Although its website doesn’t say anything about when the company was started, SpaceHost’s LinkedIn page suggests that it was set up in 2017.
SpaceHost offers a comprehensive range of hosting solutions and related services that include shared hosting, WordPress hosting, virtual servers, dedicated servers, reseller hosting, domain services, SSL certificates, SiteLock, and server monitoring.
The SpaceHost website supports German.
Features and Ease of Use
SpaceHost offers four shared hosting packages, two WordPress hosting packages, three VPS packages, and three dedicated server packages. It also offers reseller hosting solutions through an “Argo System” program that you have to participate in if you want to resell its services.
The shared hosting packages provide you with:
- 50 GB to 350 GB space
- Flat rate traffic
- 10 to 100 MySQL databases
- Unlimited email addresses
- Multiple PHP versions
- HTTP/2
- SSH access
- 5 to 50 SFTP accounts
- Email spam protection, email virus protection
- Cron jobs
- Daily data backups
The included Softaculous one-click installer lets you install a large number of programs for content management (e.g., WordPress) or e-commerce (e.g., Magento).
Once you have your website up-and-running, you will want to secure it with a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, providing your visitors with confidence. Additionally, regarding security, you will receive DDoS protection to safeguard against distributed denial of service attacks, as well as a server monitoring service that promptly alerts you to any issues.
Pricing and Support
SpaceHost’s shared hosting packages are pretty costly (at around double the average industry price), and you can pay for them on quarterly, semi-annual, or annual terms. Since not all billing cycles apply to all plans, you’ll have to check the situation for the plan you pick. You can pay in euros by PayPal, bank transfer, or direct debit, and you get 14 days to change your mind.
The 24/7 customer support team should be available via telephone, online contact form, or live chat, but I have to tell you that my pre-sales exploratory email received no response. For self-support, there is what looks like a comprehensive knowledge base, but it didn’t work properly for me.
