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Daniel Fundi Ndaya
The Problem
HighLevel empowers agencies and SaaSpreneurs to build software businesses across virtually every industry. However, we're still forced to use external hosting providers like AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, and Hostinger to host our customers' software.
Our customers use countless self-hosted applications, open-source platforms, databases, and enterprise systems. We're already paying other companies to host these solutions.
Why can't we pay HighLevel instead and manage everything in one place?
The Market Opportunity
Cloud hosting is a massive industry. According to Synergy Research Group, global cloud infrastructure services generated approximately
$419 billion in revenue in 2025
.
HighLevel already serves an enormous ecosystem of agencies and SaaS businesses. Offering cloud hosting would allow HighLevel to capture infrastructure spending that currently goes to third-party providers.
This could become a significant new recurring revenue stream while making HighLevel a much more complete SaaS platform.
Proposed Solution
Introduce
HighLevel Cloud Hosting
, allowing agencies, SaaSpreneurs, developers, and their customers to deploy, host, and manage virtually any compatible software directly through HighLevel.
Think
AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, or Hostinger, but integrated into HighLevel
.
This should go beyond websites and Marketplace apps. We want to host entire enterprise applications, databases, custom software, and third-party platforms.
Examples Across Industries
Education
  • Moodle, Canvas LMS (open-source), Open edX, Chamilo, OpenSIS, Gibbon.
  • Learning management, student information, and school administration systems.
Healthcare
  • OpenEMR, OpenMRS, GNU Health, Orthanc, Bahmni.
  • Electronic medical records, hospital management, and medical imaging systems.
Legal Services
  • Nextcloud, Paperless-ngx, Mayan EDMS, OpenProject.
  • Document management, case coordination, and client portals.
Manufacturing
  • ERPNext, Odoo Community, Dolibarr, ThingsBoard.
  • Manufacturing ERP, inventory, production, procurement, and industrial IoT.
Retail & E-Commerce
  • WooCommerce, Magento Open Source, PrestaShop, Medusa, Saleor.
  • Online stores, commerce backends, and inventory systems.
Hospitality
  • QloApps, HotelDruid, TastyIgniter.
  • Hotel management, reservations, and restaurant operations.
Finance & Accounting
  • Akaunting, ERPNext, Invoice Ninja, Firefly III.
  • Accounting, invoicing, and financial management.
Media & Entertainment
  • PeerTube, Jellyfin, MediaCMS, Immich.
  • Video hosting, media servers, and digital asset management.
Technology & General Business
  • GitLab, n8n, Appsmith, Budibase, Supabase, Directus, Strapi, Mattermost.
  • Developer platforms, automation, databases, collaboration, and internal applications.
These are only examples.
The goal is to host virtually any legally permitted, technically compatible self-hosted application
, whether open-source, commercially licensed, or custom-built.
Key Features
  1. Cloud Servers & VPS:
    Provision virtual machines, dedicated compute resources, and scalable servers.
  2. One-Click App Deployment:
    Install popular self-hosted software from a catalog.
  3. Docker & Container Hosting:
    Deploy Docker images, Docker Compose stacks, and containerized applications.
  4. Managed Databases:
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and more.
  5. Web & App Hosting:
    Host websites, enterprise software, APIs, and custom applications.
  6. Cloud Storage:
    File storage, object storage, media hosting, and backups.
  7. Domains & SSL:
    Custom domains, DNS management, and automatic HTTPS.
  8. Server Management:
    CPU, RAM, disk, networking, logs, monitoring, and resource scaling.
  9. Security & Backups:
    Firewalls, access controls, automated backups, and disaster recovery.
  10. Multi-Tenant Hosting:
    Separate hosting environments for different customers and subaccounts.
  11. White-Label Hosting:
    Allow SaaSpreneurs to resell hosting under their own brands.
  12. Hosting APIs & Workflows:
    Provision and manage infrastructure through APIs and HighLevel automations.
  13. Flexible Scaling:
    Support small deployments through large production workloads.
  14. Centralized Billing:
    Pay HighLevel directly for hosting, compute, storage, databases, and bandwidth.
Regulated workloads should be supported with appropriate security and compliance capabilities.
How It Would Work
For Agencies:
Open HighLevel → Cloud Hosting → Choose an application or create a server → Select resources → Deploy → Connect the customer's domain → Manage everything within HighLevel.
For Customers:
Purchase hosting through their SaaS provider → Access their hosted software → Scale resources as needed.
For Developers:
Deploy applications, databases, containers, and backend services directly through HighLevel.
We're Willing to Pay for This!
We're not asking HighLevel to provide free hosting.
We're already spending money with other cloud providers, and we'd much rather spend that money directly with HighLevel.
Potential pricing models include:
  • Monthly VPS and dedicated server subscriptions.
  • Pay-as-you-go compute, bandwidth, and storage.
  • Managed database plans.
  • Premium application hosting.
  • Enterprise infrastructure packages.
  • Wholesale hosting pricing for SaaSpreneurs and agencies.
Agencies could also resell hosting to their customers as part of their SaaS subscriptions, creating additional revenue opportunities for both agencies and HighLevel.
Why This Makes Sense
HighLevel already helps businesses manage CRM, marketing, sales, automation, websites, and SaaS subscriptions.
Cloud hosting would extend HighLevel into the infrastructure layer that powers those businesses.
HighLevel wouldn't even need to build physical data centers initially. It could partner with existing cloud providers while offering its own hosting interface, provisioning, management, billing, and support.
This could be introduced progressively, starting with managed VPS hosting, Docker deployments, databases, and one-click applications.
Expected Outcome
  • Significant new recurring infrastructure revenue.
  • Stronger agency and customer retention.
  • Reduced dependency on third-party hosting providers.
  • More opportunities for SaaSpreneurs to monetize hosting.
  • Greater appeal to enterprise and industry-specific customers.
  • A more complete platform for software, automation, and infrastructure.
Please consider creating HighLevel Cloud Hosting.
We want to host Moodle, Canvas, Open edX, ERPNext, OpenEMR, WordPress VIP, n8n, custom applications, databases, and thousands of other platforms directly through HighLevel.
We want to provision as many hosting environments as our businesses require, paying for the resources we consume.
We're already paying AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Hostinger, and others. We'd rather pay HighLevel.
HighLevel doesn't need to reinvent cloud computing. It just needs to make cloud hosting available within its ecosystem.
HighLevel shouldn't just power our businesses. It should host the software that runs them.