Goneo Webhosting Start, € 3.99/mo. on Linux Shared

Webhosting Start has been updated on November 23, 2025 (added September 13, 2019)

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	1
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Wire Transfer
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
🔧 Category :	DNSGreen HostingWordpress
✍️ Support Options :	EmailPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	Germany
⚑ Targeting :	DE
🚀 Uptime :	99.8 %

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*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

goneo Internet GmbH is a German hosting provider founded in 2006 and headquartered in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia. Marc Keilwerth is the company's managing director and has been closely associated with goneo since its foundation. The company focuses primarily on customers in Germany and has built its services around German-hosted infrastructure, straightforward hosting packages, domains, email, managed servers, WordPress, and website-building tools.

goneo's current portfolio includes Webhosting, Managed Servers, WordPress Power, Email Hosting, Domains, easyPage Website Builder, and Matrix Chat Servers. The product range is therefore broad enough for personal sites, freelancers, agencies, small businesses, WordPress projects, and more demanding websites that need reserved server resources without requiring customers to administer an unmanaged VPS.

Standard Webhosting is available in Start, Profi, Premium, and Ultra packages. The service runs on Linux and uses SSD storage, with SSL certificates, email hosting, databases, backup functions, traffic, and .de domains integrated into the packages. Webhosting Start includes 20 GB SSD storage, one .de domain, two databases, and ten email accounts. Profi increases capacity to 50 GB SSD, includes five .de domains and ten databases, and allows considerably more extensive email use. Premium provides 100 GB SSD storage, while Ultra raises this to 200 GB.

The hosting environment uses Debian Linux and supports PHP, MySQL, Python, and Perl. SFTP and FTPS access are available, while higher hosting packages also include SSH. The clickStart application installer makes deployment of WordPress and other common web applications easier, making the service accessible to customers who do not want to perform every installation manually.

SSL support, external-domain integration, access statistics, log files, databases, email, and backup functionality are integrated into the hosting environment. This makes the shared-hosting packages especially practical for typical company websites, blogs, portfolios, and small online projects where a fully administered platform is preferable to maintaining a server independently.

Managed Server uses managed VPS technology and is intended for customers who require more resources and isolation than shared hosting. Server Start includes two reserved CPU cores, 3 GB RAM, and 200 GB SSD storage. Server Profi increases resources to four CPU cores, 6 GB RAM, and 400 GB SSD, while Server Premium provides eight CPU cores, 12 GB RAM, and 800 GB SSD.

These servers run Debian and remain technically managed by goneo. Operating-system maintenance, updates, and security-related administration are handled as part of the service, while customers retain SSH access for applications and project management. This is a useful middle ground for agencies, larger WordPress sites, business applications, and customers who need dedicated resources but do not want the operational workload associated with an unmanaged VPS.

Managed Server packages can accommodate multiple web projects, databases, domains, SSL certificates, and email accounts. Webspace and database backups are retained for at least five days, with restoration handled through the administration environment.

WordPress Power is a separate hosting line optimized specifically for WordPress. It combines SSD storage, a tuned Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP environment, dedicated backup storage, SSL, email, and included .de domains.

WordPress Power provides 20 GB SSD storage together with another 20 GB reserved for backups and supports one WordPress installation. Power Plus expands this to 60 GB of hosting space plus 60 GB backup capacity and supports five WordPress installations. Power Premium provides 120 GB hosting space, another 120 GB for backups, and up to ten WordPress installations.

This range is better suited to customers who want a prepared WordPress environment with hosting administration already handled than to developers looking for complete control over an unmanaged operating system.

Email is available both as part of hosting packages and as a separate service. E-Mail Plus, E-Mail Premium, and E-Mail Pro provide between 30 GB and 100 GB of email capacity, depending on the package. IMAP, POP3, SMTP, encrypted connections, forwarding, catch-all addresses, spam filtering, and antivirus protection are supported.

Webmail access is included, while enhanced webmail functionality provides additional calendar, contacts, and synchronization features. E-Mail Pro supports up to 50 email accounts, making it suitable for small organizations that want professional mail hosting without purchasing a complete webhosting package.

goneo also operates as a domain registrar, supporting more than 100 domain extensions. The company remains particularly competitive for .de domains, which are included with many hosting packages. International extensions such as .com, .eu, .info, .online, and .shop are also available.

DNS management supports commonly required record types including A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, and SRV. This gives customers enough flexibility for websites, external mail systems, verification records, and other normal DNS configurations.

The easyPage Website Builder is designed for users who want to create a website without WordPress or another CMS. It combines hosting, one included .de domain, SSL, 50 GB website storage, email, visitor statistics, responsive layouts, and approximately 200 design templates.

easyPage can also be used for multilingual websites and simple online stores. AI-assisted website creation and text-generation functions are integrated into the current platform. A 30-day free trial makes easyPage one of the easiest goneo services to evaluate before entering a normal paid contract.

A more unusual part of the portfolio is the Matrix Chat Server. This provides a private Matrix/Synapse communication platform hosted in Germany and is intended for companies, teams, and organizations wanting greater control over their internal messaging.

Packages support between five and 50 users and provide between 20 GB and 250 GB of storage for files, depending on the selected tier. End-to-end encryption is supported, while higher packages also support federation. The product allows customers to combine conventional webhosting, email, domains, and private team communication under one German provider.

goneo remains strongly focused on the German-speaking market. An English-language information section exists, but the commercial environment and customer administration remain primarily German-language. Prices are offered in EUR, and prices for German consumers include applicable German VAT.