✔ Hostking review
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🔧 Services: Web HostingDomain Registration⇔ Redirected domains: hostking.io hostking.com.ng hostking.co.uk
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📢 Special pages

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Plans📤 Hostking Website Products
🔧 Shared - 💻 Linux | Keep mouse over features! | 💰Price | 💿 Disk space | 📶 Transfer | 📆 Updated | 🆓 Free domain / 🔌 Allowed |
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Starter | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔨 Control Panel : CPanel ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔌 Hosted domains : 1 🆓 Free domains : 0 📌 Dedicated IPs : 0 ![]() Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Hosted Domain 5 Email Accounts No Free Domain UltraFast PHP Free Website Builder Free SSL Certificate 1 Page Free Website Design 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 48.00/mo. VAT inc | 30 GB SSD | unmetered | 0 / 1 | |
Advanced | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔧 Category : Backup ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔌 Hosted domains : 5 🆓 Free domains : 1 📌 Dedicated IPs : 0 ![]() Unlimited Bandwidth 5 Hosted Domains 100 Email Accounts Free domain (.co.za,.com) UltraFast PHP Free Website Builder Free SSL Certificate 1 Page Free Website Design 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 129.00/mo. VAT inc | 120 GB SSD | unmetered | 1 / 5 | |
Business | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔨 Control Panel : CPanel ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔌 Hosted domains : 25 🆓 Free domains : 1 📌 Dedicated IPs : 0 ![]() Unlimited Bandwidth 25 Hosted Domains Unlimited Email Accounts Free domain (.co.za,.com) UltraFast PHP Free Website Builder Free SSL Certificate 1 Page Free Website Design 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 299.00/mo. VAT inc | 250 GB SSD | unmetered | 1 / 25 | |
🔧 VPS - 💻 Linux | Keep mouse over features! | 💰Price | 💿 Disk space | 📶 Transfer | 📆 Updated | 🔋 RAM / 📌 Dedicated IPs |
Linux - CPU1A | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔧 Category : Backup ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔋 RAM : 1000 MB 💪 CPU : 1 vCPU 🔌 Hosted domains : Unlimited 🆓 Free domains : 0 📌 Dedicated IPs : 1 ![]() The storage for our VPS comes from well-known manufacturers. We only [...] 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 65.00/mo. VAT inc | 30 GB SSD | 1 TB | 1 GB / 1 | |
Linux - CPU1B | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔧 Category : Backup ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔋 RAM : 2000 MB 💪 CPU : 1 vCPU 🔌 Hosted domains : Unlimited 🆓 Free domains : 0 📌 Dedicated IPs : 1 ![]() 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 120.00/mo. VAT inc | 50 GB SSD | 2 TB | 2 GB / 1 | |
Linux - CPU2A | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔧 Category : Backup ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔋 RAM : 4000 MB 💪 CPU : 2 vCPU 🔌 Hosted domains : Unlimited 🆓 Free domains : 0 📌 Dedicated IPs : 1 ![]() 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 219.00/mo. VAT inc | 75 GB SSD | 2 TB | 4 GB / 1 | |
Linux - CPU2B | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔧 Category : Backup ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔋 RAM : 6000 MB 💪 CPU : 2 vCPU 🔌 Hosted domains : Unlimited 🆓 Free domains : 0 📌 Dedicated IPs : 1 ![]() 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 593.00/mo. VAT inc | 100 GB SSD | 2 TB | 6 GB / 1 | |
Linux - CPU4A | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards 🔧 Category : Backup ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔋 RAM : 8000 MB 💪 CPU : 4 vCPU 🔌 Hosted domains : Unlimited 🆓 Free domains : 0 📌 Dedicated IPs : 1 ![]() 🔗 Plan URL : https://www.hostking.co.za/ | ZAR 812.00/mo. VAT inc | 150 GB SSD | 3 TB | 8 GB / 1 | |
🔧 Domains | Keep mouse over features! | 💰Price | 📆 Updated | |||
.co.za | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat ![]() R309.30 1 Year .net R275.00 1 Year .mobi R405.99 1 Year .co.za R99.00 1 Year .info R400.00 1 Year 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/cart.php?a=add&domain=register | ZAR 99.00/yr. VAT inc | ||||
.com | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat ![]() 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/cart.php?a=add&domain=register | ZAR 249.00/yr. | ||||
🔧 SSL Certificates | Keep mouse over features! | 💰Price | 📆 Updated | 🔐 Domains protected | ||
GeoTrust True BusinessID | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔐 Domains protected : 1 ![]() Issuance Time: 1-3 Days Great For: Business Warranty Value: USD $1,250,000 Trust Site Seal Free Reissues Browser Support: 99.9% 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/store/ssl-certificates/go/ev | ZAR 1,433.95/yr. VAT inc | 1 | |||
GeoTrust True Business ID with EV | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔐 Domains protected : 1 ![]() Issuance Time: 1-5 Days Great For: Business & Ecommerce Warranty Value: USD $1,500,000 Trust Site Seal Free Reissues Browser Support: 99.9% 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/store/ssl-certificates/go/ev | ZAR 2,592.70/yr. VAT inc | 1 | |||
Secure Site SSL | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔐 Domains protected : 1 ![]() Issuance Time: 1-3 Days Great For: Business Warranty Value: USD $1,500,000 Trust Site Seal Free Reissues Browser Support: 99.9% 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/store/ssl-certificates/go/ev | ZAR 7,307.69/yr. VAT inc | 1 | |||
Secure Site EV SSL | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat 🔐 Domains protected : 1 ![]() 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/store/ssl-certificates/go/ev | ZAR 18,223.44/yr. VAT inc | 1 | |||
🔧 Web Design | Keep mouse over features! | 💰Price | 📆 Updated | |||
Web Design Startup | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat ![]() Free Hosting 5 Pages Included 10 Email Accounts 30 GB Disk space Unlimited Bandwidth 1/hr Month Updates Annual Refresh Basic SEO included Unlimited Bandwidth 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/store/basic-website-design | ZAR 199.00/mo. VAT inc | ||||
Web Design Business | features💳 Payment Methods : Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards ✍️ Support Options : Email, Help Desk, Phone / Toll-Free, Live Chat ![]() Free Web Hosting 10 Pages Included 100 Email Accounts 100 GB Disk space 1/hr Month Updates Annual Refresh Basic SEO included Unlimited Bandwidth 🔗 Plan URL : https://my.hostking.host/store/basic-website-design | ZAR 399.00/mo. VAT inc |
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📊 Web stats
⚑ Targeting: | South Africa |
📂 Details for https://www.hostking.co.za/ | |
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📥 Website DNS: | MX::mail.hostking.co.za => 156.38.224.34 ( Cape Town ) / Xneelo (Pty) Ltd - xneelo.com ns02.hkdns.host => 156.38.224.11 ( Cape Town ) / Xneelo (Pty) Ltd - xneelo.com ns01.hkdns.host => 156.38.224.10 ( Cape Town ) / Xneelo (Pty) Ltd - xneelo.com |
🔨 Server Software: | LiteSpeed |
📌 Website IP: | 156.38.224.34 |
📍 IP localization: | South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town - see top providers in South Africa, Wes-kaap |
🔗 ISP Name, URL: | Xneelo (Pty) Ltd, xneelo.com |
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We are a world-renowned web hosting service provider catered to serve and execute your vision, online.
Account started from November, 2011, having already 804 tweets with 598 followers and 52 friends. Last activity on . See recent tweets:

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Hostking Blog First post from February, 2013, with total 72 articles (real language en). See recent blogs summary posts:
- Hostking's New Branch opening in UAE / Sharjah - Today we have amazing news. We have opened a new Branch for Hostking in the UAE, in Sharjah. This has now become our primary branch for our business. However this does not affect our services or ...
- Affiliate Commission Structure Change - As per our email last week regarding the Affiliate Payout structure changing from once off to recurring which creates monthly "steady" income for our affiliates promoting our services we have made ...
- Upgrading of Server Hardware to EPYC servers with NVME Fast disks - Dear Customers, We have tried many methods in increasing the performance of our existing servers. However it seems there is no other way to increase them anymore hence we have decided to purchase ...
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