Link Robins - Flarum Hosting

KBExit

ernestdefoe Sorry about that! 60 / year!
Thank you for catching that!

Edit, you'll get the new rate vs what I originally quoted you 🙂

ernestdefoe

KBExit well I noticed in the original post you had $60 a year but in the post I quoted you said month I just wanted to make sure.

KBExit

ernestdefoe I appreciate it! Not enough Coca Cola in my system lol

ernestdefoe

KBExit I knew I liked you. Coke all the way.

ernestdefoe

I have been trying out the service offered by @KBExit since he pretty much started out and to me it's a bridge between what FreeFlarum offers (if you outgrow their service) and the Commercial Flarum hosting provided by Flarum. The fact that this service has Redis out of the box and support for Realtime if you have purchased a license for it makes this service amazing. I highly recommend the service offered by Karl. The fact you can also use the Flarum Extension Manager so you can install extensions yourself is a plus in my book. Karl goes above and beyond to make sure things are running smoothly and the one on one support is amazing.

KBExit

ernestdefoe wanted to say thank you again since the posts split off. I am grateful that you gave me a chance when I first launched and stuck by with me through it all. I am so glad to have you as a client 🙂

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Progress Update!
I have added additional Flarum Clients to my services. Hopefully, they will come out and share their experiences in the future!

Moving forward, I want to see if the community here has any feedback as we roll into the 2026 year.
I hope for big things Flarum 🙂

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Valkey + Horizon Support

So thankful for @IanM and his discussion with me to fix an issue for a client AND give me pointers on scaling!
With his input, Link Robins is now supporting REDIS + Horizon and running on the latest Valkey Version as a replacement for REDIS.

I am fully committed to supporting Flarum 2.0 as well. Thank you to all that have stuck by with me, supported me, and helped me shape Link Robins to what it is now!

https://linkrobins.com/feed/flarum-valkey-horizon-support/

navindra

KBExit Just curious, but how do you decide when a site needs to move to the next hosting tier beyond $60?

Is it only limited by what the assigned VM can handle or there's some traffic limit?

KBExit

navindra I have my servers configured to report metrics on each container's resources. Everything has a soft limit, so no site will be throttled or taken down immediately. I take the last 7 day average and determine if an upgrade is needed. If it is, I reach out.
I feel this is more fair than charging based on traffic since there's a lot of variables to traffic itself. I don't feel like it's fair if a site is crawled with bots and not real users, to be hot with a higher bill.

Update: https://discuss.flarum.org/d/38412-link-robins-flarum-hosting/26

ernestdefoe

navindra one of the biggest advantages to hosting with LinkRobbins is the one on one approach that @KBExit has. He usually responds pretty quickly and he’s very knowledgeable and goes the extra mile to figure things out if you’re having an issue and he doesn’t stop until he gets it figured out.

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navindra now that you mentioned it. I am just going on full transparency here: https://beszel.dev/
This is the system I am in the middle of migrating to.

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ernestdefoe thank you! I appreciate that message!

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Discontinued my Ghost Hosting stack to focus more on Flarum.

Upcoming:

~~Integrated Emails by Default~~ (Complete)

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Update:
I have now provisioned my own email server for flarum notifications. With this configuration, all flarum email addresses are formatted: site-name@mail.linkrobins.com
My software patches these on each website and automates the process. Unfortunately, as is, it overrides custom email addresses (brevo, mailgun, etc).
Taking a break right now. I might get this resolved tomorrow where custom emails are not overrided so the user has options, but right out of the box, emails work.

Fixed it. If a client wants to bring their own email configurations, they'll have to manually replace my credentials and notify me. Afterwards, I can reboot their site with the correct variables to retain their custom email configurations. This is only necessary if you want your email address to include your domain, otherwise, the stock configuration for my hosting will provision your email as mentioned above.

My custom email server brings up 10/10 sending score.

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🚀 Coming This January

Starting in January, I am transitioning to a high-performance, tiered hosting model. Every community will now sit on an isolated, resource-guaranteed infrastructure with dedicated database clustering.

💎 The Phoenix Tier (Lifetime) — $299

Our most exclusive offering. Pay once, own your hosting forever.

Limits: 1GB RAM / 0.5 CPU (Base Specs).
Availability: Unscheduled & Random. Slots are opened only when we provision new high-performance hardware nodes.
The Deal: These slots are "drops." I will announce availability randomly when a new node is ready for seeding. First come, first served. When you catch a Phoenix slot, you are locking in your community's future with no recurring bills, ever.

📦 New Subscription Tiers:

Base (NEST): $10 / month (or $120 / year)
- Limits: 1GB RAM / 0.5 CPU.
- Features: No Redis, No Realtime.
- Best For: Communities just starting out that want a stable, "set it and forget it" environment with professional management.
Pro (ROBIN): $20 / month (or $240 / year)
- Limits: 2GB RAM / 1.5 CPU.
- Features: Full REDIS + Horizon Integration and Realtime WebSockets.
- Best For: Serious communities that need "instant" interactions and high-speed performance.
Enterprise (AERIE): $75 / month (or $900 / year)
- Limits: 12GB RAM / 4.0 CPU.
- Features: Your own dedicated VPS environment, fully managed.
- Best For: Massive communities with heavy extension stacks and high concurrent user counts.

🛠️ Included in Every Plan:

Full Control: Access to the Extension Manager so you can build your ecosystem exactly how you want it.
Managed Email: Don't worry about configuring 3rd party SMTP. Every plan includes a built-in Email Outbox ready to go.
Unlimited Uploads: We leverage high-speed R2 storage, meaning your forum's growth is never capped by disk space.
Isolated Database: Your data lives on a dedicated, high-performance MySQL cluster—not shared with the web server—ensuring lightning-fast query times.

🧪 Try Before You Buy

All monthly and yearly plans (excluding Enterprise and Lifetime) come with a 14-day free trial. See the difference that dedicated resource allocation makes for your community before you pay a dime.

January is the month to take your community to the next level.

ernestdefoe

That's not a bad deal. Now is it only available to pay only yearly or can you do monthly for it?

KBExit

ernestdefoe thanks! Right now I can only offer yearly. I will look into bringing in monthly. But it's hard to do it for the cheaper plans since transaction fees will eat the bulk of it being that low. That's why I opted for yearly only 🙁

ernestdefoe

KBExit I was meaning on the Enterprise plan not the cheaper one. The reason I say that is because it might be easier for someone to come up with $50-60 a month than $600 up front.