How We Price Your Apps and Why They Don't Cost the Earth

If you have ever looked at a hosting provider’s pricing page and felt like you needed a translator, you are not alone. Some charge a flat rate that feels steep for a simple app. Others drown you in technical specifications and expect you to figure out what you actually need. We think there is a better way.

At Instant Apps Hosting, we price each plan based on one simple idea: the more computing power your app needs, the more it costs. Lighter apps cost less. Heavier apps cost more. No guesswork, no hidden extras.

Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Think of it like vehicles. A note-taking app is a bicycle — it gets the job done without needing much muscle. A full development platform like GitLab is more like a lorry — it needs serious power under the bonnet to run smoothly.

It would not be fair to charge the bicycle rider the same as the lorry driver. So we don’t.

Media-heavy apps have their own quirk. A photo library or music server does not necessarily need the most computing power, but it does need a lot more storage space. Rather than pushing those users into our most expensive plan, we created a dedicated tier that gives them the room they need at a fair price.

What Each Plan Gives You

Our Standard plan starts at £4.99 a month. It is built for lightweight tools like note-taking apps, bookmark managers, RSS readers and simple wikis — the everyday essentials that do not demand much from a server.

Premium at £9.99 a month is where the workhorses live. WordPress blogs, team chat platforms, project management tools — apps that do more and need more power to do it well.

Storage at £14.99 a month is designed for media. Photo libraries, video streaming, music servers — anything that needs dedicated space to hold your files without running out of room.

Premium+ at £19.99 a month is our most powerful tier, built for resource-intensive platforms like GitLab. If your app needs the most muscle we can offer, this is the plan for it.

Every plan includes the same essentials: automatic updates, daily backups and each app running in its own isolated environment. You get the same care and security whether you are on Standard or Premium+.

Why We Chose European Servers

All of our apps run on enterprise-grade servers based in Europe. Your data stays in Europe, which means straightforward GDPR compliance without having to think twice about where your information ends up.

Behind the scenes we use a management platform called Cloudron that handles updates, security patches and backups automatically. You do not need to touch a terminal or worry about keeping things up to date — that is our job. You simply control everything through our bespoke, easy to use web interface.

As a small, independent hosting provider, we are not trying to be the biggest. We would rather do fewer things well. Our infrastructure costs are set so that we can offer promotions and discounts when it makes sense, without ever cutting corners on the servers that keep your apps safe and fast.

Save More When You Pay Annually

If you know you are in it for the long run, our annual billing option gives you a simple reward: pay for eleven months and get the twelfth free.

On our Premium+ plan, for example, that works out to a saving of nearly £20 a year. It is not a gimmick — just a thank-you for committing to the service. Every tier qualifies, so the saving scales with whatever plan suits your needs.

Built for You, Not for Scale

We are not a faceless data centre with thousands of servers and a ticket queue to match. Instant Apps Hosting is built around the idea that small businesses, freelancers and independent creators deserve hosting that is straightforward, well-priced and genuinely looked after.

Our pricing is designed to be fair for you and sustainable for us. No race to the bottom, no surprise price hikes down the line. Just honest plans that reflect what your apps actually need.

Plans start from £4.99 a month. Visit instantappshosting.com to find the right plan for your apps.