The Best Web Hosting in South Africa

Get a powerful Web Hosting platform for your website at affordable prices.
Experience the security, reliability and performance of the best cPanel Web
Hosting in South Africa.

Get your website and brand online from only R99/mo

cPanel Control Panel

cPanel Control Panel

Unlimited Traffic

Unlimited Traffic

Free Domain Registration

Free Domain Registration

Web Hosting Packages

Experience fast, stable and secure Web Hosting from one of South Africa's leading hosting providers. Our Web Hosting packages have been designed to boost the performance of your website and provide a stable and reliable platform that you can trust.

• Free Domain Registration applies to the following extensions only - .co.za,.org.za,.net.za,.web.za,.online • Free Domain Registration is only applicable at time of purchase • All listed prices exclude premium domain names • All Prices Include VAT
Website Builder Banner

Build a stunning website with our DIY Website Builder

200+ Template Designs

200+ Professional Templates

Responsive Design

Responsive Design

Drag and Drop Plugins

Drag and Drop Plugins

SEO-Friendly

SEO-Friendly

Simply add Website Builder when ordering your Web Hosting plan.

Website Builder Banner

Web Hosting Features

As a leading Web Hosting provider in South Africa, we have optimised and tweaked our Web Hosting Servers to provide unmatched performance, security and stability.

Free Domain Registration
Free Domain Registration
Get a free domain name registration when taking out one of our Web Hosting plans. Free domain extensions include .co.za, .org.za, .net.za, .web.za, .africa, .online and any current promotional domain extensions.
Free SSL Certificates
Free SSL Certificates
Assure your customers that you are serious about their security with our Free LetsEncrypt SSL Certificates on all websites hosted on our Web Hosting plans.
Free Website Migration
Free Website Migration
Don't be concerned about migrating your website to us. Our expert staff will be able to migrate your primary website from another provider at no charge.
cPanel Control Panel
cPanel Control Panel
The best Web Hosting in South Africa needs the best control panel. For this we offer the award winning cPanel Control Panel to allow you to manage all aspects of your Website Hosting.
LiteSpeed Web Server
LiteSpeed Web Server
Our Web Hosting plans utilise the LiteSpeed Web Server. This is currently the fastest web server in the world and ensures your website will always load quickly.
SpamExperts Protection
SpamExperts Protection
All your emails are protected by our SpamExperts cluster, which identifies and removes 99.9% of all spam, malware and viruses before they get to your inbox.
Smart Malware Protection
Smart Malware Protection
Our Web Hosting plans use multiple layers of security, scanning and monitoring tools such as imunify360, CSF and Monarx to assist in protecting your website from malware, viruses and bot attacks.
Premium Support
Premium Support
The best Web Hosting in South Africa would not be complete without an experienced and friendly support team that is ready to assist you with any queries or problems you may have.
Daily Acronis Backups
Daily Acronis Backups
Our Web Hosting plans are protected by daily Acronis backups that are kept off-site in a different Data Centre. Providing peace of mind and allowing you to restore your data instantly.
Hosted in Teraco JHB
Hosted in Teraco JHB
Our Web Hosting servers are hosted locally in Africa's Largest Data Centre - Teraco, Isando. We are connected with all the major local internet exchanges and multiple network providers for redundancy and the best latency.
Softaculous Installs
Softaculous Installs
Softaculous is a 1-click easy installer for more than 380+ web applications like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, Prestashop and Woocommerce. It also features auto upgrading, cloning and staging environments.
Developer-Friendly
Developer-Friendly
Developer-friendly tools such as SSH Access, WP-CLI, SFTP and GIT are supported on all of our Web Hosting plans. Allowing for easy website maintenance and version control.
Free Website Migration
Free Website Migration
Is your website hosted elsewhere? Our team has you covered.
  • Our dedicated migrations team will migrate your primary website to us at no charge.
  • Request a website migration from your account manager or email ps@domains.co.za and we will take care of the rest.
  • Most websites will be migrated in under 24 hours.
High Performance Web Hosting
High Performance Web Hosting
  • We use the Litespeed Webserver, which is the fastest web server software on the market.
  • Use the Litespeed caching plugin to boost the performance of your website even further. Click here.
  • Faster page processing and database queries with the latest AMD EPYC processors, fast DDR5 RAM and redundant NVMe storage.
  • Locally hosted in Teraco Johannesburg to provide you low latency and fast data transfer.
Website Protection
Website Protection
  • Monarx and Imunify360 constantly detects and cleans malware and malicious files.
  • A free SSL Certificate to keep the traffic to and from your website secure and encypted.
  • Peace-of-mind with automated daily Acronis backups of your website.
  • Our Fortigate firewalls will analyse and protect against bad or malicious traffic coming to your website.
Easy Web Hosting Management
Easy Web Hosting Management
  • Easily restore any of your website files or databases with our daily Acronis backups.
  • cPanel control panel with WP-Toolkit allows you to easily manage all aspects of your website.
  • Quick and easy management of your Spam filters through our SpamExperts interface.
  • Softaculous assists you in easily installing web applications like WordPress, Joomla, Woocommerce, etc onto your website.
Web Hosting Support
Web Hosting Support
  • We pride ourselves on offering the best customer support in the hosting industry.
  • Our Web hosting knowledgable staff are always ready to assist you with any web hosting problems you may encounter.
  • Don't just take our word for it, check out our 4.5 star rating on Google Reviews and 4 star rating on hellopeter.
Ecommerce Hosting
Ecommerce Hosting
  • All Web Hosting plans support Ecommerce stores of various sizes.
  • Give your customers a flawless shopping experience with our Litespeed webserver and litespeed plugin.
  • Our well-maintained web hosting servers ensure a 99.9% uptime, so you never lose a sale.

10 reasons why customers choose domains.co.za

20+ Years of Hosting Experience
domains.co.za have been in business since 2001 and with over 150 years of combined experience, we have become trusted and renowned for providing the best Web Hosting in South Africa.
Impeccable Uptime & Reliability
Our Web Hosting plans are backed by a 99.9% Uptime Guarantee. We have a proven track record and have become renowed for stability, security, reliability and performance.
60-Day Money Back Guarantee
We are so confident in our Web Hosting plans that we offer all customers a 60-day money back guarantee if you are not happy with our Web Hosting solution or service.
N+1 Premium Data Centre
Our Web Hosting infrastructure is located in a Premium N+1 Data Centre, providing redundant cooling, fire suppression, power and generator backups, and a carrier-grade networking infrastructures.
IPv6 Web Hosting
Our Web Hosting plans support IPv6 addressing, which is the next generation of internet addressing. Our network provides our customers with confidence that we are ready for the internet's next generation.
Carrier-Grade Hardware
We only utilise the very best in carrier-grade hardware from SuperMicro for our Web Hosting plans. This hardware includes the AMD Epyc CPU, DDR5 memory and redundant ultraFast NVMe storage.
Unmatched Support
Our team is passionate about the services we offer and constantly strives to be the leading Web Hosting company in South Africa by providing support that is unmatched in our industry.
Local is Lekker
All our Web Hosting servers are located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ensuring that your website has the best possible speeds when serving the South Africa market.
Incredible Performance
At domains.co.za, we don't do slow. Countless hours are spent on selecting the right high performance hardware and tweaking it to ensure that you always get the fastest Web Hosting in South Africa.
24/7 Monitoring
Our entire Web Hosting environment is monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using sophisticated monitoring software which supervises all aspects of our hosting infrastructure.

Under the Hood

Here are the technical specifications of the hardware we utlize for this Solution.

Over and above this amazing hardware, we have spent countless hours tweaking and refining all aspects of the hardware and software to ensure maximum stability, security and performance.

Dual Network Interfaces
Benefit: To provide redundancy and improve load times.
PCIe Gen4 NVMe RAID 10 Storage
Benefit: To provide large storage and extremely fast data retrieval.
24-Core AMD EPYC 9254 Processor
Benefit: To ensure that PHP and MySQL run as fast as possible.
384 GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM
Benefit: To support memory intensive websites and improve performance.
Redundant Power Supplies
Benefit: To add additional reliability and redundancy.
Supermicro Certified
Benefit: To ensure stability, performance and reliability.
Email Hosting
Affordable Email Hosting plans either for your business or your own personal emails.
From
R49.00
/mo
Web Hosting
Get a powerful web hosting platform for your website at affordable prices.
From
R99.00
/mo
Reseller Hosting
We offer High Performance, Linux VPS Hosting & Windows VPS Hosting in South Africa.
From
R399.00
/mo

Frequently Asked Questions

Q

What is Web Hosting?

FAQ Answer

Web hosting is a service that allows you to host your website, emails or web application on a secure server, making it accessible to others over the internet. When you create a website, you need a place to store your website files, these files are stored on your web hosting plan. Most Web hosting plans also include email services in order for you to send and receive email on your domain name.

Q

What is the difference between website hosting and a domain?

FAQ Answer

Web hosting is the service that stores your website files and make them available on the internet. A domain name is the address of your website, you need both a domain name as well as a hosting plan in order for your website to be live on the internet. 

A simple way to think of this is that web hosting is like a house or property.  At the house you can receive mail, store files, setup security and paint it any color you want.

A domain name is like the address for the house. You give this address to other people in order for them to find your house.

The two go hand-in-hand with each other and in order to have a website on the internet or email services, you will require both.

Q

What is Shared Hosting?

FAQ Answer

Shared Hosting is another name for Web Hosting, they are synonymous with each other and refer the same thing. 

The reason the term shared hosting exists is because all websites on the web hosting server share the resources of the server. Thus leading to the term "shared hosting".

Q

Can I migrate my existing website to Domains.co.za?

FAQ Answer

Yes absolutely.  You can choose to do this migration yourself or you can make use of our Professional Services Team, who will migrate your primary website to our web hosting servers for free. They are happy to help you every step of the way and have a wealth of experience in migrating websites successfully with little to no downtime at all.

Q

What customer support do I get with my Web Hosting plan?

FAQ Answer

At domains.co.za, we take pride in offering our Web Hosting customers access to our exceptional support team. Our support staff are well-trained, approachable, and committed to helping you succeed.

Additionally, we provide a comprehensive knowledge base filled with helpful tutorials and videos to guide you through all aspects of hosting your website on our web hosting plans.

Q

What are Softaculous Apps?

FAQ Answer

Softaculous App makes installing applications like Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and many more effortless. There are over 380+ web applications which can easily be installed in a few click of a mouse.

Q

What type of SSL certificate is included with Web Hosting?

FAQ Answer

We provide you with free Lets Encrypt Certificates for all websites hosted on your Web Hosting plan. SSL Certificates secure the communication between your customers browsers and your website. It shows your customers you are serious about security and it improves your Google rankings.

Q

What is included with my Web Hosting plan?

FAQ Answer

The Web Hosting plan will give you everything you need to host your personal or company website. All plans include a free .co.za domain name, fast NVMe storage, unlimited traffic, email accounts and free SSL certificates to help you secure your online presence. All web hosting plans include the award winning website hosting control panel called cPanel. cPanel will allow you to manage all aspects of your website web hosting plans from the creating of email accounts, managing of databases and files, backing up your website and viewing of your website statistics.

Q

What web server does Domains.co.za use?

FAQ Answer

At domains.co.za, we utilize the LiteSpeed Web Server, renowned for its high performance, speed, and security. LiteSpeed is designed to handle more connections and requests than traditional web servers, providing faster load times and a better overall experience for your website visitors.

Q

Is Domains.co.za Web Hosting secure?

FAQ Answer

Yes, web hosting at domains.co.za is secure. We use CageFS to isolate each cPanel account on the server, ensuring that your account is completely separate from others. This prevents unauthorized access and enhances security, even in a web hosting environment. Our servers also run malware and virus protection software like Imunify360 and Monarx to ensure that malware does not affect your website or email. 

Our web hosting servers are also protected by Fortigate Firewalls, protecting your website from milicious traffic and exploits. 

Q

Can I Upgrade or Downgrade my Web Hosting plan later?

FAQ Answer

Certainly, we allow you a great deal of flexibility. You can upgrade or downgrade your web hosting plan at any time. You may simply do it yourself or call us if you require assistance. For cancellations, you’ll need to provide us with a calendar month’s notice.

Q

Which Web Hosting package is right for me?

FAQ Answer

If you are a home user wanting a personal website, or maybe you are thinking about starting a business, we recommend our Web Hosting Basic plan for your needs.

If you are a small business looking to host your company website with email addresses, our Web Hosting Standard and Web Hosting Advanced plans should be suitable for your business needs.

If you are looking to host directories, e-commerce websites, forums, or simply just require more space and resources, then our Web Hosting Deluxe will be suitable suitable for your needs.

Q

Which control panel will I use to manage my web hosting plan?

FAQ Answer

Domains.co.za utilized the cPanel control panel to make managing all aspects of your web hosting plan simple and easy. cPanel is an award-winning control panel that is the most widely used in the web hosting industry.

Q

What is NVMe Storage?

FAQ Answer

NVMe is the latest generate in storage hardware. It boasts speeds that are 10x quicker than typical SSD hard drives and 1000x quicker than normal rotational hard drives.

We at domains.co.za use NVMe storage to ensure that customers websites and emails are as fast as possible and to ensure that there is no slow bottlenecks in the performance of our Web Hosting servers.

Q

Can I set up email accounts on my hosting package?

FAQ Answer

Yes absolutely, the Web Hosting plans include email accounts for your domain name. You can create and manage email accounts in the cPanel control panel, along with email forwarders, autoreplies and email encryption. 

What Our Customers say...