Hi there and welcome to April's guide on hosting packages available in South Africa and my opinion on which ones offer the best bang for buck.
Web Africa continues to buy companies and the latest company to succumb to them is Serve Hosting. To replace them I've added Axxess to the list. It's actually surprising that I haven't had Axxess in my guides up until now.
There are tables at the bottom of this guide with all the pricing information, should you wish to make up your own mind.
Unfortunately many of the hosts have increased their prices. Some even dropped their lower priced packages. However, there's still some good value out there!
There are 19 companies listed in this month's guide. To visit any of them just click on the following links:
These are the packages that most people will use to host on. Only go for Windows hosting if you make use of specific Microsoft technologies.
Since I started these guides, Cybersmart Pink has won this award. Pay for the domain and get the hosting for free.
This remains a difficult choice. The nice thing about the Webspacebar package is that you can just upgrade if you need more features. And there are many low cost options to choose from with them.
Fast and perfect for companies. If you are serious about your business then this is the package I would recommend.
If you've got a lot of money to burn and you really want to go limitless then this is the package for you!
I received some good support from them this month. I had the same support query with them and Web Africa and Web Africa took days to reply whereas Webspacebar helped me that same evening. Top notch stuff.
I can't help but feel that Web Africa has gone over the top with all the hosting companies that they've been purchasing. Their support has really been suffering and I see more and more complaints of receiving no support. And when I tried it for myself I saw what people mean. I remember the same thing happening when Afrihost got really big. Afrihost has improved though but sometimes it's still a hit or a miss.
As for comments, I would still prefer them over being contacted via the contact page. After a hard day's work it's very hard to look at emails but if I see a comment then it doesn't feel like work. Life is strange like that.
Hopefully this guide has helped you. If it did, please let some other people know. I would really appreciate that.
Note that these tables are sortable but in columns where words and numbers are mixed like the ones that contain the word "unlimited", the sorting isn't that great. It should be enough for now though.