Custom hosting
These Custom hosting packages are suitable for:
Individuals and small businesses developing custom HTML and/or PHP hosting applications with Emails running on Outlook or Mac Mail and 24/7 web mail access.
Fastest PHP, SitePad and WordPress shared Linux web hosting packages on SSD hard drives with raid caching.
- exceptional ttfb (time to first byte) for better search engine indexing and awesome page loading times.
- shared hosting packages gives you a turn key hosting experience, (ALL standard hosting features and licensing included where applicable)
- perfect for a custom hosting solution; All the tools required for creating your custom developed application to suit your specific requirements, whether it comprises of good old fashioned HTML (static) or Dynamic PHP apps with MySQL / MariaDB.
WORDPRESS
CUSTOM
SITEPAD
Personal
R69.00PM*
30-Day money back
Custom Personal
Technical Features
2 Sub-domains
2 FTP Accounts
10 Auto-responders
Unlimited Email forwarders
2 MySQL Databases
5 Domain Pointers
Service and Support
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Mail lookup tool
99.9% uptime
Complete (D)NS Management
Multiple PHP Versions
Comprehensive Knowledge Base
Security
DDoS Protection
Web Application Firewall
Malware Scanning
24/7 Monitoring
Standard
R119.00PM
30-Day money back
All standard features
+
10 GB
3 Domains
50 Email accounts
1.5 CPU / 2Gb RAM / 30 Tasks
100,000 inodes**
100% off first invoice
Custom Standard
Technical Features
4 Sub-domains
4 FTP Accounts
10 Auto-responders
Unlimited Email forwarders
4 MySQL Databases
5 Domain Pointers
Service and Support
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Mail lookup tool
99.9% uptime
Complete (D)NS Management
Multiple PHP Versions
Comprehensive Knowledge Base
Security
DDoS Protection
Web Application Firewall
Malware Scanning
24/7 Monitoring
Business
R179.00PM
30-Day money back
All standard features
+
20 GB
5 Domains
100 Email accounts
2 CPU / 2Gb RAM / 35 Tasks
200,000 inodes**
Free .za registration
Custom Business
Technical Features
6 Sub-domains
6 FTP Accounts
15 Auto-responders
Unlimited Email forwarders
6 MySQL Databases
10 Domain Pointers
Service and Support
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Mail lookup tool
99.9% uptime
Complete (D)NS Management
Multiple PHP Versions
Comprehensive Knowledge Base
Security
DDoS Protection
Web Application Firewall
Malware Scanning
24/7 Monitoring
Business+
R379.00PM
30-Day money back
All standard features
+
50 GB
7 Domains
250 Email accounts
3 CPU / 3Gb RAM / 40 Tasks
500,000 inodes**
Annual .za renewals
Custom Business+
Technical Features
8 Sub-domains
8 FTP Accounts
20 Auto-responders
Unlimited Email forwarders
8 MySQL Databases
15 Domain Pointers
Service and Support
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Mail lookup tool
99.9% uptime
Complete (D)NS Management
Multiple PHP Versions
Comprehensive Knowledge Base
Security
DDoS Protection
Web Application Firewall
Malware Scanning
24/7 Monitoring
Custom hosting space is self-managed | *Personal plan charged quarterly | **Inodes represent the total number of data files on your shared hosting environment
SELECT THE RIGHT PLAN…
Personal
1 Page info site
with contact form and
additional Email domain
10k visitors p/month
STORAGE
5GB
RESOURCES
1 CPU / 1Gb RAM / 25 Tasks
FILE SYSTEM
50,000 inodes
Standard
3 Page info site
with contact form
and user registration / blog
20k visitors p/month
STORAGE
10GB
RESOURCES
1.5 CPU / 2Gb*RAM / 30 Tasks
FILE SYSTEM
100,000 inodes
Business
5 Page info site
with photo gallery and/or small
eCommerce store (1-20 products)
30k visitors p/month
STORAGE
20GB
RESOURCES
2 CPU / 2Gb RAM / 35 Tasks
FILE SYSTEM
200,000 inodes
Business+
5+ Page info site with photo gallery and/or medium eCommerce store (20-50 products)
40k visitors p/month
STORAGE
50GB
RESOURCES
3 CPU / 3Gb RAM / 40 Tasks
FILE SYSTEM
500,000 inodes
Resources are shared by all sites in custom client hosting space | * Memory throttled above 1Gb on Standard plan
BRING YOUR OWN DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
we have the tools you require
custom hosting packages include these standard features
30-Day Money back. No questions asked!
Free mail migration*
Unmetered Traffic**
Daily backups
DirectAdmin Web Control Panel
Roundcube Webmail client
Super Fast SSD storage
30-Day money back
Email & Ticket Support
24/7 Monitoring
Softaculous installer
HTML & PHP Ready
Brute Attack protection
Easy and simple sign up
Free .za domain***
Serious-ly Cool Features
DirectAdmin (latest custom build)
Linux OS 7 (LAMP)
Softaculous installer
PHP 7.4, PHP 8.0, PHP 8.1
Apache 2.4
phpMyAdmin (5.1) / MariaDB (10.4)
SuperMicro hardware
10 Gbe Internal Network
99.9% uptime
Gb External Network
Raid SSD with caching
Samsung Enterprise SSD hard drives
DoveCot (2.3)
Exim MTA (4.9)
SpamAssassin
RoundCube Webmail (1.4)
POP/IMAP + Contacts
Joomla
Magento
Laravel
Softaculous
Backup daily
Restore via DA
Remote backups
DNS management
PHP configuration
DDOS prevention
24/7 monitoring
* First migration free | ** Although bandwidth is not monitored, it is linked to FUP | *** Free .za domains on Business & Business+ applies to annual payment only
EASY ONE-CLICK INSTALL
Softaculous provides you with “one-click” installations for Magento, Joomla, Drupal, WHMCS, Laravel, OpenCart and hundreds more. Read more…
WHAT PHP OFFERS
- Open Source
- Dynamic Websites
- Powerful Frameworks
- Compatible with Majority of OS
- Customized Solutions
Sign me up!
APPLICATIONS OF PHP
- Web Pages and Web-based Applications
- Web Content Management Systems
- E-Commerce Applications
- GUI-based Applications
- Create Flash
- Image Processing and Graphic Design
- Data Representation
frequently asked questions
What database version do you offer?
MariaDB 10.4
MariaDB is more scalable and offers a higher query speed when compared to MySQL
What is DirectAdmin?
How does DirectAdmin compare to cPanel?
The short answer is that it compares very favorable in most aspects. DirectAdmin https://www.directadmin.com/ is an extremely flexible, stable and fast hosting panel running on Linux. It is not as well supported as cPanel, but then again nothing is… It is much better priced with an unlimited license option.
What is the Linux Build and Web Server software that will be running my website?
What does ttfb mean? (in website context)
ttfb stands for “time to first byte”. In context to web site page load this is a very critical statistic used by search eninges to assist in index ratings. In simple terms, it is the number of seconds (or rather hopefully part thereoff) that it takes for a web server to start delivering the first byte of data to the client opening the web page. Lower is better!
Can I also host an HTML website?
Sure.
You will be able to host any website with a .html / .htm extension. These files should be uploaded in the public_html folder of your domain.
What does self-management of custom hosting space entail?
This simply means that clients are responsible for the day-to-day administrative tasks that take place within their hosting space as well as any related third party applications, e.g.
1. Responsible for maintaining custom application and 3rd party plugins/scripts, i.e. PHP site
2. Creating mail accounts
3. Setting up Emails on desktop client software, mobile and/or tablets
4. Reset Email and CMS passwords, etc.
For additional info please navigate to Terms and Conditions | serious.host and select HOSTING.
Which hosting plan offers a free domain?
Business hosting offers free registration for .co.za, .net.za, .org.za and .web.za domains when hosting is paid annually, while annual renewal of the above domains are included in the hosting fee of the Business+ hosting plans, when paying for the whole year.
What version of PHP do you support.
This is a moving target, we support PHP7.4 at the time of writing and strongly recommend upgrading, should you make use of older versions.
What mail software do you support?
You do daily backups of all data. How do I restore this?
You are able to backup and restore your own data in the DA panel. If you need data to be restored from an administrative level you will need to submit a written request for us to restore your data.
Can I develop my own WordPress site on the Custom hosting?
Kindly navigate to our WordPress hosting should you wish to run a WordPress site.
How are resources allocated for each package?
Besides disk space (storage) and Inodes (total file system), the following resources are allocated to each hosting package, of which the vCPU / RAM / Tasks are displayed on each hosting package, while the rest of the resources are listed under each hosting plan’s additional features option;
1. vCPU quota – % of vCPU core
2. Memory (RAM) Max – Absolute Memory limit
3. Memory (RAM) High – Throttle Memory above this limit
4. Processes/Tasks – Max number of processes or tasks
5. IO read – Max rate data kan be read from a disk (mbps)
6. IO write – Max rate data can be written to a disk (mbps)
7. IOPS read – Max disk read operations per second
8. IOPS write – Max disk write operations per second
Please note the below:
Standard Hosting
Although Standard Hosting offers 2GB RAM, memory is throttled above 1Gb RAM.
How do I select the right hosting plan?
Please see the below purely as a guideline to select the best hosting plan for your site:
Personal Hosting
Great for a single page information site attracting 5k visitors per month.
Standard Hosting
Ideal for a 3-page site with a standard gallery or blog allowing registrations and attracting around 10k visitors per month.
Business Hosting
Perfect for a 5-page small Ecommerce site with 1 – 20 products, generating 15k visitors per month.
Business Plus Hosting
Suitable for a 5+ page discussion forum or medium Ecommerce site with 20 – 50 products, attracting around 25k visitors per month.
