M3Server

What the company is

M3Server is a managed hosting company run by M3Server Inc., with a postal address in Spokane, Washington. The about page says it was formed in 1996 in a small office offering shared hosting and dial-up, and that it now specializes in managed dedicated and virtual servers, with service in data centers in California, Utah, Missouri, Virginia, Washington DC, Amsterdam and London. Its adult offer is a managed VPS and dedicated server line set up for adult tube scripts, adult CMS and affiliate software, sold with a CDN for video delivery. The adult tube hosting page describes the managed VPS as optimized for adult websites.

What it sells an operator

The adult tube hosting page sets out the order in steps: pick a script, pick a hosting plan, and claim a free domain at checkout. The scripts it names are xStreamer, MechBunny, WP-Script, Kernel Video Sharing, Adult Video Script, WordPress Tube Plugin, Adult Script Pro, Smart Tube Pro and Adult Search Script. The script license is bought from the script vendor, and M3Server configures the server to meet that script's requirements. Separate pages cover Elevated X, the adult CMS, and NATS, the affiliate tracking software from Too Much Media, so paysite and program operators are served as well as tube sites.

The managed VPS is the core product. In October 2026 the adult tube hosting page lists SSD virtual servers from $20 a month, and the VPS page lists the VPS Elite plan from $40 a month, with up to 8 vCores, up to 16 GB of RAM, up to 500 GB of SSD storage in RAID 1, 65 TB of bandwidth, 1 TB of CDN, 50 GB of off-site M3SafeVault backup storage and cloud storage mounted for larger files such as MP4, plus one managed Let's Encrypt certificate. The VPS page suggests adding vCores for faster FFmpeg encoding and says inbound traffic is not charged.

Script-specific plans sit on that base. The WP-Script, WordPress Tube Plugin and MechBunny TGP pages offer a VPS Pro with 20 GB of storage, 50 GB of backup storage, 2 GB of RAM, 2 CPUs and 5 TB of transfer, sold at a discounted first month with a promo code. The MechBunny page lists its tube script server plans from $39 a month in October 2026. The Adult Video Script page offers a VPS, a smart virtual server and a dedicated server with 2 TB of RAID 10 storage, 16 GB of RAM, a quad-core CPU and 30 TB of transfer, each with a 1 TB CDN plan; its prices are shown after a promotional code. The NATS page offers dedicated servers with 32 GB of RAM and hardware RAID 1, with PHP, MySQL, IonCube, FFmpeg and the MaxMind GeoIP module installed.

Each script server ships with what the script needs: FFmpeg with codecs, IonCube, FLVTool2, ImageMagick and Memcached, and the Elevated X page adds Apache mod streaming, with a Lighttpd media streaming server free on request. The Adult Video Script page says streaming module installation is free for that script's users. A support post on the M3 blog recommends setting KVS's FFmpeg threads to half the server's vCores so encoding does not starve the web and media services.

The CDN is sold for static content and for load balancing video across the company's streaming CDN servers, and VPS Elite and the Adult Video Script plans include a 1 TB CDN allowance. Every server includes the company's own control panel, which it describes as free with no license fees, unlimited domains on 1 IP address, free setup and a free domain for 1 year on the script plans.

The adult content policy and content terms

The adult tube pages present adult sites as the intended use, and the terms state that sites hosted on the service are regulated only by U.S. law. The pages set out no separate approval step for adult sites. The terms forbid any potential harm to minors, including sexual material involving children or anything that could be perceived as such; a site found hosting or linking to it is suspended at once without notice and reported to law enforcement. The company may also remove or disable, with or without notice, any material it judges obscene, threatening, illegal or in breach of its terms.

Copyright is handled by removal. Infringing material is removed or access to it disabled, accounts with repeated infringement are suspended or terminated, and copyright owners are asked to email the abuse address with the information the terms list. Selling counterfeit goods ends in immediate termination. The list of material barred on all VPS and dedicated servers includes warez, proxy scripts, file dump and mirror scripts, forums linking to pirated content, gambling and investment sites, and streams of live sporting events. Torrent hosting and file sharing are prohibited, though linking to legal torrents off-site is allowed, and gaming servers are barred. Citing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the terms say the company removes allegedly defamatory material only on a court order.

Failure to answer an abuse email within 24 hours may lead to suspension, and the terms say abuse issues handled by ticket or email get a response within 24 hours.

Billing, refunds and resources

Billing recurs month to month, without written contracts, until the service is canceled through the cancellation form. Invoices carry a 7-day grace period, after which a late fee, a suspension or both may apply, and the company reserves the right to change prices. Coupons apply to first-time accounts and the initial purchase only. Dedicated server and high-risk orders may require government ID and a scan of the card used.

The terms give an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee on managed VPS and reseller plans for first-time customers who paid the first invoice by card or PayPal. Dedicated servers, administrative fees and custom software installs are excluded, and wire, Western Union, check, cash and money order payments are credited to the account rather than refunded. Refunds are paid in U.S. dollars at the rate on the refund date.

Backups are limited: the company keeps 1 copy of server configuration and site data, updated weekly and purged monthly, without a guarantee of completeness, and in October 2026 the terms set a $50 fee per incident to restore files a customer deleted. VPS accounts may not average more than 75% CPU, and dedicated servers may run at 90%. Bandwidth allowances are monthly, do not roll over, and an account over its allowance may be suspended, upgraded, charged an overage fee or terminated.

Getting started and support

Accounts are set up once payment is received and screened for fraud, and setup is free. On the managed service the customer manages its sites over SSH, SFTP or FTP and the M3 control panel, while the company runs the hardware, operating system, preinstalled server software and network and monitors the web server, mail server and system load. Migration of 1 site and 1 database is free. Website design, script programming and content work fall outside managed support and are sold separately as SiteTech services. The WordPress Tube Plugin page offers a free script install when install documentation is provided, while the MechBunny page says M3 does not install that script but can help with basic setup.

The contact page says 99% of technical support runs through the ticket system, with phone calls reserved for emergencies and a ticket number at hand, and the about page says tickets are answered by U.S.-based staff. Resellers support their own clients; the company places a reseller's client who writes in directly on hold until the reseller takes the request.

Company and track record

The company says it has provided web hosting since 1996, buys and runs its own SuperMicro server hardware with Intel Xeon processors and redundant power, and monitors servers 24/7. The about page, read in October 2026, claims a corporate uptime rate consistently above 99.99%, which is the company's own figure.

Who it suits

M3Server fits an operator who runs a supported tube script, Elevated X or NATS and wants a managed server built to the script's requirements, with a CDN for video and help tuning FFmpeg. It suits a site owner who would rather manage content than the server, and a reseller willing to support its own clients.

The caveats are in the terms: managed means no full control of the server, the single weekly backup copy is not guaranteed and restores cost extra, dedicated servers carry no refund, and several script prices are promotional first-month rates. The strength of the offer is a host that names adult scripts on its own pages, sets servers up for them and pairs them with a video CDN.