Scala Hosting StartUp, $ 4.95/mo. on Linux Emails

StartUp has been updated on August 27, 2025 (added September 7, 2017), Aggregate Rating (9.5 out of 10 from 34 reviews)

💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalWire Transfer
🔨 Control Panel :	[In-house]
🔧 Category :	Backup
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Australia Bulgaria Canada Finland France Germany India Ireland Japan Korea Netherlands Poland Singapore Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States
⚑ Targeting :	CA IN UK US
🚀 Uptime :	99.9 %

screenshot of StartUp from scalahosting.com

See also initial StartUp plan location on their website!

*📜 Plan description

Starter business email hosting for up to 10 mailboxes on 1 domain with 50000 MB total email storage. Includes webmail, POP3/IMAP/SMTP access, no per-mailbox size limit, advanced spam filtering, daily offsite backups, and free zero-downtime migration. Lowest intro price shown on long-term billing; renewal currently 12.95/mo.

All ScalaHosting email plans include 24/7 expert support, assisted migration, SPF/DKIM/DMARC configuration, and SLA-backed reliability across global data centers; pay by credit card, PayPal or bank transfer.

📄 Editorial Review

Founded in 2007, ScalaHosting has built a strong reputation as a customer-focused hosting provider. Over the years, the company has evolved from offering simple reseller and dedicated hosting into a full-service platform with innovative in-house technologies. They now deliver shared hosting, reseller hosting, managed and unmanaged cloud VPS, AWS-powered hosting, business email, and tailored CMS solutions for platforms like WordPress, Joomla, Magento, and Moodle.

What sets ScalaHosting apart is its emphasis on proprietary tools such as SPanel, SShield, and the WordPress Manager—developed to give customers more control, improved security, and lower costs compared to relying entirely on third-party panels. WHTop has awarded ScalaHosting from 2008 with great services!

Hosting Services

Shared Hosting

Entry-level web hosting plans are built on SSD and NVMe storage with free SSL certificates, automatic backups, and one-click application installs. The plans are designed for cost efficiency, targeting personal sites and small businesses.

Reseller Hosting

ScalaHosting’s reseller packages are white-label ready, bundled with free private nameservers, migration assistance, and full WHM/cPanel access. These are suitable for agencies or entrepreneurs looking to launch their own hosting business, backed by daily backups and scalable infrastructure.

VPS & Cloud Hosting

The company’s flagship product is cloud VPS hosting, offered in both managed and unmanaged modes. Managed VPS includes seven daily backups, proactive monitoring, cPanel or SPanel management, and free migration assistance. Unmanaged VPS provides developers with full root access, multiple operating system choices, and a 10Gbps redundant network.

Application Hosting

Optimized hosting is available for WordPress, Magento, Joomla, and WooCommerce. Features include automatic updates, malware scanning, CDN integration, and enhanced caching options.

Additional Services

Beyond hosting, ScalaHosting also provides domain registration, SSL certificates, reseller accounts, and business email solutions.

History & Milestones

2007 – ScalaHosting founded, offering reseller hosting and dedicated servers.
2010 – Transition to operating on owned servers and network.
2014 – Launch of SSD cloud hosting.
2017 – First version of SPanel released, developed entirely in-house.
2021 – ScalaHosting hosts the Philippine Presidential Elections LMS, serving over 120M visits.
2023 – Dedicated sales team formed to expand international operations.

📉 Similar hosting plans from other companies in the same category & country location ≡

Turbify
🏆 Alexa Rating0
👤 User Rating 👉 Total Reviews: 16
🙌 Average Rating: 1 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 16
👈 Official Responses: 0
- 💡 Plan: 1 Mailbox
- 🔧 Category: Emails
- 💻 OS Type: Linux
- 💰 Price: $ 3.19/mo.
- 💿 Disk Space: 1000 GB
- 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
- 💲 Setup Fee: free
- 📅 Added: May 14, 2024
- 📆 Updated: Aug 17, 2025
- Aggregate Rating (1 out of 10 from 16 reviews)
The BizMail plan for one mailbox provides a personalized professional email address with 1 TB of storage per account, giving you plenty of space to store messages and attachments. You can create up [...]
Rackspace
🏆 Alexa Rating4,220 ▲
👤 User Rating 👉 Total Reviews: 16
🙌 Average Rating: 3.3 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 12
👈 Official Responses: 0
- 💡 Plan: Rackspace Email
- 🔧 Category: Emails
- 💻 OS Type: Linux
- 💰 Price: $ 2.99/mo.
- 💿 Disk Space: 25 GB
- 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
- 💲 Setup Fee: free
- 📅 Added: Jun 16, 2020
- 📆 Updated: Dec 13, 2025
- Aggregate Rating (3.3 out of 10 from 16 reviews)
Rackspace Email is the entry-level hosted mailbox service for organisations that want professional addresses on their own domains without running any mail servers. Each user receives a 25GB mailbox [...]
Hosted
🏆 Alexa Rating0
- 💡 Plan: Email Hosting 50
- 🔧 Category: Emails
- 💻 OS Type: Linux
- 💰 Price: $ 4.99/mo.
- 💿 Disk Space: 50 GB
- 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
- 💲 Setup Fee: free
- 📅 Added: May 28, 2024
- 🌏 Server in:
$4.99 per month for 36 or 24 Months
$6.99 per month for 12 Months
$9.99 per month for Monthly
Plan Features
50 Email Accounts
1 Email Domain
5 Domain Aliases
*Free Domain Name (i)(36, 24 or 12 [...]
Rackspace
🏆 Alexa Rating4,220 ▲
👤 User Rating 👉 Total Reviews: 16
🙌 Average Rating: 3.3 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 12
👈 Official Responses: 0
- 💡 Plan: Add Archiving
- 🔧 Category: Emails
- 💻 OS Type: Linux
- 💰 Price: $ 6.99/mo.
- 💿 Disk Space: unlimited
- 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
- 💲 Setup Fee: free
- 📅 Added: Jun 16, 2020
- 📆 Updated: Dec 13, 2025
- Aggregate Rating (3.3 out of 10 from 16 reviews)
Add Archiving is positioned as the compliance and retention layer for Rackspace Email Plus, combining the full collaboration feature set of the Plus plan with an unlimited storage archive for long [...]