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What you will not find here.
# No dark patterns
No vendor lock-in. No unnecessary features. No up-selling. No misleading messages.
# No servers
Although the architecture is serverful and web servers are technically serving web pages here, we refer to our service as app hosting for a reason. The architecture is service-oriented.
# No disruptive technologies
No blockchain, no web 3.0, no AI, no break-through innovations.
# No 1-click installers
Laravel, Symfony, Craft CMS are fairly empty after initial installation. We promote using a local development environment and a Git-based deployment workflows. One-click installers don't fit in our picture of a developer friendly service.
# No automatic updates
We will not update the software you have installed here. We believe that's an important separation of concern and anything else is even dangerous. As a developer, you are solely responsible for the software you bring and write here. We believe that's good.
# No free migrations
We believe in empowering our users to be in control of their hosting. As a result, we do not offer free migrations from your old hosting provider as it goes against the principles of our platform.
# No excessive marketing
No tracking. No targeting. No sales calls. No newsletters. No growth hacking. No affiliate links. No shady tricks. No engagement mails.
# No root shell
The SSH environment is "jailed" for security and performance reasons. You can NOT install various software such as FFmpeg, Node, NPM, Ruby on Rails, or a mail server.
# No domain registration
You can add external domains to the environments. But fortrabbit is not a domain registrar, neither we provide DNS services. Use external service providers for that.
# No e-mail hosting
There is no IMAP or POP3. You won't find any WebMail, also no RoundCube or SquirrelMail here. In fact sendmail() is disabled for security reasons. Use SMTP or an API with an external service providers for that.
# No phpMyAdmin
There is no pre-installed software, such as phpMyAdmin. Use a local MySQL GUI or the command line to connect to the remote database.
# No cPanel
You will not find Plesk, cPanel, ISPconfig or any classical hosting control panel with us, only our self service dashboard.
# No telephone support
No sales calls. No white-glove customer service. We offer eye level developer support] via Intercom, just use the small bubble in the bottom right corner. See our contact page how to best get in touch with us.
# No free tier
No free web hosting here. We offer a free trial to test before you buy. Without all the noise a free tier creates, we have the time to talk to developers who are seriously interested in our services. Without all the useless 'hello world' test sites that are 'free forever', we can offer hosting for small projects at an affordable price.
# No cheap hosting
Looking for really cheap PHP hosting that is also fast, reliable and secure? This isn't the place to find massive server power for pennies. We strive to provide sustainable value at an affordable price. We don't think that cheap can actually be good either.
# No yearly payments
Yearly payments are not supported. In fact, there are no upfront payments at all. Instead, we have pro-rated post-paid billing with a daily billing cycle. We believe this is a better solution to meet your needs moving fast.