Spaceship Essential, $ 19.88/yr. on Linux Shared

Essential has been added on Aug 20, 2025, Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 9 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	5
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsAliPay
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	BackupWordpressWebsite BuilderDDoS Protection
✍️ Support Options :	EmailLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	SG US
💰 Money-back guarantee :	30 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.99 %

See also initial Essential plan location on their website!

*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Spaceship Review — Registrar-Led Platform With Speed, AI Tools, and a Strict Refund Policy

Spaceship positions itself as an ICANN-accredited registrar turned full-stack platform, bundling domains, hosting, email, CDN, VPN, and cloud VMs behind a fast, unified control experience. The pitch is simple: reduce friction, move quickly, and keep pricing transparent while putting privacy front and center. Operations are anchored in U.S. and Singapore data centers, with a CDN layer to push content globally.

Product Portfolio at a Glance

• Domains: search, WHOIS lookup, privacy, premium inventory, and transfer-in tools.
• Web Hosting: cPanel-based shared hosting with LiteSpeed, unmetered bandwidth, FreeSSL (Let’s Encrypt) or PositiveSSL, and Imunify360 malware protection included.
• WordPress & AI Builder: WordPress installed in a few clicks, plus AI-assisted site generation with template libraries, drag-and-drop layouts, and multilingual copy/image creation.
• Starlight Cloud: next-gen Virtual Machines (VPS) delivered via Starlight, managed in Starlight Manager, with prepaid or pay-as-you-go billing and regions in the U.S. or Singapore.
• CDN: an integrated network for caching and acceleration, offering DDoS resistance, instant purge, static/dynamic cache controls, and custom SSL support.
• Email: Spacemail® for professional mailboxes tied neatly into the hosting stack.
• Security: domain privacy, FastVPN, and "Thunderbolt" tooling to harden account and domain operations.

Web Hosting Experience

Shared hosting aims to be "powerfully simple." Users get cPanel, LiteSpeed web server, unmetered bandwidth, one-click app installs, and integrated SSL choices (Let’s Encrypt for free, or PositiveSSL free in year one then low-cost). Spaceship leans hard into time-to-first-publish: a guided "Unbox™" flow, self-service cPanel backup migration, and AI tools for building a complete WordPress site in minutes. Security is bolstered by Imunify360 across all packages.

Starlight Virtual Machines (VPS)

Starlight is designed for teams that want more control than shared hosting. Key themes are fast deployment, root access, 99.99% uptime targets, and flexible billing (lock in with prepaid or stay agile with pay-as-you-go). Location choice between U.S. and Singapore helps tune latency. Management happens inside Starlight Manager, which centralizes lifecycle actions and monitoring.

CDN & Performance

The integrated CDN focuses on speed and resilience: caching across a global edge, DDoS resistance, and controls that let users tune behavior (static vs. dynamic cache, instant purge, whitelist/blacklist). Media and large assets benefit most, and the custom SSL option simplifies domain-aligned security at the edge.

Privacy & Transparency

Spaceship’s brand language emphasizes privacy-first operations and "integrity by design," promising no hidden costs and clear information placement. That positioning aligns with registrar roots and will appeal to buyers who want the essentials (domains, DNS, WHOIS privacy) managed alongside hosting.

Uptime Commitments

• Shared Hosting: a 99.99% monthly uptime commitment across web hosting plans.
• Starlight VMs: reliability also framed at 99.99%, with the usual carve-outs.
• Limitations: outages tied to third-party software, user scripts, ISP or internet-wide issues, resource exhaustion, force majeure, and similar exclusions reduce eligibility for credits. Remedies are at Spaceship’s discretion.

Pricing, Trials & Refunds

This is the area that needs the most attention:

• Default stance: hosting fees are non-refundable (including add-ons and domains) even if service is suspended or terminated early.
• Limited exceptions: at Spaceship’s sole discretion, first-time purchases of Web Hosting (Essential, Pro, Supreme) and prepaid Starlight™ may be eligible for a 30-day money-back consideration.
• Renewals: may be refundable, again at discretion, if cancellation occurs within 48 hours of renewal.

In practice, that means buyers should treat hosting purchases as final unless they qualify for (and are granted) the limited introductory refund.

Migration & Control

Spaceship’s onboarding encourages self-migration via cPanel backup restore. The control experience is cohesive: domain, DNS, hosting, CDN, and email live under one roof, which simplifies daily administration for small teams and solo builders.

Who They Suit

• Startups and solo creators who value fast setup, AI-assisted WordPress builds, and straightforward cPanel hosting.
• Developers needing VPS flexibility with clear region choice (U.S./Singapore) and simple scaling.
• Domain-centric buyers who want registrar features, privacy, and hosting in the same place.

What Could Be Clearer

The refund framework is strict and discretionary; prospective customers should confirm eligibility in writing if a refund safety net is important. Uptime guarantees include broad exclusions, so expectations should be aligned with the SLA language rather than the headline percentage.