According to its Facebook page, HostCircle was established in October 2008. From its multiple data center facilities, it provides colocation (including managed colocation), network services, and network management solutions. Its website is in English.
Features and Ease of Use
Although HostCircle’s website advertises managed and unmanaged server colocation, plus dedicated servers, I couldn’t find any details about the dedicated servers.
The colocation plans offer a choice of data center location, so you can choose between New Jersey, Los Angeles, Tampa, Toronto, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Nuremberg, Frankfurt, and Sydney. You can also choose your colocation space (e.g., 1U, half-rack, full-rack) and bandwidth (from 1 Gbps to >10 Gbps).
Most colocation plans provide DDoS protection as an add-on service, and the N+1 redundancy ensures that servers still function if a single component fails.
The managed colocation solutions come with additional services, including technical guidance, set-up support, infrastructure management, system administration, OS reinstall, backup and restore, on-premises and on-call experts, monitoring, and more.
The 99.9% network uptime SLA will “refund 100% of the money paid” if uptime falls below the specified level. You can also request a 50% refund if the redundant power fails, and refunds of 10% to 100% if hardware replacements are delayed.
Pricing and Support
HostCircle offers a range of payment options for its services in various currencies (USD, EUR, CAD, AUD), including PayPal, credit card, bank transfer, or BitPay, available on monthly to triennial terms. If you opt for bank transfer or WesternUnion, you can still take advantage of our 30-day money-back guarantee, but please note that refunds will be provided as account credit.
Since HostCircle’s colocation solutions are customized, you’ll have to contact the company to get a quote, which you can do by telephone, ticket, email, online contact form, or live chat. Although the support team is supposedly 24/7, the live chat was unavailable when I wanted to try it, and I received no response to my exploratory email.
There are no self-support resources as far as I know, but this is not that unusual for a provider solely of colocation services.
