Host Color Managed Social, $ 49.00/mo. on Linux Shared


Managed Social has been updated on (added ), Aggregate Rating (9.4 out of 10 from 31 reviews)
hostcolor.com
Host Color
244 Fifth Ave
New York , NY 10001
US
☎ Phone (888) 222-1495
  • 💡 Plan Name: Managed Social (sku #p111209)
  • 🔧 Category: Shared Hosting / Linux
  • 💰 Price:$ 49.00/mo.
  • 💿 Disk Space: 30 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: 1 TB
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
🔌 Hosted domains :5
🆓 free domains :0
📌 Dedicated IPs :1
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :CPanel
🔧 Category :BackupWordpressFully Managed
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :AT CA DK FR DE IT NL ES UK US
💰 Money-back guarantee :30 days
🚀 Uptime :100 %
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*📜 Plan description

Managed Social is built for social or community-driven websites that combine dynamic content with bursts of user activity. The plan includes 30 GB SSD on a fault-tolerant SAN with built-in protection, plus 1000 GB data transfer and support for up to 5 hosted websites. A dedicated IPv4 and DV SSL are bundled to isolate your account from neighbors and encrypt sessions. You also get cPanel, Softaculous, SSH, uptime monitoring, and a larger email allowance with 30 mailboxes using IMAP and POP3. Databases scale to 20 MySQL instances for forums, microblogs, or social plugins, while PHP, Perl, and Python are supported with 1 GB PHP memory for stability. As with all Managed plans, HC engineers include 1 hour per month for small administrative tasks, and you can add WordPress-specific management, traffic analytics, or SEO as needed. The storage platform is tuned for high IOPS - roughly 600K random operations per second - and sequential throughput around 6200 MB per second, aiming to keep user experiences responsive even when activity spikes. No setup fee and monthly billing.

All Managed Web Hosting plans at HostColor are delivered from an enterprise cloud platform with a focus on stability, connectivity, and business integrity. Data sits on a fault-tolerant SSD SAN, and accounts run on the HC network with 70-plus peerings for quick round-trip delivery. Each plan includes cPanel, SSH, Softaculous, email, DV SSL, a dedicated IP, and 1 hour of monthly technical administration. The company emphasizes honest terms, premium SLAs with a 100 percent network uptime commitment, and 24x7 support via tickets, phone - including a toll-free line - and live chat. The result is a managed experience aimed at keeping websites optimized and owners focused on their business instead of maintenance.

📄 Editorial Review

Host Color is an infrastructure-first provider with roots in 2000 that has evolved from classic shared hosting into edge-located, semi-managed IaaS. They focus on placing compute close to users—across 100+ data centers worldwide—so apps see very low latency (often 1–5 ms to local markets) and predictable network performance. Their portfolio spans Shared Hosting (self-managed or managed), VPS (SATA or SSD on OpenVZ/KVM), Virtual Dedicated Servers, Bare-Metal/Dedicated, Cloud (Public, Hosted Private, Hybrid, Office), Colocation, and domain registration.

Technically, they lean on VMware-based HA clouds with fault-tolerant SAN storage and high-capacity links (1–100 Gbps), plus an edge footprint that includes Tier-III facilities (e.g., Southfield, MI) and access to major ecosystems like Equinix. Their semi-managed stance is practical: engineers handle OS installs/reinstalls, hardening, network tuning, panel setup (cPanel/DirectAdmin/Plesk or open-source panels), and troubleshooting—while customers retain full control of stack and architecture.

This makes them a strong fit for teams that need location choice + customization more than one-size-fits-all hosting: SaaS and e-commerce needing fast regional response, media/streaming and real-time APIs, EU/US split deployments, DR/BCP scenarios, or agencies/MSPs consolidating varied client workloads. Compared with hyperscale clouds, they emphasize transparent monthly fees (no nickel-and-diming for IOPS/DNS queries/egress add-ons) and human support. Trade-offs are mostly about complexity (lots of SKUs and tuning options), a few non-"unlimited" shared features, and the presence of legacy virtualization (OpenVZ) alongside KVM/VMware—so buyers should confirm the exact stack, SLA scope, and management boundaries per project.

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