Premium Managed Hosting for business-critical applications
We operate applications that cannot afford to go down.
With proactive monitoring, regular security updates and personal support, we keep your services up and running at all times.
- Highly available servers in Germany
- Over 350 applications running on more than 400 servers
- Support for your developers
- Proactive problem solving
A fully managed, fail-safe infrastructure setup
Server operations, domain and email services, backups, and monitoring: We handle the entire operation of your application. By default, all services run as high-availability clusters with at least two servers. Our DevOps team ensures that everything runs smoothly – with high reliability and maximum data protection.
Who relies on us
Audi, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bahn, and Studyflix host their applications with us. Especially when it comes to potential security incidents, necessary adjustments, and challenges, our customers appreciate being able to reach someone who is already familiar with their setup.
In addition to its first-class software development, makandra stands out for its ability to respond quickly and professionally to all requirements in the provision of operational solutions for hosting and operation.
Work with Your Favorite Services
We support all common services and databases.
With our many years of experience, we’re familiar with typical error patterns and know how your services behave under load. We handle monitoring for you, carry out regular backups, and keep your services up to date with proactive updates. All services are operated as a high-availability cluster with at least two servers by default.
Relational, NoSQL, and In-Memory Databases
We have been operating relational, NoSQL and in-memory databases for 15 years. We know their strengths and weaknesses, how to scale them, how to integrate each component into monitoring and how to make and restore backups.
Languages and Frameworks
We host applications with a variety of established languages and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails, Java, Node.js, Next.js, PHP, and Elixir. We understand your operational requirements and ensure a stable, high-performance and secure hosting environment.
Kubernetes
We run Kubernetes flexibly in a wide variety of environments and tailor it to your individual requirements – even in combination with classic VM setups.
Infrastructure as Code
With tools such as OpenTofu, OpenVox, Terraform, Puppet and Git, we ensure traceable, versioned and automatable management of your infrastructure, which makes operations safer and more consistent.
Monitoring
We rely on proven tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and the ELK Stack to reliably monitor applications and systems. This allows us to identify problems early on and give you a clear view of performance and system health.
Pricing Examples
Choose from our server packages or configure a custom server. We would be happy to advise you personally on a configuration that suits your requirements. You can book the following packages or tailor them to your setup.
2 application servers | 128€
- 2× server m2.4
- 2× 100 GB SSD
- High-availability setup
- > 30 requests/sec.
Shared DB cluster | 0€
Proactive management | 220€
- for 2 servers
Developer support: optional
- 3× server m4.8
- 3× 200 GB SSD
- High-availability setup
- > 100 requests/sec.
2 Dedicated DB Servers | 128€
- 2× server m2.4
- 2× 100 GB SSD
Proactive management | 550€
- for 5 servers
Developer support: optional
4 Application Servers | 848€
- 4× server m4.16
- 4× 200 GB SSD
- High-availability setup
- > 300 requests/sec.
2 dedicated DB servers | 128€
- 2× server m2.4
- 2× 100 GB SSD
2 dedicated job servers | 128€
- 2 × server m2.4
- 2 × 100 GB SSD
Proactive Management | 880€
- for 8 servers
Developer support: optional
makandra engineer in your Slack channel: 20%
Our pricing page lists the cost of every server configuration and setup
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Support from real experts
We support your developers as an external operations team, with troubleshooting, deployment, and scaling your application.
Our technicians are available directly by email or phone, and we are also available in your Slack workspace for a small additional fee.
Here's How to Get Started with Our Managed Hosting
We check your infrastructure and services and talk about your requirements: We get access to your setup and go through it with you. What are your current challenges, planned changes, and expectations regarding the availability and performance of your application?
We agree on a monthly budget and take over operations. Medium-sized projects typically book 2-6 days per month. We monitor and maintain all systems and services. You’ll hear about any issues from us, not from your users.
FAQ About Our Managed Hosting
Yes! If you expect more than just computing power. Our offer is aimed at companies that rely on a highly available and individually managed hosting infrastructure. We actively take care of your setup, so that it stays fast, secure, and available. Unlike standard providers such as Ionos, our service doesn't stop once the server is running. We stay involved. The difference isn’t apparent during normal operations, but rather when something goes wrong.
Because we take responsibility for availability, not just for deployment. Customers such as Studyflix, VW, and Audi entrust us with business-critical applications where an outage costs money or reach immediately. Whether it’s a new platform or a system that's grown over the years, we operate your application so that it runs smoothly even during peak times.
Yes, we do that regularly. We review your setup via remote access, replicate the environment on our infrastructure, and test it before anything is migrated. For HeiaHeia, we migrated the entire application from AWS to our infrastructure: All services were replicated, the new architecture was up and running in just a few weeks, and the migration took place with only a brief planned downtime. Today, the platform operates with high availability in Germany, at a lower cost than before.
From small applications to platforms with millions of visits per month, our infrastructure scales with your needs. Here’s an example: Studyflix started with a modest setup and now runs one of Germany’s most widely used video learning platforms, with us. Right from the start, we attach great importance to an architecture that grows with you and offers you long-term flexibility.
We host your application where it makes the most sense for your business model, not where it is currently in vogue.
Many of our customers host their applications in our own infrastructure in the Noris Munich East data center. This option is often cheaper than comparable cloud offerings and impresses with clear responsibilities, high performance and full control.
At the same time, we are experienced in hybrid architectures and cloud migrations. If your requirements are better suited to an environment such as AWS – for example due to international scaling, redundant distribution or special services – we will implement this reliably. We also support you in setting up and operating your cloud infrastructure with technical excellence and a pragmatic view of the big picture.
Our goal: a setup that suits you – technically, economically, and organizationally.
Do you have an application that can't afford to go down?
Dr. Thomas Eisenbarth and Fabian Rimpl | CEO
We take care of setup and migration, so your team can stay on its own work.
Feel free to contact us!