Cloud Byte .com, € 11.90/yr. on Domains

.com has been added on Mar 24, 2020

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📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

CloudByte is a Portuguese hosting and internet-services company whose history began in 2004, initially within Associação Oeste Online. The hosting operation was incorporated into CloudByte, Lda. in 2012, and the company operates from Caldas da Rainha, in Portugal’s Leiria district.

CloudByte has a compact and specialized team, with an estimated workforce of 2–10 employees. Its services are particularly suitable for Portuguese small and medium-sized businesses, programmers, web designers, agencies, and professionals requiring Windows-compatible hosting or more personalized technical assistance than is normally available from a large international budget provider.

The portfolio includes WordPress Hosting, All-in-One Hosting, managed dedicated servers, virtual machines, domain registration, professional email, software licensing, remote backup, website development, application programming, and ongoing website maintenance. CloudByte has maintained a strong focus on Microsoft and Windows technologies while also supporting PHP, WordPress, Node.js, Laravel, MySQL, and MariaDB applications.

The WordPress plans use NVMe storage and allocate *1 GB of RAM and one vCPU to each hosted website*. They include unlimited data transfer, a 1 Gbps server connection, professional email accounts, daily backups, free SSL certificates, HTTP/2, MariaDB databases, malware protection, and isolation between websites. Plesk and WP Toolkit Deluxe simplify WordPress installation, cloning, staging, updating, security management, and general maintenance.

The All-in-One Hosting range is better suited to developers and organizations working with a mixture of Microsoft and open-source technologies. These plans support *ASP, ASP.NET, .NET Core, PHP 7, PHP 8, Node.js, Git, Laravel, MySQL 8,* and *Microsoft SQL Server*. Toolkits for WordPress, .NET, Node.js, and Laravel are integrated into the hosting environment.

Each website receives allocated RAM and processor resources instead of depending entirely on an undefined system-wide shared pool. The combination of MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases makes All-in-One Hosting particularly useful for agencies maintaining different types of customer projects within the same account.

CloudByte also provides fully managed dedicated servers, virtual servers, and hybrid hosting environments. These services include hardware monitoring, operating-system administration, software updates, security management, backups, and continuous infrastructure supervision. Virtual-server resources can be expanded or reduced, while hybrid configurations can place critical workloads on dedicated infrastructure and less demanding websites or email accounts on shared platforms.

The dedicated-server range is suitable for companies operating numerous websites, large email environments, high-traffic applications, or systems that need predictable resources. Prices and hardware configurations are prepared individually according to processing power, memory, storage, operating system, licensing, management, backup, and availability requirements.

Domain services cover more than 400 extensions. Registration, transfer, renewal, nameserver changes, registrar locking, EPP codes, contact updates, and URL forwarding are available. Optional services include WHOIS identity protection and managed DNS for domains that do not use a CloudByte hosting account.

CloudByte is also an authorized rental provider for several SmarterTools products. SmarterMail provides professional email, webmail, calendars, contacts, team chat, file storage, synchronization, and Exchange-style collaboration. SmarterStats provides server-log analysis, visitor reporting, website optimization, and search-performance monitoring. SmarterTrack covers ticket management, live chat, knowledge bases, customer portals, surveys, task management, and service-level automation. eM Client is available as a desktop application for email, calendars, contacts, tasks, and chat.

SmarterMail supports POP3, IMAP, SMTP, LDAP, XMPP, CalDAV, and CardDAV. Optional MAPI/EWS and Exchange ActiveSync functionality can be licensed for users requiring stronger Outlook or mobile-device integration.

New hosting customers can receive assistance with migrating domains, websites, databases, mailboxes, and existing email messages. Additional professional services include WordPress and Joomla maintenance, security updates, PHP and ASP.NET programming, online-store development, custom web applications, content production, translation, search-engine optimization, and digital-marketing work.

Remote Backup and Mail Marketing remain part of the company’s service portfolio, although their dedicated product URLs are not functioning correctly. Customers interested in these services should confirm their present availability and pricing directly with CloudByte. The main SSL product route is also unavailable, although free SSL certificates are included with hosting and commercial certificates can be ordered through the customer account.

The website is available in Portuguese and does not include a complete English-language version. Prices are displayed in euros and are generally shown without Portuguese VAT. This local orientation is convenient for Portuguese customers but less suitable for international users requiring English purchasing information, documentation, legal terms, and technical assistance.