Dial Host Creator II, BRL 14.90/mo. on Website Builder

Creator II has been updated on February 12, 2021 (added December 1, 2018)

🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	Brazil
⚑ Targeting :	BR

See also initial Creator II plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

DialHost is a Brazilian web hosting and cloud infrastructure provider based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The company has operated in the hosting market since 2002, while DialHost Internet Ltda. was formally registered in July 2005. Flavio Henrique Cordeiro Cardoso is identified as the company’s partner-administrator.

DialHost has considerably more technical independence than the average small hosting provider. They operate their own datacenter in Belo Horizonte, maintain their own autonomous network under AS262448 and have developed several proprietary platforms, including the DialHost hosting control panel, DialMail webmail and website builder.

Their portfolio includes Linux Shared Hosting, Windows Hosting, Cloud Hosting, unmanaged and managed DialCloud+ virtual servers, Dedicated Servers, server management, professional email, domain registration, SSL certificates, website creation tools and the DialMailer email-marketing service. Free website migration is also available through the technical support department.

Linux hosting is divided into Start, Pro and Business packages. The plans support PHP websites, WordPress installations, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, FTP and SFTP access, subdomains, additional domains, HTTP/2, remote database connections, phpMyAdmin, phpPgAdmin and SQLite. Daily backups, free SSL certificates and professional email accounts are included.

The published storage figures require clarification before ordering. The main package presentation gives total capacities of 21GB, 200GB and 500GB, while the detailed comparison assigns 1GB of website space to Start and 50GB to both Pro and Business. Email storage is calculated separately, with mailboxes of either 2GB or 15GB. The larger totals appear to include the potential combined capacity of website and email services, but customers should confirm the exact usable website quota in writing.

The Linux compatibility table also needs modernization. It lists PHP versions only up to PHP 7.2, although the control panel includes Multi-PHP management. Customers using PHP 8.x, modern WordPress releases or current application frameworks should confirm the active PHP versions, extensions and database software before migration.

Windows Hosting uses the same Start, Pro and Business structure but relies on Plesk for administration. It supports ASP Classic, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX.NET, PHP and MySQL, together with daily backups, migration assistance and continuous infrastructure monitoring.

This service is best suited to legacy Windows applications. The listed ASP.NET 3.5 and 4.5 compatibility, together with MVC 2.0, is behind current Microsoft development platforms. Businesses using recent .NET, .NET Core or ASP.NET Core applications should request a precise compatibility assessment before purchasing.

The Website Builder offers an easier route for customers who do not want to install or maintain a CMS. It contains approximately 190 templates and supports image galleries, multimedia elements, YouTube and Vimeo videos, maps, forms, social-media links, SEO settings, Google Analytics and basic online-store functions. Hosting space, professional email and free SSL are included, and the builder can be tested before subscription.

Cloud Hosting combines dedicated computing resources with the managed environment of conventional web hosting. Customers continue to use a hosting control panel and receive professional email, automatic SSL management, backups and technical administration without having root access to the server.

The Cloud Hosting range begins with 2GB RAM and two virtual processors and extends to configurations with 8GB RAM and four virtual processors. It is suitable for companies that need more predictable resources than shared hosting but do not want to administer an operating system.

DialCloud+ operates more like a conventional cloud VPS. Customers receive root and SSH access, can deploy multiple instances and can configure inbound and outbound firewall rules, port forwarding, VPN connections and load balancing.

Available installation choices include Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, WordPress and a cPanel-based image. Some of the operating systems listed in the catalog are outdated or discontinued, so the currently supported and security-maintained images should be confirmed during deployment.

DialCloud+ Gerenciado adds operating-system installation, configuration, security maintenance, hardware monitoring and direct assistance from the technical team. It costs considerably more than the unmanaged service but is the more appropriate option for businesses without an experienced Linux administrator.

Dedicated Servers, also called Dial iDC, are prepared through individual quotations. Their processors, memory, disks and network resources are reserved for one customer. Optional administration and continuous monitoring can be added.

Public dedicated-server configurations are not standardized in the catalog. Processor generation, RAM type, SSD or NVMe storage, RAID level, network-port speed, included traffic, IP allocation and hardware-replacement commitments therefore need to be established during the quotation process.

The optional Management and Monitoring service includes software installation, security updates, firewall administration, backup configuration, restoration assistance, control-panel management, bandwidth reporting and 24-hour monitoring.

Fully managed environments place administrative control in the hands of the DialHost technical team. Customers do not receive unrestricted SSH credentials in this configuration. This can simplify infrastructure management, although experienced administrators may prefer an unmanaged or partially managed arrangement that provides direct system access.

Professional email is an important component throughout the portfolio. DialMail provides mailboxes with capacities of up to 15GB, customizable branding for individual domains, multiple interface themes, a white-label login page, contacts, contact groups, signatures, folders, drafts, attachments and anti-spam filtering.

Email can be accessed through webmail or configured in standard desktop and mobile applications using IMAP, POP and SMTP.

DialMailer is a separate email-marketing platform with campaign templates, contact imports, scheduled delivery and reports covering opens, clicks and unsubscribe activity. Packages range from smaller campaigns to approximately 500,000 messages per month. The platform requires permission-based subscriber lists and does not supply databases of email contacts.

Domain registration can be ordered independently or together with hosting. DialHost also offers domain-validation, wildcard, multidomain, organization-validation and extended-validation SSL certificates. Installation is included when the certificate is used with a compatible DialHost hosting, cloud or dedicated-server service.

The company operates primarily in Portuguese, and prices are displayed in Brazilian reais (BRL). The website works adequately on current screens, although several technical specifications, policy documents and software-version tables are noticeably older than the general product presentation.