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Verpex Review - Trusted Hosting for Your Website
With so many web hosting services out there, it can be overwhelming to sift through them all. Today, we’ll check one off your list for you! Here’s our review of Verpex, a privately owned web-hosting business. Currently, they have customers in 181 countries, and they host over 250,000 websites.
Quick Summary
We’ll give you a quick rundown of what we love and don’t like, plus we’ll delve deeper into their more significant services.
Reseller Hosting
Reseller hosting lets you purchase hosting resources from your provider (like Verpex), so you can resell these resources to others. You’re essentially the go-between for the hosting provider and the end customers. What are the benefits of this? The provider deals with all the heavy lifting, including security, software management, and other technical requirements, while you focus on customer support and reselling.
Verpex has a strong reseller hosting service with numerous tools, features, and benefits. Monthly tiers include:
Start-up Reseller: $17.99 USD
Pro Reseller: $30.00 USD
Ultimate Reseller: $59.99 USD
There are significant renewal discounts and frequent sales, so these prices are the worst-case scenario.
If we were to go over all of Verpex’s reseller benefits, we’d be here for hours, so here are some of our favourites worth noting:
- Daily backups
- Free migration
- cPanel provides automated tools and simple to use graphical interface
- Free SSL
- Customizable packages and control features
- WordPress caching
- Anycast DNS to improve website responsiveness
- Public cloud IP addresses
- Custom name services
- Global infrastructure and server locations
- Spam protections for outgoing emails
- In-depth protections for malware and firewalls through Imunify360
- Softaculous auto-installers
There is a lot to appreciate for reseller hosting. However, you get what you pay for. While lower-priced plans still have a lot to offer, the price will jump significantly the more features you need.
Web Hosting
Verpex has 3 web hosting types, WordPress, shared hosting, and cloud web hosting. We’ll zip through each one.
WordPress Hosting
There are 3 tiers for WordPress plans:
- Bronze: $6.00 USD monthly
- Silver: $10.00 USD monthly
- Gold: $15.00 USD monthly
Note: Each plan increases tools and features. Also, you get significant savings with a 36-month contract vs monthly.
Here are some things to love about Verpex’s WordPress plans:
- 1-click installation
- Unlimited websites for gold tier
- Unlimited bandwidth for all tiers
- Free domain/registration transfer
- LiteSpeed web server
- cPanel control panel simplifies site management
- Unlimited email accounts for all tiers
- PHP support for multiple versions
- Malware protections
- Minimal downtime with knowledgeable customer support
- Automatic daily backups
- Free SSL certifications
Shared Hosting
Shared hosting is when multiple websites share the same server, which is great for cost savings and simplifying management. However, it does have some downsides, such as limited storage space, limited bandwidth, and slower speeds due to resources being divided between multiple sites. Also, if one site succumbs to malware or security problems, all of the sites on the server could be at risk, so you’ll need to take extra precautions.
Pricing plans for shared hosting are exactly the same as for WordPress hosting:
- Bronze: $6.00 USD monthly
- Silver: $10.00 USD monthly
- Gold: $15.00 USD monthly
To spare you from re-reading the same list, many of the features are the same for shared hosting as they are for WordPress hosting, including free migration, free SSL certificate, daily backups, etc. Here’s what’s different:
- You can host unlimited domains on a shared plan
- Shared hosting packages are not customizable and come with storage and bandwidth limitations
- Affordable and reliable solution for many eCommerce needs
- You get considerable cost savings by having multiple sites on one server
- Increased scalability options
Cloud Hosting
Cloud hosting uses multiple servers vs a single server. This means your site will be responsive and fast, preventing lags when several users visit.
By now you’ll notice many of Verpex’s benefits are identical, regardless of the type of web hosting, plan tier, etc. Rather than slapping the same list on here every time, we’ll continue to highlight noteworthy differences. Just remember, basics like free SSL, 24/7 support, daily backups, etc. are pretty standard for everything.
Pricing plans:
- Bronze: $6.00 USD monthly
- Silver: $10.00 USD monthly
- Gold: $15.00 USD monthly
Noteworthy features:
- Faster than non-cloud-based hosting
- Great for scaling as your business grows
- Ideal for sites requiring high uptime
- Redundant servers keep your site going if one server fails
- Fast to set up
- Massive storage capabilities
Cons include:
- You don’t get the same level of customization or control as other types
- You rely on a third party for your security, so it’s important to review their security practices
- Cloud hosting requires reliable internet connections, which means outages could cut off access to your site
VPS (Virtual Private Server) Hosting
Verpex offers VPS hosting for Linux or Windows with tiers based on your technical needs. This type of hosting uses virtualization to give you dedicated resources, even though there are multiple users on the same server. Since you get these guaranteed resources, prices are a little higher.
Pricing:
- There are no bronze, silver, and gold tiers. Instead, it’s based on your server's demands. For Linux users, small, personal projects are $20.00 USD per month and scalability goes up to $50.00 USD per month for high-demand server needs, with 4 tiers total.
- For Windows users, there are only 3 tiers and the lowest is $30.00 USD monthly up to $89.00 USD monthly.
Benefits of VPS:
- Can host multiple websites on a single server (much like shared hosting)
- Isolation and dedicated resources (so you can enjoy less lag, sluggishness, or security issues).
- It still comes with all the baseline benefits of other hosting types.
Managed Hosting
Ideal for complex needs, Verpex has multiple plans, including managed Linux or WordPress hosting. Verpex takes care of several moving parts for you, so it’s understandably more expensive.
- Managed Linux hosting ranges from $38.90 USD monthly for small projects, up to $119.00 USD monthly for advanced demands.
- Managed WordPress tiers range from $29.99 USD monthly to $79.99 USD monthly, depending on what you require.
Benefits of Managed Linux Hosting
- Your own private cloud server with optimized, dedicated resources
- Entire system managed for you
- Site migrations, configuration, maintenance, etc. are all handled
- Expertly optimized cloud servers
- 100% monitored
- They can customize your firewalls
- Full PCI compliance
Benefits for Managed WordPress Hosting
- Lightweight, custom-built control panel for all your WordPress tools.
- Autoscaling, resource isolation, and load balancing mean no server congestion.
- Deploy WordPress in 90 seconds or less, instead of manually.
- WP-CLI for advanced management.
- Performance metrics like visitor locations, requested URLs, traffic tracking, etc. are all accessible through the advanced tracking dashboard.
- Uses Google’s highly lauded orchestration tool, Kubernetes. The impressive, powerful features are managed in-house so you experience the many benefits without juggling the complexity.
Unmanaged VPS Hosting
Verpex also provides unmanaged VPS hosting, tailored for tech-savvy users and businesses that prefer more control over their hosting environment.
Benefits of Unmanaged VPS Hosting
- Custom Resources: Configure resources such as CPU, RAM, and storage to meet specific needs, providing flexibility and scalability.
- Root Access: Full root access gives you complete control over the server, allowing for custom configurations and installations.
- Top Security: Despite being unmanaged, Verpex ensures a secure environment to protect your data and applications.
- Ideal for Developers: This service is perfect for developers and businesses that need a customizable, high-performance hosting solution without the management overhead[1].
Both managed and unmanaged VPS hosting services from Verpex cater to different needs, ensuring a wide range of customers can find a suitable solution for their hosting requirements.
Domain Services
Verpex has a variety of domain services, including registration and transfers. Other features:
- Free WHOIS privacy protection
- Contact management
- Registration will always be under your name
- Unlimited domain name support
- Domain notifications keep you updated on any issues
- 24/7 support to walk you through the process
Summary: Is Verpex Worth It?
The short answer? Yes. While a few hosting services have more features for your buck, Verpex holds its own in this competitive industry. They have frequent discounts, sales offers, and other savings. Signing up for a longer contract costs you a fraction of baseline prices.
The managed hosting is particularly attractive for anyone too busy or too green for involved technical requirements. Kubernetes, especially, is a very powerful and complicated tool that you simply won’t have to worry about under their managed WordPress plans.
