Smarter ASP.NET W500 (.NET Basic), $ 2.95/mo. on Windows Shared

W500 (.NET Basic) has been updated on February 5, 2025 (added January 8, 2019), Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 1 reviews)

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💰 Money-back guarantee :	60 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.9 %

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📄 Editorial Review

SmarterASP.NET has been active since 1999 and has built a large customer base over more than 25 years in web hosting. The company remains particularly strong in Microsoft-oriented hosting, although its portfolio now extends well beyond traditional ASP.NET shared hosting. Services include Windows shared hosting, semi-dedicated hosting, managed servers, Windows VPS, Linux VPS, cloud servers, dedicated servers, reseller hosting, domains, SSL certificates, Node.js hosting and newer developer-oriented API and AI infrastructure services.

Windows hosting remains the core product. Shared hosting runs on Windows Server 2022 and supports current Microsoft technologies including .NET 10, ASP.NET Core 10 and ASP.NET 4.8, together with SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL. PHP 8.x and Node.js are also supported, making the platform flexible enough for mixed development environments rather than only classic ASP.NET projects. Developers can deploy through GitHub, Web Deploy and Visual Studio, while application installers simplify common software deployments.

The shared range includes .NET Basic, Advance and Premium plans. Paid packages use NVMe storage and include free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates, databases and email hosting. Basic is aimed at a single website, Advance supports several websites, while Premium allows a much larger hosting workload without a fixed website limit. Some plans use "Unlimited" terminology for resources such as storage or transfer, but reasonable-use conditions and technical resource limits still apply.

Semi Dedicated Hosting fills the gap between normal shared hosting and a VPS. Servers are limited to roughly 5-10 customers, with isolated application pools and larger memory allocations. This provides more consistent resources for busier ASP.NET websites while avoiding the administration required by a full virtual server.

Managed Hosting provides dedicated cloud resources together with system administration. Operating-system updates, security maintenance, firewall configuration, antivirus protection, backups and server monitoring are handled as part of the managed service. This is a practical option for companies that need isolated server resources but do not want to maintain Windows or Linux systems internally.

The Windows VPS range includes administrator access through RDP, static IP addresses, snapshots, VNC access, firewall controls and DDoS protection. Available Windows Server versions include Windows Server 2025, 2022, 2019 and 2016, giving customers a broad selection for compatibility with both newer and legacy applications.

A separate Linux VPS range provides full root access and supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. Ready-to-use environments include Docker, LAMP, GitLab, Nextcloud, WireGuard, n8n and DeepSeek. Customers can select high-performance NVMe configurations or larger SSD-based storage depending on whether performance or capacity is more important.

SmarterASP.NET has also introduced OpenClaw VPS packages based on its Linux VPS infrastructure. OpenClaw comes preinstalled for self-hosted AI-agent environments, while customers retain root and SSH access and connect their own AI model or API credentials.

The Cloud Server range increases CPU, memory and NVMe resources beyond normal VPS configurations and supports both Windows and Linux. Root or RDP access, snapshots, static IP addresses, firewall controls and DDoS protection are included. Dedicated servers sit above this range, with dual Intel Xeon configurations, substantial SSD or NVMe capacity, up to 256 GB RAM among the listed configurations and 10 Gbps network connectivity.

Windows reseller hosting remains an important part of the business. Resellers receive a customizable management interface and API access while continuing to use the same ASP.NET and Windows hosting infrastructure. There is no fixed customer-account limit in the reseller interface, although the available storage, bandwidth and server resources naturally determine practical capacity.

Node.js hosting is integrated into the standard hosting environment and can accommodate frameworks and development stacks such as Express, React, Next.js, Angular, Vue and Vite. The newer API & MCP Service extends account and hosting management into development tools and AI-assisted workflows, including integrations involving OpenAI Codex, Claude, Visual Studio Code and custom applications.

Domain registration covers more than 650 TLDs, while SSL options include both free Let's Encrypt certificates and paid commercial certificates. Commercial SSL pricing begins at approximately $29 per year. Hosting accounts can also be integrated with Cloudflare for CDN and additional web-security functionality.

The storefront is primarily English-language, while the proprietary hosting control panel supports more than 27 languages. Product prices can be displayed through local-currency conversion, although actual billing is processed in US dollars.

The service operates through corporate entities associated with Global Passive System, BusinessICS Intl Limited, Smarterasp Ltd and ZION INFO TECH CO LTD.

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