Hosting pricing comparison
For a website owner hosting is often one of the most costly components of running his business. For this reason a website manager must be aware of which internet service providers offer the best deals with regards to hosting, disk space or capacity, traffic allowances and over use charges.
Hosting is a highly competitive industry, and with prices and terms constantly changing it is challenging to keep up to date on where the best home for a website is.
With this in mind we have compiled a pricing comparison between several major players to see who offer the best deals for both shared and dedicated hosting. To achieve this several packages within a similar price range were detailed and compared.
| Company | Package | Traffic | Disk Space | Monthly Cost | Traffic Over Usage | Disk Space Over Usage |
| Hetzner | Basic | 4GB | 1GB | R99 | R0.05 per MB | R5.00 per 10MB |
| WebAfrica | Business | 6GB | 250MB | R100 | R0.05 per MB | R0.50 per MB |
| Afrihost | Silver | 2GB | 750MB | R99 | R0.05 per MB | NA |
| MWeb Business | Hosting | 2GB | 2GB | R99 | R0.09 per MB | NA |
| Telkom | TI Business Space | 40MB | 10MB | R139 | NA | NA |
For shared hosting services Web Africa offers a lucrative deal within the R100 per month range. At the cost of traffic bandwidth Hetzner also offers a comprehensive basic package with 1GB of shared disk space.
Telkom’s shared hosting service however is out of touch with current trends, offering only 40MB of traffic and 10MB of disk space for R139 per month.
| Company | Package | Traffic | Disk Space | Monthly Cost | Traffic Over Usage |
| Hetzner | TruServe Plus | 15GB | 2TB | R1395 | R0.025 per MB |
| Afrihost | AfriServer Gold | 15GB | 1GB | R1450 | R0.025 per MB |
| WebAfrica | Nitro Server | 20GB | 1TB | R1999 | R0.04 per MB |
| MWeb Business | Host Serve | 10GB | 320GB | R1395 | R0.09 per MB |
In terms of dedicated hosting most of the major players are reasonably similar within the mid range market.
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