Serious rails hosting out of the box™

Brightbox provides Virtual Dedicated Servers optimised for hosting Ruby on Rails applications. Each box comes with our Ruby on Rails stack preinstalled, Managed MySQL database servers and is based on the Xen virtualisation platform.

  • You're in full control - with root access

    Forget the walled garden, you’ve got full root access to install and tweak what you like!

  • Ruby on Rails ready to go - out of the box

    Your Brightbox comes preinstalled with our reliable and proven Ruby on Rails stack

  • Scalability and "Growability"

    Scale upwards and outwards quickly and easily without breaking the bank.

  • Peace-of-mind

    We monitor all aspects of our network and infrastructure 24-7

  • Super simple deployment

    Install the Brightbox gem and get your app up and running in a matter of minutes.

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1GB
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2GB
RAM 256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 2048 MB
CPU usage Burstable to
1 x 2.33GHz
CPU core		 Burstable to
1 x 2.33GHz
CPU core		 Burstable to
1 x 2.33GHz
CPU core		 *Dedicated*
1 x 2.33GHz
CPU core
SAN storage ? 5 GB 10 GB 15 GB 20 GB
FiveRuns Rails Monitoring included - Yes Yes Yes
Carbon Neutral * Yes Yes Yes Yes
MySQL cluster usage ? 5
Connections		 10
Connections		 15
Connections		 20
Connections
Bandwidth per month 50 GB 75 GB 150 GB 250 GB
PAY ANUALLY † $756
($63/month) 		$1338
($111/month) 		$2114
($176/month) 		$3860
($321/month)
PAY MONTHLY † $75/month
 $133/month
 $211/month
 $386/month
 

† Prices exclude VAT at 17.5% where applicable
   USD and EUR prices are approximate (payments are debited in GBP)

* Read about our partnership with Climate Care