Utiware.net Economy (Linux), NGN 4.000/yr. on Linux Shared

Economy (Linux) has been added on Aug 23, 2018

🔌 Hosted domains :	1
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsWire Transfer
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	Nigeria
⚑ Targeting :	US

Original plan URL was http://utiware.net/linux-web-hosting-nigeria/

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

UTIWare is a Nigerian web hosting and domain-services provider operating under the Utiware Software name. The company has been active since 2007 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Its portfolio combines conventional website hosting with Nigerian domain registration, reseller services, SSL certificates, Windows-oriented cloud servers, dedicated servers, website building tools and business email.

Shared hosting is divided into six packages ranging from Starter through Deluxe. Resources scale from 6 GB to 35 GB of storage and from 30 GB to 150 GB of monthly transfer. Depending on the package, customers receive multiple email accounts, MySQL databases and one or two included domains. PHP, ionCube, MySQL, backups, free SSL and WordPress installation through Softaculous are included, together with a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

The company has a particularly strong Microsoft hosting background. Windows hosting supports technologies such as ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, SmarterMail and Remote Desktop, while PHP, MySQL, WordPress, Joomla and other common web applications are also accommodated. This combination can be useful for businesses maintaining older Microsoft-based applications alongside newer PHP websites.

Reseller Hosting is aimed at developers, agencies and hosting resellers managing multiple customer accounts. The available reseller tiers include unlimited domains, subdomains and email accounts, with storage allocations ranging from 30 GB to 75 GB and monthly traffic allowances from 80 GB to 180 GB. PHP, ionCube and MySQL are included, and reseller hosting also comes with the 99.9% uptime guarantee.

Cloud Servers are primarily Windows-based virtual server environments with full administrator access through Remote Desktop. Standard configurations range from 2.5 GB to 12 GB RAM, with 150 GB to 350 GB of disk space, one or two static IP addresses and unlimited bandwidth. CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth can also be customized.

The standard cloud configurations remain strongly oriented toward legacy Microsoft environments, with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 appearing throughout the server range. This can still suit existing applications dependent on those platforms, but businesses deploying new projects should confirm which modern Windows Server and SQL Server versions are currently available before ordering.

Dedicated Servers follow the same Windows-centric approach. Standard configurations use Dell PowerEdge servers, RAID storage, static IPv4 addresses, 100 Mbit network connectivity and full administrator/RDP access. RAM ranges from 4 GB to 12 GB and RAID capacity reaches 2 TB. PHP, ASP.NET, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and optional SmarterMail are supported.

The published dedicated-server specifications are from an older hardware generation compared with current SSD/NVMe and modern Xeon or AMD EPYC platforms. Buyers requiring high-performance databases, virtualization or newer Windows workloads should therefore confirm the exact server generation, storage technology and operating-system options currently provisioned.

Domain registration is another important part of the business. UTIWare supports Nigerian extensions including .ng, .com.ng, .org.ng, .i.ng, .name.ng, .mobi.ng, .edu.ng, .sch.ng, .gov.ng and .net.ng, alongside international extensions such as .com, .net and .org. Domain transfers, DNS management, forwarding and private/custom nameserver functions are available through the customer account.

SSL services cover domain-validation, organization-validation, wildcard, multi-domain and extended-validation certificates. The active certificate catalog includes RapidSSL, while older portions of the catalog also contain GeoTrust, Thawte, Comodo and Symantec product naming. Free SSL certificates are already included with shared hosting, so commercial certificates are mainly relevant when customers require additional validation or specialized certificate types.

A separate SiteBuilder provides WYSIWYG website editing, templates, unlimited pages, image management, contact forms, photo galleries, polls, guestbook functionality and basic search-engine tools. WordPress and other applications can also be installed through the hosting environment.

Email hosting is integrated into the hosting platform and supports custom-domain mailboxes. Windows environments use SmarterMail for webmail and mail administration.

The website and customer system operate in English, with Nigerian naira (NGN) used as the principal currency. The service remains functional and covers a wide range of traditional hosting requirements, although some parts of the server and SSL catalog clearly originate from an older generation of hosting technology.