Stack Path SP-1, $ 35.28/mo. on Linux Virtual Dedicated

SP-1 has been discontinued (added April 23, 2020)

💪 CPU/Cores :	1 Core
🔋 RAM :	2000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	US

Original plan URL was https://www.stackpath.com/products/virtual-machines/

📜 Plan description

$0.049/hour

StackPath Edge Computing Virtual Machines are billed based on the number of VMs running in each location. VM usage is calculated by the second after a 5-minute per VM minimum. Sign up and get started or contact our expert team by chat.

CentOS and Ubuntu Installed
Robust APIs
Built-in Metrics
Network Policies
Intel and AMD CPUs

📄 Editorial Review

StackPath is now a closed / inactive edge-cloud, CDN and infrastructure brand. The company was founded in Dallas, Texas in 2015 and emerged from stealth in 2016, led by Lance Crosby, the founder of SoftLayer. StackPath grew quickly through acquisitions, including MaxCDN, Highwinds, Fireblade, Staminus, Cloak, Encrypt.me and Server Density.

The company effectively reached its end in June 2024, when StackPath stopped customer invoicing and moved into asset liquidation. Before the final closure, the CDN customer base had already been reduced through the August 2023 agreement with Akamai, which acquired around 100 enterprise CDN customer contracts. That transaction did not include StackPath’s employees or technology, so it worked mainly as a customer migration rather than a full company acquisition.

StackPath was not a classic shared-hosting provider. Its portfolio was focused on CDN, Edge Delivery, Edge Compute, Virtual Machines, Containers, DNS, WAF, DDoS mitigation, Object Storage, Network Transit, Colocation and Server Density Monitoring. The platform was especially useful for developers, SaaS providers, media websites, high-traffic publishers and infrastructure teams that needed global acceleration, caching and security in one place.

The CDN service included EdgeRules, instant purge, HTTP/2 support, private EdgeSSL, GZIP compression, origin shielding, caching controls, analytics and API access. Security was also an important part of the platform, with DDoS mitigation and WAF features available for protecting applications and content delivery. The edge-compute side gave customers the possibility to run workloads closer to end users rather than relying only on centralized cloud regions.

StackPath’s main strength was the combination of content delivery, security and compute at the edge. The business was built for API-driven infrastructure, application delivery and scalable workloads, not for small hosting accounts managed through standard shared-hosting tools. Historically, this made StackPath a strong technical alternative for users who wanted more flexibility than a simple CDN account, but less complexity than building their own global delivery architecture.

At its stronger point, StackPath had a significant market profile. The company was connected with nearly $400 million in raised capital, and LinkedIn placed it in the 201–500 employees range. Even with that backing, the final years showed how difficult the CDN and edge-cloud market became for mid-sized infrastructure providers competing with hyperscalers and larger CDN networks.

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