Managed delivery.keep what was built working. Evolve it as the business changes.
For UK businesses running custom applications that need someone watching the server, and a steady hand to evolve them.
Managed Delivery is the optional ongoing retainer that turns one good build into a system that still works in two years. A dedicated UK virtual server, fully managed, patched, monitored, and backed up. Plus continuous evolution of whatever was built: small fixes, regulatory changes, new integrations, the things that come up after the build ships. Nobody else on the box. No surprise downtime because another tenant is having a bad day. From £150 / month.
Fixed fees, no VAT (Orchestrix is not VAT-registered).
Managed VPS hosting is a dedicated UK virtual server that the bureau provisions, hardens, patches, monitors, and backs up daily. Built for custom web applications and automation pipelines that need predictable performance, real resource isolation, and someone watching the box at night. UK small businesses, fixed-fee from £150 per month, three-month minimum term.
One box.
Nobody else
on it..What’s the difference between VPS, shared hosting, and the cloud?
Shared hosting puts your application on a server with hundreds of other websites. It’s cheap because the hardware cost is split. It’s a problem when one of those other sites does something memory-intensive and your application slows down, or goes offline, for reasons completely outside your control. That’s the “noisy neighbour” problem. A VPS (a virtual private server: your own dedicated machine in a UK data centre, not shared with anyone else) gives you a dedicated slice of hardware: your own CPU, your own RAM, your own storage. Nobody else’s workload touches yours.
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) are powerful but genuinely complex to run correctly. They reward engineers who work with them full-time. For a small business running one custom application, the overhead of managing a cloud deployment (IAM policies, autoscaling groups, load balancers, cost monitoring) is rarely worth it. A managed VPS is simpler, predictable in cost, and easier to understand.
Honest caveat: if you’re running a standard marketing brochure site, you probably don’t need a VPS. Vercel, Netlify, and shared hosting are fine for that. The managed VPS is for businesses running custom web applications (usually built by Orchestrix) that need predictable performance, proper backups, and someone watching the box at night.
“Nobody should be chasing a server at 11pm. That’s what the retainer is for.”
Set up once.
Runs quietly.What does managed hosting actually cover?
The managed hosting setup follows four steps. After that, it’s a background service: patched, monitored, and reported on monthly without requiring your attention.
Provision
A new VPS is provisioned in a UK data centre. OS installed, hardened, firewall configured, SSH keys set up. Monitoring and backup tooling deployed. Takes about a day.
- →UK data centre
- →OS hardening
- →Firewall configuration
- →Monitoring setup
Migrate
Your application is deployed and tested in parallel with the old environment. DNS is cut over in a scheduled window when everything is confirmed stable. Old server decommissioned afterwards.
- →Parallel deployment
- →Testing
- →Scheduled DNS cutover
- →Decommission old server
Monitor
Uptime monitoring, resource usage tracking, and alert routing. If the server goes down or a resource hits a critical threshold, the alert comes to Orchestrix, not to you.
- →Uptime monitoring
- →Resource alerts
- →Error log monitoring
- →SSL renewal
Maintain
OS patching, security updates, daily backup verification, and a monthly report. If something needs attention, it gets handled. Fixed monthly fee, no surprise extras.
- →OS patching
- →Security updates
- →Backup verification
- →Monthly report
What you get.
The managed hosting retainer covers a defined set of services. Everything in this list is included in the monthly fee.
- D.01A dedicated VPS in a UK data centreTier 3 facility, London default. Data stays in the UK.
- D.02Automated daily backups with offsite storageSeven-day retention as standard. Longer retention available.
- D.03OS patching and security updatesApplied on a tested, scheduled basis, not automatically in production
- D.04Uptime monitoring with alertsAlert goes to Orchestrix, not to you, unless it’s your problem to fix
- D.05SLA-backed incident responseResponse time agreed at contract stage, typically four business hours
- D.06Monthly reportUptime, resource usage, backups verified, incidents (if any)
- D.07SSL certificate managementRenewed automatically, never expires unexpectedly
Why a VPS, not the cloud?
There are three reasonable hosting tiers for an SMB application. Each one wins in a different scenario:
- Shared hosting (or Vercel/Netlify) for marketing sites
A static brochure site or a small Next.js marketing site doesn’t need a VPS. Vercel and Netlify auto-scale, charge nothing or very little for low-traffic sites, and remove all the ops work. If your application is “show pages and capture emails”, this tier is genuinely better.
- Managed VPS (the bureau’s tier) for custom apps
Custom web applications, automation pipelines, database-backed tools, anything that needs a real Linux box you control. A £150/month managed VPS gives you predictable performance, real resource isolation, and a server someone is watching. Most SMB custom builds land here.
- Full cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) for enterprise scale
The hyperscale clouds make sense when you genuinely need autoscaling groups, regional failover, complex networking, or compliance frameworks the cloud providers ship out of the box. For UK SMBs running one custom app, the operational complexity (and the bill at month-end if usage spikes) usually makes these the wrong tier.
- The honest framing
A £15/month shared host can run a brochure site forever. A £150/month managed VPS comfortably runs the kind of custom app the bureau builds. A £3,000/month AWS bill is the wrong answer for 99% of UK SMB workloads. The bureau will tell you which tier your application belongs in at the triage.
Is this right
for you?
- →You’re running a custom web application that outgrew shared hosting
- →You need predictable, dedicated performance, no noisy neighbours
- →You’ve been bitten by unexpected downtime from shared infrastructure before
- →Nobody on your team has the bandwidth to manage a server
- →Your application handles data that must stay in the UK
- ×You’re running a standard marketing brochure site. Shared hosting or Vercel is fine and cheaper
- ×You need AWS or Azure-scale distributed infrastructure. A managed VPS isn’t the right tool
- ×You want to manage the server yourself and just need the hardware. There are cheaper unmanaged options
- ×The application doesn’t exist yet. Start with a build, add hosting when it ships
Questions the bureau gets.
- Do I actually need a dedicated server?
- Probably not, if you’re running a standard marketing brochure site. Shared hosting or a static deployment on Vercel or Netlify is perfectly fine for most small business websites. The managed VPS makes sense when you’re running a custom web application, a database-backed tool, or automation pipelines that run on a schedule: things that need predictable performance, real resource isolation, and someone watching the box. If you’re not sure, the triage conversation will tell you.
- Where is the server physically located?
- UK data centres only. The default is a Tier 3 facility in London. If there’s a specific data residency requirement (GDPR, client contractual terms), that gets documented and accommodated in the setup.
- What if I already have a server?
- If you have an existing server that’s running an Orchestrix-built application, the managed hosting service can be extended to cover it (patching, backups, monitoring) without migrating to a new VPS. If the existing server is on outdated hardware or an EOL OS, migration might be the cleaner answer. Either way, it starts with a conversation.
- Can you migrate my existing application?
- Yes. Migration is a standard part of the onboarding for managed hosting. The process is: provision the new server, deploy and test in parallel, cut the DNS over in a scheduled window, decommission the old server once the new one is confirmed stable. No extended downtime.
- What’s in the £150?
- The base fee covers the VPS hardware cost, OS patching and security updates, automated daily backups with offsite storage, uptime monitoring with alerts, a monthly report, and first-response on issues within the agreed SLA window. Additional resource (CPU, RAM, storage) is quoted separately if the application grows.
- Is there a minimum term?
- The minimum term is three months. After that, the retainer runs monthly and can be cancelled with 30 days’ notice. There’s no lock-in contract beyond that. If you want to move the application elsewhere, Orchestrix will provide full documentation of the server configuration and help with the migration.
Ready for hosting
that just works?
The 15-minute triage is free. Describe what you’re running and what’s breaking, and you’ll get an honest answer on whether managed hosting is the right fit, and what it’ll cost. No pitch. No deck.