Hostking 🆚 MWeb - Dec, 2025

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Hostking (hostking.host) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2019.
MWeb (mweb.co.za) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2018.

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👉 Total Reviews: 1
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 1
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1 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

1 user reviews
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Company descriptions is fine
Company address location is complete
Company phone/fax is added
Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
"About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
Products (plans) are added, but some are not updated from over 2 years
Note: Add a promotion or coupon

Things to do
Forum, Blog/Announcements, Knowledgebase or FAQ URLs are missing
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👉 Total Reviews: 1
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 1
👈 Official Responses: 0
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1 user reviews
 
155 Vasco Boulevard
Cape Town, WC 7460
ZA

MWEB N1 City 100 Fairway Close, Parow
Cape Town, WC 7500
ZA

📧 Emailsupport@h...billing@m...
☎ Phone+27-87-802-0155
+27 11 575 0055, Fax: +27.113883425
Ranks🏆 Semrush 4,734,858 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 23/34🔗 Links 7,016
🏆 Semrush 686,096 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 61/64🔗 Links 387,452
Languages en-ZA en-US
📄 InfoFounded in 2011, Hostking claims to offer fast reasonable services, reliability, performance and stability.

The company provides the following web hosting solutions: Shared Hosting;Reseller Hosting;
VPS Hosting;Dedicated Servers;Email Hosting;Domain Registration;WordPress
Hosting;Ecommerce Hosting;
Shared hosting plans are available for both Linux and Windows OS. Linux shared hosting solutions are powered by LightSpeed and LSCache which contribute to high speed load times and fast [...]
Read full review
MWEB is one of South Africa’s oldest internet service providers, operating since 1997 and today positioned as a mass-market ISP that also offers a compact but complete web hosting portfolio. The brand focuses primarily on connectivity (fibre, LTE, wireless, voice), yet its hosting line is clearly aimed at individuals, freelancers and small businesses that want to register a domain, host a website and run email on the same account as their internet access. They operate as Mweb, a division of [...] Read full review
📡 Established20111997
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.3 seconds 37% sites are slower
SEO Links count 31
Average, load time 2.1 seconds 44% sites are slower
SEO Links count 1,736
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media

🔃 User Shares
HostkingWebHost
Started from: November, 2011
  • Tweets: 829
  • Followers: 582
  • Friends: 59
  • Last activity:

mwebtweets
Started from: March, 2010
  • Tweets: 119,386
  • Followers: 26,952
  • Friends: 12,750
  • Last activity:

hostkingwebhostMWEB
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

company/hostking-pty-ltd/company/mweb/
Hostking Blog
  • Blog Posts: 92
  • First post from: Feb, 2013
  • Language used: en
  • Last written post:

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🔧 Shared Hosting - 3/5
💡 Plan NameStarter [Linux]1GB Hosting [Linux]
💰 PriceZAR 48.00/mo. VAT incZAR 29.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space30 GB SSD1 GB
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains11
🆓 Free Domain00
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control PanelCPanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationSouth AfricaSouth Africa
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)30 GB SSD Storage
Unlimited Bandwidth
1 Hosted Domain
5 Email Accounts
No Free Domain
UltraFast PHP
Free Website Builder
Free SSL Certificate
1 Page Free Website Design
INFO (mouse over)The 1GB Capped Hosting plan is an entry level Linux shared hosting package designed for very small brochure sites, one page landing pages or simple personal projects that do not need much storage.
It provides 1GB of web space and unmetered monthly traffic, which is enough for a compact site made [...]
📅 Date PlanDec 2022Dec 2025
💡 Plan NameAdvanced [Linux]5GB Hosting [Linux]
💰 PriceZAR 129.00/mo. VAT incZAR 99.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space120 GB SSD5 GB
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains51
🆓 Free Domain10
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel CPanel
🌏 Server LocationSouth AfricaSouth Africa
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)120 GB SSD Storage
Unlimited Bandwidth
5 Hosted Domains
100 Email Accounts
Free domain (.co.za,.com)
UltraFast PHP
Free Website Builder
Free SSL Certificate
1 Page Free Website Design
INFO (mouse over)The 5GB Capped Hosting plan targets small websites that need more headroom than the starter package, such as richer brochure sites, small product catalogues or blogs with growing media libraries.
It offers 5GB of disk space with unlimited monthly traffic, making it suitable for sites with a [...]
📅 Date PlanDec 2022Dec 2025
💡 Plan NameBusiness [Linux]15GB Hosting [Linux]
💰 PriceZAR 299.00/mo. VAT incZAR 129.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space250 GB SSD15 GB
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains251
🆓 Free Domain11
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control PanelCPanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationSouth AfricaSouth Africa
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)250 GB SSD Storage
Unlimited Bandwidth
25 Hosted Domains
Unlimited Email Accounts
Free domain (.co.za,.com)
UltraFast PHP
Free Website Builder
Free SSL Certificate
1 Page Free Website Design
INFO (mouse over)The 15GB Capped Hosting plan is positioned as the first fully featured option in the range, combining more generous storage with bundled value such as a free domain and website builder access for growing sites.
It provides 15GB of disk space and unlimited monthly traffic, which comfortably [...]
📅 Date PlanDec 2022Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-25GB Hosting [Linux]
💰 Price-ZAR 159.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space-25 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-5
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel
🌏 Server Location-South Africa
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)The 25GB Capped Hosting plan builds on the mid range offer with more storage, more email capacity and increased limits for sites and databases, targeting small businesses that run several properties or heavier content driven sites.
It comes with 25GB of disk space and unlimited monthly traffic, [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-60GB Hosting [Linux]
💰 Price-ZAR 259.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space-60 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-10
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-CPanel
🌏 Server Location-South Africa
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)The 60GB Capped Hosting plan is the largest shared hosting option in this group and is intended for heavier small business sites, content portals or customers hosting several websites and mailboxes on the same account.
It delivers 60GB of disk space with unlimited traffic, giving ample room for [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
🔧 VPS - 5/0
💡 Plan NameLinux - CPU1A [Linux]-
💰 PriceZAR 65.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space30 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer1 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU1 vCPU-
🔋 RAM1 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)We provide our VPS Customers with 100Mbps Premium Traffic when limited is reached we still provide our customers 5Mbps traffic which ensures their services still continue to run.

The storage for our VPS comes from well-known manufacturers. We only use Micron SSD disks to provide fast and stable [...]
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameLinux - CPU1B [Linux]-
💰 PriceZAR 120.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space50 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer2 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU1 vCPU-
🔋 RAM2 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameLinux - CPU2A [Linux]-
💰 PriceZAR 219.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space75 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer2 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 vCPU-
🔋 RAM4 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameLinux - CPU2B [Linux]-
💰 PriceZAR 593.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space100 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer2 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 vCPU-
🔋 RAM6 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameLinux - CPU4A [Linux]-
💰 PriceZAR 812.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space150 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transfer3 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 vCPU-
🔋 RAM8 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
🔧 Domains - 2/0
💡 Plan Name.co.za-
💰 PriceZAR 99.00/yr. VAT inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over).biz
R309.30
1 Year

.net
R275.00
1 Year

.mobi
R405.99
1 Year

.co.za
R99.00
1 Year

.info
R400.00
1 Year
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan Name.com-
💰 PriceZAR 249.00/yr.-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
🔧 SSL Certificates - 4/0
💡 Plan NameGeoTrust True BusinessID-
💰 PriceZAR 1,433.95/yr. VAT inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)256-Bit Encryption
Issuance Time: 1-3 Days
Great For: Business
Warranty Value: USD $1,250,000
Trust Site Seal
Free Reissues
Browser Support: 99.9%
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameGeoTrust True Business ID with EV-
💰 PriceZAR 2,592.70/yr. VAT inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)256-Bit Encryption
Issuance Time: 1-5 Days
Great For: Business & Ecommerce
Warranty Value: USD $1,500,000
Trust Site Seal
Free Reissues
Browser Support: 99.9%
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameSecure Site SSL-
💰 PriceZAR 7,307.69/yr. VAT inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)256-Bit Encryption
Issuance Time: 1-3 Days
Great For: Business
Warranty Value: USD $1,500,000
Trust Site Seal
Free Reissues
Browser Support: 99.9%
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameSecure Site EV SSL-
💰 PriceZAR 18,223.44/yr. VAT inc-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
🔧 Web Design - 2/0
💡 Plan NameWeb Design Startup-
💰 PriceZAR 199.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transferunlimited-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free Domain
Free Hosting
5 Pages Included
10 Email Accounts
30 GB Disk space
Unlimited Bandwidth
1/hr Month Updates
Annual Refresh
Basic SEO included
Unlimited Bandwidth
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
💡 Plan NameWeb Design Business-
💰 PriceZAR 399.00/mo. VAT inc-
💿 Disk Space -
📶 Data Transferunlimited-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free Domain
Free Web Hosting
10 Pages Included
100 Email Accounts
100 GB Disk space
1/hr Month Updates
Annual Refresh
Basic SEO included
Unlimited Bandwidth
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📅 Date PlanDec 2022-
🔧 Emails - 0/3
💡 Plan Name-10GB Mailbox [Linux]
💰 Price-ZAR 59.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space-10 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)10GB is the entry mailbox size in the Premium Mailbox range and is intended for everyday personal use or for a single mailbox in a small office that does not yet generate a huge volume of mail. It includes 10 GB of cloud mailbox storage for messages and attachments, enough to keep many years of [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-25GB Premium Mailbox [Linux]
💰 Price-ZAR 70.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space-25 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)25GB is framed as a Premium Mailbox size for users who receive frequent large attachments or who share the mailbox between a primary user and one or two delegated users on different devices. With 25 GB of cloud storage there is room for project folders, invoices, proposals and media files without [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-50GB Premium Mailbox [Linux]
💰 Price-ZAR 90.00/mo. VAT 15% inc
💿 Disk Space-50 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)50GB is the largest Premium Mailbox size and is aimed at power users and organisations that exchange many large documents every day or want to keep a deep archive of historical correspondence online. The 50 GB allocation supports thousands of messages with file attachments such as images, [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • VPS
  • Domains
  • SSL Certificates
  • Web Design
  • Shared Hosting
  • Emails
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
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on 📆 Feb 20, 2024
Pathetic service from Hostking
😠 Pathetic service. One day I am trying to sort out the problem with my mails. Magically my mails cannot reach my mailbox. Useless. Sending mails with useless inf. Today they don't respond at all. Will change my host soon. Can't afford this nonsense


Leeanne (liamleah1985@g...)
on 📆 Aug 20, 2020
poor service
😠 my fibre has run out i im having a problem connecting to buy a new voucher but do you think that i could get hold of anybody today, it is so frustrating as i called to their call centre twice and the calls just gets cut off after hanging on forever.

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