This list of Managed Hosting Service companies is for those of you who lack the time or technical expertise/patience to setup your own Mastodon (or Pixelfed, Peertube, etcetera) instances underneath your own domain.
Update (22/11/2022): Updated list by adding Element, Cloud68 & NextCloud (near the bottom).
Digital Ocean
– Update: Digital Ocean is technically not managed hosting, but some managed hosting companies use them. However, they are lackluster when it comes to updates so I recommend avoiding them for now.
– Instances supported: Mastodon
– Social: @digitalocean@mastodon.social (maybe‽) & @digitalocean@twitter.com
– Server/Office locations
– Canada 🇨🇦
– United States 🇺🇸
– Mexico 🇲🇽
– Netherlands 🇳🇱
– United Kingdom 🇬🇧
– Germany 🇩🇪
– Pakistan 🇵🇰
– India 🇮🇳
– Australia 🇦🇺
– Japan 🇯🇵
– Singapore 🇸🇬
Toot.io
– Instances Supported: Mastodon
– Social: @jan@toot.io
– Note: They do host Brighteon Social (an infamous instance), but they are able to host & scale large instances.
– Server locations
– Germany 🇩🇪
– Finland 🇫🇮
– United States 🇺🇸
RightForge
– Note: No Mastodon page, but they do host Donald Trump’s infamous Truth Social network. They can also handle large scale instances.
– Server locations
– United States 🇺🇸
– Singapore 🇸🇬
– Romania 🇷🇴
– Australia 🇦🇺
– Germany 🇩🇪
– South Africa 🇿🇦
– United Kingdom 🇬🇧
– China 🇨🇳
– Japan 🇯🇵
– United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
– Poland 🇵🇱
– Chile 🇨🇱
– Spain 🇪🇸
– Canada 🇨🇦
– Netherlands 🇳🇱
– Brazil 🇧🇷
– France 🇫🇷
– India 🇮🇳
Zojax
– Instances Supported: Mastodon
– Social: @zojax@twitter.com
– Server/Office location: United States 🇺🇸 (they use Amazon Web Services)
Hostdon
– Instances Supported:
– Mastodon
– Pleroma
– Social: @hostdon@mstdn.hostdon.jp & @hostdon_tw@twitter.com
– Server locations
– Japan 🇯🇵
– Singapore 🇸🇬
Spacebear federation
– Instances Supported:
– Mastodon
– Hometown
– Pixelfed
– Peertube
– Pleroma
– WriteFreely
– Social: @support@social.spacebear.ee
– Office location: Estonia 🇪🇪 (Uses Digital Ocean, OVH, Scaelway & Vultr servers)
Fedi Monster
– Note: As of this post, they are not accepting new clients (too many signed up!), but they host my Pixelfed Instance & are super awesome!
– Instances Supported (listed on homepage):
– Mastodon
– Pixelfed
– GoToSocial
– Server/Office location: Germany 🇩🇪 (I presume)
12VPX
– Instance Supported: Mastodon
– Social: @12vpx@twitter.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 🇨🇦
iND!E Hosters
– Instance Supported: Mastodon (no page listed, but confirmed over Mastodon)
– Social: @IndieHosters@mastodon.indie.host & @indiehosters@twitter.com
– Server location:
– Germany 🇩🇪
– France 🇫🇷 (office location)
MastoHost
– Instance Supported: Mastodon (shown on homepage)
– Note: They are currently not accepting new clients (too many signed up!). They host my Mastodon instance.
– Social: @mastohost@mastodon.social
– Server location: France 🇫🇷
Stuxhost
– Instances Supported: No official listings on business site, but they freely host several instances including:
– Mastodon: MSTDN.social & Masto.ai
– Pixelfed: Pixey.org
– Misskey: MissKey.ai
– Maybe more?
– Social: @Stuxhost@mstdn.social & @stuxhost@twitter.com
– Server locations
– Netherlands 🇳🇱
– Germany 🇩🇪
– Finland 🇫🇮
Ossrox
– Note: Only accepts clients in the European Union 🇪🇺 & Switzerland 🇨🇭
– Instances Supported:
– Mastodon
– Matrix
– Nextcloud
– Jitsi Meet
– Social: @ossrox@mastodon.business & @ossroxorg@twitter.com
– Server location: Germany 🇩🇪 (I think)
WebApe
– Instances Supported: Displayed on home page
– Mastodon
– Peertube
– Nextcloud
– Matrix
– Jitsi Meet
– Friendica
– Social: @webape@social.trom.tf
– Server locations:
– Germany 🇩🇪
– United States 🇺🇸
Cloudplane
– Instances Supported: Listed on the apps page
– Mastodon
– Nextcloud
– Social: @cloudplane@corp.social
– Server location: Germany 🇩🇪
Hostman
– Instances Supported:
– Mastodon
– Pixelfed
– Matrix
– Peertube
– Social: @hostman_com@twitter.com
– Server location: United States 🇺🇸 (uses Amazon Web Services & DigitalOcean)
Weingartner IT Services
– Note: They are currently full & no longer accepting new clients. They also only accept clients from Europe
– Instances Supported:
– Castopod
– Mobilizon
– Pixelfed
– Matrix
– Funkwhale (displayed on homepage)
– Peertube (displayed on homepage)
– Server locations: Germany 🇩🇪 (I presume)
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
Cloud68
– Instances Supported:
– Funkwhale
– NextCloud
– Peertube
– WriteFreely
– Social: @cloud68@fosstodon.org & @cloud68hq@twitter.com
Nextcloud
– Instances Supported: Nextcloud (on their homepage)
– Social: @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz & @nextclouders@twitter.com
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