Host Color Social Web Hosting, $ 12.15/mo. on Linux Shared
Social Web Hosting has been added on Sep 4, 2025, Aggregate Rating (9.4 out of 10 from 31 reviews)
| 🔌 Hosted domains : | 5 |
|---|---|
| 🆓 free domains : | 1 |
| 📌 Dedicated IPs : | 1 |
| 💳 Payment Methods : | Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal |
| 🔨 Control Panel : | CPanelCWP Control |
| 🔧 Category : | Backup |
| ✍️ 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 % |
See also initial Social Web Hosting plan location on their website!
*📜 Plan description
Social Web Hosting is tailored for social, community, or membership sites that value fast storage and a bit more room. It provides 30 GB SSD on a failover-protected SAN and 3000 GB monthly transfer. You can host up to 5 websites, and the plan bundles 1 dedicated IPv4 and 5 DV SSL certificates so each site can be secured individually. The stack includes cPanel or CWP, 1-click software installers, Cloudflare Free CDN, and WordPress backup with 1-click restore. Programming languages supported are PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby, with a 1 GB PHP memory limit to prevent frequent memory errors on busy pages. This plan throws in a free SEO and website code audit to identify performance or indexation snags. Pricing of 12.15 per month is the annual prepay equivalent under a promotion; regular monthly pricing is higher when not billed yearly. A free domain registration plus renewal is included at this tier, removing an ongoing cost for one of your sites.
All Self-Managed Cloud Web Hosting plans are delivered from HC's enterprise cloud with failover-protected storage, purpose-built for write-intensive web apps. Each plan highlights SSD performance, a high peering network for fast routing, and a standard toolset that includes cPanel or CWP, 1-click installers, Cloudflare Free CDN, and backup and restore for WordPress or CMS data. Support is available 24x7 via tickets with additional access by phone, toll-free line, and live chat, and plans inherit HC's premium SLA framework with a 100 percent network uptime commitment. Annual billing yields the lowest per-month figure; promotional strike-through prices indicate standard rates versus the discounted annual equivalent.
All Self-Managed Cloud Web Hosting plans are delivered from HC's enterprise cloud with failover-protected storage, purpose-built for write-intensive web apps. Each plan highlights SSD performance, a high peering network for fast routing, and a standard toolset that includes cPanel or CWP, 1-click installers, Cloudflare Free CDN, and backup and restore for WordPress or CMS data. Support is available 24x7 via tickets with additional access by phone, toll-free line, and live chat, and plans inherit HC's premium SLA framework with a 100 percent network uptime commitment. Annual billing yields the lowest per-month figure; promotional strike-through prices indicate standard rates versus the discounted annual equivalent.
📄 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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