Canada or the US, your choice
Your server runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Canada or the United States. You pick the country when we quote, and your Spire data and its backups stay there.
Cloud hosting for Spire
Spire in the cloud, hosted by a Spire partner
We host your Spire company, and Nexus if you use it, on Amazon Web Services in Canada or the United States: you choose. Your people keep working in Spire the way they do now and print to their own printers. We look after the server, back it up every day and apply Spire's updates.
- AWS in Canada or the US
- Backed up every day, kept 7 days
- From US$90 a month for the first user
Authorized Partner What we look after
Spire on a server you never have to think about
You use Spire. We run what it runs on, from the server and its backups to each Spire update.
A server sized for your team
We set up the Windows server, keep an eye on how hard it is working, and move it to a larger size as your team grows.
Daily backups
The whole server is backed up every day, and each backup is kept for 7 days, so it can be put back as it was on an earlier day.
Spire updates, applied for you
We apply each Spire update on the server at a time we arrange with you. Each PC is then offered the matching Spire version the next time it opens Spire.
Support from the Spire team
When something is wrong you reach the same team that implements Spire, so the person helping you knows Spire as well as the server it runs on.
Nexus, if you use it
Clients who run Nexus have it hosted with Spire. Your people open Nexus in the browser at its own address, as they do today.
How your people connect
Two ways in, and both print to your own printers
Most people run Spire on their own PC, as they would in an office. Remote desktop is there for the people a PC does not suit.
Our standard
Spire on each PC, over a private network
Spire is installed on each person's Windows PC and connects to your server over a private network. Only your PCs can reach the server, and Spire's ports stay closed to the internet.
- Labels, cheques and forms print to the printers beside you
- Reports, Excel exports and attachments land on the PC
- If one connection drops, everyone else keeps working
The option
Spire on the server, through a secure remote desktop
For people on a Mac or a tablet, or working over a slow or distant connection. They open a secure remote desktop in the browser or a small app, and Spire runs on the server.
- Works on a Mac, a Chromebook or a tablet
- Only the screen travels, so a weak connection copes
- They still print to their own printers
Already running Spire?
Moving your Spire company to the cloud
If Spire runs on a server in your office today, we do the move, and your team switches once it is ready.
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We build your server
In the country you choose, sized for the number of people who use Spire.
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We move your data
Your Spire companies come across from the server you run today.
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We set up each user
Spire and the private network on each PC, and remote desktop for anyone who needs it.
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We check printing, then you switch
Before anyone switches, we check that each person's printers work with the new server.
For Spire partners
Your client wants the cloud. You do not run servers.
Send your client to us for hosting, and stay their Spire partner. Their Spire work, training and support stay with you.
Refer a client-
We build the server
In the country your client chooses, and we give you an administrator login to it.
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You set up Spire
You install Spire and bring the data across, the way you would on a server in their office.
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We connect the client's people
We set up the private network they work through, and look after the server and its backups from then on.
Common questions
Cloud hosting for Spire, answered
- Where is our data stored?
- On Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Canada or the United States, whichever you choose. Your Spire companies and the backups of your server stay in that country.
- What does it cost?
- From US$90 a month for the first user. Each additional user adds a monthly amount, and setup is a one-time fee. Your quote sets out each figure for the number of people who use Spire.
- Can we keep our current Spire partner?
- Yes. We host the server, and your partner keeps your Spire work, training and support. If you do not have a Spire partner, we are an Authorized Spire Partner and can be yours.
- How do our people get into Spire?
- Our standard is Spire on each Windows PC, connected to your server over a private network, so Spire works as it does in an office and Spire's ports stay closed to the internet. People on a Mac, a tablet or a slow connection use Spire on the server through a secure remote desktop. Either way, they print to their own printers.
- How often is the server backed up?
- Every day, and each backup is kept for 7 days. The backups stay in the same country as your server.
- Who applies Spire updates?
- We do, at a time we arrange with you. The update goes onto the server, and each PC is offered the matching Spire version the next time it opens Spire.
- Can you host Nexus as well?
- Yes. Clients who run Nexus have it hosted with Spire, and their people open it in the browser at its own address.
Get a hosting quote
Tell us how many people use Spire, whether you run Nexus, and whether you want your server in Canada or the US. We will send a quote for your team.