What is Cloud SSD Development Hosting plan?

Our Cloud SSD Development web hosting plans are specially enhanced with specific tools and features that will speed up and ease the process of application development for our customers. The plans aim to provide a competitive environment for application development and, at the same time, to remove the need of application migrations from development to production environment. This means that the same package that is used for development can be then used for production.

Which is the correct Development Hosting Plan for my website?

The answer to this question depends entirely on the state your website is in. For example, if your website is still being developed and needs the specific tools that we provide, then you can opt for the initial entry Development Hosting plan called Start Dock. If the development of your website needs additional resources, the plan can be then upgraded to the next one in line - Web Warp or even the fastest one - Speed Reaper!

Will you transfer my development project to your Web Hosting Plans?

Every web hosting plan that we offer provides at least one free website transfer, so yes, we will gladly transfer your development project for free!

Are your Development Hosting plans different than your Cloud SSD Shared Hosting plans?

In their core, the services are the very same indeed. The purpose of our Development Hosting page is to reveal an actual use case of our Cloud SSD Shared Hosting plans. The development use case perfectly represents the vast amount of additional tools and features that we have put in our Cloud SSD Shared Hosting packages, and since developers mainly utilize these tools, the purpose of this page is fulfilled!

Do I need to upgrade my package when my website will go Live?

No, not at all. Our Development Hosting plans can be fully utilized as a production environment for your website. In fact, at their core, they are the very same Cloud SSD Shared hosting packages that our customers utilize for live websites.

Can I upgrade my Cloud SSD Development Hosting plan to Cloud SSD VPS or SSD Dedicated Server?

Yes, of course! The upgrade procedure requires our customers to submit a support ticket so our Technical Support Fleet can set up the new service and migrate free of charge all the content from the Development Hosting plan to the newly acquired service!

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Web Hosting Features
Websites	Single	Unlimited	Unlimited
Storage (NVMe)	15 GB	30 GB	40 GB
Bandwidth (Traffic) Acceptable Usage HostArmada does not impose any hard limitations on the Bandwidth your websites can generate. Using more than the Acceptable Bandwidth Usage for your Web Hosting Plan WILL NOT be billed by our system automatically and WILL NOT result in automated limitations put by our monitoring system in any form. The bandwidth value that we consider Acceptable derives from routine tests on our shared hosting servers and our long experience in the field. The nature of the shared hosting environment implies that many users share the available resources of the same web hosting server. Therefore, we must ensure that each user gets his fair share of hardware resources offered by his chosen plan and is not, by any means, limited to do so by other users hosted on the same infrastructure. With the above in mind, we need to guarantee that each of our customers utilizes an amount of bandwidth that does not harm the server's performance. Excessive bandwidth usage can affect resources such as CPU, RAM, and I/O operations, consequently hindering the other customers' experience. Utilizing a large amount of bandwidth can easily influence your own website's uptime and access to the resources mentioned above and can negatively impact other users by compromising the uptime of the server itself. Our tests so far have determined the following values for each plan of our shared hosting plans: Start Dock - Average Estimate: 3GB - Acceptable Usage: 30GB Web Warp - Average Estimate: 6GB - Acceptable Usage: 60GB Speed Reaper - Average Estimate: 9GB - Acceptable Usage: 90GB HostArmada has not designed its shared hosting plans to support projects generating higher amounts of bandwidth compared to what we believe is acceptable. We aim to live up to our values, and we want to provide fast, stable, and secure services to all our clients. We take this goal very seriously, and we do not compromise under any circumstances, especially if our user's experience is in jeopardy. We understand that bandwidth generation is not always a subject of organic traffic on your websites, as there may be other means that can lead to a spike in the bandwidth usage. We never ignore any signs of excessive bandwidth utilization, and before we inform our users, we gather the necessary data which our monitoring system collected. We prepare detailed reports that are easily readable by even the most non-technical clients. You can cross-reference the values we provide you with the AWstats feature in the cPanel service for your web hosting account. Our technical team is fully prepared to assist you with reducing the bandwidth generation as long as it is technically possible. Our monitoring system allows us to assess the bandwidth of every user closely. This information enables us to share this specific data with the customer whom it concerns and helps him figure out the best approach in his situation. In the case where the client has generated the bandwidth via organic traffic, we will recommend a solution that will handle and stimulate further growth of the website. Our experienced team has dealt with countless websites and is well aware of which solution will be the most optimal. One of our primary concerns is customer satisfaction and success. We have witnessed many users thriving due to our advice, and we observed a massive spike in their audience and conversion rate because of our suggestions. In scenarios where our clients are careless when provided with the detailed reports created by our monitoring system regarding their bandwidth generation, we will not hesitate to take the necessary actions. As we mentioned earlier, our server's stability, performance, and reliability are always our top priority. Refusing to cooperate with us to address the situation will conflict with what we aim to achieve. We will not tolerate such behavior as it will harm our brand and will put standards to question.	Аcceptable usage	Аcceptable usage	Аcceptable usage
Estimated Visitors per month Unique visitors This number is just a rough estimate of unique monthly visitors that will be optimal for a standard website to operate appropriately under the respective package. The provided value is not a hard limitation. Instead, it gives you an idea of which plan you should go for, based on your current traffic. It also allows you to plan and schedule ad campaigns that will help you expand your website's authority and raise visitor's awareness of your brand. Still, we have to consider that each website operates differently based on how you build it. A website with 500 visitors may use more resources compared to a website with 50 000. It depends on the code, the used visual theme, and the functional components - plugins, modules, etc. Here is a very basic example. Two websites: one is a blog, and the other is a website offering downloadable content. The blog could easily get 50 000 to 100 000 visitors as most of the content is text and images. The other website may only have a handful of visits each month, but the nature of its content predisposes it for higher bandwidth consumption. There are a lot of variables that our team acknowledges. There is no technical way to limit the number of visitors to your website and we do not employ similar policies that would hinder our users' growth.	~30 000	~60 000	~120 000
CPU Cores	2	4	6
RAM	2 GB	4 GB	6 GB
Resource Quotas	Start Dock Capabilities	Web Warp Capabilities	Speed Reaper Capabilities
Free Website Transfers	1	3	5
Multiple Hosting Locations
Moneyback Guarantee	45 Days	45 Days	45 Days

Domain Features
DNS Management
Domain Redirection
Free Private Nameservers
Addon Domains		Unlimited	Unlimited
Parked Domains (Aliases)	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Subdomains	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited

Caching and Loading Speed Features
Web Server
Web Server Cache	Static Files	Static Files	Static + Dynamic Files
HTTP Protocol	HTTP/2	HTTP/2	HTTP/3 (HTTP over QUIC)
Memcached
APC
OpCache
CloudFlare®	Supported	Supported	Supported
Mod_Expires
Mod_Rewrite SEO URLs
Browser Cache Optimization
Brotli Compression
KeepAlive

Security Features
Network Firewall
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Advanced Firewall with herd immunity
Proactive Defense
Next-gen IDS / IPS
Hardened PHP
Brute-Force Protection
Malware Protection
Virus/Malware Scanning
Hotlink Protection
Directory Password Protection
Client Area TFA
CageFS
Web Hosting Account Isolation
Cloud Linux
Daily Backups	7	14	21
Live Server Monitoring	24/7/365	24/7/365	24/7/365

Technical Support Features
24/7/365 Availability
Reachable over Ticketing/Phone/Chat
OpenSource Applications Installation/Update
OpenSource Plugin/Module Installation/Update
Free Website Transfers	1	3	5
Free SSL Installation
Hacked Website Restore
Website Development Assistance
Website Consultation

cPanel - Enabled Features
cPanel Version	Latest Stable	Latest Stable	Latest Stable
1-Click Application Installer	Softaculous	Softaculous	Softaculous
Account Restoration from Backup
FTP Accounts	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
FTP Connection Management
File Manager
Directory Privacy
Git Version Control
MySQL Databases
Remote MySQL
Domains / Subdomains / Aliases / Redirects
DNS Zone Editor
Resource Usage
Multiple PHP Versions	8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 5.6	8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 5.6	8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 5.6
PHP Version Manager
Cron Jobs

SSL Features
Free SSL from Sectigo
cPanel Auto SSL
CloudFlare Free SSL
Free SNI (Server Name Indicator)

Email Features
Email Accounts	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Email Forwarders
Catch-all Emails
Webmail
Email Aliases
Protocols: IMAP/POP3/SMTP
Autoresponders
Filters
Email DNS Records(MX/SPF/DKIM)
Outbound Email Filtering	Spam Experts	Spam Experts	Spam Experts
Email Virus Scanner
GSuite Integration	Supported	Supported	Supported
Email Quotas	Start Dock Capabilities	Web Warp Capabilities	Speed Reaper Capabilities

Database Features
MySQL Databases	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
phpMyAdmin
Remote MySQL
Database Quotas	Start Dock Capabilities	Web Warp Capabilities	Speed Reaper Capabilities

Development Features
SSH/Bash Access
Perl
Python
Node.js
Git
WP CLI
Drush
PHP Frameworks (Symfony/Laravel/Zend)

Pricing
Promotional Price Today	$ 1.49/mo	$ 2.47/mo	$ 2.96/mo
Regular/Renewal Price	$ 9.95/mo	$ 16.45/mo	$ 19.75/mo
Payment Methods
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Tools included in our Development Hosting plans!

The toolkit every developer needs to build big, fast, and reliable websites!

PHP Dev Tools

PHP is the most used programming language for creating dynamic websites with a small web hosting environment resource fingerprint. It is also considered as a core service when it comes to Linux Web Hosting services. Over the years, PHP evolved multiple times, but just over the past few, it became the most optimized in terms of resource usage and security with the emerging of PHP Version 7.x, making the language still a top choice!

PHP Selectors

PHP Vars Editor

Additional Tools

PHP Version Selector

PHP constantly evolves, and often maintaining the same version of that programming language is not a correct approach from a security and performance standpoint. No matter if you want to take it for a spin or you are convinced that your website needs different PHP versions our PHP Version Selector tool will provide you with the option to choose between the most used and the latest stable PHP Versions!

PHP Module Selector

With our PHP Version Selector, our customers not only be able to change the PHP version for their web hosting account but also they can choose from a substantial list of supported PHP modules. The activation/deactivation is 1 click procedure that takes effect immediately!

Custom PHP Version Per Directory

Thanks to innovative setup, our web hosting service offers the option for different websites on the same web hosting account to utilize different PHP versions. This is achieved thanks to the MultiPHP Manager tool, which can be found in the cPanel Control Panel. This tool allows for a custom PHP version to be set for each domain/subdomain.

PHP INI editor

PHP utilizes a massive set of predefined settings that are used for different purposes. Since those are presented in the main configuration file of the service as actual variables, they are known as PHP Variables (PHP Vars). Their sole purpose is to instruct the PHP service of how to handle certain events or to limit the service for how much hardware resources like RAM, for example, it can use. No matter the case, we are supplying web-based PHP Vars Editor, which can be found in the PHP Selector feature of the cPanel service.

Often our customers need different PHP variables to be activated for different applications. This is possible thanks to the intuitive MultiPHP INI Editor tool available in the cPanel Control Panel.

Composer

Composer is a Dependency Manager which is widely used for installing/preparing PHP projects. It is presented in the form of binary on all our Web Hosting services, and it is constantly being updated.

PHP PEAR Packages

PEAR is a type of PHP framework whose main goal is to easily ship PHP packages across multiple projects. Thanks to our PHP PEAR Packages feature available in the cPanel control panel, our customers can take full advantage of what this tool can offer!

NodeJS Dev Tools

NodJS is one of the fast adopted by developers programming languages based on the popular JavaScript programming language. When it comes to NodeJS hosting, however, the situation is different since very few hosts are providing such on a Shared Hosting service level. We are proud to announce that we fully support NodeJS on all our shared web hosting packages and also that we integrated the most used tools for NodeJS Development!

NodeJS Selectors

Command Line

NodeJS Selector

NodeJS comes in different branches, and depending on the programming features you will need, often, you will find that the natively installed version will not answer your application demands. For that reason, we provide a tool that will help you organize your NodeJS projects as well as assign a different NodeJS version on a per-project basis!

Standalone node binary

Often creating a whole new project just to execute a single command via the command line is not suitable in terms of time consumption. Therefore when a client needs to execute a simple command promptly, we supply a separate node binary that is available under the SSH protocol. That binary is not linked to the NodeJS selector tool!

Apache® Mod Passenger

On a typical Linux Shared Hosting environment, there is little to none native way of mapping a NodeJS project to a domain name. As we all know, typically, when the NodeJS web service is started, it listens on a particular port, and the application becomes available on URL thanks to the end-user specifying the port. However, this is not the right approach, especially when it comes to live projects. By creating an application via the NodeJS selector, our customers can specify the domain/subdomain that they want the application accessible on. Then the application manager links the domain/subdomain with the NodeJS application no matter the port it is running internally. This is possible thanks to the Apache Mod Passenger and customer .htaccess configuration.

NPM

NPM is the native NodeJS package manager. It is used for a fast deployment of application dependencies over the command line. If you are familiar with what NodeJS is, then you should fully agree that you do not need any other package manager.

Grunt

Grunt is a NodeJS based binary for task management. The main benefit of managing NodeJS related tasks is the time it saves for something that you constantly do. Such are the minification of static contents, the compilation of code, the unit testing, etc.!

Bower

Small and quick package management that will help you keep your NodeJS packages up to date without the hassle of keeping track of those.

Gulp

Gulp is a toolkit that allows for automation on your NodeJS Related repeated tasks. This saves a lot of time and moves the focus from doing the same routine over and over again to creating a beautiful NodeJS Code!

Yarn

Yarn is a dependency management tool or also known as Package manager, which is incredibly well optimized for fast package installation. With Yarn, you can share your NodeJS code with any other NodeJS developers in a fast and secure fashion!

Python Dev Tools

Python is a well-established programming language that allows for the quick development of web applications. It is well documented, and it supports a wide variety of modules that allow for seamless integration with other tools.

Python Selectors

Packages/Modules

Python Selector

To deploy a Python-based application on a Web Hosting service, the developers are looking for easy-to-use tools. Therefore we introduce the Python Selector cPanel feature. It is used to maintain application instances in different folders and different domains/subdomains of the same web hosting account. Additionally, the Python Selector feature also enables the usage of different Python versions on a per-directory basis.

Standalone python binary

The Python binary is something that every developer is looking for. Using the Python selector, that binary is different depending on the service version that is selected on a per-project basis. However, sometimes creating a whole project instance for executing a single command is not a suitable solution. Therefore, we supply a separate python 2.7 global binary that is available over the SSH protocol!

Apache® Mod Passenger

Typically when deploying a Python application, the users are configuring it to work on a specific port. However, in the web hosting context, that is not a suitable solution since the end-user often wants to access an application on a Domain name instead. This is achieved thanks to the Apache Mod Passenger. Whenever a Python application is created, the Mod Passenger maps that application to an existing domain/subdomain by creating a custom .htaccess file in the document root of the selected domain/subdomain.

Python Modules Manager

What makes Python awesome is the vast amount of existing modules that can be used for integration between different Python maintained services. However, to install and maintain these modules is often mission impossible due to their dependencies. Our Python Selector offers an easy to use Module Management solution that will allow you to install and maintain Python modules over а web interface on a per-project basis meaning that different modules will be available for each Python project.

pip Package Manager

pip is the native package manager for Python applications. It is an easy to use the command-line tool, and it is deployed within the context of the globally available Python 2.7 binary. You can take full advantage of that package manager using the SSH protocol and the command line.

SQL Dev Tools

SQL is the native language of how a developer can talk to the MySQL service typically provided by the Web Hosting Company. SQL databases are also known as descriptive databases, and they are not used to store large documents such as books, for example. We maintain MySQL service on the latest stable cPanel tier, so the service will always be up to date!

phpMyAdmin

The most used web interface for fully managing databases is available on all our Web Hosting packages as part of the cPanel service. This tool is always up to date, and the amount of features it offers is still unmatched in comparison to the more conservative remote MySQL desktop clients.

Database/Users Management

When developers need a database, typically, they need to follow the standard procedure of creating the database and then assigning a user who will be able to run SQL statements against the databases. Thanks to the integrated MySQL Database Management tools, this process is eased, and also a creating Wizard is provided for optimal time consumption.

MySQL Command line

The MySQL command line is the place where the developers can directly input SQL statements and execute those against a database without the need for a separate script to handle that process. Therefore, with each Web Hosting Package we offer, our customers can find the MySQL binary in the command line tool available over the SSH protocol.

Remote MySQL

By default, each database hosted on our Web Hosting packages can be accessed from within the Web Hosting Package itself. However, often the developers need to access the databases remotely either from their local computers or via some other script. In such cases, we provide an additional cPanel based feature called Remote MySQL. It works by denying all requests from external resources by default and by allowing the IP addresses of the remote locations that will actually connect to the database.

Database Replication

This complex service is available only on our Cloud SSD VPS services as well as on our Dedicated Server services. It is used when a database should be available on more than one physical server. The main goal of this service is to reduce the load on a single database by equally distributing the requests between two or more replicated database instances.

Other Dev Tools

The vast amount of tools that we provide is never-ending! Our craving for improvements and innovations has produced and will be producing many useful tools that will help our customers in the development stages of their websites!

Web Based

Command Line

Code Edit/Review

The cPanel Code Editor is a quick and easy way to edit the code of a website/script on the fly via a conveniently looking web interface. The tool allows for the editing of every fine on the user's web hosting account, but it also highlights the code when known language is detected. The editor also supports basic functionalities like line numbers and code search.

git cPanel tool

The Git™ Version Control cPanel feature is used when our customers would like to create and manage their git repositories via easy to use web interface!

File Manager

Typically on a Linux based Operating System without any graphical desktop environment, the file management is handled via the command line using the well known Unix commands. However, thanks to the cPanel service we are able to provide our customers easy to use File Manager for fast and secure file management. The File Manager can be used to easily create, move, edit or delete standard files hosted on the user's web hosting account.

Less & SASS compilers

Less and SASS are CSS compilers that enhance the typical way of writing CSS by providing different sets of features for the developers to utilize. If your project takes advantage of these great tools, then you can rest assured that you will be able to utilize these on all our Web Hosting packages.

SSH Access

No matter whether you are proficient in the Linux Command Line or you have only basic knowledge. In essence, SSH access is supplied on all our Web Hosting packages since it is the door to a whole universe of additional tools that everyone can take advantage of.

WP-CLI

This command-line tool for WordPress based websites will provide our customers with an easy way to utilize all the functionalities WordPress offers using the command line, eliminating the need for a web browser or access to the wp-admin section!

PHP Dev Tools

PHP is the most used programming language for creating dynamic websites with small web hosting environment resource fingerprint. It is also considered as a core service when it comes to Linux Web Hosting services. Over the years PHP evolved multiple times but just over the past few it became the most optimized in terms of resource usage and security with the emerging of PHP Version 7.x making the language still a top choice!