Macweb MiniCluster, $ 1,200.00/mo. on Macintosh Dedicated


MiniCluster has been added on Feb 13, 2026
macweb.com
Macweb
3080 Raymond St
Santa Clara , CA 95054
US
☎ Phone +1 650-274-4652
  • 💡 Plan Name: MiniCluster (sku #p144052)
  • 🔧 Category: Dedicated Hosting / Macintosh
  • 💰 Price:$ 1,200.00/mo.
  • 💿 Disk Space: 4000 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
💪 CPU/Cores :4x Apple Mac mini (Ultimate M4 Pro) - total 56 CPU cores
🔋 RAM :256000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :unlimited
🆓 free domains :0
📌 Dedicated IPs :4
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔧 Category :Self Managed
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :US
screenshot of MiniCluster from macweb.com

See also initial MiniCluster plan location on their website!


*📜 Plan description

MiniCluster is a dedicated Mac mini cluster designed as a private macOS compute cloud, suitable for distributed builds, parallel workloads, and tightly controlled environments.
Configuration highlights include:
Cluster size: 4 x Apple Mac mini cluster nodes
CPU capacity: 56 CPU cores (4 x Ultimate M4 Pro)
GPU capacity: 80 GPU cores
NPU capacity: 64 NPU cores
Unified memory: 256GB (listed bandwidth 273GB/s)
Storage: 4TB SSD flash-storage
Public networking: 10G LAN and 10G internet port
Private networking: 80G Thunderbolt 5 LAN (private)
Public IPs: 4 sequential IPv4 addresses
Operating system shown for this configuration: macOS Sequoia.
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, the monthly rate is used as the baseline for the plan price field.

MiniCluster is presented as a dedicated private macOS cloud built from multiple Apple Mac mini nodes connected with low-latency private networking.
It targets high-performance workloads that benefit from clustered compute, including CI/CD, Agile development, regulated-industry workflows, and creative or AI-oriented pipelines.
Key themes include instant availability for standard sizes, the ability to scale through custom deployments, and centralized management with a focus on flexibility, fault tolerance, and control.
Networking is a core differentiator: private Thunderbolt 5 LAN is highlighted for intra-cluster communication, alongside a 10G LAN and 10G internet port for external connectivity.
Each cluster is described with dedicated resources (not shared virtualization), and configurations are offered as monthly subscriptions with optional longer renewal cycles.
Operationally, customers can run native macOS tooling across multiple nodes, distribute jobs, and integrate into build systems or secure environments while keeping administration under their own control.
Billing is charged to a credit card, and subscription cancellations take effect at the end of the paid period.

📄 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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