Alpha Host.lv .com, € 9.99/yr. on Domains

.com has been added on Aug 13, 2019, Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 3 reviews)

💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
⚑ Targeting :	LV

Original plan URL was https://www.alphahost.lv/lv/domeni

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

AlphaHost.lv is a Latvian hosting provider operated by SIA "Media Partners", a company registered on December 14, 2006, under registration number 50003882281. AlphaHost has more than 20 years of hosting experience and serves the Latvian market with shared hosting, VPS/VDS, dedicated servers, colocation and domain registration. Its customer contact location is in Riga, Latvia, while the registered legal address is in Jūrmala.

AlphaHost also has a long-standing position in the Latvian domain market. SIA Media Partners became a RegiSTAR for NIC.LV, and by 2016 it ranked among the 15 largest registrars from a field of 54 local .LV registrars. Around 88% of the domain names managed by the company at that time were protected with DNSSEC. This background is particularly relevant for customers looking for a Latvian provider that combines hosting with direct experience in the country's national domain ecosystem.

The company operates its own data center in Latvia, providing shared hosting, VPS, dedicated server and colocation services from locally controlled infrastructure. This distinguishes AlphaHost from smaller hosting resellers that depend entirely on infrastructure rented from another hosting company.

Shared Hosting is divided into Alpha, Beta and Gamma packages. Alpha includes 3 GB of storage, one hosted domain and five subdomains. Beta increases capacity to 10 GB with three domains and 15 subdomains, while Gamma provides 30 GB, 10 domains and 50 subdomains. All packages include unlimited traffic, email hosting, webmail, spam filtering, autoresponders, forwarding, MySQL databases with phpMyAdmin, FTP access, DNS management and daily backups. Depending on the selected package, customers receive between 20 and 200 mailboxes, one to 10 databases and three to 30 FTP accounts. Secure FTP/TLS is included, while SSH access depends on the hosting package.

Parts of the shared-hosting platform retain older technical references, including PHP5 and Webalizer, which makes this section of the service look dated compared with the newer VPS infrastructure. The newer VPS environment is substantially more modern, using KVM virtualization, NVMe SSD storage and current Linux distributions. Shared-hosting ordering also connects with GarmTech (garmtech.lv), so customers should pay attention to the final package and provider information shown during checkout.

VPS/VDS hosting is one of the stronger parts of AlphaHost's portfolio. The newer platform uses KVM virtualization and NVMe SSD storage, provides full root access and allows CPU, RAM and disk resources to be scaled according to the workload. Core 1 starts with one CPU core, 1 GB RAM and 25 GB storage; Core 2 increases this to two cores, 2 GB RAM and 50 GB; and Core 4 provides four cores, 4 GB RAM and 200 GB. Traffic is unlimited.

The VPS configurator can scale considerably beyond those entry packages, reaching as many as 64 CPU cores, 128 GB RAM and 2 TB of NVMe storage. Supported Linux distributions include Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS and AlmaLinux, while Windows Server is also available. This makes the platform suitable for anything from small development servers and websites to larger application environments and custom business workloads.

A second fixed VPS tariff family is also available. These servers range from one core, 1 GB RAM and 30 GB storage up to four cores, 4 GB RAM and 250 GB storage, again with unlimited traffic. One IP address is included and additional addresses can be ordered. Longer prepayment periods reduce the effective monthly cost substantially. Because both the configurable KVM/NVMe platform and the fixed VPS tariffs remain available, customers should compare the exact resource model before choosing a package.

Dedicated Servers use HP ProLiant hardware and are configured according to CPU, RAM, storage and IP requirements rather than being restricted to a short list of fixed packages. Pricing is quotation-based. Dedicated server customers receive cPanel & WHM without an additional control-panel charge, adding useful value for customers who want a conventional managed hosting environment on physical hardware.

AlphaHost also provides colocation, allowing customers to place their own servers in its Latvian data center and connect them to the company's Internet and power infrastructure. This is particularly useful for organizations that want to keep physical equipment in Latvia while avoiding the expense of maintaining their own server room.

Domain Registration covers Latvian, European and major international extensions. .LV domains cost €12 per year, while .COM and .EU are €9.99 per year. .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ and .RU are priced at €12 per year, while .CO.UK costs €9.99 per year. Registration and renewal prices are identical for the extensions included in the standard price table. AlphaHost also provides DNS management and uses ns1.alphahost.lv and ns2.alphahost.lv as its standard nameservers.

The website is available in Latvian, English and Russian, making AlphaHost accessible both to domestic customers and users outside Latvia. Hosting prices are primarily listed in EUR, while the billing environment includes currency selection and PayPal payments can be handled in EUR or USD.

The overall service range is broader than what is normally expected from a small regional host. AlphaHost combines inexpensive shared hosting with scalable KVM VPS, dedicated servers, colocation, domains, DNS and locally operated infrastructure. The main weakness is inconsistency between older hosting information and the newer VPS platform, especially where legacy software terminology and multiple VPS tariff structures remain in parallel.