Standard v4 Plan Specifications
A reference for Standard v4 plan specifications
Architecture overview
Standard v4 is built on a Decoupled Plane Architecture — separating administrative overhead and security processing from the core storefront for maximum performance.
Decoupled Plane Architecture
A three-plane model that separates administrative overhead and security processing from the core storefront — the Control Plane handles management tasks while the Data Plane dedicates 100% of its resources to serving customers.
Split Data Server / App Cluster
Unlike Essentials, Standard v4 uses separate, dedicated instances for the data server and application cluster — each scaling independently to match your workload.
Podman container orchestration
Every service runs as an isolated, rootless process via Podman — providing self-healing stability without cross-service impact.
Resource allocation scales
Infrastructure remains constant; resource allocation scales between Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large — pick the size that matches your traffic.
Plan comparison
The table below summarizes resource and major feature allocations across Standard v4 tiers.
Data Server
| Feature | Specification | Small | Medium | Large | X-Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxy Service | Webscale Dataplane | Shared | Shared | Shared | Shared |
| Cloud Hosting | Managed AWS EC2 | ||||
| Compute | vCPU | 8 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Memory | RAM (GB) | 32 | 32 | 64 | 64 |
| Storage | EBS (GB) | 40 / 100 | 40 / 100 | 40 / 100 | 40 / 100 |
| Backups | Daily Backup Retention (days) | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
App Cluster
| Feature | Specification | Small | Medium | Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compute | vCPU | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Memory | RAM (GB) | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| App Cluster Min | Instances | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| App Cluster Max | Instances | 4 | 4 | 4 |
- App Cluster and Data Server resource allocations can be purchased as listed in the sizing table or modified as needed to meet requirements.
- "Shared" in Proxy Service indicates all Standard v4 tiers operate on a shared Webscale dataplane.
- EBS storage is listed as 40 GB boot / 100 GB data volumes.
- Check your commercial terms for any overage, regional, or billing specifics not captured here.
Features included in all Standard v4 plans
The following capabilities are available across all Standard v4 tiers (Small, Medium, Large, X-Large).
Application delivery
Webscale operates directly in the traffic path for all Standard v4 plans.
- Global CDN (AWS CloudFront)
- Web Application Firewall configurable via Web Controls
- Traffic Viewer
- Image optimization
- DDoS protection
Cloud hosting & operations
All Standard v4 plans include:
- AWS-based architecture (EC2, EBS, VPC, Route 53)
- Dedicated data server separate from the application cluster
- Autoscaling application cluster (production tiers)
- Podman-based daemonless container orchestration
- Commerce-tuned configurations (PHP-FPM, Varnish, Redis, OpenSearch, MySQL/MariaDB)
- Infrastructure patching and updates
- Monitoring and alerting
- Incident response
- SSH Connect / SSH Gateway access
- Operational ownership by Webscale
Platform compatibility
Standard v4 supports the following commerce platforms: