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Updated: Stress Free Managed Hosting Options (Fediverse)

I previously typed up a list of companies people could setup their own Fediverse instance using:

However, many companies have closed registrations, some that have closed have reopened, others are not recommended (due to customer support or exorbitant pricing) & others have regional restrictions for clients (just the European Union).

I am also featuring companies who highlight instances they support, along with affordable prices & (if available) server locations.

So here is an updated (& recommended) list. I am also posting the video I created last time here as well.

Open To Clients Worldwide

Toot.io
– Instances Supported: Mastodon
– Social: @jan@toot.io
– Server locations
– Germany 🇩🇪
– Finland 🇫🇮
– United States 🇺🇸

Hostdon
– Instances Supported:
– Mastodon
– Pleroma
– Social: @hostdon@mstdn.hostdon.jp & @hostdon_tw@twitter.com
– Server locations
– Japan 🇯🇵
– Singapore 🇸🇬

12VPX
– Instances Supported: Mastodon, Soapbox & Pixelfed
– Social: @12vpx@twitter.com & @12vpx@social.12vpx.com
– Server locations
– Australia 🇦🇺
– Austria 🇦🇹
– Belgium 🇧🇪
– Bulgaria 🇧🇬
– Canada 🇨🇦
– Czech 🇨🇿
– Denmark 🇩🇰
– France 🇫🇷
– Germany 🇩🇪
– Greece 🇬🇷
– China 🇨🇳
– Hungary 🇭🇺
– India 🇮🇳
– Ireland 🇮🇪
– Israel 🇮🇱
– Italy 🇮🇹
– Japan 🇯🇵
– Lithuania 🇱🇹
– Latvia 🇱🇻
– Netherlands 🇳🇱
– New Zealand 🇳🇿
– Moldova 🇲🇩
– Norway 🇳🇴
– Poland 🇵🇱
– Romania 🇷🇴
– Russia 🇷🇺
– Singapore 🇸🇬
– Serbia 🇷🇸
– Slovenia 🇸🇮
– South Africa 🇿🇦
– South Korea 🇰🇷
– Spain 🇪🇸
– Sweden 🇸🇪
– Switzerland 🇨🇭
– Taiwan 🇹🇼
– Thailand 🇹🇭
– Turkey 🇹🇷
– United Kingdom 🇬🇧
– United States 🇺🇸

Ungleich
– Instances Supprted:
– Mastodon
– Matrix
– Social: @ungleich@ipv6.social & @ungleich@twitter.com
– Server location: Switzerland 🇨🇭

DirectHosting
– Instance Supported: Mastodon
– Social: @directhostingca@twitter.com
– Server location: Canada 🇨🇦

WebApe
– Instances Supported: Displayed on home page
– Mastodon
– Peertube
– Nextcloud
– Matrix
– Jitsi Meet
– Friendica
– Social: @webape@social.trom.tf
– Server locations:
– Germany 🇩🇪
– United States 🇺🇸

Cloud68
– Instances Supported:
– Funkwhale
– NextCloud
– Peertube
– WriteFreely
– Social: @cloud68@fosstodon.org & @cloud68hq@twitter.com

European Residents Only

These are companies that will only accept customers residing in the European Union 🇪🇺 & Switzerland 🇨🇭.

Ossrox
– Instances Supported:
– Mastodon
– Matrix
– Nextcloud
– Jitsi Meet
– Social: @ossrox@mastodon.business & @ossroxorg@twitter.com
– Server location: Germany 🇩🇪 (I think)

Weingartner IT Services
– Instances Supported:
– Castopod
– Mobilizon
– Pixelfed
– Matrix
– Funkwhale (displayed on homepage)
– Peertube (displayed on homepage)
– Social: @weingaertner_it@dresden.network
– Server locations: Germany 🇩🇪 (I presume)

Managed Hosting From The Creators

Something I wish was more common were creators offering managed hosting to users. Here are a few that do this:

Write.as
– Note: I use their service to host my instance & I highly recommend them.
– Instances supported: WriteFreely (on their webpage)
– Social: @write_as@writing.exchange & @writeas__@twitter.com
– Server location: United States 🇺🇸

Element
– Note: I use their service & I highly recommend them
– Instance Supported: Matrix
– Social: @element_hq@twitter.com & @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org

Nextcloud
– Instances Supported: Nextcloud (on their homepage)
– Social: @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz & @nextclouders@twitter.com

Bookwyrm
– Instances: Bookwyrm
– Social: @bookwyrm@tech.lgbt

Any Others‽

I will try to list more open managed hosting options as I find them, although feel free to let me know of any others that exist (especially for Pixelfed & Bookwyrm!).

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