Layer Host Standard, $ 18.00/mo. on Linux Shared

Standard has been added on Jun 2, 2020, Aggregate Rating (1 out of 10 from 3 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalAliPayWire TransferCheck PaymentsMoney OrderWestern UnionBitcoin
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	BackupWordpress
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatOnline: Skype, Whatsapp ...Available 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	BR CN DE HK IN RU CH TH UK US

See also initial Standard plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

LayerHost is a Los Angeles-based infrastructure and hosting provider with roots going back to 2008, initially connected with the game server market before expanding into bare metal servers, VPS, colocation, IP transit, shared hosting, and DDoS-mitigated hosting. Their strongest identity is infrastructure hosting rather than simple entry-level website hosting, especially for customers who care about uptime, bandwidth, latency, DDoS protection, and physical data center access.

Their product range is broad. Bare metal dedicated servers include budget Intel configurations, 1Gbps unmetered dedicated servers, 1Gbps DDoS-protected servers, and newer AMD EPYC / Ryzen dedicated servers with 1Gbps unmetered bandwidth, IPMI/iDRAC, /29 IP allocation, and high-memory configurations. Dedicated server customers can work with custom CPU, RAM, storage, bandwidth, and DDoS requirements, making LayerHost more attractive for technical users than for customers looking for a very simple hosting package.

Their VPS hosting is split between OVZ SolusVM VPS and KVM SolusVM VPS. OVZ plans start from $4.99/month, while KVM plans start from $5.99/month, both with SSD storage, included bandwidth, 1 IP, and fast activation through the billing store. OVZ is the lower-cost option, while KVM is the better fit for customers who want stronger virtualization isolation.

LayerHost also offers shared web hosting with cPanel, Softaculous, Fantastico, Attracta SEO tools, MySQL databases, email accounts, and DDoS-protected web hosting packages. This makes the service usable for WordPress blogs, smaller business websites, and customers who prefer cPanel instead of server administration. Still, shared hosting is not the company’s most distinctive strength; LayerHost is more convincing as a provider for dedicated servers, colocation, transit, and DDoS protection.

Their colocation service is one of the stronger parts of the portfolio. They offer shared colocation from 1U up to 4U, partial cabinets, half cabinets, and full 47U cabinets, with included bandwidth, uplink choices, power allocation, and IP allocations. For customers in Los Angeles or Houston, the colocation value is strengthened by 24/7 facility access, biometric security, secured parking, remote hands, tech lounge access, and physical shipment addresses for both locations.

LayerHost’s DDoS mitigation is central to their identity. Their infrastructure includes 4 Tbps Ultimate DDoS Mitigation, no-null-route positioning under normal mitigation capacity, GRE/L2TP tunnel options, direct physical uplink options, and protection for servers, IP transit, colocation, VPS, and web hosting. This makes the company a practical choice for game servers, streaming platforms, SaaS projects, high-risk web properties, and customers exposed to frequent network attacks.

LayerHost operates in USD. The main website supports English, Chinese, and Korean, while the billing portal includes many WHMCS interface languages, including Arabic, Azerbaijani, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Persian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.