Managed Hosting & Support
Managed Hosting on Cloudflare's edge network gets your site served from the data center closest to whoever is loading it — 330+ cities globally, including the one closest to whichever Central NY customer is currently typing your business name into Google. That's a sub-50ms time-to-first-byte from anywhere, automatic SSL, free DDoS protection, and unlimited bandwidth — for $49.99/year. Not per month. Per year. Compare that to a typical shared cPanel plan from GoDaddy ($20–40/mo) or a Hibu/Townsquare hosting bundle ($79–300/mo). For an extra $150/mo you can add the Performance & SEO Retainer for unlimited content edits, Local SEO, Google Business Profile management, and monthly performance reports. This is the service that turns your website from a one-time project into a living thing that compounds for your business month over month.
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Fast, secure website hosting with hands-on support. We handle updates, security, and backups so you do not have to think about it.
Who this is for
If any of these sound like your business, this is the right fit.
- Owners of an ANTHONY. custom site who want hands-off hosting and unlimited edits
- Businesses tired of paying $79+/mo to Hibu or Townsquare for hosting that goes down at the worst moments
- Anyone whose shared cPanel hosting has gone down more than twice in the last year
- Owners who don't want to think about SSL certificates, DDoS attacks, or 'your plugin is out of date' emails
- Service businesses that need a phone number or photo updated and want it live within 24 hours, not 5 business days
Starting at $49.99
One-time project fee.
What's included
- Cloudflare edge hosting from 330+ cities
- Free auto-renewing SSL certificate
- Free DDoS protection (enterprise-grade)
- Unlimited bandwidth, no overage charges
- Git-versioned snapshots — rollback in seconds
- 99.99% uptime SLA
Optional add-ons
- + Performance & SEO Retainer — $150/mo (unlimited edits, SEO, GBP)
- + Hands-Off Plan — $79/mo (we do every Sanity edit for Studio-Managed Build clients)
What changes after we work together
Real metrics our clients see, not vanity numbers.
Monthly hosting cost
Uptime
Global TTFB (time to first byte)
Turnaround on a content edit
How we work
A structured approach to ensure your project stays on track.
- ● Migration & Setup We move your site to our high-performance edge network with zero downtime.
- ● Security Hardening Firewalls, SSL certificates, and brute-force protection are active 24/7.
- ● Ongoing Optimization Monthly performance checks to ensure your site stays fast as it grows.
Why this stack wins
We focus on the metrics that actually drive calls and revenue.
99.9% Uptime
Your business never sleeps. We ensure your website is always available for your customers.
Daily Backups
Sleep easy knowing your site data is backed up daily and can be restored in minutes.
Unlimited Edits
Need a phone number changed or a photo updated? We handle it for you at no extra cost.
How this differs from the standard approach
Side-by-side: what most agencies do vs how we do it.
| Aspect | Traditional approach | ANTHONY. Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $79–300/month, locked into a 12-month contract | $49.99/year for Edge Hosting. Cancel anytime, no fee |
| Where your site is served from | A single shared server in one US datacenter | Cloudflare's 330+ city edge network — closest one to your visitor |
| SSL certificate | $50–150/yr, manual renewal | Free, auto-renewing, included |
| DDoS protection | Add-on, $20+/mo | Included free — same protection enterprise sites get |
| Bandwidth cap | 50–500 GB/mo, overage charged at $10/GB | Truly unlimited — Cloudflare does not bill for egress |
| Content edits | Submit a ticket. Wait 3–5 business days. Maybe extra fee. | Text or email Anthony. Most live within 24 hours. Included with retainer. |
| Backups | Daily backup is a $10/mo add-on | Git-versioned, every change snapshotted, restore in minutes |
FAQ
Everything you need to know about this service.
How much does managed hosting cost?
Edge Hosting on Cloudflare is $49.99 per year — not per month. That's roughly $4.17/mo and it covers SSL, DDoS protection, unlimited bandwidth, and the actual server costs. If you want unlimited content edits, blog posts, Local SEO, and Google Business Profile management on top, add the Performance & SEO Retainer at $150/month.
What does 'edge hosting' actually mean?
Your site lives on Cloudflare's network of 330+ datacenters around the world. When someone in Syracuse loads your page, Cloudflare serves it from the Syracuse edge — not from a single server in Utah. That cuts time-to-first-byte from 400ms+ to under 50ms and keeps your site online even if one datacenter has an outage.
Is email hosting included?
No, and we're upfront about that. Email is a separate problem from website hosting and lumping them together is what shared hosts do to lock you in. We recommend Neo Mail ($1.99/user/mo) for new businesses or Google Workspace ($6/user/mo) if you need shared calendars and Drive. See our Email & Domain Setup service ($249 one-time) for the full setup.
Can I cancel my hosting plan anytime?
Yes. There is no contract. Edge Hosting is paid annually but you can cancel at any time and you keep your code — we can hand off the GitHub repo so you can move the site to any other host. Try doing that with Hibu or Townsquare. The Performance & SEO Retainer is month-to-month with no cancellation fee.
What happens if my site goes down?
Cloudflare's status page is public and updates in real time. In the rare event of an edge outage, your site fails over to the nearest healthy datacenter automatically — visitors usually never notice. If a deploy of ours breaks something (it has happened), we roll back in under 60 seconds because every change is Git-versioned.
Do you handle WordPress hosting?
No. We host static and edge-rendered sites — the kind we build at ANTHONY. We don't host WordPress because it's the root cause of most of the security and performance problems we get hired to fix. If you need WordPress hosting, we'll point you at WP Engine or Kinsta and not pretend to be the right shop.
What is included in the Performance & SEO Retainer?
For $150/month: unlimited content edits, Local SEO and keyword tracking, Google Business Profile management, blog posts and FAQ updates, monthly performance reports, and a direct line to Anthony for anything that comes up. It is designed to replace the marketing-services bundle that companies like Townsquare charge $500–1,500/mo for.
What if I already host elsewhere?
You don't have to host with us to work with us. We can deploy your custom site to your existing host (Netlify, Vercel, Pages, even your own server) at no extra cost. Edge Hosting is the recommended path because it's where we've measured the best performance and uptime, but it's optional.
Sources & citations
- Cloudflare reports a global average time-to-first-byte under 50ms for static assets served from its edge network, vs. 300–800ms for a typical single-origin shared host. — Cloudflare Radar performance metrics
- Cloudflare's edge network spans 330+ cities in 125+ countries as of 2024 and serves roughly 20% of all websites worldwide. — Cloudflare Network page
- A single second of mobile page load delay can reduce conversion rate by up to 20%, per Google research with Deloitte. — Deloitte / Google, Milliseconds Make Millions report (2020)
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