Is that server bill
actually sized to your site?

You left site production to an outside firm and never looked back at what your monthly server contract or security setup actually contains — sound familiar? SHANNON assesses your current contract, configuration, and security for free, as a neutral third party. If we judge that “your current plan is enough” or “a settings review alone will fix it,” we tell you exactly that.

Pain points

Do any of these sound familiar?

It is common for years to pass with the server left entirely to the firm that built your site. Why not take stock of whether the pricing, configuration, and security still fit where you are now?

Your monthly server bill has an unclear breakdown, and you can’t judge whether the amount is really fair.
You left the whole server to the firm that built your site, so you don’t know whether the current plan matches your site’s scale.
You’re on a higher-tier Xserver, CPI, or Sakura plan, and you suspect you’re overspending on specs you don’t use.
You’ve never had a third party check whether your WAF, SSL, and backups are actually working.
You have a maintenance contract, but when you ask, the only answer is “no problems here,” with no evidence you can confirm.
After the site was delivered, you have no one to consult on operations, updates, and incident response going forward.
Reasons

The conclusion lands on one of four patterns

We don’t propose on a “migration-first” or “cloud-first” basis. We share the result of a neutral, third-party assessment as one of four patterns. Sometimes the conclusion is that your specs are excessive and you should move to a lower plan.

A

Staying as you are is enough

A settings review, plugin cleanup, or cache tuning solves it without changing servers. Here we simply hand over the assessment report and stop there.

B

Change plan within the same host

Within your current service — Xserver, CPI, Sakura, and the like — you move up to a higher plan, or move down because the specs are excessive. It completes with just a plan change, no migration.

C

Move to a different shared host

For reasons of support quality or PHP / DB version ceilings, switching to another shared host (Xserver / Sakura / KAGOYA / CPI, etc.) is the better option.

D

Move to the cloud

When shared hosting hits its limits — traffic growth, redundancy, mass subdomains, a co-located app server — we choose and propose the cloud that fits the case, such as AWS, GCP, Cloudflare, or Vultr.

Scope

What we cover

Beyond the migration work itself, the flat fee includes a full year of operations after migration.

01 Diagnose

Pre-migration assessment

We take stock of your current server’s configuration, domains, email, plugins, and data volume, and document the migration risks in writing. Even the assessment alone lets you decide not to migrate.

  • Interviews on the current configuration
  • WordPress plugin compatibility check
  • Domain / DNS dependency survey
  • Email handover approach
  • Migration plan document
  • Cutover date & duration estimate

Duration: 1–2 weeks

02 Migrate

Zero-downtime migration (when needed)

We only carry this out when the assessment concludes that migrating is the better choice. We select the best destination case by case (higher-tier shared plans on Xserver / Sakura / CPI, a different shared host, or cloud such as AWS / GCP / Cloudflare / Vultr). We minimize business impact with parallel build → staging verification → DNS cutover.

  • Choosing the destination (neutral judgment)
  • New environment build / SSL setup
  • Full copy of WordPress / DB
  • Advance verification in a staging environment
  • DNS TTL reduction → cutover
  • Rapid support right after cutover

Duration: 2–4 weeks (skipped if you don’t migrate)

03 Operate

Operations guarantee (12 months)

We include monitoring, backups, and security updates for 12 months after migration. We share measured display speed and uptime in a monthly report.

  • External & liveness monitoring
  • Daily backups (30-day retention)
  • Regular OS / middleware updates
  • WAF & unauthorized-access defense
  • Monthly report (speed & uptime)
  • First response within 2 business hours

Duration: 12 months (auto-renewing)

Process

From first contact to operations

The assessment is entirely free. Even when we judge that “no migration is needed,” we hand over the assessment report and stop there. Costs arise only if you commission migration or operations after the assessment.

  • 01Free assessment request — tell us your current server and URL through the form.
  • 02Online meeting — a 30–60 minute session to hear your operating situation, challenges, and needs.
  • 03Assessment report — from the four patterns (“stay as you are,” “change plan,” “different shared host,” “cloud”), we present the option we neutrally recommend, in writing (free up to here).
  • 04Contract & execution — only if you commission it. If migration is needed, we run staging verification → cut over in a pre-agreed time window.
  • 05Operations begin — monitoring, backups, and updates on a monthly cadence. We send a report every month.
Plans

Engagement formats

The assessment is free. If the conclusion is “staying as you are is enough” or “a downgrade is sufficient,” no additional cost arises. Only when migration or operations are needed do we quote individually, based on the number of sites, the destination, whether redundancy is required, and similar conditions.

Standard

Migration + 12 months of operations

  • Assumes 1–3 sites
  • Neutral choice of destination (shared / cloud)
  • Monitoring, backups & updates included
  • Measured uptime shared in a monthly report
Business

Large-scale, composite setups

  • Multiple domains / heavy traffic
  • Redundancy & auto-scaling
  • Phased migration & zero-downtime cutover
  • Scope agreed individually in the contract
Comparison

Compared with the alternatives

Ask someone working from a “destination-first” or “our-own-plan-first” position, and whether it’s truly needed never becomes clear. The dividing line is whether you get a neutral, third-party assessment.

Option A

Just ask your current provider

  • Proposals that fall outside the plans they sell rarely come out
  • Hard to objectively verify whether your current plan is appropriate
  • You can’t confirm the basis for “security is fine”
  • Easy to miss excessive specs and overpriced contracts
Option B

Ask a hosting or cloud company directly

  • It tends to steer you toward their own services
  • Conclusions like “stay as you are” or “downgrade” rarely emerge
  • The relationship ends with the migration work
  • Post-migration operations & maintenance are a separate contract
SHANNON

Neutral, third-party assessment

  • Compares shared hosting and cloud side by side, neutrally
  • Presents “stay as you are” and “downgrade” conclusions straight
  • Can take over operations & maintenance if needed
  • The report is usable for internal approval and negotiating with your provider
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. If you can give us view access to the server’s admin panel, we review the plan, configuration, and security settings across the board. Even without view access, we proceed as far as an external assessment allows, working from the site URL, the hosting company and plan name, and the site’s scale (page views, number of pages, number of sites, etc.). Let us align on which approach is best after you get in touch.
We never contact that company. The assessment report goes only to you. You’re free to use the report to negotiate pricing and configuration with your current provider, and you can take your time after the assessment to decide whether to switch operations and maintenance to us.
We check, item by item: SSL expiry and settings, whether a WAF is in place and how it’s configured, the versions of PHP / WordPress / plugins, admin-panel protection (IP restrictions, two-factor authentication), whether backups are taken and can be restored, SPF / DKIM / DMARC, unnecessarily open ports, and suspicious-access patterns readable from server logs. When we find issues, we list them in the report with priorities.
It is free. Taking stock of the current server, the security configuration check, cost estimates for each of the four patterns, and the PDF assessment report are all provided at no cost. Even when we judge “staying as you are is enough,” “a downgrade is sufficient,” or “a settings change alone will fix it,” no additional cost arises. Costs arise only if you commission migration or an operations contract after the assessment.
Because we use parallel build + DNS cutover, there is in principle no downtime. During DNS propagation (minutes to a few hours) the site may show from both old and new, but for sites that take writes we can enter a brief maintenance mode just before cutover to ensure data consistency.
Yes. For email co-located with the web, we often recommend carving it out to Google Workspace / Microsoft 365 / Amazon SES at migration time, but we handle it end to end, including transferring existing mail data and reconfiguring SPF / DKIM / DMARC. A setup where only the web is migrated and email stays on the current host is also possible.
We check every plugin during the assessment and, for anything with compatibility issues, present a handling plan in advance. If the WordPress core or PHP version is old, we recommend updating to the latest at the same time as migration.
We choose neutrally, case by case, weighing site scale / traffic / required availability / operating setup / monthly budget. We compare shared hosts (Xserver, Sakura, CPI, KAGOYA, etc.) and cloud (AWS Lightsail, EC2, Cloudflare, Vultr, etc.) side by side, and propose after laying out the differences in monthly cost estimates and operating load. We do not decide up front that “cloud is the answer” or that “Lightsail is recommended.”
We hand over just the assessment report and stop there. Cases that need no migration really do exist — “your current higher-tier Xserver plan is enough,” “reviewing the cache settings alone will fix it,” and so on. Even if you stop at the assessment, we bill nothing beyond the assessment cost.
It often does. A site with low monthly page views, served fine by an inexpensive shared host that includes email, can end up costing more overall once you move to cloud VPS / IaaS (email separate). During the assessment we present a comparison table of monthly estimates for Xserver / Sakura / CPI / KAGOYA / the major clouds, so if it won’t get cheaper, we recommend staying as you are.
From the second year, it auto-renews on the same terms (stoppable with 30 days’ notice), or you can switch to our infrastructure operations service. If you want to expand the operations scope, we propose it with an individual quote.
Yes. At handover we take stock of the configuration and, where needed, offer refactoring proposals. We welcome enquiries even from a state where documentation is insufficient.
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Contact

Start with a free server assessment.

Just tell us your current server’s URL and the service you’re contracted with. Even if the result is “staying as you are is enough,” we tell you straight. We handle enquiries under confidentiality and reply within 2 business days.

You can also reach us by phone (050-1794-9651, automated voice; we call back on business days). For detailed enquiries with budget and timing, please use the contact form. Note: we do not accept sales solicitations.