DIHOST Cloud S2, € 5.30/mo. on Linux Cloud

Cloud S2 has been updated on November 25, 2025 (added June 11, 2016)

💪 CPU/Cores :	2
🔌 Hosted domains :	2
🆓 free domains :	1
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalWire Transfer
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
🔧 Category :	BackupDNSOpen-XchangeWordpressFully Managed
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatOnline: Skype, Whatsapp ...Available 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Austria France Germany United States
⚑ Targeting :	AT BA HR DE MK SK SI SE CH UK US

See also initial Cloud S2 plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

DIHOST is a compact, owner-managed hosting company based in Innsbruck, Austria, operating as DIHOST e.U. under founder Daniel Djurdjević. It works with a small team and clearly focuses on carefully managed services instead of mass-market, unmanaged infrastructure. The result feels more like a boutique provider than a giant commodity host.

The product range covers the needs of most small and mid-sized online projects: Shared Hosting, Managed Cloud Hosting, Managed Dedicated Hosting, Shoutcast radio hosting, plus domains and SSL certificates. Across these lines, the common elements are SSD-based platforms, built-in DDoS and web application firewall protection, daily backups, free SSL, and 24/7 support that also covers many website-level questions, not just server uptime.

The shared hosting plans serve as an entry point for smaller websites and straightforward projects. Tiers are mainly distinguished by how many websites can be hosted and how much SSD storage is available, while traffic is essentially unmetered under fair use. Even at this level, customers benefit from features such as daily backups, free Let’s Encrypt certificates, multiple PHP versions, cron jobs, unlimited MySQL databases and email accounts, and visitor statistics. Security measures like firewalling, DDoS mitigation and a web application firewall are active on the platform by default.

Above shared hosting, Managed Cloud Hosting behaves like a blend of high-end shared hosting and fully managed VPS. Packages such as Cloud S1 and Cloud S2 target one or a few websites that need more power and stability than typical entry-level hosting, while Cloud M2 and Cloud M3 resemble managed VPS instances with dedicated IP addresses and larger SSD storage. These plans run on a redundant platform with SSD storage, unlimited traffic, and a genuinely managed service layer: updates, security, monitoring and many application-level tasks are handled by DIHOST rather than the customer. PHP limits, CPU cores and RAM scale noticeably through the range, which suits heavier WordPress, WooCommerce or other PHP applications that have grown beyond classic shared hosting.

For customers who want their own machine, Managed Dedicated Hosting provides physical servers hosted in data centers in Germany and France. Hardware resources are exclusive, but the management model stays the same: the provider takes care of operating system maintenance, security hardening, monitoring and backups, while the customer focuses on applications and business logic. This fits larger projects, more complex stacks or multi-site environments that need predictable performance and dedicated resources.

A distinctive niche area is Shoutcast hosting for online radio. DIHOST offers streaming packages based on the Centova Cast control panel, with listener slots, configurable bitrates, AutoDJ storage and unmetered traffic. This makes it straightforward to run an internet radio station, manage playlists and keep an eye on listener statistics while the provider worries about bandwidth, uptime and server stability.

On top of hosting itself, DIHOST acts as a registrar for a wide range of domain extensions and sells SSL certificates from free Let’s Encrypt up to paid commercial options. Certain hosting plans can include one domain free of charge up to a defined wholesale price ceiling. The main international site is in English, while the DIHOST Group also runs localized portals for Austria, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Spain and Slovakia, giving customers in those countries the option to work in their own language while relying on the same underlying infrastructure.