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Hawk Host Primary, $ 2.24/mo. on Linux Shared


Primary has been updated on (added ), Aggregate Rating (7 out of 10 from 9 reviews)
Hawk Host
100 King Street West Suite 5700
Toronto , ON M5X 1C7
CA
☎ Phone 1-800-859-8803
  • 💡 Plan Name: Primary (sku #p40421)
  • 🔧 Category: Shared Hosting / Linux
  • 💰 Price:$ 2.24/mo.
  • 💿 Disk Space: 10 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
🔌 Hosted domains :unlimited
🆓 free domains :0
📌 Dedicated IPs :0
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalAliPayBitcoin
🔨 Control Panel :CPanel
🔧 Category :BackupWordpress
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeForumAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :Canada United States
⚑ Targeting :CA US
💰 Money-back guarantee :30 days
🚀 Uptime :99.9 %

See also initial Primary plan location on their website!

*📜 Plan description

Entry shared plan with 10 GB NVMe storage, 1 CPU core, 1 GB RAM and unmetered bandwidth. Runs on cPanel with LiteSpeed, CloudLinux/CageFS, proactive malware scanning, daily backups and Cloudflare optimization. Includes 1-click installers (300+ apps), free migrations and enterprise-grade Xeon/EPYC hardware. Good for simple sites, landing pages and blogs while keeping costs minimal. Pricing shown is the lowest available with longer terms; higher monthly prices are available on shorter cycles. Email accounts are supported and spam filtering is included; you can scale up to larger plans at any time.

All Hawk Host shared plans include cPanel, NVMe storage, free SSL, daily backups, free site migration, 24/7/365 support by chat/tickets/email, a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 99.9% uptime SLA. The platform is tuned for WordPress with LiteSpeed Cache, Redis/Memcached options, and a global CDN path for faster delivery.

📄 Editorial Review

Hawk Host is a Canadian web hosting provider founded in 2004 with the stated goal of delivering efficient services by combining software development and hosting expertise. They target a broad audience—from entry-level sites to growing projects that need more isolation and control—and place emphasis on performance tuning, modern hardware, and a straightforward support experience available around the clock.

Their product lineup spans Shared Hosting, Semi-Dedicated, Cloud/VPS (Cloud Compute), Reseller Hosting, and Domain Registration. Shared, Reseller, and Semi-Dedicated plans run on cPanel with a familiar feature set: one-click installers (300+ scripts), LiteSpeed web server, Cloudflare optimization, proactive malware scanning, and complimentary daily backups on enterprise Intel Xeon/AMD EPYC NVMe platforms. Free website migration is included, and WordPress users get extra attention with built-in one-click setup plus optional performance helpers like Memcached and Redis.

Cloud/VPS (Cloud Compute) provides full root access and a managed control panel experience (power, console, rebuild, OS templates, usage graphs) with optional cPanel/WHM or DirectAdmin licenses. OS choices are extensive (Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Debian, Rocky, CloudLinux, Fedora, CentOS, openSUSE, FreeBSD). The stack highlights KVM virtualization, NVMe storage, 40 Gbps server connectivity, and UPS + generator power, with StorPool’s distributed architecture to improve reliability and I/O performance.

Reseller hosting is positioned as a white-label offering on cPanel, suitable for launching a small hosting business. Domain name services include registration with a capable management panel (locking, auto-renewal, privacy, DNS management). SSL is available (e.g., AlphaSSL). Overall, they blend affordable entry pricing with practical tooling and a long operating history.

👪 Most Recent Customer Reviews

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-anonymous- (kennisons@g...) / i do not have a web facing domain name for this
⏳ Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
Global rating
😁 I've used hawkhost as a host for the last year and I haven't had any problems. I use it for FTP so that I can easily share files with colleagues. I currently don't use a domain name with the service but in the past when I did the site worked well.

When I first signed up they offered to transfer my existing site which I appreciated because it saved me the work.

For the price I have no complaints.
👍 64 out of 👉 71 users found this review to be helpful!
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-anonymous- (-hidden-) / ironingzone.com
⏳ Time Hosted: under 1 month
Global rating
😁 Ive been with this host for less than 2 weeks and im impressed to say the least. My main point is how fast their servers are. They run on lightspeed technology which make my pages to load in 2-4 seconds.

ive used hostgator for 8 yrs + but ive moved my sites because hostgator servers are slow (one of my sites at hostgator was taking 8 seconds to load!!)

Plus their prices are fair
👍 66 out of 👉 72 users found this review to be helpful!
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-anonymous- (evelyntanadi91@g...) / hawkhost.com
⏳ Time Hosted: under 1 month
Global rating
😠 IF YOU WANT TO RUIN YOUR DAYS THEN HOST ON HAWKHOST
ITS NEED A SEVERALL YEARS TO ACTIVATING YOUR HOSTING, CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A DOG, JESUS CHRIST I DONT KNOW HOW THESE DOG CAN BUILD A HOSTING COMPANY LIKE HAWKHOST, SHOULD CHANGE THEIR NAME TO DOGHOST OR SOME SHIT
👍 60 out of 👉 73 users found this review to be helpful!

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