Host Color Essential SSL, $ 27.36/yr. on SSL Certificates
Essential SSL has been added on Sep 4, 2025, Aggregate Rating (9.4 out of 10 from 31 reviews)
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*📜 Plan description
Essential SSL is a Comodo/Sectigo DV certificate shown in the store with an annual price presented as a monthly equivalent. It secures one hostname with modern cryptography, supports mobile browsers, and is suitable for small sites, microsites, and marketing landing pages. HostColor highlights that to use SSL you should have a dedicated IP; while SNI removes that strict requirement on most stacks, dedicated IPv4 is available as an add-on and can be helpful for some deployments. Order after confirming domain control methods (DNS TXT or HTTP file) and plan renewals to avoid expiry-related downtime. If you anticipate needing multiple hostnames, look at SAN-enabled OV/EV or the wildcard option under the same section.
All SSL products on HostColor are presented alongside clear notes about validation level (DV/OV/EV), crypto strength, and optional SAN/wildcard coverage. The company emphasizes stability and managed assistance, with 24x7 support via tickets, phone (including a toll-free line), and live chat. You can pair certificates with dedicated IPs from the same store and host them on HostColor’s cloud or other platforms. Pricing is shown per year; when monthly equivalents are displayed in the store, they are purely indicative of the annual cost divided over 12. The provider positions SSL as part of a broader security and reliability posture, encouraging proper renewals, key hygiene, and uptime-focused operations.
All SSL products on HostColor are presented alongside clear notes about validation level (DV/OV/EV), crypto strength, and optional SAN/wildcard coverage. The company emphasizes stability and managed assistance, with 24x7 support via tickets, phone (including a toll-free line), and live chat. You can pair certificates with dedicated IPs from the same store and host them on HostColor’s cloud or other platforms. Pricing is shown per year; when monthly equivalents are displayed in the store, they are purely indicative of the annual cost divided over 12. The provider positions SSL as part of a broader security and reliability posture, encouraging proper renewals, key hygiene, and uptime-focused operations.
📄 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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