Macweb Base M4, $ 99.00/mo. on Macintosh Dedicated


Base M4 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: Base M4 (sku #p144055)
  • 🔧 Category: Dedicated Hosting / Macintosh
  • 💰 Price:$ 99.00/mo.
  • 💿 Disk Space: 250 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
💪 CPU/Cores :Apple M4, 10-Core CPU (4P+6E)
🔋 RAM :16000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :unlimited
🆓 free domains :0
📌 Dedicated IPs :1
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔧 Category :Self Managed
✍️ Support Options :EmailPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :US
screenshot of Base M4 from macweb.com

See also initial Base M4 plan location on their website!


*📜 Plan description

Configuration overview:
- Dedicated Mac mini with Apple M4 chip.
- CPU: 10-Core (4 performance + 6 efficiency).
- GPU: 10-Core.
- Neural Engine: 16-Core.
- Unified memory: 16GB (16000 MB) with stated 120GB/s memory bandwidth.
- Storage: 256GB SSD flash storage (256000 MB).
- Networking: 1G LAN and 1G internet port.
- Operating system shown on the plan: macOS Sequoia.
Availability note:
- This configuration is listed with a monthly subscription price, but it is marked as coming soon on the page.
Use case fit:
- Positioned for native macOS development and testing, including Xcode builds and CI/CD pipelines on Apple Silicon, with remote access for distributed teams.
Access and administration:
- The platform emphasizes full administrator control with root access, and remote desktop access via VNC plus SSH for command-line administration.
Service and operational notes:
- Subscriptions are positioned as on-demand with no contract required, and cancellation is described as available at any time from the customer dashboard.
- Billing is described as charged to the credit card on file each month on the service anniversary date; the current billing period is paid in advance and unused time is not refunded.

Their Cloud Mac mini service is positioned as a dedicated bare-metal Mac, not a virtual machine, delivered with instant activation and a fixed IP concept for predictable remote access. The service is marketed for teams that need scalable macOS environments without owning on-premise hardware, enabling remote build and test workflows, secure enterprise deployments, and fast iteration for global development.
Operationally, the environment is described around complete admin control, with VNC for full desktop control and SSH for UNIX-level management, plus the ability to remotely force a restart from the customer dashboard. The platform highlights a choice of Apple operating systems (examples shown include Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma) so the instance can match tooling requirements.
Data center placement is presented as US-based, with on-page references to US West (Silicon Valley) for certain configurations and a broader data center footprint that includes Santa Clara, California and Secaucus, New Jersey. Facilities are described as enterprise-class, designed for high availability and scalability with redundant power and cooling, strong connectivity options including interconnection paths to major cloud providers, and compliance/security certifications such as SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, and PCI-DSS.

📄 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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