Hostking review

Editorial Review

Services: Web HostingDomain Registration

Founded in 2011, Hostking claims to offer fast reasonable services, reliability, performance and stability.

The company provides the following web hosting solutions:

• Shared Hosting;
• Reseller Hosting;
  
• VPS Hosting;
• Dedicated Servers;
• Email Hosting;
• Domain Registration;
• WordPress
  Hosting;
• Ecommerce Hosting;

Shared hosting plans are available for both Linux and Windows OS. Linux shared hosting solutions are powered by LightSpeed and LSCache which contribute to high speed load times and fast network. Security is managed through BitNinja. You also benefit from a number of freebies:

• Free domain;
• Free SSL;
• Free Site Migration;
• Free Website Builder;
• Free 1-click Installs (Softaculous);
• Free website templates;

Windows shared hosting includes free backup restore manager and free transfer (website/domain/MySQL/script).
Depending on your preferences, you can go for Linux or Windows reseller plans. All reseller plans include:

• Unlimited domains;
• Unlimited email accounts;
• Unlimited bandwidth;
• Unlimited MySQL;
• Unlimited POP3 email accounts with SMTP;
• Unlimited autoresponders;

VPS servers are either managed or unmanaged; controlled through cPanel or Plesk; running on Linux or Windows. Weekly backups, between 10-25 Mbit/s port speed (depending on the VPS server you choose), IP addresses, Dual Xeon CPU processors, SSD infrastructure and 64 GB ECC memory are all implemented in VPS servers.

Dedicated servers are all managed and can run on both Linux and Windows. Data security is guaranteed with DDoS protection and mitigation and daily/weekly backups. Hostking uses premium hardware, SATA disks, Xeon CPU servers and 16-64 GB ECC Memory.

Price & Cost

The company offers reasonable prices for the set of features they provide. Customers can also benefit from their free hosting plan and can get great deals even for monthly, quarterly or annual contract terms.

They accept multiple payment methods, among which: VISA, PayPal, MasterCard or Discover.
They are a risk-free company as they guarantee that their products are refundable and customers can get their money back within 30 days from the moment of purchase.

Reliability

They offer 99.9% uptime guarantee for their services backed by SLA.

Data Center

The headquarters of the company are located in Vasco Estate, South Africa. They have servers located in Xneelo’s data centre (part of Hetzner South Africa -- co-founded in 1999 by Hans Wencke and Martin Hetzner ). This operates on advanced network infrastructure and guarantees UPS backup generators.

Customer Support

Available 24/7/365, customer support can be contacted via live chat, ticketing system, phone or e-mail.
You can also go to their knowledgebase to get answers for the most commonly encountered issues regarding server management or the role of various features.
They are also active on social media platforms, so customers can find them on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Control Panel

The company works with the leading control panels in the hosting industry – cPanel and Plesk. This is good news as customers can choose the control panel that feels more familiar to them.

Conclusion

HostKing is a hosting provider offering a variety of web solutions to choose from. All plans are well-packed with unlimited or free resources, all contributing to the good functionality of your website.

Hostking offers great prices and their products are refundable, so customers don’t feel at risk of losing their money.
With great uptime, helpful support and the most popular control panels available with their services, Hostking proves a reliable web host when starting your online business.

Server locations:

Cape Town Johannesburg

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