Managed hosting for WordPress and PHP
Your website deserves a better host.
Fast, managed hosting for WordPress and business websites that just works, with a control panel you’ll actually enjoy using.
Plans from $9.99 / month. Free WordPress migration.
20+
years running Linux servers and hosting
2,800+
automated tests run on every update
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step-by-step help guides
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for SSL certificates, renewed for you
Why Ateculus
Hosting without the catch
Three things you won't get from a typical big host, and a few more below.
$34.99 today
$34.99 next year
The price stays the price
What you pay in month one is what you pay in month thirteen. Monthly, no contract, no setup fee.
Changed your mind? Undo it.
Make your staging copy live on Grow, Scale or Pro, and put the old site back any time in the next 7 days.
Backups only you can open
Every copy is encrypted with your passphrase before it's stored. Without it, nobody can restore it, us included.
| Website builders (Wix, Squarespace) | Typical big host | Ateculus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editing your site | An easy drag-and-drop editor | WordPress, with whatever you add | WordPress’s own editor, or a drag-and-drop builder like Elementor or Divi |
| Support | Help articles and chat, for their platform | Call centers and scripted replies | People with decades in hosting, from security to performance |
| Moving in | Usually rebuilt by hand in their editor | Hands-on help often costs extra | Free WordPress migration; hands-on help quoted up front |
| What you can run | Their builder and the apps in their store | Often WordPress only | WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Laravel or plain PHP |
| Your website | Lives on their platform, in their format | Shares a user with your other sites | Its own account, its own PHP and jailed SFTP and SSH |
| Where it runs | Wherever they host it | A fixed list of data centers | New York today; tell us where you need it and we’ll add it |
| Leaving | You can’t move the site itself to another host; at most some content exports | Usually possible, if it’s standard WordPress | Standard WordPress files and database: take them to any host, over SFTP or with any migration plugin |
A promo code takes money off for the period it states; after that you pay the normal monthly price.
The control panel
What's in the panel
No plugins to bolt on and no maze of menus. Everyday tasks are a click away, and the deeper controls, from SSH and cron to DNS records and PHP versions, are right there when you need them.
Ready to log into
WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or Laravel, installed with its database. Or start blank on PHP 8.4.
Build first, point later
Work on a temporary address, then point your domain when you're ready. The www version is added for you.
HTTPS on autopilot
Free Let's Encrypt certificates that renew themselves, or bring your own.
No ticket required
Create a database, copy its login, or reset its password yourself.
Backups only you can open
Encrypted with your passphrase before they're stored. Restore any copy in a couple of clicks.
Green, yellow, red
Usage bars turn yellow at 70% and red at 90%, so you see a limit coming.
Staging with an undo button
On Grow, Scale and Pro, try changes on a private copy, make it live, and undo that for 7 days.
Private while you build
Password-protect any website until it's ready to show the world.
Two-factor login
Protect every account with an authenticator app, with recovery codes for a lost phone.
From our founder
“I built the hosting I’d want to hand to a friend.”
When you write to us, you’re talking to the people who built every part of the platform. You get a straight answer from someone who knows how it works, not a script.
Will McInnis, Founder · Read Will’s story
Pricing
Four plans, monthly or yearly
Upgrade from the control panel whenever your website needs more room.
Launch
Everything You Need to Get Online.
$9.99 / month$99.90 / year
- 10 GB storage
- Standard capacity
- 250 GB monthly bandwidth
- 2 databases
- 7 retained backup copies
- Standard support
Grow
More Room for Your Business to Grow.
$19.99 / month$199.90 / year
- 25 GB storage
- Extra capacity
- 500 GB monthly bandwidth
- 5 databases
- 1 additional domain alias
- 14 retained backup copies
- Staging with a 7-day undo
- Standard support
Most Popular
Scale
Built for Bigger Things.
$34.99 / month$349.90 / year
- 50 GB storage
- Extra capacity
- 1 TB monthly bandwidth
- 10 databases
- 3 additional domain aliases
- 30 retained backup copies
- Staging with a 7-day undo
- Priority support
Pro
Serious Hosting for Serious Business.
$59.99 / month$599.90 / year
- 100 GB storage
- Max capacity
- 2 TB monthly bandwidth
- 25 databases
- 5 additional domain aliases
- 55 retained backup copies
- Staging with a 7-day undo
- Premium support
Capacity is how many page requests your website can work on at the same moment. Higher capacity keeps busy sites quick. Every plan includes the Ateculus Control Panel, SSL certificate management, and a temporary preview URL.
Prices in USD. Applicable taxes calculated at checkout. Currently available to customers in the United States.
For agencies
Hosting for agencies
Agency hosting on Ateculus gives you one pool of resources to share across your client websites, and an agency portal to manage them all.
- One dashboard for every client and website
- Pooled storage, bandwidth, databases, and domain aliases
- Create your own hosting packages for clients
- Agency branding options, with custom branded portals rolling out
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is Ateculus?
Ateculus is a managed website hosting company for small businesses and the agencies that build their websites. We host WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Laravel and PHP websites on our own servers, look after security, SSL and backups for you, and give you a control panel we built ourselves to manage them.
Can I host WordPress?
Yes. Choose WordPress when you create a website and it is installed for you, ready to log in with the admin account you choose. See WordPress Hosting.
Do I need technical experience?
No. Signing up creates your account and your website together, and everyday tasks like domains, SSL, backups, and databases are handled from the control panel. When you want more, the deeper tools are there too: SSH and SFTP, scheduled tasks (cron), DNS records, PHP versions and your own SSL certificates.
Does hosting include SSL?
Yes. Every plan includes SSL certificate management: issue a free Let’s Encrypt certificate from the control panel, or upload your own certificate.
Are email accounts included?
No. Ateculus hosting plans do not include email hosting. You can keep using your existing email provider with your domain.
Can I change my hosting plan?
Yes. You can change a website’s plan from the control panel. Upgrades take effect right away with a prorated charge; downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period.
Can you move my existing website?
Moving a WordPress site is free and easy. Download the migration plugin from your new website's page in the control panel, install it on your old site, and it copies itself over. Need a hand, or moving something other than WordPress? Contact us and we will help. Hands-on moves may have a cost, and we will tell you before any work starts.
Ready when you are
Get your website online
Pick a plan, add your domain, and your website is built as soon as checkout completes.
Currently available to customers in the United States.