Start in the free Hobby sandbox, put a first site online with Starter, and move through Launch, Business, and Enterprise as the workload grows. The homepage explains why HA matters; this page keeps the pricing decision clean.
The website plan covers the CloudSite itself. Email, databases, HA, and extra regions stay separate so customers can add only what they use.
For trying the new platform and building before a public launch.
For personal projects and small sites ready to move beyond a sandbox.
For growing production sites that need more room without extra operations tooling.
For growing production apps that need monitoring, backups, metrics, and stronger support.
For customers that need premium support, architecture planning, and room for high-demand apps.
A simple version of the decision tree: free for testing, Starter for a first public site, Launch for growth, Business for operations, and Enterprise for critical accounts.
| Feature | Hobby | Starter | Launch | Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | Free | $15 | $29 | $99 | $249 |
| SLA target | 99.99% | 99.99% | 99.99% | 100% | 100% |
| Public website | Sandbox only | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom domain and SSL | Preview only | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Zones | Preview | 1 zone | 1 zone | Business capacity | Premium capacity |
| Monitoring and alerting | - | - | - | Included | Included |
| Backups, logs, and metrics | - | - | - | Included | Included |
| Database browser tools | - | - | - | Included | Included |
| High availability add-on | - | - | $49/mo | $199/mo | $499/mo |
| Best fit | Testing | First public site | Growing production site | Growing business app | Critical workload |
These are separated from website plans so a customer with a simple site does not subsidize mailboxes, databases, multi-zone replicas, or premium support they do not use.
Load-balanced redundancy across zones, so a site keeps serving when a server, data center, or cloud has a bad day. One switch per site.
Each extra zone is another full copy of the site in another location, kept in sync and routed to automatically.
Mailbox hosting stays its own product. Turn it on per domain and manage mailboxes and aliases from the same panel.
Created in seconds with a connection string ready to paste. Browser query tool, credential resets, backup and restore.
High availability databases need a separate design because replication, log shipping, failover, and restore goals vary by workload.
Custom domains, a full DNS zone and record editor, and automatic Let's Encrypt certificates on production plans.
Monitoring, usage thresholds, logs, metrics, and alerting are part of the operations jump from Launch into Business.
Business and Enterprise are the path for priority help, migration planning, and architecture review.
Premium spam filtering, specialized runtimes, or dedicated customer environments stay modular until usage and cost are clear.
Start in the free Hobby sandbox, put your first site online with Starter, and add capacity, email, databases, or high availability as your business grows.