Supercharge Website Management with xCloud Hosting

Okay guys, now there is a new player in the web hosting field called xCloud. So if you're WordPress aficionado, then this could be the right solution for you. So Xcloud will allow you to integrate and manage any cloud providers such as Vultr, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Amazon Web Services and many more. Now this solution was created by two of the biggest players in the WordPress sphere. So if you look at the footer section on their website here, see what it says. A WP developer creation in partnership with ERP manage ninja. So again like I said, these are two of the biggest players in the WordPress sphere. So clearly you are in good hands here. So the main benefit of xCloud is to simplify your WordPress hosting workflows and it's as easy as 1, 2, 3. So first you select your hosting as needed. So either xCloud, Vulture, Google Cloud, etc. Etc. Then all you have to do is click Create Server and then second you can launch your site with just a few clicks of the mouse and get WordPress installed in seconds. Thanks to xCloud results, lightning fast installation process. And finally you can manage your server and site. Very good. So now before I show you all these from their panel, let's address their pricing structure and they provide flexible pricing for everyone. So I have three different options here. Xcloud managed server, manage your own server or lifetime deal. So let me show you this option here first. So basically this is a fully managed solution and you can customize this the way you want. So you can see this is for personal use, just one gigabyte of ram, one virtual CPU and you can increase this as you need. As you can see now we have two gig of RAM and then so on, so on. So the more resources you need, you can customize this very easily. So with 8 gig of RAM, this is for busy websites here, for bigger, busier websites and then right up to high performance needs. So you can start from here, you can always upgrade to the next one up anyways. So next we have manage your own server and as you can see you can start for free. So free trial one server, 10 sites and then the next one up is $5 per server. If you host two to five servers, six to 10 is $4 per server and 11 plus is $3 per server. So again you can create more paydays. So as you can see here, free one server 10 site, no credit card required. So you can give it a go immediately and test this out. And then we have the lifetime Deal. So again, this is a lifetime access, so you pay once and that's yours forever, which will integrate with any cloud provider you choose. Your Vulture, Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean and AWS. So any of. So as you can see, the entry level is 99 for two servers. Again, this is lifetime deal. Okay, here's 299 for seven, 599 for 15, 999 for 50. And this one, I think that's the best option is this one here. 250 servers, unlimited site, $2,000 basically 1999. Okay, so now let me show you how you can set up your server. Okay, so all you have to do is basically sign up with them and then you can log into your account and you will land on your dashboard. So as you can see, it's empty at the moment. So the good news is you can create one server in 10 sites with your free plan. So you can use that. So here, as you can see Underneath, we have two options. Add a new server or try xCloud Playground. So this is basically when you have a PayPal account, you can have the sandbox to test things out. It's exactly the same. So all you have to do is click on this, okay? And as you can see, the demo site will expire in 24 hours after creation. So basically, if you just want to try things out, you can use this. And that's basically it. Okay, so let's go back to our dashboard and I'm going to show you how you can create your new server. So add new. And here we have a few different options. As you can see here, you can bring and manage your own server, or you can select Vulture, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud Platform or any other provider. Now here's the thing, it has to have a Ubuntu installation on it, okay. Or you can choose hosting managed by Xcloud. So this one here. Okay, so that's really up to you. So you have various options here that suit every type of requirements, obviously. And you start from as little as $5 per month. Now I'm going to show you how to make use of the free plan for now. So right here, as you can see, you're on the Xcloud free plan, which includes one server and 10 website with self hosting. So to activate this, we need to add our payment method, basically. Okay, so this is what I'm going to do. And for this all you have to do is add a payment method and then select your payment provider. So I'm just going to go with Stripe at the moment and then enter your details. So I'm going to do that very quickly and then I'll meet you back again in the dashboard. Excellent. And as you can see now, we don't have that message anymore and can proceed. So we're going to go ahead with xCloud. Okay, so click on this one here. So right here we need to put the server name. So I'm just going to put Mr. Web. Okay. And then you can add tags. So this is to help you out with maybe some type of keywords and all that, you know, to know exactly what this is related to. Maybe your customer name or something like this. So let's scroll down two different options, General or Premium. So that's as clear as it could be, you know, so General is basically cost effective server and Premium is blazing fast. So this is really up to you. Obviously if you select Premium, the price will go up a little bit. Okay, so I'm just going to go ahead with the cheapest option at the moment. And again, you can start from just $5 per month and you can always upgrade to the next one up based on your requirements, up to $88 per month. On this one we get a gigantic 16 gig of RAM and six virtual CPUs. So that's quite impressive, you know. So if you scroll down, you can select your data center location. And the good thing with them is that they have data center all over the world. So as you can see, North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and South America. So depending where you're based, you might select one or the other. So we are based in Ireland. So in Europe. So I'm going to select this one here and now you can select the nearest to you, obviously, you know, so for us it would probably be London or Manchester, I suppose, you know, so I'm just going to select Manchester and then you select your database type. So 8.0. And then you can also enable backups for just a dollar per month. So this is really worth it, you know. So if you were to activate this, well, it will only cost you $6 per month instead of five. So let's with $6 and let's click next and there you go. As you can see, it started setting up our server. So we had 11% now. So it should take normally, as it says here, 10 to 15 minutes to create your server. So what I'm going to do, I'm just going to pause the video now and I'll meet you guys again once it's completed. So there you go, guys. That's completed now, so it took a bit less than 15 minutes, you know, maybe six or seven minutes altogether. So it was a bit faster than expected. So right here, as you can see, you have a few different options. What can you do now? We can install a new WordPress website, clone a Git repository, migrate an existing WordPress website, manually upload the website, or migrate a full server. So as you can see, they thought of everything, literally, you know. So what I'm going to do now is to show you how you can install WordPress and how fast it is. All you have to do is click on this and then from here all you have to do is to type your site title. So, Mr. Web, let's say, okay, and then you can say if you want to go live immediately, or create a staging environment, type your domain name. So in our case here, I create just registered one MrWebExcloud online. Okay, and then if you scroll down, you see here you have to add those A records. And this is just to make sure that you own the domain name, obviously, you know. So let me show you how you can do that. So I've registered that with hosting, or it could be with anyone, you know. And then you go to manage your DNS and they can add a record. So the A record is this one. And then you can add the name here. Okay, so this is the one. And then we have the IP address as well. I'm going to change the TTL to 60 so it's applied immediately. And then add the record. There you go. And if you scroll down, you will see here the AIR record. And now it's pointing to xCloud obviously, you know. And now if we come back here, we can click on verify my DNS. And there you go. As you can see, DNS record successfully confirmed. And now we can enable HTTPs as well. And as you can see, they provide free SSL certificate issued and managed by Xcode themselves. And then you can enable a few of those features here as well, you know, like full page caching already, object caching and so on. So let's move on to the next step. And there you go. As you can see, it's setting up our website at the moment, so I'm with 2733, so I'm just going to pause here again and skip to the next step. And there you go, guys, you can see this is installed, so we have version 6.4.3, so let's have a quick look. So I'm just going to open this in a new tab and there it is. So WordPress is installed. So what I would like to do now is to test the performances, see how fast this thing is, you know. So what I'm going to do is to install a full website with content basically using Astra or something like this. Okay, so I'm going to do that very quickly now. And if you wanted to access the back end of your website, your WordPress dashboard, you can simply do so from here without needing any credentials. So click on Magic login and there you go. So I'm going to do that very quickly. I'm going to install a full template here. So there you go. I've installed a complete e commerce website with a demo content and let's have a quick look what it looks like now. Very good. So that's quite fast to be honest, you know. So what we're going to do now is put this to test. Okay, so we're going to test this with Google pagespeed Insight and also gtmetric. So let's run those two together. So put the URL here, test your site. Very good. So let's find out. And there you go guys, as you can see, grade A which is absolutely perfect. 96% performances. And let's find out what Google says. Well, we have a 93 score on desktop in mobile 66. So this can be improved. This probably done not so much to the hosting provider themselves, but most likely to the HTML and CSS code that's built in which can be improved obviously, you know, so that's not too bad. Altogether out of the box. 93. And then here, grade A. This is very good performances indeed. Now bear in mind that we have the cheapest plan. As you can see, one GB of RAM and only one virtual CPU. That's the cheapest at $5. You know. Now imagine what would happen if you were to go even for this one with 4 gig of RAM and two virtual CPUs on this one. This would get you probably 100% here and 100 here as well, you know. So again it's not bad at all for the entry level plan. Alright guys, so why should you choose xcloud over any other providers? Okay, so let me give you eight different reasons and then you can decide for yourself. Okay, so first, well this platform here, Xcloud offers solid team management capabilities allowing user to efficiently collaborate and delegate tasks. It's also compatible with any caching plugin provider on the market right now. Also with Xcloud you can create unlimited numbers of websites under one single server while providing flexibility and scalability. They have automated themes, plugins and WordPress core updates, and this one is a big one as well. They have email integration with any providers, plus 100 free emails and email bundles, and they provide side backup with remote storage. So that's quite unique, you know, remote storage and their platform is super user friendly as you've seen, you know, and everything is quite intuitive now if you don't like Dark mode, don't worry, you can change this in your profile section as well. And as we've demonstrated already, it's quite affordable when you see all you get for just $5 already. So this is quite fantastic, isn't it? So there you go guys, that's all about xCloud, so if you'd like to give it a go. As always, I'll leave all the links in the description below. Thanks for watching and I'll catch you in the next one.