{"id":76773,"date":"2026-06-12T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/?p=76773"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:11:43","slug":"cloudlinux-license-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/cloudlinux-license-price\/","title":{"rendered":"CloudLinux License Price: Direct vs Shared Licence Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CloudLinux license price depends on where you buy it and how you pay. Bought directly, CloudLinux OS Shared Pro is listed by CloudLinux at $18 per server per month for a single server, falling to $13 at 50 or more servers. Tremhost supplies a shared CloudLinux licence with unlimited accounts for $6 a month, $69 a year or $250 once for a lifetime licence, with official vendor updates. This guide compares the options and explains which suits your server.<\/p>\n<h2>What you are paying for<\/h2>\n<p>CloudLinux is an operating system for shared hosting servers. It gives every hosting account its own CPU, memory, disk and process limits through LVE, isolates each account&#8217;s file system with CageFS, lets each account choose its PHP version and can limit database use per account. On a server that hosts many customers, it stops one busy or compromised site from affecting the rest.<\/p>\n<p>If you buy ordinary shared or reseller hosting, the provider pays for CloudLinux. You need your own licence only on a VPS or dedicated server you run.<\/p>\n<h2>Direct pricing from CloudLinux<\/h2>\n<p>As listed on CloudLinux&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudlinux.com\/os-shared-pro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CloudLinux OS Shared Pro page<\/a> on 5 November 2026, Shared Pro costs, per server per month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 server:<\/strong> $18.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2 to 4 servers:<\/strong> $16 each.<\/li>\n<li><strong>5 to 49 servers:<\/strong> $14 each.<\/li>\n<li><strong>50 or more servers:<\/strong> $13 each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The same page highlights Shared Pro features such as PHP X-Ray, which traces slow PHP and WordPress requests, and centralised monitoring of load across servers. Check CloudLinux&#8217;s site for current prices and for the standard Shared edition, which is priced separately.<\/p>\n<h2>Tremhost CloudLinux licence pricing<\/h2>\n<p>Tremhost&#8217;s CloudLinux licence is a shared licence supplied by Tremhost that receives official vendor updates. Tremhost lists it as CloudLinux Shared Pro with unlimited accounts. Prices in US dollars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monthly:<\/strong> $6 a month.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yearly:<\/strong> $69 a year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifetime:<\/strong> $250 once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CloudLinux is also available in bundles with a cPanel licence and other tools; see the licence pages for current bundle contents and prices.<\/p>\n<h2>Side by side for one server<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Direct, one server:<\/strong> $18 a month, or $216 a year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tremhost monthly:<\/strong> $6 a month, or $72 a year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tremhost yearly:<\/strong> $69 a year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tremhost lifetime:<\/strong> $250 once, which equals about 42 months at $6 a month, or a little over three and a half years at the yearly rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a hosting business with several servers, multiply accordingly and compare against CloudLinux&#8217;s multi-server tiers.<\/p>\n<h2>What differs besides price<\/h2>\n<h3>Who holds the licence<\/h3>\n<p>A direct licence sits in your own CloudLinux account under CloudLinux&#8217;s terms. A shared licence is supplied and managed by the provider, so it continues while you keep paying that provider. Keep the provider&#8217;s contact details with your server documentation.<\/p>\n<h3>Who you contact<\/h3>\n<p>With a Tremhost licence, activation and licensing questions go to Tremhost by ticket, WhatsApp on +263 73 563 9917 or booked call, Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00 CAT. Server administration remains your job unless you choose a managed server.<\/p>\n<h3>How you pay<\/h3>\n<p>Tremhost charges in US dollars and accepts EcoCash, InnBucks, ZimSwitch, Omari, Visa, Mastercard, Bitcoin, Tron and Litecoin.<\/p>\n<h2>Monthly, yearly or lifetime?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monthly<\/strong> suits a new server, a test, or a server you may retire within a year or two.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yearly<\/strong> saves a little over monthly and suits a server you will run for at least a year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifetime<\/strong> only pays off for a server you expect to keep for well over three years. If you rebuild or replace servers often, ask how the licence moves before buying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Checklist before you order<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Check your operating system.<\/strong> CloudLinux is normally installed by converting a supported system, such as AlmaLinux, so confirm your version is supported.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Back up the server first.<\/strong> Conversion changes the kernel and needs a reboot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confirm your control panel.<\/strong> Make sure the panel and its version work with CloudLinux.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan your limits.<\/strong> Decide default CPU, memory and process limits per hosting package before customers notice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Count what you already pay for.<\/strong> If a bundle you hold already includes CloudLinux, do not buy it twice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Do you actually need CloudLinux?<\/h2>\n<p>You probably do if your server hosts many separate accounts: a hosting business, an agency with client sites, or an organisation hosting departments separately. You probably do not if the server runs only your own one or two sites or a single application. In that case, spend the money on backups and security instead.<\/p>\n<p>If you would rather not run a server at all, Tremhost&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/reseller\">reseller hosting<\/a>, from $7 a month, already includes CloudLinux, along with WHM, unlimited cPanel accounts, LiteSpeed, Imunify360 and free SSL.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Is a shared CloudLinux licence the same software?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. It runs CloudLinux and receives official vendor updates.<\/p>\n<h3>Does &#8220;unlimited accounts&#8221; mean unlimited sites?<\/h3>\n<p>The licence does not cap the number of hosting accounts. The server&#8217;s CPU, memory and storage set the practical limit.<\/p>\n<h3>Does CloudLinux need cPanel?<\/h3>\n<p>No. It also works with Plesk and DirectAdmin, and can run without a control panel, though most shared hosting servers use one.<\/p>\n<h3>What else should I budget for?<\/h3>\n<p>A control panel licence, a malware scanner such as Imunify360, a backup tool such as JetBackup and your time to maintain the server. All are listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/licenses\">Tremhost licences page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Next step<\/h2>\n<p>Order a monthly, yearly or lifetime licence on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/cloudlinux\">Tremhost CloudLinux licence page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a CloudLinux licence costs bought directly versus as a shared licence from Tremhost, how monthly, yearly and lifetime options compare, and who needs one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":8165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81210,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76773\/revisions\/81210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tremhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}