Afrihost

About

Afrihost is a South African Internet Service Provider (ISP). They provide a number of services including web hosting,  ADSL broadband, fibre, fixed wireless, mobile services and domain registration.

They provide a variety of hosting packages including shared Windows and Linux web hosting, cloud hosting and specialised hosting (dedicated managed, self-managed and reseller). 

Pricing

Afrihost operates on no contracts. All packages are paid month-to-month. 

Afrihost offers Windows and Linux web hosting. Packages differ according to the following depending on the plan selected: number of email accounts, SQL databases and size of storage space. 

All packages come with unlimited web traffic and free domain for the first year. Below is the pricing for their Windows Hosting Plans.

• Bronze Pro – R209 p/m
• Silver Pro – R269 p/m
• Gold Pro – R369 p/m
• Platinum – R619 p/m

Features

• Domain registration – free .co.za, .online and .site domain registration.
• Support – 24/7 support for all customers.
• Unlimited traffic – no quota limits imposed on your website
• Local servers – faster connection for local visitors
• Web mail – dedicated business email
• Anti-spam and anti-virus – protect your network from spam and virus attacks
• DNS Control Panel – easily manage your hosting account
• Backups – helps to prevent loss of data
• Site stats – view visitor data for your Windows Hosting website

Pros

Great customer support. 

Cons

They don’t offer free SSL certificates as part of their packages. 

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