Cobalt Studio runs 84 retainer clients on white-labelled cPanel.
$184k ARR added
For agencies
Run client estates without becoming a hosting company.
White-label panels, partner-margin pricing, compliance carried on our balance sheet. We're the boring backend so you stay billable.
Built for studios
Three reasons agencies stick around.
We've been operating panels for a decade. We know exactly which support escalations are worth your hour and which ones we should swallow.
White-label panels
Brand cPanel, Plesk and the customer dashboard with your domain, logo and palette. Hide HostEngine entirely if you want.
Margin-first pricing
Volume tiers start at 10 sites. Bill clients on your terms via the partner API and let us be the silent backend.
Compliance hand-off
SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and DPAs come pre-signed. Forward audit questions to our compliance desk and stay billable.
In the wild
How studios like yours use HostEngine.
Pinepoint hands off PCI-DSS audits straight to our compliance desk.
0 audit findings
Verdant pre-provisions tenants in 90s with the partner API.
8× faster onboarding
Recommended stack
Four products that pay for themselves on day one.
"We white-label HostEngine cPanel for every retainer client. Provisioning a new tenant takes 90 seconds and the API is the cleanest in the industry."
Answers
Frequently asked questions
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Can I bill my clients in my own currency?
Yes. The partner API exposes hooks for invoicing, so you can use Stripe, Paddle or your existing AR system. We bill you in USD/EUR/GBP.
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Do clients see HostEngine anywhere?
Only if you want them to. Panels, emails, dashboards and DNS all rebrand to your domain. The HostEngine name and IPs are hidden by default.
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Can I move existing client sites in for free?
Up to 25 sites per client account. Past that, our migration team quotes a flat fee — usually $30/site for a fully managed move.
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What's the partner program revshare?
Tiered from 15% to 30% recurring on net revenue depending on volume, plus an SE on retainer for partners over $5k MRR.
Ready when you are
Ready to add hosting to your retainers?
Apply to the partner program and we'll match you with an SE who actually returns Slacks.
- No credit card to start
- Free migration from any provider
- 99.99% uptime SLA, in writing
Frankfurt · 3 nodes · healthy
38ms p99
# spin up a 4 vCPU / 8 GB cloud VPS in 55s $ hostengine vps create --plan "performance-4x8" --region "fra1" ✓ provisioned vps_2x9k1q (172.247.18.42) ✓ image debian-12 ready · ssh keys attached ✓ snapshot policy: hourly · backups: 30 days $ hostengine domain attach "trading.acme.io" --ssl ✓ DNS verified · Let's Encrypt cert issued in 6.4s
55s
median provision
14
global regions
$200
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