Planet Hoster The World, $ 7.99/mo. on Linux Shared

The World has been updated on July 16, 2025 (added October 22, 2016), Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 8 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	1
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
🔧 Category :	BackupCDNWordpressFully ManagedWebsite Builder
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Canada France Switzerland
⚑ Targeting :	BE CA FR CH UK US
💰 Money-back guarantee :	60 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.99 %

See also initial The World plan location on their website!

*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

PlanetHoster is an independent hosting provider founded in 2007 and based in Laval, Quebec (Canada). The company has remained under the same private ownership for more than a decade and a half and operates its own network (AS53589) and infrastructure rather than reselling generic third-party platforms. It serves well over a hundred thousand sites and clients across North America and Europe, with infrastructure spread between France, Switzerland and Canada.

The product line is deliberately compact but deep. Instead of dozens of overlapping plans, PlanetHoster focuses on a few core pillars and builds a lot of capability into each:

• Domain names, SSL and DNS – PlanetHoster works as a fully accredited registrar: ICANN for generic TLDs plus local registries such as CIRA (.ca), AFNIC (.fr), DNS Belgium, EURid, SWITCH and others. Domain management, Anycast DNS, WHOIS tools and DNS utilities are handled in-house, not via a white-label provider.
• Shared Hosting – "The World" on N0C - The main shared platform is a single, scalable plan called The World, running on the in-house N0C control panel. Instead of several small plans, one World account can host unlimited isolated sub-accounts, each with its own domains, email, resources and limits. Under the hood you get a high-availability cloud setup with N+N redundancy, NVMe SSD or enterprise SSD storage, Anycast DNS, always-on anti-DDoS protection, HTTP/3 and LSCache acceleration, account isolation comparable to CloudLinux, and daily incremental backups stored in a different data centre. Customers can choose to host their data in Europe (France/Switzerland) or in Canada (Quebec), which is important both for latency and legal jurisdiction.
  For small sites, there is also World Lite, a permanently free but limited slice of the same ecosystem for a single small project. It works well for personal sites, tests or very small blogs; serious multi-site or business workloads naturally belong on the paid World plan.
• VPS Servers - The VPS range is built on a premium cloud architecture with N+N redundancy, storage replicated three times, and unmetered traffic. Configurations scale up to 32 virtual CPUs and 128 GB RAM, with enterprise-grade disk space and the option to deploy in France, Switzerland or Canada. Instances are managed from N0C, with quick application deployment and a full developer toolkit (multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python, Ruby, SSH, Git and more).
• HybridCloud – Managed Dedicated Cloud Servers - For high-traffic and business-critical workloads, HybridCloud acts as a fully managed, dedicated cloud environment. Six predefined profiles (Starter, Standard, Plus, Pro, Max, Ultra) cover roughly 2–24 dedicated CPU cores, 4–48 GB RAM and 40–500 GB SSD/NVMe, and can be extended into multi-terabyte storage when required. Resources are reserved per customer, but the platform still benefits from cloud-style redundancy, Anycast network routing and easy scaling. HybridCloud includes 30-day backups, unlimited N0C accounts, advanced caching (LSCache, Redis, Memcached), WAF, anti-DDoS and full 24/7 management and monitoring.
• Linux Dedicated Servers - Dedicated servers provide the physical base for many HybridCloud deployments. These are Linux-only systems optimized for security, performance and price efficiency (no Windows licensing overhead), and they plug into the same hybrid architecture and management approach. Ordering dedicated resources usually goes through the HybridCloud path so that customers get a consistent, managed experience.
• Object Storage, Education and Extras - PlanetHoster also offers N0C Storage, an object-storage layer with a 99.95% availability target, co-located with their main platforms and available in generous quotas (for example 100 GB with The World and 200 GB with HybridCloud, expandable up to hundreds of terabytes). There are student/education offers and a roadmap of extra services such as Private Cloud, VPN and CyberDefense for more specialised requirements.

Throughout the platform, there is a strong emphasis on in-house development and a "green" stance. The Lausanne data centre runs on 100% renewable hydroelectric power, N0C and many tools are developed internally, and profits are channelled back into infrastructure, R&D and support rather than short-term shareholder payouts. Overall, the service feels much closer to a boutique cloud provider with its own stack than to a generic budget host.

The website is available mainly in English and French, with regional variants for Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland and the UK. At checkout you can pay in several currencies, including CAD, USD, EUR, GBP and CHF, which makes life easier for both European and North American clients.

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