SMF Hosting
Autoscaling
SMF Hosting
- Blazing-fast, reliable hosting for busy forums
- High-availability & high-frequency platform
- Keep boards, topics, search and moderation running smoothly
- Secure hosting with daily backups, WAF & DDoS protection
- Free, unlimited migrations with zero downtime
- 24/7/365 Expert Support
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Always-on, always-fast SMF hosting
Blazing-fast & ultra-reliable autoscaling cloud hosting optimized for SMF
Hosting built for SMF
SMF communities need hosting that keeps forum activity smooth, from board browsing and topic replies to private messages, member groups and moderation.
With our autoscaling SMF hosting, your installation gets the foundation it needs to stay responsive as boards, topics, posts, permissions, themes, packages and member activity grow.
That means a faster experience for users and a more reliable way to manage active forums day to day.
Peak performance SMF hosting, no compromises
The best SMF hosting stack for reliability & scalability
Our proprietary autoscaling technology dynamically allocates resources across the entire platform, not just one server. No LVE limits, no bottlenecks, just consistent performance even under peak demand.
With isolated server roles, automatic failover and fully redundant power infrastructure, our platform is designed with no single point of failure, ensuring your services stay online without interruption.
Engineered for demanding workloads, our redundant database architecture delivers rapid query execution and low-latency performance. Advanced indexing and optimized storage ensures reliability and responsiveness at scale.
Manage as many files and directories as your projects demand without hitting arbitrary inode limits or compromising performance.
Serve any number of concurrent users with zero degradation in speed or performance; ideal for high-traffic and intensive workloads.
There’s no need to configure PHP workers manually. Our platform scales them automatically to match demand, ensuring consistent performance without limits.
Blazing-fast autoscaling performance that delivers, every time
High-speed SMF hosting no matter where your traffic is coming from
Our high-frequency compute nodes handle demanding workloads effortlessly, delivering lower latency and significantly faster processing than conventional environments.
Your content is automatically pre-cached across our global edge network, ensuring rapid load times with no bandwidth throttle or usage caps. Enjoy sub-10ms latency in North America, Europe and APAC with sub-30ms worldwide.
Our finely tuned PHP-FPM and OPCache configuration delivers ultra-fast execution with minimal latency. Dynamic content is processed instantly with no queueing slowdowns, just consistent high throughput.
Optimize your images and code at the server level, no plug-ins required. Includes image resizing/compression, code minification, lazy loading and much more.
The full stack SMF hosting platform
One dashboard to manage all aspects of your SMF hosting effortlessly.
Use our intuitive and powerful dashboard to manage all your hosting, email, databases, security and domain services in one place. Advanced multi-site management features and filters put you firmly in control, no matter how many sites you have.
Manage DNS settings, WHOIS details, nameservers, privacy, privacy, contacts, DNSSEC protection, transfers and more. Plus, apply preconfigured DNS entries for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
Enterprise-level security comes as standard, with no compromises. Includes powerful DDoS & WAF protection, malware scanning, brute-force login protection, 2FA, FTP lock and free SSL certificates.
Automatic daily snapshots of your entire file structure and databases give you a 30-day safety net so you can restore your entire installation or an individual file in a single click.
Twentie is your powerful AI assistant to troubleshoot issues, analyze data, track website performance, diagnose errors, write/debug code and even craft engaging content from one place.
Manage databases with phpMyAdmin, set up remote MySQL access, manually backup/restore sites, manage FTP accounts, change PHP versions, create scheduled tasks, integrated Git versioin control and much more.
Unlimited one-click SMF migrations
Zero downtime and no risk of data loss
Migrate unlimited websites and applications in a matter of minutes.
- Move SMF installations, databases and emails automatically
- Preserve all files, folders, scripts & data exactly as-is
- Choose exactly what you want to migrate and when
Read more about our Migration Center.
Business-class email hosting
Fully-integrated email platform included with your SMF hosting
High availability email service
Our email platform runs independently of your web hosting, with redundancy-protected servers to keep your emails flowing.
Generous mailbox storage
Start with 10 GB per mailbox and expand any time with simple quota upgrades.
Multi-level spam & virus protection
Advanced, layered filtering blocks spam, phishing and malware before it reaches your inbox.
Unlimited email forwarders
Create as many forwarders as you need – perfect for routing mail to the right people or systems.
Authentic & trusted
Protect your domain’s reputation with DKIM, SPF and ARC email authentication.
Plus addressing for smarter sorting
Use subaddressing to filter, label and organize incoming mail automatically.
Strong IP reputation
Our platform maintains a trusted IP reputation for better inbox placement and reliable delivery.
Detailed mail logs
Full visibility into every sent and received message, helping you track, troubleshoot and optimize your email.
SMF hosting support from the best in the business
Our SMF Hosting specialists have your back. Our experts are on hand to get any issue resolved quickly, whatever the problem.
Award-winning support
Our support team know hosting inside and out and were named “Best Support” and “Users Are Most Likely To Recommend” in the G2 Awards.
Support you can rely on
Fast, accurate responses and quick resolutions 365 days a year
Top-rated hosting
We’re rated #1 on Trustpilot by our customers.
Why our customers love us
From blazing-fast & ultra-reliable experiences to our award-winning 24/7 support, find out why our customers rate us 5 stars.
World-class Data Centers
Host SMF with the same world-class infrastructure used by hyperscale cloud providers, AI companies and large financial service organizations.
Green web hosting powered by 100% renewable energy
We’re committed to making sure our hosting is as green as can be.
Green Energy
All our hosting is powered by 100% renewable energy, which means all your sites and apps are too. That’s great news for you and the environment.
Green Data Centers
All our data centers are built to lower their environmental impact. Each data center has an extremely low , so no energy is wasted.
Low Carbon Footprint
Our office runs on renewable energy with its own solar farm. We’re fully paperless, run a cycle to work scheme and recycle all our waste.
Frequently asked questions about SMF hosting
Installing Simple Machines Forum on 20i is very easy. SMF is available as a one-click install app within My20i, so you can be up and running in minutes.
Yes, upgrading or downgrading is quick and easy and can be done any time from within our control panel, My20i.
Our dedicated Migration Center can easily migrate your sites from other web hosts. Migrate in minutes, not hours or days and preserve all folders, files, scripts, emails, databases and other data exactly as-is. There are no limits and it is totally free. We’re also on hand to help at any time.
We have multiple data centers in the USA, UK and Singapore. You can choose where to host your SMF server when you set up your hosting. We also have our free CDN, which will store copies of your public site content at data centers around the world. So your website will load quickly – for everyone!
Our platform uses proprietary autoscaling technology alongside multiple levels of redundancy.
Our intelligent load balancers distribute traffic across the cloud platform, meaning that your forums will stay live during traffic spikes and unexpected viral moments.
We accept most electronic methods of payment including Delta, Maestro, Mastercard, American Express, Visa and Visa Electron.
We also accept both Apple Pay and Google Pay at checkout.
PayPal can be used to load credit to your 20i account.
Our custom-built dashboard My20i is everything a hosting control panel should be: intuitive, packed full of powerful features and free to use. cPanel users will find the design familiar while enjoying a string of improvements, with no limits or license fees - making the switch to 20i easy and stress-free.
In just a few clicks, our automated Migration Center brings your websites over with no downtime, no data loss and no disruption to your business.
If you do have any questions, we have an archive of support documentation and video guides to help you every step of the way.
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