Macweb Base M2 Max, $ 249.00/mo. on Macintosh Dedicated


Base M2 Max has been added on Feb 13, 2026
macweb.com
Macweb
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Santa Clara , CA 95054
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  • 💡 Plan Name: Base M2 Max (sku #p144049)
  • 🔧 Category: Dedicated Hosting / Macintosh
  • 💰 Price:$ 249.00/mo.
  • 💿 Disk Space: 1000 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
💪 CPU/Cores :Apple M2 Max 12C (8P+4E)
🔋 RAM :64000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :unlimited
🆓 free domains :0
📌 Dedicated IPs :1
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔧 Category :Self Managed
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :US
screenshot of Base M2 Max from macweb.com

See also initial Base M2 Max plan location on their website!


*📜 Plan description

Base M2 Max is a Mac Studio bare-metal instance built around Apple M2 Max chip, intended for native macOS workflows that need dedicated Apple Silicon performance.
Configuration highlights include:
CPU: 12-Core CPU (8P+4E)
GPU: 30-Core GPU
NPU: 16-Core NPU
Unified memory: 64GB (listed bandwidth 400GB/s)
Storage: 1TB SSD flash-storage
Networking: 10G LAN and 10G internet port
Operating system shown for this configuration: macOS Sonoma.
Availability: Available with instant activation in US West (Silicon Valley).
The subscription price shown is billed as a monthly plan; where renewal options such as quarterly or yearly are offered in the cart, the monthly rate remains the baseline reference for comparison.
The plan notes an easy upgrade path to Sequoia or Tahoe, depending on the provider's supported upgrade process for the instance.

Mac Studio in the cloud is positioned as on-demand Mac bare metal for teams that need native macOS compute without buying and maintaining hardware.
The service emphasizes instant activation, no contract requirement for single-node instances, and the ability to cancel at any time.
Each instance is described as a dedicated computer (not a virtual machine) with full admin control and complete root access.
Connectivity highlights include high-bandwidth networking (bursting to 1 or 10Gbps), a fixed IP address option (IPv4 or IPv6), and remote access via VNC for desktop control plus SSH for terminal workflows.
Customers can choose between Apple OS releases such as Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma depending on the configuration, with upgrade paths referenced for supported models.
Typical use cases include Xcode builds, CI/CD pipelines, dev/test environments, and secure enterprise deployments for globally distributed teams.
Billing is handled as a subscription and charged to a credit card, with cancellations stopping renewal and the instance being removed at the end of the paid period (unused time in the current period is not refunded).
Hosting is presented from a Silicon Valley US West footprint for standard deployments, with additional US data center presence also referenced by the provider for broader regional coverage and connectivity.

📄 Editorial Review

MacWeb (est. 2020) is a specialist cloud provider focused entirely on Apple Mac bare-metal infrastructure. Based in Silicon Valley, they rent dedicated Mac mini and Mac Studio systems in the cloud rather than generic VPS or shared hosting. Everything is tuned for developers, IT teams and creative studios that need real macOS hardware for Xcode builds, CI/CD pipelines, AI workloads, rendering or testing, without having to rack and maintain Apple hardware themselves.

The core offer revolves around Cloud Mac Mini and Cloud Mac Studio instances. Each server is a dedicated Mac, not a virtual machine, with full root/admin control, fixed IPv4/IPv6 address, and remote access via VNC and SSH. Instances sit on Apple Silicon (M1, M2, and newer M4/M4 Pro and M4 Max generations), with configurations scaling from entry-level 8-core CPUs with 16 GB unified memory up to very powerful 24+ core CPUs, 60-core GPUs and large SSD storage. Customers choose the macOS version (Sonoma, Sequoia or Tahoe) and can upgrade in-place, so development stacks stay aligned with Apple’s current OS releases.

For teams that have outgrown a single cloud Mac, MacWeb offers MiniCluster multi-node clusters. The standard MiniCluster combines 4× Mac mini M4 Pro nodes into a private cluster with 56 total CPU cores, 80 GPU cores, 64 NPU cores, 256 GB unified memory, and 4 TB SSD. Networking includes 10 Gbps uplink plus an 80 Gbps private Thunderbolt 5 LAN, making it suitable for CI/CD pipelines, AI inference, scientific workloads and heavy 3D or video rendering. The MiniCluster Pro line scales this to 10 nodes with up to 140 CPU cores, 200 GPU cores, 160 NPU cores, 640 GB unified memory and 10 TB SSD, turning Apple Silicon into a predictable "unit of compute" for larger engineering or media teams.

Beyond renting Mac hardware, MacWeb also covers hybrid scenarios. Their Colocation service lets customers ship their own Apple systems (Mac mini, Mac Studio or similar) into MacWeb’s data centers. Technicians handle rack installation, cabling and remote-hands assistance, and can attach high-capacity NAS, dedicated firewalls/VPN appliances, and 10 G / 100 G network links. This is attractive for organizations that want to keep ownership of the hardware but move it into a professional, highly connected environment.

There is also a cloud web hosting layer aimed at people who want to run WordPress, ExpressionEngine, HumHub and other web apps on Mac infrastructure without managing the full server. App "engines" can be brought online in minutes on shared Apple Silicon servers, with automatic SSL and an option to point custom domains to the instance. For domains, MacWeb acts as a simple registrar/manager: they can register, transfer or renew names on request, and DNS hosting is included for free, but management is handled through support rather than a self-service domain control panel.

Taken together, MacWeb is a niche Mac cloud and colocation provider than a traditional web host. They are a strong fit for teams that explicitly need macOS and Apple Silicon in the cloud—CI/CD for iOS, Mac app development, Apple Silicon–based AI or GPU workloads, or creative pipelines—while a typical small website owner looking for cPanel-style shared hosting is not the primary target.

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