French web hosting company HQWEB was created in 2010. Its servers sit in Parisian Tier 3 data centers, and its website is in French.
HQWEB ‘s offerings include cPanel hosting plans plus email hosting, domain services, SSL certificates, Weebly website builder, and SEO services. However, some of the services are only shown on the cart pages and not on the main website.
Features and Ease of Use
HQWEB offers two preset cPanel hosting plans plus a third custom hosting plan. You can expect to find these features:
- 1,000 MB to 5,000 MB SSD storage
- Unlimited traffic
- 10 to unlimited MySQL databases
- 10 to unlimited PostgreSQL databases
- 10 to unlimited email accounts and FTP accounts
- 10 to unlimited parked domains and subdomains
- Support for Perl, PEAR, and Ruby programming
- Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate
- Cron jobs
- Daily backups
- SpamAssassin
You can use the Softaculous one-click script installer to install 300+ CMS and other popular programs, including Joomla, WordPress, PrestaShop, and Drupal. If you prefer an alternative to a CMS-backed website, you have the option to select one of the Weebly website builder plans. These plans allow you to create a professional web presence easily through a simple drag-and-drop interface, with no coding required.
The cPanel control panel includes Webalizer, AWstats, and other website statistics to see how your website is doing. It should be doing just fine due to the DDoS protection and the fast global network. At the time of this review, the uptime for the previous 30 days was 99.981%, which is pretty good.
Pricing and Support
HQWEB’s cPanel shared hosting plans are cheap. You can pay for them in euros, monthly or annually, by bank transfer or credit/debit card. The 30-day money-back guarantee gives you a month to request a refund if you’re not entirely happy.
This host’s knowledge base contains only a handful of entries, so you’ll probably have to summon one-to-one support via telephone, ticket, or email. I got answers to my pre-sales questions in a matter of minutes:
