CentOS VPS hosting
CentOS and the RHEL ecosystem on ColossusCloud
Red Hat, and its open source derivative CentOS, has long been the most popular Linux distribution in the enterprise market. Backed by Red Hat, a multi-billion dollar company dedicated to Linux in the enterprise, CentOS delivers rock-solid stability and broad software compatibility.
CentOS Stream is now the upstream development branch of RHEL. CentOS 10 Stream is our newest offering, built on the same source that feeds RHEL 10 and bringing the latest kernel, toolchain, and security improvements. It is well suited for both development and production workloads that benefit from staying current with the Red Hat ecosystem.
For teams that prefer a traditional, fixed-release model, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux are available as 1:1 RHEL-compatible replacements. Both receive long-term security updates and are fully supported on ColossusCloud. If you prefer a Debian-based distribution, Ubuntu LTS is also available.
Need a web hosting control panel? cPanel is the industry's leading web management software, and it works great with CentOS and AlmaLinux. Select the cPanel option when deploying your VPS and it will be installed automatically.
Why host CentOS in the cloud
RHEL compatibility
CentOS is built from the same source code as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Enterprise software certified for RHEL runs on CentOS without modification. Your team can use familiar tools like yum, dnf, systemctl, and SELinux across all RHEL-family distributions.
Enterprise stability
CentOS prioritizes stability over bleeding-edge features. Packages are thoroughly tested before release, and ABI compatibility is maintained throughout the lifecycle. Production workloads benefit from predictable behavior and fewer surprises after updates.
cPanel and web hosting
CentOS and AlmaLinux are the go-to choices for cPanel-based web hosting. Deploy a VPS with automated cPanel installation and manage websites, email accounts, databases, and SSL certificates from a familiar control panel.
SELinux security
CentOS ships with SELinux enabled by default, providing mandatory access controls that limit the damage from compromised applications. Enforcing strict security policies protects your VPS even if a web application or service is exploited.
AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux available
In addition to CentOS, ColossusCloud offers AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux as 1:1 RHEL-compatible alternatives. Both receive long-term security updates and are drop-in replacements for CentOS with no migration pain.
Broad software ecosystem
Access thousands of packages through the CentOS repositories, EPEL, and third-party repos. Install Nginx, Apache, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Node.js, Python, Docker, and more with standard package management tools.
CentOS VPS hosting plans
The next generation of VPS Hosting: scalable, customizable
AMD powered virtual serversPowered by AMD EPYC Milan processors. Outstanding value for compute-intensive workloads. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G5.1 | 1 GB | 100 GBs | 2 TBs | 2 AMD Milan vCPUs | $5.00/mo | $0.007/hr | Deploy |
| G5.2 | 2 GB | 100 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 AMD Milan vCPUs | $10.00/mo | $0.015/hr | Deploy |
| G5.4 | 4 GB | 150 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 AMD Milan vCPUs | $20.00/mo | $0.030/hr | Deploy |
| G5.8 Popular | 8 GB | 200 GBs | 6 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $35.00/mo | $0.052/hr | Deploy |
| G5.12 | 12 GB | 200 GBs | 8 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $50.00/mo | $0.074/hr | Deploy |
General purpose virtual serversBalanced RAM and CPU for small to medium workloads. Great for hosting multiple websites. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G3.1 | 1 GB | 35 GBs | 2 TBs | 2 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $5.00/mo | $0.007/hr | Deploy |
| G3.2 | 2 GB | 50 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $10.00/mo | $0.015/hr | Deploy |
| G3.4 | 4 GB | 80 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $20.00/mo | $0.030/hr | Deploy |
| G3.8 Popular | 8 GB | 160 GBs | 6 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $35.00/mo | $0.052/hr | Deploy |
| G3.12 | 12 GB | 200 GBs | 8 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $50.00/mo | $0.074/hr | Deploy |
High frequency virtual serversIntel Xeon Gold processors at 3.5GHz for high processing power per request. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G4.1 | 1 GB | 40 GBs | 4 TBs | 2 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $10.00/mo | $0.015/hr | Deploy |
| G4.2 | 2 GB | 50 GBs | 5 TBs | 2 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $20.00/mo | $0.030/hr | Deploy |
| G4.4 | 4 GB | 80 GBs | 7 TBs | 2 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $40.00/mo | $0.060/hr | Deploy |
| G4.8 | 8 GB | 160 GBs | 8 TBs | 4 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $70.00/mo | $0.104/hr | Deploy |
| G4.12 | 12 GB | 200 GBs | 10 TBs | 4 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $100.00/mo | $0.149/hr | Deploy |
| G4.16 | 16 GB | 300 GBs | 12 TBs | 6 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $120.00/mo | $0.179/hr | Deploy |
| G4.32 | 32 GB | 400 GBs | 12 TBs | 6 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $240.00/mo | $0.357/hr | Deploy |
| G4.64 | 64 GB | 400 GBs | 20 TBs | 6 Xeon Gold vCPUs | $380.00/mo | $0.565/hr | Deploy |
Storage optimized virtual serversTerabytes of storage space with generous CPU and RAM allocation. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G5D.2 | 2 GB | 500 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 AMD Milan vCPUs | $40.00/mo | $0.060/hr | Deploy |
| G3D.2 | 2 GB | 500 GBs | 3 TBs | 2 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $40.00/mo | $0.060/hr | Deploy |
| G3D.4 | 4 GB | 1000 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $80.00/mo | $0.119/hr | Deploy |
| G5D.4 | 4 GB | 1000 GBs | 4 TBs | 4 AMD Milan vCPUs | $80.00/mo | $0.119/hr | Deploy |
| G3D.8 | 8 GB | 2000 GBs | 5 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $160.00/mo | $0.238/hr | Deploy |
| G5D.8 | 8 GB | 2000 GBs | 5 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $160.00/mo | $0.238/hr | Deploy |
High memory optimized virtual serversExtra RAM for databases, caching servers, and gaming applications. | |||||||
| Size | RAM | Disk Size | Bandwidth | CPU | Monthly | Hourly | |
| G3M.16 | 16 GB | 300 GBs | 10 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $60.00/mo | $0.089/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.16 | 16 GB | 300 GBs | 10 TBs | 6 AMD Milan vCPUs | $60.00/mo | $0.089/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.32 | 32 GB | 400 GBs | 12 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $120.00/mo | $0.179/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.32 | 32 GB | 400 GBs | 12 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $120.00/mo | $0.179/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.48 | 48 GB | 400 GBs | 14 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $180.00/mo | $0.268/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.48 | 48 GB | 400 GBs | 14 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $180.00/mo | $0.268/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.64 | 64 GB | 500 GBs | 16 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $240.00/mo | $0.357/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.64 | 64 GB | 500 GBs | 16 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $240.00/mo | $0.357/hr | Deploy |
| G5M.96 | 96 GB | 700 GBs | 20 TBs | 8 AMD Milan vCPUs | $300.00/mo | $0.446/hr | Deploy |
| G3M.96 | 96 GB | 700 GBs | 20 TBs | 8 Xeon E5 vCPUs | $300.00/mo | $0.446/hr | Deploy |
AMD powered virtual servers
Powered by AMD EPYC Milan processors. Outstanding value for compute-intensive workloads.
- 1GB RAM
- 100GB disk
- 2TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 100GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 150GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 6TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 12GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 8TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
General purpose virtual servers
Balanced RAM and CPU for small to medium workloads. Great for hosting multiple websites.
- 1GB RAM
- 35GB disk
- 2TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 50GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 80GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 160GB disk
- 6TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 12GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 8TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
High frequency virtual servers
Intel Xeon Gold processors at 3.5GHz for high processing power per request.
- 1GB RAM
- 40GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 50GB disk
- 5TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 80GB disk
- 7TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 160GB disk
- 8TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 12GB RAM
- 200GB disk
- 10TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 16GB RAM
- 300GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 64GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 20TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
Storage optimized virtual servers
Terabytes of storage space with generous CPU and RAM allocation.
- 2GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 2GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 3TB bandwidth
- 2 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 1000GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 4GB RAM
- 1000GB disk
- 4TB bandwidth
- 4 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 2000GB disk
- 5TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 2000GB disk
- 5TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
High memory optimized virtual servers
Extra RAM for databases, caching servers, and gaming applications.
- 16GB RAM
- 300GB disk
- 10TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 16GB RAM
- 300GB disk
- 10TB bandwidth
- 6 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 32GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 12TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 48GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 14TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 48GB RAM
- 400GB disk
- 14TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 64GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 16TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 64GB RAM
- 500GB disk
- 16TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 96GB RAM
- 700GB disk
- 20TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
- 96GB RAM
- 700GB disk
- 20TB bandwidth
- 8 vCPUs
The professional Linux VPS hosting provider
CentOS on ColossusCloud: a feature rich VPS platform
Enterprise grade infrastructure for your CentOS and RHEL workloads
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6 global data centers
Deploy your CentOS VPS wherever your users are. Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, Dallas, Ashburn, Amsterdam, or Singapore, all with low-latency connectivity.
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Daily backups available
Protect your CentOS server with daily snapshots. Restore to a previous state with one click if a yum update, cPanel change, or security issue causes problems.
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Ready in minutes
Your CentOS VPS deploys in under 5 minutes. Select cPanel during deployment for fully automated installation, or start with a clean CentOS template.
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Double the CPU cores
Every plan includes twice the vCPUs of typical providers. Run more websites, databases, and services on your CentOS server with headroom to spare.
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Self-service portal
Snapshot before yum updates, deploy additional servers for load balancing, and scale resources as your traffic grows. Manage everything from our web portal without waiting on support.
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Built for uptime
Your web hosting data, MySQL databases, and cPanel configurations are stored on triple-replicated Ceph storage. Redundant networking and automatic failover keep your enterprise workloads running.
Deploy CentOS VPS servers worldwide
Deploy Linux and Windows VPS hosting service at any of our worldwide locations
All your favorite Linux distros
From CentOS to Ubuntu, deploy the right OS for your workload
- AlmaLinux 8
- AlmaLinux 9
- AlmaLinux 10
- CentOS 7
- CentOS 9
- CentOS 10
- Debian 11
- Debian 12
- Debian 13
- Rocky Linux 8
- Rocky Linux 9
- Rocky Linux 10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Need a different OS? We offer 40+ ISOs including Arch, Fedora, FreeBSD, Proxmox, and more for manual installation.
Frequently asked questions
ColossusCloud offers CentOS 7 and CentOS 10 Stream. We also offer AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux as fully RHEL-compatible alternatives. For new deployments, we recommend AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux for the longest support lifecycle.
CentOS 7 reached end of life on June 30, 2024 and no longer receives security updates from the CentOS project. We still offer it for legacy workloads, but strongly recommend migrating to AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky Linux 9 for active security support.
CentOS Stream is a rolling-release distribution that sits just ahead of RHEL. It receives updates continuously rather than in fixed point releases. CentOS 10 Stream is well suited for development and production workloads that benefit from staying current with the RHEL ecosystem.
cPanel runs on CentOS 7, AlmaLinux 8 and 9, and Rocky Linux 8 and 9. When deploying your VPS on ColossusCloud, select the cPanel option and it will be installed automatically during provisioning. The setup takes about an hour and includes web hosting, email, database, and SSL tools.
If you need a traditional, stable RHEL-compatible distribution with long-term support, AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux are the recommended replacements for CentOS. Both are 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL and receive regular security updates. They are available on ColossusCloud alongside CentOS.
Yes. Daily backups are available as an add-on for a small monthly fee. Your entire VPS is snapshotted every day. Restore to any previous snapshot with one click from the control panel if a yum update or configuration change causes problems.