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Deploying Client Sites Without the Headache of Plans and Tiers

Most agencies don't get bitten by the build. It's everything else that makes hosting difficult. Finding a plan for 20 different clients with different needs, resizing it every time someone scales. The usual problem? You get everyone on some mid-tier plan because it's the only way to avoid managing 20 unique accounts, but you're paying for all kinds of features no one even uses. Then 1 client needs a higher tier and the whole thing collapses.

One pool, not 20 guesses

Canner pools resources while offering dedicated resources. What does that mean? You can fit a quiet brochure site, a client's e-commerce site, a high-traffic, but low resource booking platform, and a 100% internal marketing AI chatbot all inside one account.

Just buy what you need

Some clients - law firms, clinics, defence contractors - they need their DB on genuinely dedicated hardware with guaranteed RAM and point-in-time recovery. No one else in the real world needs this, and outside Canner this would be a real cost. At Canner it's 9 bucks. Canadian.

What this means day-to-day

Stop sizing up your plan and wondering when you need to get out or get in. Need a bit more RAM? Add it. Need a dedicated DB? Add it. They changed their mind? Remove it.

Credits

The best part? Because Canner uses prorated credits, when you change plans or downgrade one customer, you can spread your credits across the account. So in the past, when you bit the bullet and closed down a high-value customer, or moved them back to a lower-tier plan, that investment was lost. Now, not only do you recover the loss, but you can instantly apply it to your other projects, without a sales email, without needing to explain why, without a care in the world.

About the author

Colin Shand is the founder of Canner, a Canadian deployment platform operated from Quebec. He writes about sovereign infrastructure, the Canadian startup ecosystem, and building independently.

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