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Server management

Expert Server Administration, by the Task or the Month.

Our engineers harden, migrate, monitor and fix your Linux and Windows servers. Book 15 minutes for a quick job, hire a dedicated administrator, or add a 24/7 team. No long-term contract.

From $8 at store prices, no contract.

  • From $8 per 15 minutes
  • No long-term contract
  • Servers at any provider
A Ucartz engineer at her workstation in our office in Kerala, India
Plans

Choose How You Want to Buy.

Pay for the time a job takes, or hire an administrator for a fixed number of hours a day. Store prices, shown in your currency.

Server Administration, 15 minutes

Any quick task on any server, such as a software install or a configuration change. Many take 15 minutes or less. Support levels L1, L2 and L3.

Server Administration, 30 minutes

Half an hour of on-demand work for a slightly bigger job, on any server.

Server Administration, 1 hour

An hour of on-demand work. You pay only for the time booked, with no monthly commitment.

Per Server, 15 minutes

Fifteen minutes booked for one server we look after: shared, VPS, reseller or dedicated.

Per Server, 30 minutes

Thirty minutes booked for one server we look after.

Per Server, 60 minutes

An hour booked for one server we look after.

Dedicated Admin, 8 hours a day

A dedicated administrator for 8 hours a day for a month, who also writes code in Perl, Python or PHP. Billed once in the store; order again to continue.

Dedicated Admin, 16 hours a day

A dedicated administrator for 16 hours a day for a month. Billed once in the store; order again to continue.

Dedicated Admin, 24 hours a day

A dedicated administrator around the clock for a month. Billed once in the store; order again to continue.

24/7 Admin Team

A team of administrators on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for escalated issues, for a month. Billed once in the store.

Not sure which one fits?

Tell us what you need and an engineer recommends the right option, free of charge.

Need something not listed?

A larger job, custom work or a mix of options: tell us about it and we send you a quote.

What we do

Everyday Server Work, Done for You.

Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, Windows Server, and servers with cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin, at Ucartz or at any other provider.

Hardening and security updates

Firewall, access and service hardening, security audits and regular security updates.

Software installation

Third-party software installed and configured to your specification.

Migrations

Accounts, whole servers or data centres moved with a plan and tests, keeping downtime low.

Monitoring

Uptime, security and performance watched around the clock. 24/7 server monitoring starts at $13 a month.

Backups

Backup configuration and restore checks, so you know your data can come back.

Web, database and mail servers

Apache, Nginx and LiteSpeed; MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL; Postfix and Exim; DNS servers.

Control panels

cPanel and WHM, Plesk and DirectAdmin: installs, updates, tuning and troubleshooting.

Emergencies

A hacked or unresponsive server, spam and abuse problems, clean-up and recovery, billed by the time used.

Beyond administration

The same team builds n8n automations, private AI and DevOps pipelines.

Technologies

Systems We Work With

  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
  • AlmaLinux
  • Rocky Linux
  • RHEL
  • CentOS
  • Windows Server
  • cPanel and WHM
  • Plesk
  • DirectAdmin
  • CloudLinux
  • LiteSpeed
  • Nginx
  • Apache
  • MySQL and MariaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • KVM and VMware
  • Exim and Postfix
  • CSF firewall
How it works

From Order to Done.

1

Pick a plan or a task

A time slot for a quick job, or a monthly administrator.

2

Order online

Check out in our client area, or ask us for a quote first.

3

Share only the access needed

Usually SSH or a control panel login. We suggest a separate account for our team that you remove afterwards.

4

We get to work

With change notes for what we do. When the work is done, you stop paying.

100% white label

Our engineers, your company name.

Agencies, hosts and IT firms resell or outsource our work as their own service. Your clients deal with you.

No Ucartz branding

We work under your name. Your clients see your company, not ours.

Resell or outsource

Add server administration, development, design or abuse handling to your own catalogue and bill it yourself.

NDA on request

We keep your client relationships and information confidential.

Scale without hiring

Take on more clients without adding staff: book hours, a task or a full month.

Every Ucartz service is 100% white label. Hosting, radio and video streaming run on white-label hostnames, and anything you buy from us, Hire an Expert work included, can be resold or outsourced under your own name.

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Plug-and-play expertise

Hire us by the task, the hour or the month, with no lock-in

Use Ucartz engineers exactly as much as you need: a 15-minute fix, a weekend migration or a full-time remote admin. When the work is done you stop paying. Already hosting with us? Basic managed support is free on every plan.

Included free

Free Basic Managed Support

Every Ucartz server and hosting plan includes Free Basic Managed Support: complimentary, best-effort help with quick tasks of about 5 minutes, such as access checks, restarts, OS reinstalls and DNS pointing.

What is included →
Pay as you go

Plug-and-play expert help

Server administration from $8 per 15 minutes or $28 per hour. Monthly plans are available, and you can cancel any time.

See on-demand support →
Projects

AI, automation & custom builds

Beyond administration: AI implementation, private LLMs, n8n automation, DevOps pipelines and complete system builds.

Plan a project →
GOT QUESTIONS?

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers about the plans, support and billing.

Yes. CentOS 7 reached its end of life in June 2024 and no longer gets free security updates. We plan and carry out the move to AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or Ubuntu, including cPanel and Plesk servers, billed as on-demand server management work.

In 15-minute slots: $8 for 15 minutes, $15 for 30 minutes and $28 for an hour. You pay only for the time booked, with no monthly commitment.

Yes. The same on-demand time covers EC2 instances and other servers in your AWS account, and larger AWS projects are quoted separately. See our managed AWS services.

Usually SSH root or sudo access, or control panel access for cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin tasks. We recommend a separate account for our team that you remove when the work is done.

We tell you before going over the time you booked and continue only once you approve the extra time.

On-demand time is for any task on any server. Per-server time is booked for one specific server that we look after. The slots are the same: 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 1 hour.

8 hours a day is $616, 16 hours a day $1,200 and 24 hours a day $1,846 for a month; the 24/7 admin team is $6,154. The store bills each month once, so you order again to continue.

Yes. The Server Administrator role in Hire an Expert includes 120 hours of work a month for $470.

Yes. Open a ticket and our 24/7 team responds. Emergency work, including hacked server clean-up and recovery, is billed by the time used.

Standard requests are usually assigned within 2 to 6 hours during working hours (IST), depending on administrator availability. Work starts as soon as the access details are confirmed in your ticket.

No. Server management is a Hire an Expert service, which is not covered by the 30-day money-back guarantee (section 8 of our Terms and Conditions).

Server administration starts at $8 per 15 minutes or $28 per hour. Monthly dedicated-admin plans are available for ongoing work.

No. Book one task, a few hours or a month of support, and stop whenever the work is finished.

Yes. Our engineers manage Linux and Windows servers, cPanel, Plesk and cloud instances wherever they are hosted.
HIRE AN EXPERT

Hand Your Server Work to Our Engineers

Book 15 minutes for a quick fix or a dedicated administrator for the month, and stop when the work is done.

From $8 per 15 Minutes
No Contract
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