Web hosting

Last updated on August 9, 2023

DoIT’s Web Hosting Service provides a community test and production web hosting environment for UW–‍Madison and its affiliates.

We host web accounts on various platforms, which offer support for  LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), Windows/IIS/ASP.NET, Java/Tomcat, Node.js, Ruby on Rails and more.

All accounts include:

Benefits

Getting started

Complete the request form to get started, or contact us to set up a trial account. A trial account allows you to preview our hosting environment at your convenience and at no cost.

Transferring an existing site to our service?  No problem we got you covered for a seamless transition!

Terms of use

Web Hosting Terms of Use

Options

  • Bronze
  • Nickel
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Platinum

Pricing

Service Level Pricing and Resources
Bronze Free — 5GB quota and no scripting (i.e., static content); HTML-only.  Includes one production domain.
Nickel $25/month — 5GB quota and scripting support for PHP, ASP.NET, Java/Tomcat, RoR, Node.js and includes one production domain and a distinct test domain and one MySQL database for test and another for production
Silver $45/month — 15GB quota and scripting support PHP, ASP.NET, Java/Tomcat, RoR, Node.js with up to three extra domains w/ test equivalents and 5 MySQL databases (5 test and 5 production)
Gold $90/month — 25GB quota and scripting support PHP, ASP.NET, Java/Tomcat, RoR, Node.js and eight extra domains w/ test equivalents included w/ options for unlimited domains and 10 MySQL databases (10 test, 10 production)
Platinum $150/month – Reserved for Restricted data hosting — 35GB and scripting support PHP, ASP.NET, Java/Tomcat, RoR, Node.js and eight extra domains w/ test equivalents included w/ options for unlimited domains and 10 MySQL databases (10 test, 10 production)


NOTE:

— We can add storage on the base rate of $5 /1GB/ per year in addition to quota allocation allotted by your service level.  For large volume pricing, we can engage with the CCI team and provide assistance with other options (AWS/Azure, Box, Google Drive, etc.)

Enterprise level database support (Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL) is available from DoIT’s Data Resource Management Technology (DRMT) group (separate service fee applies).

Not sure where to get started?

Talk to one of our hosting consultants.

Available to

  • Administrators
  • Departments
  • Faculty
  • Instructors
  • IT Staff
  • Managers
  • Researchers
  • Staff
  • UW-Madison and UW System Campus Staff

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