Sectorlink - Cloud Starter, $ 8.95/mo. on Cloud Shared

Sectorlink - Cloud Starter has been updated on December 29, 2025 (added June 24, 2015), Aggregate Rating (6 out of 10 from 6 reviews)

💳 Payment Methods :	PayPal
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
Other special features :	Windows and Linux hosted under same plan
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	US

See also initial Sectorlink - Cloud Starter plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Sectorlink is a privately owned U.S. hosting provider that has been active since 1996. They operate out of Flint, Michigan, where they run their own data center and network under the Sectorlink L.L.C. name. Instead of reselling capacity from larger vendors, they own and operate the infrastructure themselves and keep a relatively small in-house team focused on hosting and related services. The website, control panels and support are in English, and pricing is in U.S. dollars, which fits their primarily North American customer base.

They combine classic web hosting with more advanced infrastructure and even digital marketing services. The core hosting portfolio covers cloud web hosting, traditional shared hosting with cPanel or Plesk, virtual private servers (VPS), managed dedicated servers and data center colocation. Around that, they offer domain registration, SSL certificates, standalone email hosting and a bundled website builder with hosting. For small businesses that also need online visibility, there is a digital marketing arm handling SEO consulting, pay-per-click campaigns, programmatic display advertising, social media marketing and website design.

For typical websites and smaller business projects, the main product is cloud web hosting. Instead of running each account on a single shared server, this platform uses a clustered architecture managed through Sectorlink’s own Cloud Control interface. Websites are isolated from each other, resources can be spread across multiple servers, and the service carries a 99.95% uptime guarantee. Cloud plans include SmarterMail-based email, a drag-and-drop site builder and access to a large catalog of one-click applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and many other CMS or e-commerce tools.

Customers who prefer the familiar feel of traditional shared hosting can choose between cPanel web hosting on Linux or Plesk hosting for Windows. These plans are more conventional: you manage your site, databases, email and DNS through cPanel or Plesk, with script installers and resource allocations that suit personal sites, blogs and smaller corporate pages that do not yet need the flexibility of the cloud cluster.

When a project outgrows shared hosting, Sectorlink offers cloud servers (VPS) with Linux and Windows templates. Entry-level configurations come with dedicated RAM, SSD storage and unmetered bandwidth, and you can scale up to larger "CloudPod" instances with more CPU, memory and disk space. Root or administrator access is provided so customers can install their own software stacks or control panels, and the VPS platform inherits the same 99.95% uptime target and 24/7 support as the shared services.

At the high end, Sectorlink runs managed dedicated servers and bare metal solutions for applications that demand full physical hardware. They differentiate between self-managed, managed and fully managed service levels. Self-managed boxes suit experienced administrators who want total control, while managed and fully managed options add operating system installation, updates, security patching, monitoring and troubleshooting performed by Sectorlink’s technicians. This allows businesses to choose how much day-to-day server work they want to outsource.

Colocation is another significant pillar. Companies can colocate a single tower server on shelf space, lease individual rack units or take full cabinets in Sectorlink’s data center. Colocation plans are built around the same 99.95% uptime SLA, with high-capacity uplinks, unmetered data transfer and remote hands services for tasks that need physical access, such as power cycling a server, swapping cables or checking status lights. This makes the Flint facility usable even for customers who are not local.

Beyond pure hosting, Sectorlink bundles a website builder with hosting aimed at non-technical users who want to launch a site quickly using templates and drag-and-drop tools. Email services are powered by SmarterMail, giving businesses webmail, calendars and other groupware features. Combined with the in-house marketing team, this makes Sectorlink interesting for smaller companies that want one provider to cover infrastructure, email, website building and online promotion under a single umbrella.