Starlight™
Next-gen Virtual Machines
Select a virtual private server (VPS) with more power, flexibility, simplicity, and possibility.
Take effortless control
Stay on top of all your web applications with Starlight, which brings easier management.
Push your possibilities
Get the performance and scalability you need, exactly when you need it.
Switch off extra costs
Choose your own Virtual Machine and just pay for the time you use it.
Get started with your Virtual Machine
First choose your virtual private server configuration.
Standard
Small to medium-sized websites, blogs, or projects. Development and testing environments, and applications with balanced CPU and memory usage.
Starts from:
$0.007/hr
Estimated: $4.90/mo
CPU-optimized
For making more of your CPU: Media streaming, gaming servers, real-time data analytics, and hosting VPN servers.
Starts from:
$0.011/hr
Estimated: $7.91/mo
Memory-optimized
For making more of your RAM: High-performance databases, processing large datasets, and in-memory caches.
Starts from:
$0.032/hr
Estimated: $22.89/mo
Develop your own VPS
Choose and build everything you need in a virtual private server from Starlight.
Speed
Uptime
Performance
Scalability
Starlight Manager
Pay-as-you-go
Configure your plan
Select only what suits your needs.
Pay-as-you-go billing
Take control of all your payments with PAYG.
Bills for time used
Bills for time used
Just pay for the time you use your VM.
Costs that stay low
Costs that stay low
Keep things simple with monthly post-paid bills.
But you can still use:
- SMTP relay services that use different ports.
- Third-party email services, such as Spacemail.
- Mail broadcasters, like Mailchimp or Sendgrid.
- How will I be charged?
Our VM plans have monthly billing cycles with post-payment, so you will pay for the previous month, on an hourly basis. This means you will only pay for the time you use your VM — until it’s terminated.
- If I use my VM for less than a month, will I be charged for the whole month?
In any given month, you will only pay for the days that you use your virtual server for. This means you won’t be billed for the hours when you don’t have a server.
- Will I be charged when I enter my credit card?
If you use a credit card to pay for Starlight products, you will be billed monthly and not immediately.
- Why am I still billed when my Virtual Machine is switched off?
When your VM is switched off you are still billed because it’s still active and the resources are reserved for your use. However, if you terminate your VM then you will not be billed for it.
- Can I be notified if my VM exceeds a payment threshold?
We do not currently have a system to let you know when you have exceeded the Virtual Machine usage within the limits of your payment plan. However, we intend to make this possible in the near future, so keep checking our Starlight VM Updates.
- How can I remove my card from the account?
You can remove your card from your Spaceship account, but remember you must always have at least one valid payment method to enable a pay-as-you-go subscription.
Go to Payment Methods, where you can delete your card details manually. You can also go to Subscription Manager to ensure that your subscriptions don’t auto-renew.
- Can I be refunded for resources I don’t use?
Our billing is post-paid, so you’re only billed for the resources after you use them. This means a refund for unused resources won’t be needed.
Disclaimers
* VMs are charged monthly by the hour. The price depends on the number of hours used during the billing cycle. Note that the number of billable hours varies every month depending on the number of days. For months with 30 days, there are 720 hours.