Web Hosting Reviews South Africa



Absolute Hosting

I’ve been using Absolute Hosting for many years and couldn’t be happier! Their services are always fast, reliable, and affordable — a perfect fit for my needs. The customer support team is amazing — they respond quickly to tickets and always get issues resolved efficiently. Truly a company that cares about its customers. Highly recommended!
I’m new to setting up domains and email hosting, and Absolute Hosting has been extremely helpful. Will guided me clearly through each step I needed to take, especially around configuring my email accounts and understanding how their services work.

Their responses were fast, professional, and easy to follow. Even though they’re a hosting provider and not web developers, they still pointed me in the right direction so I can build my website confidently.

Really appreciate the support — highly recommended!
Review for 2 tickets. I was assisted by Jade B with hosting my website correctly and Kyle B with my IP validation as well as being able to edit on the cPanel smoothly. Both were amazing and fast responses as well as patient; they understood my issues and resolved them as soon as they could.
For the past 5 years, the AbsoluteHosting team have provided me fantastic support. The uptime and services are second to none.
I expanded my requirement from when developing my application to full production without skipping a beet. Every other service provider that I delt with in the past pails in comparison. Thank you
Lightning-fast support when it mattered most! "I recently ran into a technical snag with my site configuration and reached out to the Absolute Hosting support team. Not only was the reply fast, but the technician actually took the time to explain the fix rather than just sending a canned response. My issue was resolved in minutes. Highly recommend them if you value uptime and expert help!



Best cPanel Web Hosting Packages

The best cpanel web hosting packages for your budget


cPanel SSD SILVER

R9/Month

  • 150 MB Storage
  • cPanel Web Hosting Control Panel
  • SuperFast SSD Powered Servers
  • 1 Domain
  • 10 Email Accounts
  • No MySQL Databases
  • One Click Installs with Softalicious
  • Free Web Site SSL Certificate
  • 1 FTP Account
  • No Addon Domains
  • No Parked Domains
  • Unlimited Bandwidth

cPanel SSD OSMIUM

R49/Month

  • 2000 MB Storage
  • Free Co.Za Domain Name*
  • cPanel Web Hosting Control Panel
  • SuperFast SSD Powered Servers
  • 5 Domains
  • 100 Email Accounts
  • 10 MySQL Databases
  • One Click Installs with Softalicious
  • Free Web Site SSL Certificate
  • 5 FTP Accounts
  • 5 Parked Domains
  • Unlimited Bandwidth



Best Windows Web Hosting 

Most affordable and value packed Windows Web Hosting for your budget




WINDOWS SSD SILVER

R9/Month

  • 150 MB Storage
  • Windows Web Hosting Control Panel
  • SuperFast M.2 SSD Powered Servers
  • 1 Domain
  • 10 Email Accounts
  • No MsSQL Databases
  • No MySQL Databases
  • 1 FTP Account
  • Unlimited Bandwidth

WINDOWS SSD PALLADIUM

R19/Month

  • 750 MB Storage
  • Free Co.Za Domain Name*
  • Windows Web Hosting Control Panel
  • SuperFast M.2 SSD Powered Servers
  • 5 Domains
  • 30 Email Accounts
  • 5 MsSQL Databases
  • 5 MySQL Databases
  • 5 FTP Accounts
  • Unlimited Bandwidth

WINDOWS SSD OSMIUM

R49/Month

  • 2000 MB Storage
  • Free Co.Za Domain Name*
  • Windows Web Hosting Control Panel
  • SuperFast M.2 SSD Powered Servers
  • 5 Domains
  • 100 Email Accounts
  • 10 MsSQL Databases
  • 10 MySQL Databases
  • 5 FTP Accounts
  • Unlimited Bandwidth

BRAGGING RIGHTS!

A few good reasons why our clients think we offer the Best Web Hosting in South Africa



Standard Features included with every Web Hosting Package

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SuperFast SSD Web Hosting

Our SuperMicro powered enterprise servers have been loaded with SuperFast SSD Hard drives to provide you with optimal website performance. SSD hard drives provide up to 5x the speed of traditional hard drives, and M.2 SSD hard drives which are available in our Windows Hosting Servers provide up to 25x the speed of traditional hard drives, or 5x the speed over standard SSD.

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cPanel Features

cPanel hosting & cPanel Reseller Hosting is undoubtedly the most popular web hosting control panel available for Linux Web Hosting in South Africa and its without any surprise. cPanel works so darn well as a control panel and provides users with an array of tools to get them up and running with minimal expertise of the net. WordPress + Joomla + Drupal + WHMCS and many more can be installed with only a few clicks – no messing around with file uploads and databases.

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Windows Web Hosting

Windows hosting is our favorite hosting platform though we have to admit that this a biased opinion considering that we’ve spent more than a decade providing our clients with Windows Web Hosting and Windows Reseller Hosting Every Windows web hosting package includes solidcp which allows you to manage your hosting packages from a web based control panel. With SolidCP you’re able to create and manage email accounts on our Secure SmarterMail servers, create and manage MySQL + MS SQL Databases, create and manage FTP accounts + more

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Expert Web Hosting Support

We’re always here to help you & provide expert web hosting support via extensive knowledge base + live chat + telephonic support and ticket / email support. Telephonic and live chat support is available from 9AM – 4PM during business hours. Ticket / email support is available from 7AM – 10PM Weekdays with limited support over weekends, long weekends and public holidays. Our extensive knowledge base provides you with more than 300 video tutorials and guided walk through’s to assist with the most common issues.

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Secure Hosting Environment

Your security comes first! At Absolute Hosting we employ multiple security measures to ensure that your website + email + data remain as secure as possible. All web servers provide support for 2048 bit encryption + active monitoring. Our mail servers include support for web mail via SSL, TLS + SSL support for IMAP, POP + SMTP. IDS Protection (brute force prevention) is provided on all cPanel Servers and SmarterMail servers. The Absolute Hosting website, client service area and control panels all provide Extended Validation SSL encryption.

robot support

We Employ Robots

Robots and AI would be super cool but then we’d be missing that personal touch that makes us stand out from the crowd. Our highly automated systems provide real time interaction with all online services and external providers to provide you with real time delivery of services. Day to day upgrading your account or ordering new services are completely automated. In addition other services such as domain registrations, renewals and transfers are performed in real time with active monitoring of each transaction. Our SuperMicro dedicated servers provide you with automated installations, server reboots and hardware monitoring.

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Owned Hosting Infrastructure

Absolute Hosting owns the infrastructure that it provisions services onto. Unlike other hosting providers who resell services to their clients, we own, manage and build our infrastructure to provide you with Enterprise Hosting Facilities. Owning our infrastructure and hardware means that we have an intimate level of understanding of the services that are provided and are able to ensure that you always receive the best service.

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Secure & Convenient Payment

We take the hassle out of paying for your services by allowing to choose from a variety of payment methods + prepayment terms. When purchasing a web hosting package or dedicated server from Absolute Hosting you can choose between monthly payment, semi-annual or annual payments. We provide secure credit card payments via two payment gateway providers, instant eft services and standard bank eft.

automated upgrades

Automated Upgrades

Upgrade your web hosting package at any time from within the client service area. Our automated systems facilitate real time upgrades and allow you to upgrade your hosting services without any requests. Simply log into the client service area and upgrade to the next available hosting package with a few simple steps.

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