SLA · Uptime · Credit · 24/7

SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT

We offer enterprise customers measurable uptime guarantees, transparent credit policy and defined response times.

Optional Enterprise SLA for All Services

SLA commitments can be requested as a premium add-on for cloud server, VPS, dedicated server, web hosting, business email and all other services. Activated via enterprise contract addendum.

SLA Summary

Comparative service commitments by uptime guarantee tier.

Feature 99.9% 99.95% 99.99%
Uptime Guarantee 99.9% 99.99%
Max. Monthly Downtime ~43 min ~4 min
Response Priority Standard Critical
Credit Policy Standard Maximum
Monthly Reporting Advanced

Scope

Infrastructure layers monitored and covered under SLA.

Network Service

Uplink availability, BGP routing, DDoS filtering and network backbone performance are monitored under SLA.

Server Service

Physical and virtual server availability, hypervisor/cluster health and hardware failure response times.

Storage Service

NVMe/SAN storage availability, RAID protection and snapshot/backup infrastructure performance.

Excluded Situations

The following situations are excluded from SLA calculation and credit application.

  • Customer-caused issues (misconfiguration, software errors, unauthorized changes)
  • DDoS attacks and post-attack temporary performance degradation
  • Pre-announced planned maintenance windows
  • Third-party failures (registrar, CDN, external API or software providers)

Credit Policy

Service credit rates based on measured monthly uptime.

Measured Uptime Credit %
≥ 99.0% 0%
98.0% – 99.0% 10%
95.0% – 98.0% 25%
< 95.0% 50%

Response Times

Initial response times by priority level (24/7 monitoring).

Critical

15 min

Full outage, data center access loss

High

1 hour

Critical service degradation, redundant system failure

Medium

4 hours

Performance degradation, partial service impact

Low

1 business day

General inquiries, information requests

Download SLA Document

Download or print the SLA summary document including uptime guarantees, credit policy and response times.

Frequently Asked Questions

An SLA defines measurable service commitments between OwnHost and the customer, including uptime guarantees, response times and credit policy.

Enterprise customers can choose 99.9% (Standard), 99.95% (Business) or 99.99% (Enterprise) uptime guarantees.

When measured monthly uptime falls below the agreed target, invoice credits are applied at the rates defined in the credit policy table.

Pre-announced planned maintenance is excluded from uptime calculations; customers are notified at least 72 hours in advance.

SLA is available as an optional premium service for cloud server, VPS, dedicated and other enterprise offerings via our sales team.

Get a quote for enterprise SLA

Contact our sales team to create a custom SLA agreement for your cloud server or other services.

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