Website hosting pricing comparison
The widespread use of the Internet and the growth of broadband in South Africa have made owning a website an essential part of many businesses. There is also an increase in the number of personal websites, typically blogs using a CMS like WordPress to power the website.
It is well known that hosting a website locally can be far more costly than opting for an offshore option – mainly because of the high cost of bandwidth in the country. The local hosting market is however fiercely competitive which means that basic hosting costs have become very affordable.
We take a look at the hosting costs from a few of the most prominent hosting providers in South Africa. While Telkom may not be particularly successful in the personal hosting space, we included the company as a means of benchmarking the pricing from the other players.
The following table provides a basic comparison based on some of the most important factors when selecting a hosting package: operating system, disk space allowance, monthly traffic allowance, database support, setup costs, over usage costs and monthly price.
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Linux Hosting
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| Hosting Provider | Webspace | Traffic | Database | Setup | Additional Traffic | Monthly Cost |
| Web Africa | 7 MB | 400 MB | None | 39.00 | 0.30/MB | 18.00 |
| Hetzner | 50 MB | 300 MB | None | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 19.00 |
| MWEB | 15 MB | 100 MB | None | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 29.00 |
| Telkom | 10 MB | 40 MB | None | Free | — | 139.00 |
| Afrihost | 300 MB | 100 MB | MySQL | Free | 0.09/MB | 65.00 |
| Telkom | 40 MB | 100 MB | MySQL | Free | — | 189.00 |
| MWEB | 50 MB | 100 MB | MySQL | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 244.00 |
| Web Africa | 100 MB | 2000 MB | MySQL | 39.00 | 0.30/MB | 100.00 |
| Hetzner | 2000 MB | 2500 MB | MySQL | 199.00 | 0.19/MB | 149.00 |
| MWEB | 100 MB | 150 MB | MySQL | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 254.00 |
| Telkom | 80 MB | 150 MB | MySQL | Free | — | 389.00 |
| Web Africa | 1000 MB | 7000 MB | MySQL | 59.00 | 0.30/MB | 300.00 |
| Afrihost | 3000 MB | 6000 MB | MySQL | Free | 0.09/MB | 399.00 |
| Hetzner | 4000 MB | 5000 MB | MySQL | Free | 0.19/MB | 439.00 |
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Windows Hosting
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| Web Africa | 5 MB | 400 MB | None | 39.00 | 0.30/MB | 19.00 |
| MWEB | 15 MB | 100 MB | None | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 29.00 |
| Telkom | 10 MB | 40 MB | None | Free | — | 149.00 |
| Web Africa | 200 MB | 2000 MB | MS SQL & Access | 39.00 | 0.30/MB | 137.00 |
| Afrihost | 1000 MB | 3000 MB | Access | Free | 0.09/MB | 199.00 |
| Telkom | 40 MB | 100 MB | MS SQL & Access | Free | — | 189.00 |
| MWEB | 50 MB | 100 MB | MS SQL | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 244.00 |
| MWEB | 100 MB | 150 MB | MS SQL | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 254.00 |
| Telkom | 80 MB | 150 MB | MS SQL & Access | Free | — | 389.00 |
| Web Africa | 2000 MB | 5000 MB | MS SQL & Access | 59.00 | 0.30/MB | 456.00 |
| Afrihost | 3000 MB | 6000 MB | MS SQL | Free | 0.09/MB | 597.00 |
| MWEB | 4000 MB | 4000 MB | MS SQL (100 MB) | 49.00 | 0.19/MB | 759.00 |
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