Established in 2012, 123HOST is a Vietnamese hosting brand of Digital Storage Company Limited. It provides affordable web hosting, domain registration, and associated services, and it automates many core functions to bring down its costs to some of the lowest you will find in Vietnam.
123HOST’s website can be switched between Vietnamese, English, and Chinese languages.
Features and Ease of Use
123HOST provides a powerhouse of features and tools to maximize its clients’ satisfaction. Some of the notable inclusions are:
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Unlimited emails
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- SSD storage
- FTP accounts
- MySQL databases
- 99.9% uptime
- Anti-DDoS protection
- Daily backups
One of the most notable features of 123HOST’s hosting is its fast speeds, which I put down to its use of SSD storage and powerful Intel-powered servers configured with KVM virtualization. The formidable combination of NGINX and Litespeed ensures up to 3x even faster speeds.
Security is another cornerstone of 123HOSTS’s feature list. You get anti-DDoS protection plus SSL certificate protection from Comodo, Wildcard, or EV. Free daily backups also protect your data against disaster.
The user-friendly cPanel control panel simplifies the setting up of your website, personalized email accounts, and databases. The integrated Softaculous installer with 300+ scripts and a three-step wizard allows you to set up a CMS website with ease. Alternatively, you can create your website using the site builder that comes bundled with ready-to-use templates. In short, you don’t need to be a techie to use 123HOST’s web-building tools.
Pricing and Support
If you’ve experienced disappointment with other hosts that offer low-quality, low-cost plans, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by 123HOST’s approach. Instead of reducing features, they focus on cutting costs by automating everyday tasks.
You can purchase a Personal Hosting or Business Hosting plan by bank transfer, PayPal, and other payments options. And you can secure yourself some modest discounts by signing up for longer billing cycles.
I can report that the 24/7 support is good. You can telephone (during business hours), raise a ticket, send an email, or even visit the company offices if you’re in Vietnam. I received an immediate response when I contacted the company via live chat.
For self-support, 123HOST provides a surprisingly comprehensive knowledge base.
