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Brightbox

UK-based cloud hosting provider offering compute, database, and storage services.

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Brightbox is a UK-owned and operated cloud hosting provider that has been running since 2007. It offers compute, database, storage and networking services designed for high availability, with data kept within the UK and subject to UK law. The provider owns and operates its hardware, software, network and IP address space, and its infrastructure is powered by renewable energy.

The product range includes Cloud Servers with local SSD or network-attached block storage, Cloud SQL managed MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, Orbit object storage, block storage volumes, load balancers and dual-stack Cloud IPs. Resources can be managed through a control panel, REST API, CLI, Terraform provider, Kubernetes Cloud Controller and cluster autoscaler, Docker Machine, and Fog. Billing is metered and pay-as-you-go in GBP, invoiced monthly in arrears, with usage collected every minute and billing starting when a resource becomes active. A free trial with introductory credit is available, and accounts can be cancelled at any time.

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