King Host review

Editorial Review

Services: Web HostingDomain Registration Own datacenter | Redirected domains: kinghost.com.br kinghost.net

Based in Brazil, KingHost claims to have hosted over 300,000 websites. Founded in 2013, they manage to provide low-latency connection to services or institutions, such as Amazon, NET Virtua, Vivo, TIM, Microsoft, Yahoo or Sercomtel.

The company offers the following web hosting products:

• Shared Hosting;
• Reseller Hosting;
• Cloud Hosting;
• E-mail Hosting;
• Domain Registration;
• SSL Certificates;

Shared hosting packages include unlimited MySQL databases and emails, as well as free SSL certificates and website builder. These support languages like PHP (7.4, 7.1, 7.0, 5.6), ASP.NET (4.5, Classic), Python (Django, Web2py) or WordPress Debian (Rails/PHP/Perl).

Reseller packages come with unlimited features (domains/bandwidth/email accounts) and freebies (antispam protection and backup). Among the features that are exclusively included in the plans, we may mention: custom customer control panel (the possibility to brand/to manage your feature), the common-reseller features (website/email/database space), DNS management and support for multiple language scripts, like ASP.NET, ASP, Perl or ColdFusion.

Cloud servers are easily scalable. Servers are powered by Dell and Intel and they operate on Linux OS. They offer high-speed servers due to the fact that they are based on SSD drives instead of HDD.

Price & Cost

KingHost offer cost-effective products to their customers. Billing is made monthly or annually.

Customers can benefit from discounts when choose a long-term contract. For instance, by choosing a 1-year contract for a shared hosting plan, you get 60% off whereas, in case of cloud servers, you can save up to 40%.

You can also request a refund within 14 days from the moment of purchase in case you are not satisfied by their services.

Reliability

The company guarantees 99.9% uptime availability. They promise a Service Status Page as well.

Data Center

The company is located in Bairo Floresta, Porto Alegre (Brazil). Their data center is powered by Dell. They use XD Dell R730 servers (up to 2 octacore processors) based on SAS/SSD disks.

Their network is connected to traffic exchange points, such as PTT-SP, PTT-PR or PTT-RS. KingHost operates its own structure powered by large backbone operators in the country: TIM, GVT or CenturyLink.

Customer Support

Active 24/7, KingHost customer support can be contacted on phone, e-mail or live chat. However, there is no knowledgebase that can be accessed on their home page.

Control Panel

KingHost offers the services of its custom-built control panel. This has a user-friendly interface which is easy to use.

Conclusion

Even if they haven’t been present in the industry for a very long time, KingHost offers feature-rich digital solutions for online projects. The only inconvenience that might appear is that they do not offer dedicated servers.

Their prices are affordable, they offer discounts and there is also a 14-day money-back guarantee. KingHost is a reliable web company for online businesses and individuals.

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