Hostupon.com - Hosting overview
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Web Design expert
- Free control panel
- CMS optimisation
- Web Server
- "Live chat"
- Free website designer
- Fast and compelling customer support
- Detailed Knowlegebase
- Migration from any platform
- 1-click installation
HostUpon is a Canadian-based eco-friendly hosting company founded somewhere around 2008. They offer all of the most popular hosting solutions: Shared, VPS, and dedicated server hostings. The data center is located in Canada.
Overview
The company offers all of the popular hosting solutions, which means shared, VPS, dedicated server hosting. In addition, WordPress-centric and Cloud VPS plans are available. The starter pack in shared solutions allows you to host 1 Website on 40% CPU, 512MB RAM with unlimited disk space and bandwidth. For VPS it's 20GB disk space, 100GB bandwidth, 512MB RAM, and additional 2 IP addresses.
The site is easy to use and navigate, as it is designed by modern standards. A knowledge base is available on site, having a lot of material that covers hosting tutorials, issues, etc.
Support
10.0
As stated on the site, the working hours for phone support is 9 AM to 5 PM EST, while live chat is 7 AM to 10 PM EST, and you can reach them by means of a live chat, phone, feedback form, or a ticket, with last option being 24/7 support. As usual, I’ve decided to run a test to find out the response time, and overall it took 13 minutes for a specialist to deal with all of my questions.
The support system is tiered with VPS/Dedicated servers clients having priority support
Reliability
7.0
HostUpon uses modern up-to-date RAID 10 supported SSD drives that are running on LiteSpeed webservers. The company provides free brute force protection, malware, and virus scanner software. CSF and LFD firewalls are included to protect your server even better.
Backups are not included and are available as a feature in premium plans or as a separate service. But you can open a ticket so a support specialist would configure your server to do local backups.
The uptime is promised to be 99.9%.
User Friendly
8.0
As usual, Softaculous is provided, allowing for an easy, one-click installation of supported CMS platforms, add-ons, and plugins. HostUpon supports a lot of development features like cron, ruby on rails, etc. Concerning shared hosting, users of non-premium plans are somewhat limited in resources. Free and managed migration is available for those who want to transfer a website to a HostUpon server, with this task being done completely by a specialist.
Users are granted Root/SSH access
Features
8.0
- HostUpon offers both an affiliate program and reseller hosting, so users can benefit from selling or advertising the company’s services elsewhere.
- FFmpeg is supported, allowing users to place videos on their website much easier;
- cPanel is provided for VPS and Dedicated servers with no included SSL certificate;
- Free website builder is included for all plans;
- The only free SSL certificate option is reserved for WordPress Plans.
Pricing
8.0
HostUpon prices can be considered somewhat above the market average, so the cheapest shared hosting would cost you 14.95$ per month. As usual, there is a discount if you decide on paying for yearly plans. The refund period is eligible for 30 days after purchase, excluding VPS and dedicated server solutions.
Shared Hosting
$2.95 - $12.95VPS Hosting
$49.95 - $149.95Dedicated Server
$175.00 - $595.00User Reviews
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The company is aimed at businesses of any scale, as their prices can be viewed as too high for small-time users, so it's really affordable for business ventures with an appropriate budget and a skilled person. Nevertheless, HostUpon would be a nice choice to start out your eCommerce website.
Pros
- Fast support response times;
- Free website builder.
Cons
- Only one location, being Canada;
- VPS/Dedicated server customers are given priority support;
- Refunds are only eligible for shared and WP solutions;
- Free SSL certificate is not included for most of the plans;
- DDoS protection is also not included.
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