Why Cloud365

A cloud partner that's genuinely on your side.

Not every "managed cloud" provider is the same. Most resell capacity from overseas hyperscalers, charge extra for essentials, and route your support calls offshore. We do none of those things — and the difference is felt every day you're a customer.

What defines us
100% Australian owned infrastructure
Fixed AUD pricing — everything included
Local team you can actually talk to
Police-cleared, security-checked staff
Outcome-focused, not ticket-focused
A reseller of AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
An overseas provider with offshore support
A company that charges extra for backups
A business that locks you into an ecosystem
A call centre that routes tickets to strangers
Serving Australian business since 2011
Infrastructure in Sydney, Melbourne & Darwin
HP, IBM & Cisco — owned, not rented
Often 50% less than overseas providers
All customers are registered Australian businesses
Why Cloud365

Why Australian businesses choose Cloud365 for managed cloud hosting

When Cloud365 was founded in 2011, most managed cloud hosting options for Australian businesses meant either expensive overseas providers with no local support, or generic shared hosting that could not handle real custom business applications. We saw the gap and filled it.

Cloud365 is a specialist managed application hosting provider — focused entirely on hosting, managing and supporting business software and custom applications for Australian companies. We are not a web hosting company. We are not a reseller of AWS or Azure capacity. We own our own infrastructure in Australian data centres and manage it with our own police-cleared Australian team.

We built our own infrastructure — owned outright, not rented — in Australian data centres. We hired local technical staff. We priced our services in Australian dollars at a fixed monthly rate. And we included the things most providers charged extra for: backups, monitoring, security, domain management.

Fifteen years later, that model is unchanged. We still own our infrastructure. Our support team is still local. Our pricing is still fixed. The only thing that's grown is our capacity and our client base — from small businesses in Melbourne to government departments and corporate clients across Australia.

"Our goal is to reduce cost and remove complexity. No overcharging for boxed solutions with services you don't need." — Darren Moss, General Manager, Cloud365
2011.
Founded in Melbourne, VIC Serving Australian businesses for over 15 years
50%
Typical cost saving vs overseas providers, with more services included
14+
Industries served Financial, legal, government, mining, manufacturing and more
AUD
Always billed in Australian dollars Fixed monthly fee — no currency risk, no hourly billing surprises
What makes us different

Six reasons Cloud365 is different from other managed cloud hosting providers in Australia

These are not marketing points — they are structural decisions we made when building Cloud365 that affect your experience as a customer every single day. For Australian businesses comparing managed cloud hosting providers, these differences are the ones that matter most when something goes wrong.

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We own our infrastructure — outright
Most cloud providers are resellers. They rent capacity from AWS, Azure or another hyperscaler and mark it up. You're separated from the actual hardware by layers of support and commercial relationships. We own our servers, our network equipment and our data centre space. When something needs fixing, we fix it — directly.
No third party between you and your infrastructure
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Australian owned, operated and staffed
Cloud365 is an Australian-owned company with Australian staff managing Australian infrastructure. We don't route support calls overseas. We don't offshore administration. We don't do maintenance during Australian business hours. Our team is in Melbourne — and they're the same people who built and manage your infrastructure.
Local staff — no call centres, no ticket handoffs
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Fixed pricing in AUD — one monthly fee
Pay-by-the-hour cloud billing sounds cheap until it isn't. Currency fluctuations, unexpected usage spikes, and add-on charges make costs unpredictable. We quote a single fixed monthly fee in Australian dollars that covers everything: hosting, backups, monitoring, security and support. You know exactly what you're paying, every month.
No currency risk · No usage surprises · No add-on invoices
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Essentials included — not sold as extras
Backups, monitoring, security, domain management, private networks, mail relay — every competitor either doesn't include these or charges extra for them. We consider them essential to running a business application properly, so they're part of every service. You shouldn't have to pay extra to keep your data safe.
Everything included — no tiered feature lists
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Tailored to your application — no cookie-cutters
We don't have a catalogue of pre-sized packages that you have to fit your application into. We assess your actual requirements — the software, the database, the traffic, the compliance needs — and design an environment specifically for it. You pay for what you need and nothing you don't.
Designed for your application, not a generic template
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Outcome-focused — not ticket-focused
When something goes wrong, some providers close a support ticket the moment they've technically responded — even if the problem isn't solved. We stay with issues until they're resolved, regardless of how long it takes. Our team's goal is a working application, not a closed ticket. For critical issues, that means around-the-clock engagement.
We stay until it's resolved — not until the ticket is closed
Our commitment
Things we will never do — no matter the circumstance.
These aren't aspirations — they're hard commitments that define how Cloud365 operates. They make us less commercially flexible in some ways, and we're proud of that. They exist to protect our customers.
We will never:
Resell third-party infrastructure Offshore your data without consent Use overseas call centres Charge extra for backups Oversubscribe our servers Do disruptive maintenance in business hours Lock you in with artificial exit costs Scan your data for third-party sales Force cookie-cutter packages on you Close a ticket before the issue is fixed
Our infrastructure

Australian-owned cloud infrastructure — HP, IBM and Cisco hardware in Sydney, Melbourne and Darwin

Our hosting platform is purpose-built on HP, IBM and Cisco hardware — the same equipment used by major financial institutions and government departments. Every piece of infrastructure is owned outright by Cloud365 and managed by our team.

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Three Australian data centres
Primary facilities in Sydney (DC3, Alexandria), Melbourne (DC6, Port Melbourne) and Darwin (DC1). Your data stays in Australia — confirmed, not claimed.
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International reach when you need it
Additional facilities in Singapore, Tokyo, Dallas and Frankfurt for applications that require international hosting or geographic redundancy.
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Multiple Tier 1 networks
Failover, load balancing and custom routing across multiple Tier 1 telecommunications carriers. Single-carrier outages don't take your application down.
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Onsite spare parts held
Critical hardware spares are held at each facility — so hardware failures are resolved in hours, not days waiting for shipping.
Cloud365 infrastructure — owned & operated
HP
Server hardware
IBM
Storage & compute
Cisco
Network & routing
Data centre locations
🇦🇺 Sydney DC3 — Alexandria, NSW
Primary AU
🇦🇺 Melbourne DC6 — Port Melbourne, VIC
Primary AU
🇦🇺 Darwin DC1 — Northern Territory
Primary AU
🇸🇬 Singapore DC1 — Paya Lebar
International
🇯🇵 Tokyo DC1 — Shinagawa
International
🇺🇸 Dallas DC1 — United States
International
🇩🇪 Frankfurt DC1 — Germany
International
Our team

Our Australian technical team — police-cleared, local, and available when you need them

Cloud365 is run by a team of Australian technology professionals with decades of combined experience. Every person who touches your infrastructure is employed by Cloud365, police-cleared and under confidentiality agreement — not a contractor in an overseas support centre.

Darren Moss — General Manager, Cloud365 Australia
Darren Moss
General Manager & Lead Architect · Cloud365 Australia
Darren heads up Cloud365 with more than 20 years of technology experience working across small business, corporate and government environments. He leads the team personally on infrastructure design, architecture decisions and customer escalations — and is directly accessible to Cloud365 customers, not hidden behind a layer of account managers.
"Our team are technical specialists with expertise in infrastructure design, cloud computing, storage, messaging, broadcast services, telephony and custom application support. We understand that delivering on customer outcomes is more than placing a tick in a box." — Darren Moss, General Manager
20+ years experience Infrastructure design Cloud architecture Government & corporate Small business specialist
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Police-cleared & security-checked
All technical staff are police cleared with confidentiality agreements in place before they have access to any customer environment. Critical for businesses in regulated industries.
Mandatory for all technical staff
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Entirely Australian-based
Our design, support and administration team operates from Melbourne with coverage across Sydney and Darwin. No overseas contractors, no outsourced helpdesk.
Melbourne HQ · Southbank VIC
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Deep technical specialists
Our team covers infrastructure design, systems administration, cloud architecture, storage, networking, broadcast, telephony and custom application support — not generalist helpdesk staff.
Specialists, not generalists
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Available around the clock
Critical issues don't follow business hours. Our team provides 24/7 support for managed infrastructure — and stays engaged until issues are resolved, not just until the ticket is acknowledged.
24/7 for critical issues
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Confidentiality agreements
Every team member who has access to customer environments operates under a confidentiality agreement. Your data, your configurations and your business information is treated with strict confidentiality.
All staff under NDA
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Documentation delivered
Every deployment includes full infrastructure documentation provided to the customer. You own your records — we don't retain information to make it harder to leave or to give ourselves negotiating leverage.
Documentation included
Industries we serve

Managed cloud hosting for Australian businesses across every major industry

Our customers aren't all the same — they range from boutique legal firms to government departments to mining companies to clothing retailers. What they share is a need for business-critical software to be hosted reliably, managed professionally, and supported by people who know what they're doing.

All Cloud365 customers are registered Australian businesses. We don't host consumer accounts or operate shared hosting environments.
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Financial Planning & Banking
Data sovereignty, compliance, and same-day support critical
⚖️
Legal
Client confidentiality, Australian data residency required
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Government
Security clearances, compliance, and local hosting essential
⛏️
Mining & Resources
Remote access, uptime and operational software reliability
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Manufacturing
Custom ERP and job management systems migrated and managed
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Insurance
Policy and claims platforms requiring high availability
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Broadcast
Specialist playout and streaming infrastructure hosting
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Distribution & Logistics
Inventory and order management systems, always-on uptime
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Retail
POS integrations, inventory platforms, customer databases
🍽️
Food & Beverage
Operations, compliance and supply chain systems
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Marketing
Campaign platforms, CRM and data management tools
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Real Estate
Property management and client portal hosting
What's included

What Cloud365 includes that most Australian cloud hosting providers charge extra for

The features in this table aren't nice-to-haves — they're things every business application in the cloud genuinely needs. See how Cloud365 stacks up against a typical overseas or reseller provider.

Feature
Cloud365
Typical provider
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Automated backups
Hourly & daily, local + remote, tested restores
Extra cost
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24/7 monitoring & alerts
Performance, uptime, disk, process monitoring
Extra cost
🛡️
Security & intrusion detection
Managed firewall, IDS, SSL management
Extra cost
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Managed domain names & DNS
Registration, transfers, record management
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Private customer networks
Isolated VLANs, no shared network exposure
Extra cost
📬
Messaging & mail relay
Outbound mail relay, application messaging
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Expert technical support
Local Australian staff, 24/7 for critical issues
Offshore / limited
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Onsite spare parts held
Critical hardware components at each facility
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Infrastructure documentation
Full docs delivered to customer on deployment
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Fixed AUD pricing
No currency risk, no variable billing
Pricing model

Fixed monthly pricing in AUD — everything included, no pay-per-hour billing surprises

The way cloud hosting is priced matters as much as what it costs. Pay-by-the-hour billing creates anxiety and unpredictability. We offer a fixed monthly fee in Australian dollars — designed around your application, not a generic tier.

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Quoted for your application specifically
We assess what your application actually needs — compute, storage, database — and price accordingly. No paying for headroom you'll never use.
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Always in Australian dollars
No exchange rate exposure. Your monthly invoice is always the same amount in AUD, regardless of what the US dollar does.
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Scales without complexity
If your application grows and needs more resources, we have a conversation and update the quote. No self-service dashboards, no sudden billing spikes.
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No lock-in, no exit fees
We provide full infrastructure documentation and don't create artificial dependencies. We earn your business through service quality, not contractual traps.
Your monthly invoice includes
Everything. One number. Every month.
We assess your application and provide a fixed monthly fee covering all of the following:
Application & database hosting
Automated backups — local & remote
24/7 monitoring & alert notifications
Security, firewall & intrusion detection
Domain names & DNS management
Private customer networks
HelpDesk & technical support
Messaging & mail relay
Our customers typically save more than 50% compared to their previous provider — with more services included. We never fund an ecosystem for other customers; you only pay for what your application needs.
Policies & transparency

We don't hide our policies in fine print.

Our data, privacy and usage policies are publicly available and written in plain English. We believe you should know exactly how your data is handled before you become a customer.

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Customer Data Policy
How we handle, store and protect your data. Your data is your data — we don't scan it, sell it, or share it with third parties for any commercial purpose.
Read policy →
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Terms of Service
Our service agreement written without legalese wherever possible. We outline what we commit to delivering and what we expect from customers.
Read terms →
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Privacy Policy
How we handle personal information in accordance with Australian privacy law. We collect only what we need and use it only to deliver your service.
Read policy →
Ready to talk?

If this sounds like the kind of partner your business needs, let's have a conversation.

Tell us about your application, your current setup, and what you're trying to achieve. We'll come back to you within one business day with an honest assessment and a clear, fixed-price proposal — no obligation, no sales pressure.

Get a Quote 📞  1800 888 365
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