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Equinix Metal Alternative - Greater Flexibility, Lower Bills

Boost your bare metal performance and trim your spend with Nortonhost bare metal — a dependable Equinix Metal alternative. Book a free consultation today, and we'll help you pick the right infrastructure setup and share guidance tailored to your business goals.

"Quick to respond at any hour, fair pricing, and fast custom server deployment. Nortonhost made our migration painless."

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Why Nortonhost stands out as an Equinix Metal alternative

Seamless Migration, Personal Advice

Move off Equinix Metal smoothly ahead of its June 2026 shutdown, with technical specialists on hand 24/7 to guide your migration and untangle any roadblocks. Reach us in about 15 seconds via live chat, email, phone, Telegram, or Discord.

Custom Hardware, Full Root Access

Pick an Equinix Metal alternative built around your needs. With Nortonhost, there are no rigid "one-size-fits-all" tiers — just fully configurable, low-latency bare metal. Dial in CPU, memory, storage, and bandwidth as you like, or bolt on GPU accelerators for raw power, better performance, and lower bills.

Transparent, Predictable Billing

Cut upfront spend and scale only when you need to — Nortonhost offers both fixed-term and hourly dedicated servers, so your costs stay in check. Right-sized, configurable hardware keeps you from over-provisioning and paying for capacity you don't use. Crypto-friendly payment options included.

Equinix Metal Reaching End of Life in June 2026 - Where to Go Next?

Equinix Metal has confirmed it will fully retire its services by June 30, 2026, with new feature work winding down and support scaling back in phases ahead of the shutdown. If you run workloads there today, now is the time to map out your move. Nortonhost's dedicated bare metal cloud is a solid landing spot and a capable Equinix Metal alternative.

Nortonhost Bare Metal Features and Benefits

You shouldn't have to give up capabilities when picking an Equinix Metal alternative. Get strong performance, pay less, and lean on fast technical support and hands-on advice from bare metal infrastructure specialists.

Powerful, Current-Generation Hardware

Run on high-performance, current-generation hardware. Pick from AMD EPYC, AMD Ryzen, and Intel Xeon Gold processors built to handle even your most demanding workloads.

Strategic Data Center Locations

Run your workloads close to your users from our data centers in the United States and Hong Kong, covering both North American and Asia-Pacific demand.

Full-service API

Nortonhost runs an API-first infrastructure platform made for developers. Automate everything from hourly server provisioning to private networking and your own tooling with our solid developer toolkit, and integrate it with Terraform.

Floating IPs and Private Networking

Nortonhost includes floating IPs and secure private networking out of the box. Reassign floating IPs between servers in an instant for smooth failover — ideal for building resilient, automated infrastructure.

Affordable Egress Traffic

Get the best deal on bandwidth with Nortonhost — just $0.50 per TB of egress and free ingress traffic. Scale cost-effectively with flexible egress pools and bandwidth plans that hold their own against other Equinix Metal alternatives.

A Capable Equinix Metal Alternative

With Nortonhost's dedicated bare metal cloud, you get comparable performance for less, plus one-on-one 24/7 technical help answered in under 15 seconds by real people, not bots, on every plan — and more flexibility on top.

Pick the Dedicated Bare Metal Setup That Fits

Pre-built Servers

Bare Metal in 12 minutes

From $0.091 / hr

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Save up to 31% with fixed-term billing

Hardware-level control
Up to 128 dedicated cores
Up to 768GB memory
Up to 4 storage disks
Up to 100TB free traffic

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Custom Servers

Specialized Bare Metal

From $0.091 / hr

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Save up to 31% with fixed-term billing

Deploy in 24 to 72 hours
Change any hardware component
Up to 128 dedicated cores
Up to 1TB memory
Up to 16 storage disks
Up to 100TB free traffic

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GPU Servers

GPU-accelerated Bare Metal

From $0.091 / hr

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Save up to 31% with fixed-term billing

Deploy from 15 minutes
Choose a GPU accelerator
Configure server hardware
Deploy within 24 hours
Available in the US
NVIDIA A100, A40, and more

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StableLab Saves ~35% in Hosting Costs with Nortonhost

StableLab, a leader in decentralized governance, turned to Nortonhost custom bare metal servers to strengthen their blockchain infrastructure. They needed dependable performance for validator and RPC nodes spanning multiple networks, and the partnership delivered better stability and day-to-day efficiency.

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Challenge

StableLab struggled with unreliable and costly infrastructure that wasn't optimized for node demands.

Solution

StableLab operates on Nortonhost' custom dedicated bare metal servers to power their blockchain validation operations optimized for the requirements of each blockchain.

Result

Nortonhost' custom bare metal boosted uptime to nearly 100% and cut hosting costs by ~35%, while helping increase infrastructure revenue by 20%.

Let's Build It Together — Around the Clock.

Reach expert technical support 24/7 from real people, not bots, typically in under 15 seconds. Included on every plan.

Support Engineers 24/7

Get expert technical help in about 15 seconds over live chat, email, or phone. Our team is ready to talk through both business and technical questions and keep you supported at every step.

Personal Account Manager

Work with one dedicated point of contact who looks after your account personally. At Nortonhost we focus on building partnerships, not transactions — you're a collaborator on the journey, not just another ticket number.