Amherst Systems
Simple, transparent pricing

Choose Your Monthly Plan

Managed system administration plans plus one-time installs and add-ons. Vendor-neutral support for the infrastructure you already run.

Vendor-neutral support24/7 monitoring optionsNo hosting resale
Monthly managed service plans
Managed Lite

Entry-level admin coverage for a single server.

$100/month
  • 1 server
  • Small administrative tasks (config edits, minor changes, panel setup)
  • Business-hours, best-effort response
  • 20% discount on non-emergency hourly work
  • Monitoring not included
  • No included out-of-scope hours
  • Emergency response billed separately
Managed Standard

Priority coverage with included out-of-scope hours.

$175/month
  • 1 server
  • Small administrative tasks
  • 3 hours/month non-emergency out-of-scope work (use-it-or-lose-it)
  • Priority response
  • 20% discount on additional non-emergency work
  • Monitoring Basic included
  • Upgrade to Monitoring Plus for +$25/mo
Best Value
Managed Pro

Highest response priority with the most included hours.

$300/month
  • 1 server
  • Small administrative tasks
  • 8 hours/month non-emergency out-of-scope work (use-it-or-lose-it)
  • Highest response priority
  • Best-value tier
  • Monitoring Basic included
  • Upgrade to Monitoring Plus for +$15/mo

Monitoring Add-ons

Monitoring coverage tiers for managed plans (alerts only, no guaranteed immediate action).

Monitoring Basic

Uptime, service checks, disk/RAID/SMART alerts, CPU/RAM/load, plus Discord/Slack/email notifications.

Included in Standard & Pro / $25/mo on Lite
Monitoring Plus

Adds phone call alerts, pager/critical notifications, and fastest response priority.

Lite +$50/mo / Standard +$25/mo / Pro +$15/mo

Management Add-ons

Specialized monthly management services for targeted platforms.

Minecraft Network Management

Hands-on configuration support, plugin troubleshooting, and performance tuning (no moderation).

$150/mo

One-Time Services

Targeted installs and setup services with clear fixed pricing.

Pterodactyl Installation

Base install for a clean Ubuntu server.

$20one-time
  • 1x Pterodactyl panel
  • 1x Wings node
  • Optional SSL (Let's Encrypt)
  • Clean Ubuntu server required
  • Additional Wings nodes: $5 per node
  • Excludes migrations, custom configs, game setup
Backup Setup

Backup configuration per server with basic restore verification.

$35one-time
  • Backup target configuration (S3 / SFTP / object storage)
  • Rclone or native tooling
  • Scheduled backups or snapshots
  • Basic restore verification
  • Excludes storage costs and ongoing monitoring
  • Disaster recovery labor billed separately
WHMCS Installation

Single-instance WHMCS setup with baseline hardening.

$30one-time
  • WHMCS install
  • Database setup
  • Initial configuration
  • Basic security hardening
  • Admin access verification
  • Excludes theming, gateways, products, module setup

Disaster Recovery Add-on

Readiness work that improves recovery confidence without running actual restores.

Disaster Recovery Readiness

Backup and snapshot verification, restore test validation, and recovery documentation support.

+$40/mo per server

Managed Object Storage (S3-Compatible)

We manage storage integrations and validation so backups actually work.

Managed S3-Compatible Storage

S3 bucket provisioning, lifecycle policies, backup validation, and human support when backups fail.

$9.99/TB/mo

Hourly & Emergency Work

Work outside plan scope is billed hourly.

Non-Emergency Work

Standard hourly work for out-of-scope tasks.

$30/hr
Emergency / After-Hours

Critical response billed separately from plan coverage.

$150/hr

Global Terms

Applies to all services and add-ons.

Small tasks are limited in scope and duration.
Included out-of-scope hours do not roll over month to month.
Emergency incidents are billed separately at the emergency rate.
Vendor-neutral — no hosting resale or provider recommendations.
Monitoring Plus improves response speed but does not include labor.

Frequently Asked Questions

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