Located in Melbourne, Australia, Flex Web Hosting is a child product of Light Media– a respected web design company with more than ten years of experience. Flex Web Hosting offers a selection of premium hosting solutions, including standard web hosting, Magento hosting, VPS, and dedicated server hosting for businesses of all sizes. All servers are in Australia.
This host’s clear and simple website is in English.
Features and Ease of Use
Even though it provides standard web hosting and Magento CMS hosting solutions, this company concentrates on virtual private servers that may be a far better choice for growing businesses.
Let’s start with the four standard hosting plans: Flex 1, Flex 2, Flex 3, and Flex 4. As you’ve probably guessed, Flex 1 is the most basic plan that comes with the lowest 2 GB storage capacity and 15 GB of bandwidth. Flex 2 provides 5 GB of disk space and 25 GB of bandwidth whereas Flex 3 affords you 10 GB of disk space and 50 GB of bandwidth. The highest plan, Flex 4, includes 20 GB of disk space and 60 GB of bandwidth.
The key features of these hosting plans are:
- cPanel and Webmail
- MySQL databases
- Anti-spam
- PHP support
- Automatic website backups
Now onto the three VPS packages – Start Up Pack, Business Pack, and Enterprise Pack – that come with 2 GB, 5 GB, and 10 GB of disk space respectively and 5 GB, 15 GB, and 30 GB of bandwidth respectively. For corporates running multiple websites with heavy traffic, the storage and bandwidth limits are notably low by industry standards. However, Flex Web Hosting offers customizable solutions for more expansive VPS resources, but you have to contact the company for a quote.
If a VPS isn’t sufficient, you can sign up for a dedicated server that comes with 500 SSD web space and 16 GB RAM.
Pricing and Support
Compared to other popular Australian hosting providers, Flex Web Hosting’s hosting plans come with a higher price tag considering the features they offer. Depending on the plan you choose, you can commit to terms ranging from monthly to annually, and the 30-day money-back guarantee should provide some reassurance when signing up.
You should be able to summon support via telephone, ticket, or email, but my exploratory email went unanswered. This wouldn’t be so bad if there were sufficient self-support resources, but the knowledge base is limited to only five articles:
