ServerPoint has been providing very nice hosting options for all types of customers since 1998. They offer shared, VPS, cloud and dedicated servers, so the chances are that they will be able to meet virtually any needs that you have. The company boasts that they have no long term debt, and are profitable every year. This is important today since many hosting companies are being bought and sold, which can cause problems for the customers.
The company is based out of Las Vegas and keep all their support in-house. While they are a great hosting company for all types of websites, they have made an effort to become the leading company for developers. They designed their infrastructure for stability and providing the services that they knew their customers would need.
The pricing is surprisingly low at the entry level, and then it goes up from there. Other than the lowest end options, their pricing is in line with what most other companies are offering in the industry. They do a good job at keeping all their equipment up and running at all times, and supporting their customers with any issues that they may be having.
This company has focused on making sure that they are able to keep their servers up and running at all times. They have fully redundant power and network connections going into their data center, and use high end hardware to help ensure they don’t experience issues in this area.
Their entry level packages offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee, and when you get up to the cloud hosting you will get a 99.95% uptime guarantee. If they don’t meet these SLAs you can request credit to your next bill. From what current and former customers have said, however, this is not a problem very often and the company really does a good job at keeping their services nice and stable.
No matter which of their hosting options you choose, you’ll get everything you need to have your site up and running quickly and easily. Things like unlimited bandwidth and lots of disk space are all included. They also provide you with at least one free domain name, even at their entry level package.
In addition to these common features they also offer dedicated IPs & SSL certificates. These features cost extra, but are still quite affordable. The company provides spam fighting software with their higher end packages, which will help prevent a lot of problems.
You will have lots of options when it comes to getting the support that you need from this company. You can call their 24/7 tech support line, use their live chat, or submit a trouble ticket. You can also see any known issues with their servers by looking up their system status pages.
You’ll also have access to a lot of video tutorials that can help walk you through most types of issues on your own.
Other than the starter and premium shared hosting options, the prices are generally right in line with industry averages. These first two packages are quite inexpensive, though you still get pretty good service. Interestingly, the company all but says that they oversell their lower end shared hosting services when they point out that with their cloud package that they have ‘less accounts per server.’ Overselling servers can often cause slower loading times.
When you go through each of the hosting packages that they offer, you will find that they really do delivery high quality services across the board. Even their entry level hosting packages, while not perfect, still provide a great option for many types of customers.
Pros:
Cons:
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | OS | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xeon 4-Core E3-1220 v2 3.1GHz | 480 GB | 4 x 3.1GHz | 16 GB | CA$142.48 | Details | |
| Xeon 4-Core E3-1270 v2 3.5GHz | 480 GB | 4 x 3.5GHz | 32 GB | CA$213.73 | Details | |
| Xeon E5-2620 v2 6-Core Total 2.1GHz | 480 GB | 6 x 2.1GHz | 32 GB | CA$284.98 | Details |
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | OS | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Plus | 50 GB | 1 x 2GHz | 1 GB | Unlimited | CA$49.87 | Details |
