Omega8.cc
We are unique within the hosting industry for many important reasons. Our 15 years of Ægir-based hosting, plus earlier experience with Adgrafix (the first company to offer a control panel for website management in 1995), have helped shape what makes us different today.
We’re rolling out a meaningful upgrade across BOA nodes: HTTP/3 and KTLS support. If you run Drupal sites that should feel fast and responsive (and stay that way during spikes), this is genuinely good news. Why this is a big deal? What visitors should notice? Why it matters for your server too? Read the full story »
Our updated and expanded hosting plans now include 2x more space for databases and files and are grouped into three main tiers and fourth special tier to match how Drupal sites are actually used in the real world—from small single sites, through performance-focused production workloads, all the way to high-end, redundancy-first deployments and large collections of low-traffic sites. Check all details »
We’ve expanded our network considerably to meet the growing expectations of the Data Sovereignty movement. This isn’t just about adding more cities to our hosting map — it’s also about going local with infrastructure wherever we can. We no longer rely solely on big-name vendors and hyperscalers. Instead, we’re gradually migrating to local providers and data centers in every country where we offer hosted BOA for Drupal. For example, in Canada you can now choose not only Toronto, but also Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver. In Australia, it’s no longer just Sydney — we also offer Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth. We’ve also added an excellent facility in New Zealand. Of course, we continue to support our original Singapore location and still offer EU, UK, and US options.
We’re technical people focused on getting real work done, so we avoid bombastic marketing noise. Think of us like your electricity provider — reliable, fast, and essential. You know we’re there, keeping everything running quietly and smoothly in the background, without demanding constant attention or creating distractions.
Our website has been running on GravCMS for years, but our hosting and associated service itself is 100% Drupal-focused — and has been for 15 years. Others have tried and failed to stay focused, adding WordPress and a dozen other platforms. That’s not how you become best-in-class, fastest, and most trusted by the open-source community.
We take Open Source seriously — it’s not a buzzword for us. It’s about freedom from corporate control. Here's a short look back at our 15-year Ægir journey and 19 years with Drupal.
Our BOA system is the most complete solution of its kind. It has been designed from the ground up to make Drupal hosting faster, easier, safer, and more efficient — especially for teams that don’t want to get lost in DevOps. It was always built on Debian OS, but we never accepted systemd, imposed by Red Hat. After years of battling, we switched fully to Devuan — the true Debian fork without systemd, built by Debian veterans.
At the same time, we stayed away from MariaDB, because it drifted away from MySQL compatibility and became vendor-focused. Instead, we adopted Percona — a truly open, compatible, and community-aligned database option. The same thing happened with Redis — the fast cache-in-memory server. As soon as Redis switched to a restrictive corporate license, we moved to the open-source Valkey fork.
Bottom line: BOA is architected around technological freedom and independence. We work for you — not for Oracle, Red Hat, investors or proprietary agendas. That matters, especially for universities, NGOs, and businesses who rely on no-compromise sovereignty. Make your high-traffic demanding Drupal sites Lightning Fast and Secure with our Pro Hosted Plans »
While Drupal 7 users were largely abandoned by core developers without an upgrade path to Drupal 8 and beyond, we still fully support Pressflow 6 and Drupal 7. We even maintain our own improved core forks, provide Drupal 7 LTS, and made Drupal 7 compatible with PHP 8.4 ages ago. Make your legacy Drupal sites Fast and Secure with our Basic Hosted Plans »
Many believed Ægir 3 would never support Drupal 9 — until we made it work. Same for Drupal 10. Last summer (2025), we did it again and added Drupal 11 support to Ægir — a “mission impossible” at first glance. We recently took over the technical stewardship of Ægir 3 project, ensuring its future is bright. Make your modern Drupal sites Blazing Fast and Secure with our Advanced Hosted Plans »
Your site backups (files + databases) are securely encrypted and stored with Backblaze, with a full 90-day retention period. Backups run automatically every six hours by default (files every 6 hours; databases every 24 hours by default, and that schedule is configurable). That’s significantly better than the industry “every few days” approach. You can also set up your own automated backups using any of our eight supported storage providers — because there’s no such thing as "too many backups".
We’ve built highly tailored CI/CD pipelines for Drupal, including custom Composer-based setups and multi-environment workflows. If you’ve never used CI/CD, we understand — it can be complex. The good news is that you can use it without any learning — if you’re tired of constant updates, PHP compatibility issues, or security patching — we can help using Jenkins wizardry in the backend, including same-day updates — check our Managed Drupal Updates Plans »
We’d be happy to show you how it all works and talk through how it could fit with your projects — contact us directly at sales@omega8.cc to discuss your needs.