Magic Online Epsilon, € 199.00/mo. on Linux/Windows Dedicated

Epsilon has been updated on September 14, 2021 (added May 16, 2019)

💪 CPU/Cores :	Intel Xeon E5-2650v2
🔋 RAM :	2000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🔨 Control Panel :	Plesk
✍️ Support Options :	Email
🌏 Server Locations :	France
⚑ Targeting :	BE FR LU CH

See also initial Epsilon plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Magic Online (magic.fr) is a long-standing French provider focused on business internet access, hosting and cloud infrastructure. They are part of Groupe CELESTE / celeste.fr and concentrate almost entirely on professional customers that want one supplier for connectivity, hosting, security and collaborative tools. The company has more than 25 years of experience in these areas and operates its own network and data center infrastructure in France. They use nuxit.com.es domain name for Spanish market (part of the same CELESTE group)

The portfolio is broad. On the connectivity side they supply dedicated fibre (FTTO), business fibre (FTTE), mutualised fibre (FTTH), VDSL/ADSL, SDSL and even 4G/5G backup links. These services are combined with VPN MPLS, SD-WAN, firewall services and tools like Magic CloudLink and Multi-WAN to interconnect multiple sites and clouds. This makes Magic Online interesting for distributed companies, retail networks or franchise chains that need a managed network backbone as much as web hosting.

Hosting and cloud services

On the hosting side, Magic Online concentrates on infrastructure-grade products rather than simple blog hosting. The backbone of the offer is a line of dedicated servers hosted in their French data centers. Plans such as Bronze, Silver, Gold, Palladium, Titanium, Platinum and Rhodium scale from modest configurations around 4 cores / 8 threads and 32 GB RAM up to very high-end dual Intel Xeon Gold platforms with 56 cores / 112 threads and as much as 512 GB RAM. All dedicated servers use SSD storage (starting from 2 × 250 GB SSD), have guaranteed bandwidth (from 100 Mb/s up to 500 Mb/s, with options reaching much higher throughput), are delivered quickly (typically under an hour) and keep data hosted exclusively in France. Optional services like external backup, Fortigate firewall and 24/7 managed services can be added on top.

Above individual machines, Magic Online operates a VMware-based cloud. Their Cloud Privé VMware and Infrastructure vSphere solutions target companies that want a private virtualized environment, often as an extension of their on-premises vSphere. Clusters can be tailored in terms of hosts, CPU, RAM and storage, with high availability as a core design principle. For IT departments needing fine-grained control, this approach offers the flexibility of cloud with the familiarity of VMware tools.

For businesses that already own hardware, the colocation / housing service ("Location de baie") provides quarter, half or full racks in Magic Online facilities, with redundant power and cooling, secure physical access and the option to tie colocation directly into their network and internet services.

Magic Online also keeps a more traditional hosting offering with web hosting plans and virtual private servers (VPS). Shared hosting lines such as Web Start, Web Boost, Web Max and performance-oriented packages (Performance 1–4) are geared toward websites that have outgrown basic mutualised hosting or need consistent performance and professional support. These come with typical features for business websites – PHP, databases, email, and domain integration – and can act as a gateway product before moving into dedicated or VMware environments.

Domains, security, backup and collaboration

Beyond pure hosting, Magic Online manages domain names for many TLDs, giving customers a single point of contact for registration, DNS hosting and renewals. Certain hosting plans include at least one domain name for the first year, which simplifies initial website deployment.

Security and continuity are treated as separate product pillars. There are services for security audits, disaster recovery (PRA), anti-spam, antivirus and SSL certificates, all designed to harden existing infrastructure. On the data protection side, solutions like Acronis-based backup cover servers, workstations and Microsoft 365 environments, tying into their hosting and cloud platforms.

Finally, Magic Online also offers Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams telephony and VoIP telephony, aligning classic hosting with collaboration and voice services. For a French SME that wants connectivity, telephony and hosting under one roof, this combination is quite attractive, even if it goes beyond what many "web hosts" typically provide.

Overall, they are a network and cloud infrastructure provider that also does web hosting, rather than the other way around. The portfolio suits companies that treat hosting as part of a bigger IT and connectivity strategy.