Unmanaged VPS: Total Control Over Your Server
Raw resources, root access, and zero interference. You get the hardware, the isolation, and full permissions of a virtual private server — with none of the pre-installed layers standing between you and the machine. What you do with it is entirely up to you.
Choose Your Core VPS
Unmanaged Core VPS NVMe plans ship with full root access, SSD storage, and a dedicated IP — the rest is yours to configure. Prices update live from our billing system.
- ✓Full Root Access
- ✓Linux or KVM
- ✓1 Dedicated IP
- ✓Hardware & Network SLA
- ✓Full Root Access
- ✓Linux or KVM
- ✓1 Dedicated IP
- ✓Hardware & Network SLA
- ✓Full Root Access
- ✓Linux or KVM
- ✓1 Dedicated IP
- ✓Hardware & Network SLA
- ✓Full Root Access
- ✓Linux or KVM
- ✓1 Dedicated IP
- ✓Hardware & Network SLA
Want us to handle setup, patching, and monitoring instead? Explore Managed VPS hosting.
Total Control Over Your Server
Some people want a provider to handle everything. Others want the opposite: raw resources, root access, and zero interference. If you know your way around a terminal and would rather configure your own stack than wait on a support ticket, unmanaged VPS hosting gives you exactly that.
You get the hardware, the isolation, and the full permissions of a virtual private server, with none of the pre-installed software or managed layers standing between you and the machine.
What "Unmanaged" Actually Means
An unmanaged VPS server ships with an operating system and a network connection, and that's about it. There's no control panel forced on you, no pre-configured firewall rules, no automatic patching schedule. You get root access, and every configuration decision is in your hands — from the kernel version to the exact packages installed.
This isn't a stripped-down product. It's the same underlying hardware as a managed plan, just without someone else making decisions for you.
What You're Responsible For
Self-managed VPS hosting means the technical upkeep is entirely on your team. That includes:
Operating System Setup
Choosing your distro and configuring it from scratch.
Security Hardening
Firewall rules, SSH configuration, and intrusion detection are yours to set.
Patching & Updates
Applied on your own schedule rather than automatically.
Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Nobody watches uptime or resource usage unless you set that up yourself, and you diagnose and fix issues without a support engineer doing it for you.
Globalink still handles the physical infrastructure, network uptime, and hardware failures. Everything above the operating system layer is yours.
Who This Actually Fits
An unmanaged VPS is ideal where you have the knowledge, or the team, to configure the server yourself. It suits sysadmins who need a specific setup, developers testing custom environments, and businesses running applications that require a non-standard configuration a managed plan wouldn't support out of the box. If you're not comfortable configuring firewalls or SSH hardening, this isn't the place to start.
Linux and KVM Options
Unmanaged Linux VPS
A clean installation of your chosen operating system and all the freedom to set up your server exactly how you want — whether you need a LAMP stack or containerization.
Unmanaged KVM VPS
Hardware-level virtualization, so your server runs on its own kernel and is completely isolated from the host.
Both run on SSD storage, so even with zero management overhead, disk performance stays fast.
Plans and Specs
| Plan | RAM | Storage | CPU Cores | Bandwidth | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanaged Basic | 2 GB | 40 GB SSD | 1 vCore | 2 TB | Testing, personal projects |
| Unmanaged Standard | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 2 vCores | 4 TB | Small apps, dev environments |
| Unmanaged Advanced | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 4 vCores | 8 TB | Production workloads |
| Unmanaged Unmetered | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | 8 vCores | Unmetered | High-traffic, data-heavy apps |
The unmetered tier removes bandwidth caps entirely, which matters for applications with unpredictable or high-volume traffic. Reach out for current pricing on any tier.
Managed vs Unmanaged: The Real Trade-Off
| Factor | Unmanaged VPS | Managed VPS |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration control | Full, root-level | Limited to what's exposed |
| Setup responsibility | You | Provider |
| Ongoing maintenance | You | Provider |
| Cost | Lower | Higher |
| Best for | Technical teams, developers | Businesses without IT staff |
Cheap unmanaged VPS plans exist because you're paying for hardware and bandwidth, not labor. That trade-off only pays off if you have the skills in-house to actually run the server. Prefer we handle it? See managed VPS hosting instead.