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8−- Hosting providers are companies that offer "Urbit as a Service"
9− - Generally bundle ID with hosting, making it turnkey
10− - Some offer BYOID
11−- Tradeoffs: turnkey, customer service to take care of things, ownership is
12− contingent on third party
13−- Exit: assuming good actors, you can go from hosting service to self-hosted and
14− vice versa, unlike with, e.g. Twitter
8+Hosting providers are companies that offer "Urbit as a Service". They do the work of setting up your urbit in the cloud and making sure it's up to date and you don't have perform any technical steps or maintenance.
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10+Generally, you'll get an Urbit ID by signing up with a hosting provider, but some allow you to bring your own Urbit ID, or even your pier (all your urbit data.)
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12+While hosting providers offer convenience and customer support, hosting does mean trusting your provider with your data, just as you would any MEGACORP internet service company. However, unlike with MEGACORP, you'll always be able to exit with your Urbit ID to another provider or self-hosting. And your hosting provider has every reason to be as helpful as possible to you in this process.
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14+The two important points one should remember about hosting providers:
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16+- Because the provider has access to the resources that run your Urbit experience, you must trust them with your data.
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18+- Urbit has portable data, so you should be able to work with a hosting provider to download all your data and boot up elsewhere if you choose to migrate or start self-hosting.
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21+Next: [Hosting Providers -&gt;](/getting-started/providers)
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8−TODO: should have more information about each provider (why they're good), perhaps pricing, images.
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10−### 1. Select a hosting provider
9+## Tlon
10+[Tlon](https://tlon.io) is the company responsible for creating Urbit, and is now focusing on building on top of Urbit. [Tlon Hosting](https://tlon.network/) offers Urbit hosting for $20/month.
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12−Hosting providers can sell you a planet and manage the hosting for you for a regular fee. Two important points one should know about hosting providers:
12+[![Tlon Hosting](https://storage.googleapis.com/media.urbit.org/site/ecosystem/organizations/tlon-hosting-provider.png)](https://tlon.network/)
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14−- Because the provider has access to the resources that run your Urbit experience, you must trust them with your data.
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16−- Urbit has portable data, so you should be able to work with a hosting provider to download all your data and boot up elsewhere if you choose to migrate or start self-hosting.
15+## Third Earth
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18−Some hosting providers we like include:
17+[ThirdEarth](https://third.earth) offers hosting for $11.99/month, and offers the option to both use an existing Urbit ID as well as pier (Urbit data) uploading.
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20−- [Tlon](https://tlon.network/)
21−- [ThirdEarth](https://third.earth/)
22−- [Planet One](https://planet.one/)
19+[![Third Earth Hosting](https://storage.googleapis.com/media.urbit.org/site/ecosystem/organizations/thirdearth-hosting.png)](https://third.earth/)
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25−### 2. Log in
22+## Planet One
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27−The exact steps for logging into your Urbit will depend on your hosting provider's infrastructure and the flow they've developed. If you have questions about logging into your hosted Urbit ship, contact their support.
24+[Planet One](https://planet.one), a [Tirrel](https://urbit.org/organizations/tirrel) service, offers Urbit hosting for $15/month.
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29−### Next steps
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31−Learn how to [get around your urbit](/getting-started/getting-around).
26+[![Planet One Hosting](https://storage.googleapis.com/media.urbit.org/site/ecosystem/organizations/planetone-hosting.png)](https://planet.one/)