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Everything you run online.
One clear view.

Apiary is the control plane dedicated to Spotlight Studios clients: every domain, DNS record, hosting account and mailbox we manage for you (health, expiry and history) in one audited console. Built by Swarm Labs; designed and run by Spotlight.

Included with managed hosting · No setup · Already protecting every site we host

Five dashboards. One screen.

Cloudflare, Cloudways, the registrar and both email platforms in a single console: search any domain and see server, mail, DNS and security health at a glance.

Every change passes one gated write path: permission checks, rate limits and risk tiers. Destructive operations stay locked to senior staff, with backups surfaced beside them.

Every action is recorded: who changed what, and when. A clear history behind every piece of support work we do on your stack.

Continuous sweeps check DNS, SSL, SPF/DKIM/DMARC and hosting health across the fleet, flagging issues, including email-spoofing gaps, before they become outages.

Faster fixes. Safer changes.

Routine requests (a DNS edit, a cache purge, a pre-update backup) used to mean tickets bouncing between provider dashboards. With Apiary they take minutes, they’re gated by permissions, and every one leaves a record. That’s the service difference you feel without ever logging in.

What’s under the bonnet

A capability-scoped API with 51+ endpoints across five providers, the same audited funnel whether our engineers, our automations or your self-serve controls make the change.

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Domains, registrar, DNS, hosting and mailboxes in one place, with expiry, health and records at a glance.

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Backups surfaced beside every risky action, restore points listed inline, and SSH opened only in controlled windows.

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SPF, DKIM and DMARC health flagged across every domain, closing the gaps that let criminals spoof your email.

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Provider credentials are envelope-encrypted and never reach the browser; temporary storage credentials expire within days.

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