. That makes a VPS a good fit for agencies hosting many sites. If you only need to resell hosting at smaller scale, see our reseller hosting plans.
Managed VPS plans run from $199 to $1,399 a month. That is more than shared hosting because you get dedicated resources and the management is included: our team handles software updates, monitoring, backups and security patching. We invest heavily in the platform so that fewer problems reach you or us, which keeps our running costs down and is reflected in the price. If your site is small, WordPress hosting from $4.98 a month is usually the better value. Move to a VPS when you need the extra resources.
Our service level agreement sets a guaranteed uptime of 99% each month for VPS hosting, and the full terms are on our service level agreement page. You can check how our services are running at any time on our public status page. Servers use Enterprise SSD storage with hourly off-site backups as a safety net. There are no lock-in contracts, so you can review the service for yourself without being tied in.
If you ask within 30 days of placing your order, we refund your hosting payment in full to your original payment method. Request it by opening a ticket with our Accounts and Billing department. The refund covers VPS hosting plans; domain names, SSL certificates and licences are not refundable. Refunds are subject to approval under our terms of service.