HosterPK Portal I, $ 20.40/mo. on Linux Shared

Portal I has been discontinued on January 25, 2026 (added July 27, 2019), Aggregate Rating (5.4 out of 10 from 154 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	1
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalWire TransferBitcoin
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanelPlesk
🔧 Category :	Website Builder
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	AF OM PK SA AE UK US

Original plan URL was https://www.hosterpk.com/business-hosting

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

HosterPK operates under HPK PVT LTD, a Pakistan-based company that has been providing web hosting and domain services since 2009. They work out of Islamabad and focus strongly on the local market, but combine this with an international network presence and a large client base that now runs into tens of thousands of customers. Leadership is clearly visible: the CEO role is held by Saima Riaz, with Israr ul Haq as CTO and a small management team focused on customer service and technical operations. The company presents itself as one of the top web hosting providers in Pakistan by client count and underlines this with long-term continuity and a detailed company profile.

The hosting portfolio is broad for a regional provider. For classic LAMP-style projects, HosterPK offers Linux shared web hosting, "cheap" entry-level hosting, unlimited hosting, and business hosting. These plans are built around cPanel, PHP and MySQL, and are aimed at everyone from small blogs to higher-traffic business sites that need more resources and priority handling. Higher tiers add more CPU/RAM allocations, more hosted domains, and extra performance headroom, while still staying in a price range that is realistic for the Pakistani SME market.

On the content-management side there is a dedicated line of WordPress hosting in Pakistan, tuned for this CMS. WordPress plans focus on automatic setup, updates, security hardening, and backup automation, combined with SSD storage and the same 99.9% uptime commitment as other shared plans. For users running multiple WordPress sites or heavier themes and plugins, the WordPress line is often a cleaner fit than generic shared hosting because the environment is pre-configured for performance and maintenance.

Windows users are not left out. HosterPK maintains separate Windows hosting plans for ASP.NET and SQL Server workloads, managed through Plesk. These packages support multiple .NET framework versions, allow PHP side-by-side with ASP.NET, and integrate common Windows server technologies such as IIS, AJAX and modern SQL Server releases. For small business applications or custom .NET sites, this makes HosterPK one of the relatively few Pakistan-based providers that can host both Linux and Windows stacks from the same account ecosystem.

Above shared hosting there is a complete virtual server layer. Cloud VPS hosting is available with both Linux and Windows options and a wide OS catalog (popular Linux distributions plus Windows Server). Plans scale across multiple CPU and RAM combinations, with SSD storage and multi-terabyte bandwidth allocations. Full root (or administrator) access is available, and the VPS line is clearly aimed at growing e-commerce sites, agencies, and custom applications that outgrow shared hosting but do not yet need a full dedicated machine. For specifically Windows-based workloads, there is a Windows VPS line and, separately, RDP hosting for users who mainly want remote desktop access on a Windows server.

For resellers and agencies, HosterPK runs dedicated reseller hosting ranges in both Linux (cPanel/WHM) and Windows (Plesk). These bundles include the usual multi-account management via WHM or Plesk and are promoted together with WHMCS for billing automation and anonymous branding options, so small providers can build their own hosting brand on top of HosterPK’s infrastructure.

Beyond pure hosting, the company is also an active domain registrar. Customers can search and register hundreds of TLDs, with a clear focus on .PK domains for the local market, but also a long list of gTLDs and European / international country codes. A separate free domain program ties one domain (for selected extensions such as .com, .co.uk, .de, .us and others) to annual hosting plans. Additional services round out the stack: email hosting, Microsoft 365, SSL certificates, and various knowledgebase articles and tools that help non-technical users manage day-to-day tasks.

From an overall perspective, HosterPK comes across as a mature, Pakistan-centric hosting company with a complete range of shared, reseller, Linux and Windows VPS, RDP and domain services, plus a visible management team and a detailed company story. They also openly acknowledge their 2019–2021 HostNext merger and subsequent de-merger, including the service issues that occurred in that period and the steps taken since to regain stability and customer trust. That kind of transparency is not very common in this segment and gives a clearer picture of how the business has evolved.