Founded in 2008, Internet Vikings is based in Sweden (land of the Vikings) and has offices in the Ukraine and Malta. It is owned by Polar Bear Group AB.
While Internet Vikings specialize mainly in SEO and iGaming hosting, it also provides cloud hosting, dedicated servers, managed Linux hosting, a Backlink API, and domain services.
The website is sleek, easy to browse, and available in multiple languages (English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish), but it lacks information. You’ll have to contact customer support to get detailed information about its services, which is quite frustrating if you’re short on time.
Features and Ease of Use
Internet Vikings have data centers in almost every continent – Sweden, the Netherlands (Amsterdam), the U.S.A, Australia, Brazil, and Taiwan (Taipei). Based on these locations, its best page loading speeds should be across Western Europe and some parts of North America and Asia. Choosing the right data center is essential to reach your target audience. For example, if you want to get Canadian visitors, select the U.S.A data center (the closest location).
This host only has one cloud server package with 25 GB of HDD disk space, 8 GB of RAM, 4 CPU cores, 1 IP address, and 2 TB of bandwidth (1Gbps). While these allocated resources aren’t enough for large operations, they’re good enough if you run a small to medium-sized website or business.
Other key features include:
- 99.99% uptime
- Monthly backups
- BitNinja (anti-DDoS protection)
- Support for Linux, Ubuntu, and CentOS
- Support for Windows (upon request)
- Apache
- MySQL, Perl, PHP, and Python
- cPanel and DirectAdmin (as long as you provide the license)
- Proxmox and VMware based hypervisors
The Internet Vikings’ standard features for cloud hosting are relatively basic compared to other hosts in its tier. If you need more resources, you can purchase them as add-ons or opt for a dedicated server package – Dedicated Go (SSD storage) and Dedicated Plus (NVMe storage). See this top web hosting comparison for hosting alternatives.
Pricing and Support
Internet Vikings’ cloud hosting package may seem expensive considering the limited allocated resources and small feature set it offers. The same can be said for its two dedicated server plans, which also come at a higher cost as you add more resources.
What about a free trial or money-back guarantee? There are none, unfortunately. All packages are non-refundable. Also, you can’t sign up quickly online. The “sign up” buttons redirect you to the company contact form.
Besides the contact form, Internet Vikings offer customer support through live chat, phone, and email. The support teams are available all week – 12 hours on weekdays and 6 hours on weekends. Given the limited information on the website, small FAQ section, and lack of a knowledgebase, I needed to chat with them about the plans, pricing, and detailed features. The agent was helpful and sent me the details via email within minutes.
