Managed website hosting
Managed website hosting from £15/month — SSL, scaling & support
Pettifer Works managed website hosting starts from £15/month on Google Cloud Run — SSL, auto-scaling, monitoring, and direct support included.
Hosting should not mean wrestling with cPanel, surprise renewal bills, or downtime you hear about from a customer. We manage hosting on Google Cloud Run — SSL, scaling, monitoring, and updates included — so your site stays fast and secure while you run your business.
Who is this for?
For business owners who want reliable hosting without becoming their own IT department.
Who it is for
For business owners who want reliable hosting without becoming their own IT department.
- Clients who built with us and want hands-off hosting
- Businesses migrating from slow shared hosting
- Sites that need auto-scaling for traffic spikes
- Owners tired of plugin-related WordPress downtime
- Teams that want one contact for site and hosting issues
The problem
Bad hosting costs sales and sleep
Cheap shared hosting means slow pages, certificate lapses, and support tickets that go nowhere — while your site is the first place customers check.
- Site goes down and you do not know until a customer complains
- SSL certificates expire without warning
- Shared hosting slows down at peak times
- You pay for hosting and maintenance separately with different providers
- No one monitors performance or security proactively
What's included
Everything in your project
- Google Cloud Run deployment with auto-scaling
- SSL certificate provisioning and renewal
- Uptime and performance monitoring
- Security updates for the stack we manage
- Domain connection or registration assistance
- Monthly hosting invoice in pounds sterling — no surprise tiers
- Direct support from the team that built your site
See pricing & hosting for plan details, or build your package for a clear estimate.
Typical process
How we deliver managed website hosting
Hosting assessment
We review your site's size, traffic, integrations, and current hosting pain points.
Migration or setup
New deploy to Cloud Run or careful migration from your existing host with minimal downtime.
Monitoring live
Alerts, SSL checks, and performance baselines configured from day one.
Ongoing care
Updates, scaling adjustments, and support — one monthly fee, one team to call.
Examples
Work and mockups
Solarithm — managed Cloud Run hosting
Commercial site with consistent uptime and fast global delivery.
EV Value — production hosting
High-traffic pages with auto-scaling during campaign spikes.
Hosting options
Managed hosting vs cheap shared hosting
Not all hosting is equal. Here is how DIY shared hosting compares to managed hosting from the team that built your site.
| Factor | Cheap shared hosting | Pettifer Works managed hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | DIY | Handled for you |
| Updates | Your responsibility | Managed |
| Performance | Shared resources | Cloud-based setup |
| Support | Generic hosting support | Support from the person who built the site |
| Best for | Hobby sites | Business websites |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
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