Hosting provider considerations for TYPO3 projects

TYPO3 can be run on any hosting environment that fulfills the System requirements.

Still the choice of the provider depends on numerous aspects:

  • Do you want to work on a preinstalled TYPO3 project or install and deploy it yourself? In the later: Does the provider offer all tools you will need during deployment?
  • How much support do you want to be able to receive from your provider?
  • Do you need high availability and expect a large number of visitors in certain time frames?
  • Where do your visitors visit your website from?
  • Which laws regarding data security and privacy etc have to be followed in your country?
  • Do you need additional services like a SOLR Core for a professional on-site search?

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SaaS-like TYPO3 services

While TYPO3 does not currently have an official, centralized SaaS offering comparable to solutions like WordPress.com, some hosting providers and agencies offer services that come close. These typically include preinstalled TYPO3 instances with automated updates, backups, support, and other managed features, reducing the technical burden on editors and site owners.

Such offerings are especially useful for teams that want to focus on content creation and publishing without handling installation, deployment, or server maintenance themselves.

For an up-to-date list of certified TYPO3 hosting and technology partners, visit: https://typo3.com/partners

Preinstalled TYPO3 projects on a server

At the time of writing, two of the official TYPO3 Technology Partners, jweiland.net and Mittwald offer packages with preinstalled TYPO3 projects. Both are situated in Germany.

Other hosting providers might offer the same service, refer to their websites or customer services.

Deployment friendly tools on shared and managed hosting

If you decide on a shared or managed hosting, you will not have root access to the server and not be able to install needed tools yourself. The following tools are helpful or necessary for different deployment strategies:

  • Multiple PHP versions available. Some hosting providers only support one PHP version at a time and update it automatically. As major TYPO3 versions are bound to PHP versions this forces you to time your major TYPO3 updates to the servers PHP version updates.
  • Does the server have Secure backup strategy or will you have to set up one yourself?
  • A managed Database system unless you want to handle administration of the database system yourself or use a low-weight solution like SQLite.
  • SSH access: You will need SSH access to work on the shell of your server. Automatic deployment tools like deployer also rely on SSH access. If you have no SSH your options of deployment method are very limited or you have to rely on graphical user interfaces by your provider.
  • Command on the shell like git, unzip, nano, mysql etc are needed or helpful in your daily work.
  • If you plan on Deploying TYPO3 Using Git and Composer Both command git and composer should be preinstalled. See also Finding or installing Composer on the server.

Docker: Running TYPO3 in container-based solutions

If you want to Run TYPO3 in Docker on production you must choose a hosting provider that either supports running containers or gives you the infrastructure on which you can run Docker yourself.

At the time of writing (June 2025) container based hosting solutions are on the rise but not deeply embedded into the TYPO3 community yet.

There is a publicly available non-official image, martinhelmich/typo3, which installs TYPO3 in classic mode on mounted volumes. You can use it to test Deploying TYPO3 as a Docker container.

You can Extend martinhelmich/typo3 or copy from it to create your own docker images.