ChicagoVPS review

Editorial Review

ChicagoVPS is part of Deluxe Corporation, Services: Web HostingDomain RegistrationThis company is a reseller of Colo Crossing

ChicagoVPS is a hosting company who has been bought by VSNX in 2015. The servers of the company are backed by Premium Data Center Footprint. ChicagoVPS is mainly known for the virtual private servers it offers.

In 2009, their first products were VPS options based on OpenVZ (also with SSD disk space) and step by step, they developed a diversified range of products, creating new VPS options as well (ChicagoVPS later released KVM-based virtual private servers). More than that, they also have expanded virtual private servers to:

• Cloud-based servers;
• Windows-based servers (great for VPN, Web hosting, Game servers);

Other than VPS options, ChicagoVPS is also a provider of the following:

• Shared Hosting;
• Dedicated Servers;
• Reseller Hosting;

ChicagoVPS also offers hosting for applications, such as: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or Magento.

VPS options come with easy control panel and Windows remote desktop. KVM VPS hosting offer customers the possibility to choose among Lamp, Mumble, MySQL, WordPress, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu or NextCloud. Cloud VPS plans include instant provisioning and expandable resources. A great advantage with their VPS packages is that they are cost-effective and highly efficient.

Shared Hosting packages are designed for both company owners and individual businesses. ChicagoVPS provides free setup and free migrations for the purchase of one of their plans. One shared hosting plan includes DDoS mitigation, firewall and threat management, as well as daily backup implementation for a better data protection.

Dedicated Servers are divided in two categories: Smart Servers and Bare Metal Servers. The three plans included in the ,b>Smart Servers category benefit of the following features: O/S reloads, easy configuration upgrades and console access. The Bare Metal Servers are equipped with DDoS protection, optional hardware Raid card, as well as /24 IPv4 available and 10 Gbps port.

Price & Cost

Their prices are really affordable when compared to other popular hosting companies.

Reliability

ChicagoVPS provides 99.9% uptime guarantee like the majority of hosting companies in the industry.

Data Center

ChicagoVPS headquarters are located in Western New York. However, customers can choose server options available at all the six locations ChicagoVPS owns: Chicago, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Atlanta, Dallas and Piscataway. The company has a great power distribution as their data centers are all N+1 redundancy (minimum). All servers have their own secured cabinets.

Control Panel

ChicagoVPS provides customers with an easy-to-use control panel with a simple user dashboard.

Conclusion

ChicagoVPS is a top-notch company with great variety when it comes to VPS options and not only. Hosting packages include good resources in order to keep good maintenance and protection of servers.
Pros:
- Great prices;
- Good tech support and documentation;
- Satisfying performance;
Cons:
- Some customers might be displeased by the fact that ChicagoVPS does not provide cPanel/Plesk (these being the most popular control panels on the market);

Special pages

• Contact us
• About us
• FAQ