XMission Easy Start, $ 75.00/mo. on Colocation

Easy Start has been updated on January 3, 2026 (added June 16, 2017)

📌 Dedicated IPs :	1
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsWire TransferCheck Payments
🔧 Category :	Green HostingSelf Managed
✍️ Support Options :	EmailPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	US
🚀 Uptime :	100 %

See also initial Easy Start plan location on their website!

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*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

XMission is a long-running independent internet and hosting provider based in Salt Lake City, Utah, active since 1993 and founded by technology entrepreneur Pete Ashdown. Over three decades they have evolved from a local ISP into a provider that blends connectivity, hosting, email, voice and professional services for both small businesses and larger organizations. Everything is anchored in their own downtown data center and backbone network, with a strong emphasis on privacy, transparency and environmental responsibility.

From a hosting perspective, the portfolio is surprisingly complete for a regional operator. Under Domain & Hosting Services they provide domain registration, Linux shared hosting on Plesk, managed and unmanaged cloud VPS, and carrier-neutral colocation. On top of that, they run a mature Email & Collaboration platform powered by Zimbra (with a transition to iRedMail planned for 2026), plus SSL certificates and some private-label / reseller options. All of these share the same technical backbone and 24/7 support structure, which gives the offer a coherent, "single-vendor" feel even if you use several services at once.

Shared hosting is the primary entry point for websites. There are two plans: Shared Hosting at $15/month and Shared Hosting Pro at $49/month. Both run on well-tuned Linux servers in XMission’s own data center and include Plesk, WordPress Toolkit, Imunify360 security, support for PHP/MySQL/FTP/SSH, unlimited DNS entries and domain aliases, and nightly backups with offsite storage. The standard plan offers 20 GB disk space and up to 10 websites / 10 databases, while the Pro tier increases this to 100 GB and up to 25 websites / 25 databases. The positioning is clearly for small and mid-sized business sites that need stability and a clean upgrade path to cloud or colocation later.

For projects that outgrow shared hosting, XMission offers two types of cloud VPS. Managed Cloud Hosting targets businesses that want dedicated resources but prefer not to maintain servers themselves. XMission provisions and manages the underlying infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, operating system, patches, monitoring and backups) and remains on call as a remote "web operations team". Customers size their environment using per-resource pricing (CPU cores, RAM and disk) on top of a fixed monthly management fee. Unmanaged Cloud is essentially the same virtualized infrastructure without the "white glove" management; it suits developers and sysadmins who want root access and are comfortable administering their own stack while leaving hardware and virtualization to XMission.

At the high end, Colocation is a major strength. XMission hosts customer equipment in its own SOC 2-certified, carrier-neutral data center downtown, offering 1U promos, quarter cabinets and full cabinets with flat-rate bandwidth, redundant power, extensive peering and remote hands. Promotional bundles such as "Easy Start" (1U with 100 Mb flat-rate bandwidth) and full cabinets with 1G ports make it straightforward to cost out a footprint. Colocation customers benefit from the same 24/7 monitoring, multi-carrier connectivity and N+1 power that underpin XMission’s network services, plus a 100% uptime SLA attached to the Easy Start colocation promo.

Email is treated as a first-class service rather than a small add-on. The Email & Collaboration platform is built on Zimbra, with Base, Premium and Professional per-mailbox plans that add features like larger storage, chat, video conferencing, archiving, shared calendars and advanced search. For individuals there is a Personal Premium email option on the @xmission.com domain with 50 GB storage and the same modern web and mobile experience. These services are clearly designed as a hosted alternative to running Exchange or other on-premise groupware.

The portfolio is complemented by SSL Certificates (from established CAs such as GeoTrust and Thawte) that XMission sells and installs as a managed service, and by domain registration with free WHOIS privacy, DNS hosting and simple management tools. Taken together, the line-up is well suited for customers who want to keep domains, hosting, email and security in one place, on infrastructure operated by a technically strong regional provider rather than a giant global brand.

As of today, XMission still offers the same Cloud and Shared plans with identical names, pricing, and even core features as in July 2019, which points to stagnation and an apparent lack of progress in adopting newer technologies.