dogado.de WILDCARD SSL, € 20.99/mo. on SSL Certificates

WILDCARD SSL has been updated on April 8, 2025 (added December 1, 2018), Aggregate Rating (9 out of 10 from 3 reviews)

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📄 Editorial Review

dogado.de is a German hosting and cloud provider based in Dortmund, serving small and medium-sized businesses with a broad portfolio that goes beyond classic web hosting. The company’s roots go back to the early 2000s, with dogado presenting itself as active in cloud and hosting services since around 2001, while later company also connects the modern dogado service platform to its SME-focused hosting activity since 2006. Today, dogado is part of the wider group.one structure, which gives the brand a larger European background while keeping dogado strongly focused on the German-speaking market.

Their catalog is wide and practical. Customers can choose web hosting, domain hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS / cloud servers, managed vServers, managed dedicated servers, domains, email hosting, Hosted Exchange, Microsoft 365, SSL certificates, mail spam protection, online backup, website builder, website creation services, digital office tools, managed cloud, Virtual Data Center, Managed Kubernetes, DDoS protection, vulnerability scans, and managed infrastructure solutions. This makes dogado more suitable for users who want one provider for hosting, email, domains, backup, cloud, and security rather than a simple low-cost shared-hosting account only.

The shared hosting line is built around Domain Hosting 4.0, where hosting, domain, email, SSL, databases, SSD storage, 1-click WordPress, SSH/SFTP, Ruby, Python, and frequent backups are combined into one package. Plans range from smaller website accounts with 75 GB SSD storage to larger packages with up to 600 GB SSD storage, more databases, higher performance levels, and backup retention up to 14 days. This is a strong shared-hosting setup for customers who want managed convenience without giving up developer-friendly features.

For WordPress users, dogado offers optimized WordPress hosting with a WordPress-tuned environment, server-side performance features, HTTP/2, TLS 1.3, Web Application Firewall, container isolation, WP-CLI, SSH access, and 2-hour continuous backups. The WordPress hosting comparison shows a 99.90% guaranteed availability, with 24/7 support and ticket access included. It is a good option for customers who want WordPress-specific optimization but do not want to administer a VPS.

The VPS range is branded as Cloud Server 4.0 and provides unmanaged virtual servers with Linux and Windows options, root access, NVMe storage, included IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, traffic flat-rate, snapshots/backups, and optional Plesk Obsidian. The plans scale from 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 100 GB NVMe up to 16 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 800 GB NVMe, making them useful for developers, agencies, business applications, staging environments, and more demanding websites. The VPS products include 99.90% guaranteed availability and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

For customers who need more operational help, dogado also sells Managed vServer and Managed Dedicated Server solutions. Managed vServers include Plesk Obsidian, dedicated IP, NVMe storage, Memcached/Redis, nginx or Apache, Let’s Encrypt support, unlimited databases, email features, and daily backup retention. Managed dedicated servers provide dedicated AMD-based hardware, up to 48-core architecture, up to 256 GB DDR5 ECC RAM, up to 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe SSD, Plesk Obsidian 18, traffic flat-rate, 1 Gbit switch connection, daily backups, 24/7 monitoring, security updates, and German hosting location. These products are better suited to business-critical websites, agencies, eCommerce, larger CMS installations, and clients who want performance without self-managing the full server stack.

The managed cloud side is particularly important. dogado covers Virtual Data Center, Managed Kubernetes, Managed DDoS Protection, Vulnerability Scan, and custom Managed Solutions. The managed solutions side includes incident management, transparent SLA options, service-level reporting, guaranteed reaction/intervention times, optional 24/7 emergency service, cross-data-center backup, managed firewall, DDoS protection, vulnerability scanning, consulting, and project coordination. This moves dogado above the level of a basic hosting company and into the managed infrastructure segment.

dogado also has a history of growth through acquisitions. Older company news shows acquisitions and integrations such as Hostloco, YoPeHo, Space², media:Webline / Tophoster, and Filoo, while the KAMP acquisition strengthened dogado’s infrastructure and colocation capacity. This history explains why dogado now covers both mass-hosting products and more advanced managed hosting/cloud services.

The main website is primarily in German, while some support/security contact contexts also allow English communication. Prices are shown in EUR and generally include German VAT unless stated otherwise.