Netbox is a Norwegian-based web hosting provider and one of the top providers within the region. Their products and features are geared towards making their customers’ web hosting experience as comfortable, user-friendly, and modern as possible by making use of the best third-party platforms. They recently added managed dedicated servers to their line of products. They boast reliable uptimes and fast speeds.
Features and Ease of Use
In terms of features, Netbox offers a few that will make them a popular choice for people who want an easy way to enter web hosting:
- Domain registration services
- Website managers like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc
- Website creator tool
- SSL certificates
They also make use of some of the best third-party applications to make your web hosting experience more comfortable:
- cPanel: cPanel is the simply the most popular web hosting manager that’s both simple and powerful. It’s included with all web hosting plans.
- LiteSpeed: LiteSpeed is a server technology that was designed to make server hardware perform faster and is used on all Netbox products.
- Softaculous: Softaculous is a platform that always you to easily install hundreds of scripts with extra features on your web hosting platform.
It’s easy to sign up with Netbox because there are almost no upsells and they will help you with migration. Because you have access to their own website creator as well as any of the most popular website management software tools, you should be able to manage your website in a way that’s easy for you. cPanel is also the most popular hosting manager for good reason.
Pricing and Support
While not the cheapest, Netbox is still at the more affordable end of web hosting and dedicated hosting service providers. The only downside is that you have to sign up for yearly billing and pay for the service up front. Their offering is straightforward with a choice of standard or premium web hosting and managed dedicated server hosting:
- Web hosting: There are four plans that offer between 1 – 50 GB of SSD storage as well as 2 – unlimited domains, databases, and FTP accounts. All plans include unlimited subdomains, traffic, and email accounts as well as access to the most important features like Softaculous, backups, and their website builder and website management software.
- Premium web hosting: Premium accounts are similar to the standard web hosting accounts but with much higher amounts of storage and RAM and no limits on the other features.
- Managed dedicated hosting: Your dedicated hosting solution will be managed by a dedicated technician that will look after its health. These servers also run on superior Intel Xeon hardware. You can contact them for a custom solution if you have extraordinary requirements.
Keep in mind that you will need to purchase a top-level domain but will receive a free SSL certificate with all purchases.
Their support options are a bit limited, as they only provide an email and a Norwegian phone line. Nevertheless, their dedicated managed hosting staff demonstrates great diligence in maintaining their clients’ products, resulting in rare occurrence of issues. While it may take a few hours to receive a reply via email, the staff is usually friendly and helpful in their responses. They strive to ensure your satisfaction with their support.
