{"id":579700,"date":"2025-02-12T13:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=579700"},"modified":"2025-02-12T13:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:01:51","slug":"south-africas-preferred-hosting-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/579700-south-africas-preferred-hosting-provider.html","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s preferred hosting provider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Analytico\u2019s 2025 Business Technology Survey revealed that Afrihost is South Africa\u2019s most trusted hosting company, followed by Xneelo, Domains.co.za and Axxess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 Business Technology Survey was conducted in January 2025, and 1,348 respondents completed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey results only included responses from people who decided which ICT products and services their company uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the survey, IT decision-makers were asked which hosting company they would choose for their company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey showed that Afrihost is by far the preferred hosting company in South Africa, receiving 47% of the total votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an increase from 41% since the start of 2024, showing continued trust and satisfaction with its services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As its name suggests, Afrihost started in the hosting space and is now mostly known for its broadband services such as fibre and mobile data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the early 2000s, Afrihost offered hosting and domain packages at highly competitive prices, which helped popularise web hosting in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It entered the DSL service provider market in 2009, once again with aggressively priced products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xneelo received the second most votes at 11%, dropping slightly from the start of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was started in 1999 as Hetzner and has grown into one of South Africa\u2019s largest shared hosting providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the second host of the Johannesburg Internet Exchange and the first with a 10Gbps connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hetzner rebranded to Xneelo in 2019, differentiating itself from Hetzner Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domains.co.za received 10% of the votes, which is very similar to its past performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a relative newcomer, founded in 2012, and is in close competition with Xneelo regarding brand preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axxess is also catching up to the competition with more than 9% of the votes, compared to 7.6% at the start of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart below shows the hosting companies that South African IT decision-makers prefer for their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hosting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579701\" 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