Certa Hosting has over a decade of experience in the web hosting business. It offers email hosting, shared hosting, cloud hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers. Its servers are located in a U.K. data center, and its website is in English.
Features and Ease of Use
Certa Hosting offers cPanel shared hosting plans that can be tailored for content management systems. You can choose between WordPress, Magento, OpenCart, Joomla, Concrete5, Drupal, and PrestaShop.
The shared hosting plans provide these features:
- 99.9% uptime guarantee
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Daily automatic backups
- Up to unlimited disk space
- Unlimited bandwidth
As already alluded, hosting accounts are managed via the cPanel control panel that makes it easy for you to manage website folders, email accounts, databases, domains, and subdomains. And you can install the aforementioned CMS systems and other applications using the incorporated Softaculous installer.
As an alternative to a CMS-backed website, the two highest plans include a website builder that allows you to build a professional web presence without having to be a web designer or developer.
Servers use the LiteSpeed web server (which is far faster than Apache) sitting on SSD storage (which faster and more reliable than traditional HDD storage). The CloudLinux operating system isolates you from the adverse effects of other hosted users.
For security, you get a free SSL certificate, antispam, antivirus, ModSecurity, Hotlink and Leech protection.
Pricing and Support
Certa offers affordable starting points with their Base and Lite plans. The Pro and Unlimited plans, though slightly more expensive, provide nicely priced features, and you also receive free domain registration for select domain extensions.
Your account will be activated immediately when you’ve paid by PayPal or credit/debit card. Available billing cycles are monthly or annual, and the 30-day refund window should make you feel better about making a yearly commitment (because you can get out early if anything goes wrong).
Certa provides a perfectly adequate knowledge base for self-support, and if this doesn’t answer all your questions, you can contact the technical support team by telephone, email, or live chat. I got some good answers via the live chat channel:
