Web hosting

Last updated on March 5, 2024

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

Web Hosting accounts are free to set up and are billed monthly. Costs depend on your service level and additional storage or domain needs.

Service levels

Bronze

Nickel

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Monthly fee Free $25 $45 $90 $150
Dynamic scripting for PHP, ASP.NET, Java/Tomcat, RoR, Node.js No, static content and HTML only Yes Yes Yes Yes
Included storage
(Can be increased)
5 GB 5 GB 15 GB 25 GB 35 GB
Additional domains
(Nickel and higher include equivalent testing domains)
Only 1 production domain 1 domain Up to 3 domains Includes 8 domains, can be increased Includes 8 domains, can be increased
MySQL databases
(Nickel and higher include equivalent testing domains)
None 1 database Up to 5 databases Includes 10 databases, can be increased Includes 10 databases, can be increased
Restricted data No No No No Yes, reserved for restricted data hosting
E-commerce No No No No Yes, reserved for restricted data hosting

In addition to the storage included in your service level, we can add storage at a base rate of $5 /1GB/ per year.  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 Universities of Wisconsin Campus Staff

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