Do you move us to AWS instead?

Only if the product needs it. We will not upsell a platform for sport.

What is included month to month?

Patching, backups, monitoring and agreed changes. We write it down.

Can you take over a messy box?

Yes. Inventory first. We will not pretend a rebuild is a tidy-up.

Do you manage email on the VPS?

Usually no. Email on the same box as the site is a gift to attackers.

150+ projects delivered for UK and international brands

VPS Management in London

VPS management for London businesses that need a server that is patched, monitored and restored when it matters — not a forgotten box on a cheap host.

Chat on WhatsApp

VPS management for London businesses that need a server that is patched, monitored and restored when it matters — not a forgotten box on a cheap host.

Start Your Laravel Project

VPS that stays patched, backed up and boring

VPS management that treats the server as production

Design Dev looks after VPS servers for UK teams who are tired of surprise downtime and mystery cron jobs. Patching, backups, access and a deploy path — written down.

Patching on a cadence

The box does not quietly rot.

Backups you can restore

We test restores, not just the backup job.

Access without folklore

Keys, sudo and who did what.

Monitoring that pages a human

Disk, TLS, and the app — not 400 mute alerts.

A clear VPS process from takeover to a quiet box

Inventory the box

Apps, cron, DNS, TLS and who has keys.

Harden the basics

Updates, firewall, users and backups.

Prove a restore

A file or a database, restored on purpose.

Set the deploy path

How code gets on the box without FTP folklore.

Operate

Cadence, alerts and a change log.

A VPS is fine until nobody owns it

Plenty of UK products belong on a VPS. The failure is an unpatched box with one root password in a chat. Design Dev manages VPS servers as production.

Patch cadence
Tested restores
Access control
TLS and DNS
A deploy path
Alerts a human reads

Start a project

Complete VPS management capabilities

Patching, backups, access and deploys for WordPress, Laravel and app servers.

WordPress VPS

PHP, TLS, backups and a deploy that is not FTP.

Laravel VPS

PHP, queues, workers and a release path.

Multi-site boxes

When it is honest to share a server — and when it is not.

Migrations between hosts

DNS, data and a rollback.

Staging on a VPS

Close enough to production to catch pain.

Incident response

When the box is the incident, someone who knows it.

Need a VPS someone actually owns?

Speak with Design Dev about VPS management — patching, backups and a deploy path.

Start VPS Management

WhatsApp Us

VPS management across key industries

Industry focus

Professional Services

Quiet boxes for portals and brochure sites that must stay up.

WordPress VPS
Portals
Backups
TLS

Discuss your project

Why Design Dev

A London team that will still recommend a VPS when it is enough

Design Dev manages VPS servers because not every product needs a cloud platform. If it does, we will say so. If a VPS is enough, we treat it as production.

150+

Projects delivered

Years experience

UK+

London & worldwide

98%

Client retention

Start VPS Management

A London team that will still recommend a VPS when it is enough

Strategy, design and engineering for brands that need a website that performs.

Honest sizing

A VPS is not a failure of ambition.

Production hygiene

Patches, backups, access.

A deploy path

FTP is not a release process.

UK delivery

Someone who answers when the box is the incident.

Technologies we work with

Laravel

PHP

MySQL

JavaScript

React

HTML5

CSS3

Stripe

HubSpot

WordPress

Node.js

Figma

What clients say

Design Dev transformed our e-commerce platform. Their team was efficient, responsive, and delivered a stunning layout that doubled our conversion rate within a month.

Sarah Jenkins

Vauxhall Marketing - Shopify Development

An absolute pleasure to work with. They understood our brand identity perfectly and designed a clean, user-friendly SaaS platform that our clients love.