✔ FreeParking review

📄 Editorial Review

🔃 FreeParking is part of Dreamscape Networks
🔧 Services: Web HostingDomain Registration ICANN registrar

Part of the Umbrellar Group, Freeparking is a web provider that has been active in the hosting industry for more than 20 years.

Freeparking was founded in 2000 under the company WebFarm who was a pioneer in web hosting services since their start, in 1997.

Since November 2020, Freeparking is a division of Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd. (a Newfold Digital company) and they are also an ICANN accredited domain registrar. Dreamscape Networks International has it's parent company Web.com Group!

The company specializes in the following selection of web hosting solutions:

• Shared Hosting;
• VPS Hosting;
• Virtual Dedicated Servers;
• E-mail Hosting;
• SSL Certificates;
• Website Builder;
• Free SSL;
• Free domain;
• Free SiteLock Lite security scanner;

The resources integrated in the plans start up a bit limited, but their advanced-level plan includes them in unlimited amounts. Thus, customers will benefit from:

• Unlimited disk space;
• Unlimited data traffic;
• Unlimited MySQL databases;
• Unlimited e-mail storage;

Designed for developers, VPS servers are fully managed; they run on high traffic and include dedicated resources in good amounts. That is not all, as you also get 1 dedicated IPv4 address and the possibility to customize your server depending on your preferences.

Their virtual dedicated servers (VDS) are configurable according to your needs and technical specifications include multiple websites, between 1 and 4 dedicated IPv4 dedicated addresses and they are configured on Single/Dual processors.

💰 Price & Cost

They offer good prices for their products, although these are rather high when compared to other configurations on the market. Billing is made monthly or annually in accordance with your choice.

The good news is that they provide a 30-day money-back guarantee for customers in case they are not satisfied by their purchase.

⌛ Reliability

Freeparking commits to the standard 99.9% server uptime which is a great guarantee for the customers. They also promise to credit customers if their website experiences downtime. According to them, the credit amounts go like this:
- 100% - 99.9% uptime: no credit;
- 99.9% - 98% uptime: 5% credit;
- 98% - 95% uptime: 20% credit;
- Less than 95% uptime: 100% credit;

🏢 Data Center

The company is registered in Auckland, New Zealand. They operate from their data centers located in Auckland or Sydney.

✍️ Customer Support

Support options at Freeparking include: phone, e-mail, ticket support or live chat. Customers can also find them on social media, on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram.
To find solutions or answers to various questions and issues, you can access their Wiki page that is always available on their homepage.

🔨 Control Panel

Freeparking uses their internally built control panel. This is great, but there might be customers who prefer top control panels, like cPanel or Plesk as they could be more familiar with these than others.

🎯 Conclusion

Freeparking has been active in the hosting industry for a great number of years, providing feature-rich and low-cost web products.

With comprehensive support, a 30-day refund policy, great uptime (with the possibility to be credited in case your website goes down), Freeparking is a reliable provider on the market.

🌏 Server locations:

Auckland

📢 Special pages

• Contact us
• Privacy
• Wiki