AI-powered hosting management Beta
Meet Ellie
Your AI assistant that actually manages your server. Not a chatbot that links to documentation. She clicks buttons, runs commands, and gets things done.
14 days free. No credit card. No commitment.
80+ tasks
Just ask
Instant
Zero clicks
Safe
No hallucinations
Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing
Every plan includes managed WordPress, SSH access, daily backups, and enterprise-grade security. Start with a 14-day free trial.
Startup
Great for growing businesses
$94.99 billed annually
- 1 website
- 10 GB storage
- ~10,000 visits/month
- 5 MySQL databases
- 250,000 inodes
- 5 FTP users
What's included:
SSL & Domain
- Free SSL certificate
- Temporary subdomain
WordPress
- 1-click WordPress
- Managed WordPress
- Free WordPress migration
Advanced
For professional websites
$179.99 billed annually
- 5 websites
- 20 GB storage
- ~110,000 visits/month
- 10 MySQL databases
- 500,000 inodes
- 10 FTP users
Everything in Startup, plus:
Performance
- Memcached
Pro
Maximum performance and features
$274.99 billed annually
- 10 websites
- 40 GB storage
- ~200,000 visits/month
- 20 MySQL databases
- 750,000 inodes
- 20 FTP users
Currently in beta Beta
Ellie is growing every week
Ellie is live and available in every plan, but she's still learning. We're actively training her on new features and improving how she handles existing ones.
Roughly 40% of Hostney's features are trained and ready. The rest are coming as we expand her capabilities.
What works now
WordPress, PHP, databases, FTP, caching, redirects, and navigation tasks are fully trained and reliable.
Coming soon
Advanced firewall controls, backup management, Git workflows, and deeper diagnostics are in active development.
Always improving
Every week we train Ellie on new features and refine her understanding of existing ones based on real conversations.
Get started
Enterprise security meets AI-powered hosting
Hardened containers, daily backups, and Ellie Beta included in every plan.
Start free for 14 days, no credit card required.
Under the hood
How Ellie works
The technical magic behind the simplicity
You ask in plain English
Type what you want like you're talking to a human. "Deploy WordPress" or "Why is my site slow?" - Ellie understands context.
Ellie translates to action
Our AI understands your intent and maps it to exact server operations. No hallucinations - Ellie knows exactly what buttons to click.
Your server responds
Changes happen instantly. Ellie confirms what she did and lets you know if there's anything else you need.
Capabilities
80+ tasks Ellie can do
And we're adding more every week
WordPress
- "Deploy WordPress on shop.mydomain.com"
- "Update all WordPress plugins"
- "Enable auto-updates with 3-day delay"
- "Log me into WordPress admin"
- "Scan for WordPress installations"
PHP management
- "Change PHP to 8.2 on api.example.com"
- "Enable file uploads"
- "Increase max upload size"
- "Restart PHP"
- "Show PHP settings"
MySQL databases
- "Create a database"
- "Create a MySQL user"
- "Show my database connection info"
- "Open phpMyAdmin"
- "Delete database staging_old"
Domains & subdomains
- "Add subdomain shop.example.com"
- "Redirect www to non-www"
- "Switch to Nginx for api.example.com"
- "Show my pending domains"
- "Delete subdomain old.example.com"
Caching & performance
- "Enable caching"
- "Purge the cache"
- "Why is my site slow?"
- "Show resource usage"
- "Add cache exclusion for /checkout"
FTP & access
- "Show my FTP server information"
- "Create FTP user for developer"
- "Open terminal"
- "Show SSH connection info"
Redirects
- "Add redirect from /old to /new"
- "List my redirects"
- "Delete redirect"
Navigation & account
- "Go to file manager"
- "Switch to dark mode"
- "Switch to account xyz"
- "Open Git settings"
tasks and growing
New capabilities added weekly
See it in action
Try Ellie yourself
Click any command below to see how Ellie responds
Click to try:
Click a command on the left to see Ellie in action
Ellie can make mistakes. Double-check replies.
14 days free. No credit card required.
Side by side
Traditional hosting vs Ellie
Same task: change PHP version. Different approach.
Traditional panel
The old-fashioned way
Log in to hosting panel
Find the login URL, enter credentials
Find the right section
Scroll through dozens of icons and menus
Click the PHP manager
Hope you picked the right one
Select your domain
Checkbox in a list of all domains
Choose PHP version
Dropdown menu
Click "Apply"
Wait for page refresh
Verify it worked
Check the list again, hope nothing broke
7 steps
~2-3 minutes, if you know where everything is
With Ellie
The Hostney way
Click a command on the left to see Ellie in action
Ellie can make mistakes. Double-check replies.
1 sentence
~3 seconds
That's not a small difference. That's a paradigm shift.
Every hosting task works the same way. Ask Ellie. Done.
Questions