A campaign by DevPanel
Hosting Is Dead.
The cloud already runs your websites. It is time your organization owned the cloud account.
Traditional hosting made infrastructure easier. But it also bundled the cloud, the platform, usage limits, support, and operational services inside someone else's account and someone else's bill.
There is now another way.
Keep the platform experience. Own the infrastructure.
You do not need another hosting company between you and the cloud.
Many managed platforms ultimately run on public cloud infrastructure.
The old assumption was that the platform provider also had to own the infrastructure relationship, meter your usage, package support, and send you one bundled bill.
That assumption is no longer necessary.
The traditional model — Your organization → Hosting platform → Public cloud
The platform provider controls the infrastructure relationship and packages the platform, support, and usage economics around it.
The customer-owned-cloud model — Your organization → DevPanel → Your cloud account
You own the account. You pay the cloud provider directly. DevPanel makes the environment practical to develop, deploy, operate, and support.
The traditional model: Your organization → Hosting platform → Public cloud. The platform provider controls the infrastructure relationship and packages the platform, support, and usage economics around it. The customer-owned-cloud model: Your organization → DevPanel → Your cloud account. You own the account. You pay the cloud provider directly. DevPanel makes the environment practical to develop, deploy, operate, and support.
Same class of experience. A fundamentally different relationship.
With DevPanel, teams can operate modern application workflows in customer-controlled infrastructure:
Development, testing, staging, and production environments
Git-based delivery and deployment automation
Browser-based development tools
Scaling and infrastructure orchestration
Backups and recovery workflows
Security and operational controls
Central portfolio management
Expert implementation and support
The point is not to turn your web team into a cloud-operations team.
The point is to let your organization own the cloud without giving up the platform experience.
Hosting was a bundle.
You may be paying for some combination of:
- Infrastructure
- Platform access
- Site or project allowances
- Traffic or resource limits
- Environments
- CDN and security features
- Support tiers
- Operational services
Different providers package these elements differently. Acquia, Pantheon, Upsun, amazee.io, Cloudways, and other platforms are not identical.
But the strategic question is the same:
Does the platform provider need to own the infrastructure relationship—or should you?
What changes when you own the cloud?
Your billing becomes visible.
Infrastructure charges come directly from the cloud provider rather than being hidden inside one platform bill.
Your governance becomes direct.
Cloud identity, access, data location, networking, and organizational controls can align with your existing cloud strategy.
Your platform becomes portable.
The operating model is designed around infrastructure your organization controls.
Your success does not have to become someone else's metering opportunity.
Traffic still consumes infrastructure, but your platform economics do not have to be defined by a hosting company's traffic tier.
Meet DevPanel.
DevPanel is the operating layer for the customer-owned-cloud era.
It helps teams develop, deploy, and manage applications in their own AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, or Kubernetes environment while retaining access to expert support and enterprise services.
Your cloud. Your data. Your bill. Your platform.
Who should consider this model?
- 01
Drupal organizations with significant Acquia or Pantheon commitments
- 02
Agencies managing multiple Drupal or WordPress sites
- 03
Universities and regulated organizations with cloud-governance requirements
- 04
Enterprises with existing AWS or Azure relationships
- 05
Multi-site operators tired of purchasing hosting one site at a time
- 06
Teams that want more infrastructure control without building an internal platform from scratch
Find out what your hosting bundle is really costing you.
Request a Hosting Bill Autopsy. Tell us approximately what you operate, what you pay if you know it, and what your team needs. Uploading an invoice is optional. You can skip details you do not have. DevPanel will review the information and respond within three business days.
Frequently asked questions
Are you asking us to manage AWS or Azure ourselves?
No. Your organization owns the cloud account, while DevPanel provides the platform automation, workflows, operations, and support needed to run applications there.
Is DevPanel another hosting reseller?
DevPanel's model is designed around infrastructure in the customer's cloud account. The customer pays the cloud provider directly and uses DevPanel for the operating platform and optional expert services.
Will we definitely save money?
Not necessarily. The outcome depends on your current contract, infrastructure needs, traffic, support, and compliance requirements. The Hosting Bill Autopsy is intended to produce a case-specific assessment.
Can we use the review if we do not have a current provider or invoice?
Yes. DevPanel can outline a likely architecture and operating model. Current savings cannot be calculated without current-cost information.