LayerStack

Platform

Products

name: General Purpose Cloud Servers — Los Angeles; category: self_service_root_or_administrator_virtual_machine; service model: Shared-vCPU x86 virtual machines administered through LayerPanel, REST API, console, SSH/RDP and root/Administrator credentials. General Purpose is the only current LayerStack compute family documented as available in every region, including Los Angeles.; current los angeles plan matrix: plan: R008-LA; vcpu: 1; memory gib: 2; storage gb: 60; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 2; one month usd: not_available; three month monthly equivalent usd: not_available; annual monthly equivalent usd: 10.04, plan: R108-LA; vcpu: 2; memory gib: 4; storage gb: 150; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 5; one month usd: 28.06; three month monthly equivalent usd: 24.2; annual monthly equivalent usd: 17.76, plan: R208-LA; vcpu: 4; memory gib: 12; storage gb: 250; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 6; one month usd: 53.8; three month monthly equivalent usd: 46.08; annual monthly equivalent usd: 34.49, plan: R308-LA; vcpu: 8; memory gib: 16; storage gb: 350; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 8; one month usd: 68; three month monthly equivalent usd: 60; annual monthly equivalent usd: 50, plan: R408-LA; vcpu: 10; memory gib: 20; storage gb: 400; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 9; one month usd: 93; three month monthly equivalent usd: 83; annual monthly equivalent usd: 70, plan: R508-LA; vcpu: 12; memory gib: 24; storage gb: 450; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 10; one month usd: 122.02; three month monthly equivalent usd: 109.15; annual monthly equivalent usd: 83.4, plan: R608-LA; vcpu: 16; memory gib: 32; storage gb: 700; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 12; one month usd: 154.19; three month monthly equivalent usd: 138.75; annual monthly equivalent usd: 115.58, plan: R708-LA; vcpu: 18; memory gib: 64; storage gb: 1280; storage: NVMe SSD; fair use transfer tb: 25; one month usd: 258; three month monthly equivalent usd: 245; annual monthly equivalent usd: 235; transfer boundary: The sales table labels most plans unlimited, but current documentation defines a plan-specific fair-use capacity followed by reduced bandwidth. The directory records the full-speed capacity, not the misleading unqualified word unlimited.; processor reconciliation: Current product documentation identifies shared General Purpose vCPUs and 4th Gen AMD EPYC 9754 in its summary, while current sales-card tooltips say a mix of Intel Xeon Scalable or AMD EPYC. No exact Los Angeles host-CPU guarantee is inferred., name: Windows Cloud Server variant; category: licensed_windows_administrator_virtual_machine; service model: The same General Purpose x86 VM platform can deploy Windows Server and expose Administrator-password reset and remote administration. The current API catalog lists Windows Server 2025, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 and 2008 templates, including English and selected Chinese variants.; pricing: The current live plan PDF publishes a USD 15/month Windows Server license in addition to the selected base VM. Windows Server 2022 Standard on the monthly R108-LA base is benchmarked below., name: Cloud Server Managed Service; category: optional_guest_management_overlay; service model: Basic platform help is free; current paid tiers are Pro USD 50/month, Business USD 125/month and Enterprise USD 350/month. Depending on tier, scope can include initial server/backup setup, migration, application and OS installation, patching, monitoring, web/database configuration, DNS, SSL, firewall, security and disaster-recovery assistance.; eligibility and price boundary: The page says managed service requires an active LayerStack cloud server plus a Plesk or cPanel license. Because the management charge alone is not a complete deployable VM price and Plesk is currently marked out of stock on the public pricing page, no incomplete managed benchmark is manufactured., name: Location-restricted LayerStack VM families; category: current_catalog_outside_the_us_product_boundary; service model: Memory-Optimized, Premium Compute, Arm, High Storage, Dedicated Cloud, Nano/Cloud GPU and OpenClaw are current VM products in parts of LayerStack's Asian footprint.; us boundary: Current product documentation restricts Memory-Optimized to Singapore, Hong Kong and Taipei; Premium Compute and Dedicated Cloud to Singapore/Hong Kong; Arm to Singapore/Hong Kong/Taipei; High Storage and Cloud GPU to Hong Kong; OpenClaw to Singapore. They are documented for completeness but are not attributed to Los Angeles and have no US benchmark.

Operating systems

current x86 templates: Ubuntu 24, Ubuntu 22, Ubuntu 20, Ubuntu 20 with LAMP, Ubuntu 20 with LEMP, Ubuntu 18, Ubuntu 16, Fedora 40, Fedora 39, Fedora 36, Fedora 33, Fedora 32, Fedora 31, Debian 12, Debian 11, Debian 10, AlmaLinux 8, AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 8, Rocky Linux 9, CentOS 9, CentOS 8, CentOS 8 VPC, CentOS 8 with Plesk, CentOS 7, CentOS 7 with Plesk; windows templates: Windows Server 2025 Standard, Windows Server 2025 Standard — Traditional Chinese, Windows Server 2025 Standard — Simplified Chinese, Windows Server 2022 Standard, Windows Server 2022 Standard — Traditional Chinese, Windows Server 2022 Standard — Simplified Chinese, Windows Server 2019 Standard, Windows Server 2019 Standard — Traditional Chinese, Windows Server 2019 Standard — Simplified Chinese, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008; application templates: WordPress based on Ubuntu 20, Minecraft 1.19, Magento based on Ubuntu 20, Joomla based on Ubuntu 20, Asterisk based on Ubuntu 20; custom media: LayerPanel supports customer ISO upload by public HTTP/Google Drive or FTP, plus custom VM-image import in VDI, VMDK, VHDX, QCOW2 and RAW formats up to the documented template limit.; label boundary: Release names above preserve the API catalog's exact labels; an omitted point release such as the '.04' in 'Ubuntu 24' is not silently invented. Template availability remains subject to architecture and live deployment controls.

Virtualization

machine model: Fully isolated virtual machines with root or Administrator credentials, console controls, reusable VM images and importable VDI, VMDK, VHDX, QCOW2 and RAW disks.; virtualizer: not_found; qualification: The current official material reviewed does not name the production hypervisor. Support for QCOW2 or other virtual-disk formats is an import capability and is not evidence that the service runs KVM, QEMU, VMware or Hyper-V.; nested virtualization: not_found

CPU isolation

los angeles general purpose: shared; LayerStack explicitly says General Purpose CPU power is shared with other customers on the same node.; memory optimized and premium compute: Provider-described dedicated vCPUs, but these families are not currently available in Los Angeles and therefore do not create a United States dedicated-CPU offer.; dedicated cloud: Provider-described dedicated physical-core/dedicated-resource VMs in Singapore and Hong Kong only.; oversubscription ratio: not_found

Features

• App installation guest control: Root or Administrator access permits compatible customer-managed software.; one click: WordPress, Magento, Joomla, Asterisk, Ubuntu LAMP and Ubuntu LEMP one-click environments are explicitly available in every region, including Los Angeles; the API catalog additionally lists Minecraft 1.19.; startup: Custom startup scripts and SSH-key injection are part of the current cloud-server management surface.; panels: Paid cPanel licenses are currently orderable; the public pricing page marks Plesk out of stock even though templates and the plan PDF retain Plesk references.
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• Templates & images provider images: Linux, Windows and one-click application templates are deployable through LayerPanel and API.; capture and clone: Live point-in-time templates can capture, restore and clone a running VM into multiple instances.; imports: Each account can store up to two templates of as much as 150 GB without additional charge; VDI, VMDK, VHDX, QCOW2 and RAW uploads are supported.; iso: Custom ISO media can be uploaded and mounted for a customer-controlled OS installation.; backup: Optional weekly automated local backup costs 30% of the selected service plan; separately priced Acronis off-site backup starts at USD 16.50/month. Neither is included in benchmark prices.
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• Network orchestration control plane: LayerPanel and the REST API deploy, resize, rebuild, start/stop, inspect and delete cloud servers and expose IP, location, OS and transfer information.; access and policy: Public networking, SSH keys, console, multiple user/role permissions, reverse DNS and network firewall assignment are self-service controls.; private network: Same-region isolated VPC/private networking is documented as available in every region. The newer paid cross-region Global Private Network product is currently advertised only in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei, not Los Angeles.; transfer: General Purpose plans use shared bandwidth and fair-use transfer with throttling after the plan capacity; private-VLAN transfer is unmetered. Dedicated bandwidth is a paid add-on.
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• Firewall service: LayerStack provides a network-based stateful firewall available in every region, including Los Angeles.; capabilities: Default-drop inbound/outbound policy, ICMP/TCP/UDP protocol and port rules, source/destination IP matching, reusable firewall templates and bulk assignment to multiple VMs are documented.; price boundary: The current product page describes the LayerPanel firewall as a cloud-server feature; no separate firewall fee is added to benchmarks. Paid DDoS scrubbing is a separate product and currently limited to Singapore and Hong Kong.
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• Load balancer service: LayerStack sells LayerPanel-managed TCP/SSL load-balancer nodes from USD 9/month, with custom certificates, integrated certificate renewal, HTTP/2 and routing across healthy servers/regions.; us boundary: The current product page explicitly lists availability only in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei. It is not available in Los Angeles and no fee is included in US VM benchmarks.
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• DNS management reverse dns: LayerPanel can edit the PTR/reverse-DNS record for a cloud-server public IP in every region.; authoritative dns boundary: Customers must first configure their forward zone and DNS records with their ISP or hosting/DNS provider. No first-party LayerStack authoritative forward-DNS zone service was verified.; managed boundary: Paid managed tiers can assist with DNS-server setup, but that is guest/service administration rather than an included authoritative DNS platform.
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• Git integrations
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