Web Wiz Xeon E3-1260L v5, $ 120.64/mo. on Windows Dedicated

Xeon E3-1260L v5 has been added on Aug 26, 2025

💪 CPU/Cores :	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 (4C/8T up to 3.90 GHz)
🔋 RAM :	32000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	2
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
🔧 Category :	BackupVPNGreen HostingSelf Managed
✍️ Support Options :	Help DeskForum
🌏 Server Locations :	United Kingdom
⚑ Targeting :	NZ UK
🚀 Uptime :	99.9 %

See also initial Xeon E3-1260L v5 plan location on their website!

*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Web Wiz is a UK web hosting and infrastructure provider with roots dating back to 2001. The business operates through Web Wiz Ltd, a privately owned company incorporated in England and Wales in 2006. Bruce Corkhill has long been associated with the company and its technical operations.

Based in Poole, Dorset, near Bournemouth, Web Wiz has developed into a particularly Microsoft-focused hosting provider. Its portfolio covers Windows Shared Hosting, Windows Reseller Hosting, Dedicated Web Hosting, Hyper-V Cloud Servers, Managed Hyper-V, Dedicated Servers, Managed Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Domain Registration, DNS, email hosting and Web Wiz Forums hosting.

Windows Web Hosting runs on Windows Server 2025 with IIS 10 and supports ASP.NET, Classic ASP and multiple PHP versions. Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL databases can be added according to customer requirements, while Let's Encrypt SSL certificates are available without additional certificate charges.

Shared hosting does not rely on a few rigid packages. Resources are charged individually, allowing customers to scale website storage, databases, email accounts and other resources according to actual requirements. This model can work particularly well for smaller websites that need only modest resources as well as more complex Windows applications that require additional database or storage capacity.

The shared environment uses NVMe storage and includes daily backups with approximately 28 days of retention, including encrypted off-site backup copies. Security measures include ModSecurity web application firewall protection, hardware firewalls, malware controls and spam filtering. Email services use SmarterMail Enterprise with POP3, IMAP, SMTP, webmail and business collaboration functions.

A 30-day free hosting trial is available for eligible shared hosting customers. This gives new customers a useful opportunity to test the Windows hosting environment before moving to regular paid service.

Windows Reseller Hosting follows a similar metered-resource model while adding white-label functionality. Resellers can create their own hosting packages and customer accounts through MSPControl, provide individual control-panel access and use personalized name servers. The service is suitable for web designers, developers and IT companies that want to supply Windows hosting under their own brand.

For customers requiring isolated resources, Windows Dedicated Web Hosting uses Microsoft Hyper-V to provide a dedicated Windows environment while Web Wiz handles the underlying server administration. Multiple websites can be hosted within the allocated CPU, RAM and storage resources, with Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server options available.

The virtual-server range is based on Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Servers. Configurations include dedicated RAM, multiple CPU cores and NVMe storage, with Windows Server 2025, 2022 and 2019 available. IPv4 connectivity is included and IPv6 is supported. Windows servers are managed remotely through RDP, with additional VPN-based access controls available for administrative access.

An important part of the Hyper-V platform is replication to secondary hardware. Virtual machines can be replicated to another node at short intervals, allowing failover when the primary host experiences hardware problems. This provides considerably more resilience than a basic VPS hosted on a single virtualization node.

Managed Hyper-V adds system administration and monitoring by Microsoft-trained technicians. It is aimed at businesses that require dedicated Windows resources without having to maintain the operating system and supporting infrastructure themselves.

Customers needing physical hardware can choose Dedicated Servers. Available systems range from lower-cost Intel platforms to Xeon-based configurations, with DDR5 memory and SSD or NVMe storage options. RAID, additional disks, Windows Server licensing, Microsoft SQL Server licensing, backup services and Netgate firewall appliances can be added depending on the selected server.

Managed Dedicated Servers add operating-system administration and monitoring, making them more suitable for businesses that require dedicated hardware but do not maintain their own server-administration team.

Server Colocation is another substantial part of the portfolio. Customers can install their own hardware directly inside the Web Wiz data center and use the company's redundant power, cooling and network infrastructure. Colocation is particularly suitable for UK businesses that want ownership and control of their physical servers without operating an internal server room.

The company also continues to support Web Wiz Forums, its long-running forum software, with specialized hosting packages. These services are more niche than the mainstream hosting portfolio but remain relevant for established communities running Web Wiz Forums.

Domain services cover domain registration, transfers, advanced DNS management and WHOIS privacy. DNS management supports records including A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT and SRV. Domain transfers away from Web Wiz do not carry a separate transfer-out charge.

The company operates in English, and no multi-language/localized version exists. Pricing is primarily based in GBP, while regional conversions may also appear in US dollars or euros. Converted currency values are indicative, with the underlying UK prices remaining GBP-based. UK VAT is normally additional unless a price specifically includes it.

Web Wiz is therefore considerably more specialized than a typical mass-market host. Microsoft technologies are central to the service, especially Windows Server, IIS, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server and Hyper-V. Customers specifically wanting conventional Linux shared hosting with cPanel are not the main audience.