az.pl HOSTING SMART, PLN 6.91/yr. on Linux Shared

HOSTING SMART has been added on Sep 7, 2019

🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive Chat
🌏 Server Locations :	Poland
⚑ Targeting :	LI PL

See also initial HOSTING SMART plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

AZ.pl is one of the longest-established names in the Polish domain and hosting market, with a history reaching back to 1996 in Szczecin, Poland. The company developed during the early growth of Poland's commercial Internet market and became particularly important in domain registration. By 2010 it was managing more than 240,000 Internet addresses and had accumulated a significant share of the Polish domain market.

The ownership structure changed considerably as the company grew. Key-Systems (key-systems.net) acquired a majority interest in AZ.pl in 2010, while another major change followed around 2013-2014 when home.pl became the majority shareholder. AZ.pl now operates within the wider IONOS group, combining its established Polish brand with the technical and corporate resources of a much larger European hosting organization.

The present portfolio is centered on domain registration, shared hosting, WordPress hosting, PrestaShop hosting, SSL certificates, business email, website creation tools and business software. VPS services are also available through the broader group structure, although new Linux and Windows VPS contracts are concluded with home.pl rather than directly with AZ.pl.

Shared Hosting is available in Basic, Standard and Premium variants. Hosting Basic provides 100 GB of storage, unlimited traffic, 50 MySQL databases, five PostgreSQL databases, unlimited websites, daily backups, a dedicated IP address, unlimited email accounts and an application installer. Standard expands storage to 500 GB and removes the database limits, while Premium increases available capacity to 2 TB.

The regular hosting environment uses NVMe storage for databases and supports Apache 2.4, PHP 8.4, Perl, Python, CRON, HTTP/2, SSH and FTP. Popular platforms including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal can be installed, while antivirus and antispam protection, SSL-secured email, SNI, FTP and server logs, password protection and managed backup functions provide the surrounding security and administration features expected from a mature shared-hosting platform.

WordPress Hosting SSD is optimized specifically for WordPress rather than general-purpose hosting. The Start package includes 25 GB SSD storage, unlimited traffic, support for up to five WordPress installations, email, SSH, WP-CLI and backup retention reaching seven days. Premium raises storage to 100 GB and supports substantially larger WordPress deployments, together with increased database capacity. The environment supports modern PHP releases, Apache 2.4, OPCache and HTTP/2.

This product is particularly suitable for customers who want WordPress-oriented tools while retaining technical features such as SSH and WP-CLI. It is considerably more flexible than a basic site-builder environment and remains appropriate for developers and agencies managing WordPress installations directly.

PrestaShop Hosting follows a comparable Start and Premium structure. Presta Start provides 25 GB SSD storage, unlimited transfer, support for multiple PrestaShop installations, SSH, FTP/WebFTP, phpMyAdmin, email, a dedicated IPv4 address and backup retention reaching seven days. Presta Premium increases storage to 100 GB and is intended for larger or multiple online stores. The platform uses PHP 8, Apache, OPCache, MySQL 8.0 and HTTP/2.

There is an inconsistency between the summarized and detailed limits associated with the Premium PrestaShop package, with one specification indicating a maximum of 50 stores while another allows an unlimited number of installations. Customers planning unusually large multi-store environments should confirm this particular limit before committing to the service.

Domain registration remains one of AZ.pl's traditional strengths. More than 300 extensions can be managed through the service, covering Polish, generic and international domain extensions. Promotional prices for .pl domains can be exceptionally low, although renewals are considerably more expensive and therefore represent a more realistic measure of the long-term registration cost.

Additional domain-security options include Registry Lock for .pl domains, providing stronger protection against unauthorized registrar-level modifications. Domain transfers and ownership changes are also integrated into the broader account-management environment.

The SSL certificate portfolio includes Smart, Komfort and Pro products together with Wildcard and multidomain options. SSL Smart is suitable for blogs, smaller websites and entry-level online stores, while the more advanced variants are aimed at organizations requiring stronger validation or broader certificate coverage. Multidomain certificates can secure several hostnames within one service, while certificate deployment can be integrated directly with AZ.pl hosting.

Kreator stron WWW provides a hosted website-builder alternative for customers who do not want to maintain a conventional CMS. Smart supports up to 20 subpages, Komfort increases the allowance to 60, and Pro removes the subpage restriction. Responsive layouts, SSL, hosting, blog functionality, visual editing and custom HTML/CSS capabilities are included, while the Pro edition adds e-commerce functionality.

Multilingual website support also varies by package. Smart supports a single language, Komfort supports two languages, and Pro permits unlimited language versions. The builder is therefore capable of supporting international websites even though the commercial AZ.pl storefront itself remains strongly focused on Polish-speaking customers.

Poczta Biznes provides standalone business email with 100 GB of capacity, recurring backups, browser access and custom-domain mailboxes. The Marketplace further extends the portfolio with productivity and security software, including Microsoft 365 and endpoint-security products. Microsoft 365 Personal includes Office applications and 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage for one user.

The Linux VPS and Windows VPS offers are now integrated with home.pl. Linux environments support operating systems such as Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, while Plesk can be added as a graphical management platform. Windows VPS provides Remote Desktop and an environment suited to Microsoft technologies, .NET applications and Windows-oriented database workloads.

These VPS products provide a broader infrastructure choice than AZ.pl's traditional shared-hosting services. Customers can select European and US locations, receive unlimited traffic, benefit from DDoS protection and use a 99.9% SLA.

The AZ.pl storefront is modern and responsive, with a much cleaner purchasing experience than many older hosting brands established during the same period. The commercial interface, documentation and customer-service environment are primarily in Polish, and services are priced in PLN. Net and gross price views are available, which is useful for both business and consumer customers.