Bravenet Starter, $ 1.79/mo. on Linux Shared

Starter has been discontinued on January 8, 2026 (added December 10, 2018), Aggregate Rating (4.8 out of 10 from 16 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	Backup
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskForumAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Canada United States
⚑ Targeting :	CA

Original plan URL was https://www.bravenet.com/webhosting/

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Bravenet is a long-running Canadian web services company based in Parksville, British Columbia, created in the late 1990s by Dave Shworan. It started as a collection of online tools for webmasters and gradually evolved into a full platform that bundles shared web hosting, an integrated site builder, domain registration, email hosting, email marketing and a wide range of small add-on utilities such as contact forms, guestbooks, forums, hit counters, calendars and photo albums.

The main hosting offer is Linux shared hosting marketed under the BraveHost name. The lineup is structured into three primary tiers – Basic, Advanced and Corporate. All of them run on PHP with MySQL, include at least one database, support common applications like WordPress, Joomla and phpBB, and provide FTP access plus a control panel for managing files, email and databases. Even the entry plan gives enough features to run a small genuine website rather than a "demo" project. Higher-tier plans raise storage, bandwidth, the number of websites, databases and email accounts, so it is practical to start small and scale up within the same environment.

Bravenet’s strategy is to be an all-in-one place for small sites rather than a high-end server provider. Instead of VPS and dedicated servers, the platform leans into its SiteBlocks drag-and-drop builder and integrated tools. SiteBlocks lets users build responsive sites with pre-made layouts, commerce options, galleries, blogs and built-in analytics. Recently they added BraveAI to the builder and hosting environment, allowing users to generate page copy and other content from within the interface, which can be handy for non-writers.

On the domain side, BraveDomains offers registration and management for a broad range of TLDs. A notable plus is that WHOIS privacy is bundled at no extra cost, along with DNS management, domain forwarding, nameserver control and basic theft protection. This setup suits people who want domains and hosting on the same account without giving up control over DNS or being upsold privacy as a separate product.

Email is treated as a first-class service. Bravenet sells email hosting on custom domains with IMAP/POP3/SMTP access, SSL/TLS, spam and virus filtering, aliases, group addresses and a full webmail interface. On top of regular mailboxes they also offer email marketing features such as mailing lists and newsletters, so small businesses can manage both their website and outbound campaigns in one place.

Overall, Bravenet is a feature-rich, budget-minded shared hosting and website platform aimed at individuals, freelancers and small organizations that prefer convenience, integrated tools and a single vendor, rather than piecing together hosting, domains, email and site builder from multiple providers.