ICDSoft SmartVPS, $ 19.00/mo. on Linux VPS

SmartVPS has been discontinued on January 12, 2026 (added September 13, 2019), Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 1 reviews)

💪 CPU/Cores :	1 core @2.6 GHz
🔋 RAM :	4096 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	1
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
🔧 Category :	DNSFully ManagedWebsite BuilderE-Commerce
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Bulgaria Hong Kong United States
⚑ Targeting :	AU BG CA CN HK UK US

Original plan URL was https://www.icdsoft.com/en/hosting/managed-vps

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📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

ICDSoft is a Bulgaria-based hosting company that has been running internet services for more than two decades, evolving from a software background in the 1990s into a specialist in stable, long-term web hosting. Today they operate their own servers in three data center locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on reliability, conservative resource allocation, and long customer relationships rather than aggressive marketing.

Although ICDSoft is headquartered in Bulgaria, they have established a United States legal entity in Boston, MA, and appear to position the U.S. market as a central focus of their commercial strategy. In practice, this suggests that they target American customers as a primary audience and structure parts of their operations accordingly, despite the company’s Bulgarian base. They also tried German market and Honk Kong with localized website, but both projects didn't bring much advantages and are now retired.

Their main offering is shared web hosting with three clear tiers – Economy, Business, and Business Plus – available in all three data center regions. All shared plans use SSD storage, include unrestricted data transfer, unlimited email accounts, free daily backups, and built-in SSL (Let’s Encrypt on the lower tiers and a GeoTrust RapidSSL certificate on Business Plus). Even the entry Economy plan comes with a custom control panel, WordPress toolkit, app installer, website builder, and social media backup, which is generous compared to many competitors. Business and Business Plus scale storage up to 100–150 GB SSD and add capacity for more sites (up to five websites on Business Plus), while keeping the same support and backup model.

On top of generic web hosting, ICDSoft offers specialized hosting for WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Drupal, e-commerce, and Nextcloud Hub, but these are built on the same technical platform, with extra tooling layered on top (WordPress toolkit, AI helpers, and one-click installers). For developers, the WebApps / Node.js hosting line sits between shared hosting and VPS: it gives dedicated RAM, the ability to run background processes and custom runtimes (Node.js out of the box, but also Django, Go, Ruby, etc.), and longer backup retention, while still feeling like a fully managed environment.

For customers that outgrow shared hosting, ICDSoft runs Managed VPS and Managed High-Performance VPS services. The SmartVPS platform is designed as a multi-account VPS where disk space is reserved entirely for customer data (control panel and system files do not eat into the plan quota), and the management layer is included in the price instead of being charged as an extra license. SmartVPS and SmartVPS Pro plans are available in all three data centers, with pricing historically around the mid-range of the VPS market rather than budget-level dumping.

Around hosting itself, ICDSoft also works as a domain registrar for a broad list of TLDs (including .bg, where they are an accredited registrar), offers commercial SSL certificates alongside the free Let’s Encrypt option, and provides a fully featured professional email service with Roundcube webmail, spam and virus filtering, and flexible mailbox management on every hosting plan. A simple AI website builder is bundled as well, giving less technical users a way to build complete sites without touching code.

ICDSoft is technically conservative host: custom control panel, in-house development, their own servers in carefully chosen data centers, long backup retention, and a clear focus on uptime and support quality rather than chasing the lowest advertised price.

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