Genhost S1, $ 0.99/mo. on Linux Shared

S1 has been updated on July 21, 2019 (added December 1, 2017), Aggregate Rating (7.3 out of 10 from 10 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	10
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp Desk
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	IN

See also initial S1 plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Genhost Webhosting Solution is an India-based hosting provider from Salem, Tamil Nadu, active since February 2013 and associated with founder / proprietor S J Nagavishnu. The company focuses on affordable shared hosting, reseller hosting and white-label hosting, with a product catalog aimed mainly at resellers, master resellers, alpha resellers, offshore hosting users, WordPress customers and budget hosting buyers.

Their hosting portfolio includes Shared Hosting, NVMe Hosting, DMCA Shared Hosting, DMCA Reseller Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Master Reseller Hosting, Alpha Reseller Hosting, Managed VPS, Cloud Hosting, WordPress Hosting, Managed WordPress Hosting, Domain Registration, Domain Transfer, and website security add-ons such as SiteLock. Windows / Plesk hosting categories also exist in the navigation, although Genhost’s strongest and most complete offer is clearly centered around Linux, cPanel and reseller hosting.

The shared hosting line is very affordable and split by server location. The France shared hosting plans include cPanel, CloudLinux, LiteSpeed Cache, free SSL, Softaculous, PHP selector, Google Drive backups, DDoS protection and instant activation. The USA NVMe hosting line adds Samsung enterprise NVMe storage, higher I/O expectations, SSH access, Node / Python / Ruby support and the same cPanel-based hosting environment.

The reseller side is the strongest part of Genhost’s offer. Their reseller, master reseller and alpha reseller plans include cPanel/WHM, white-label branding, private nameservers, free billing software, domain reseller API options, payment gateway integration, LiteSpeed, CloudLinux, JetBackup / backup-to-drive features, SSL, PHP selector and multiple programming runtime options. This makes Genhost more attractive for small hosting resellers than for enterprise buyers needing formal infrastructure documentation.

The DMCA hosting line is positioned for customers who want offshore-style hosting with privacy-oriented handling. However, this should not be confused with permission to host illegal content. Their terms still prohibit abuse categories such as phishing, malware, spam, illegal pharmaceutical content, gambling, copyrighted streaming, warez, social media bots, file-sharing misuse and other high-risk activity.

Genhost’s website operates in English, and the client-area currency selector supports USD and INR. The overall website is usable, but the store and footer navigation still carry a WHMCS-style layout with some duplicated categories and a few stale or redirected product links. For budget hosting this is not unusual, but buyers expecting a polished enterprise-style website may notice the difference.