Founded in Utah in 2008, reliable, friendly and experienced host RFE Hosting provides shared hosting, managed VPS hosting, managed dedicated servers, managed WordPress services, and SSL certificates. Its hosting plans include DDoS protection and a free domain with an annual purchase.
This provider has three U.S. data centers, in Washington, Texas, and Maryland. Its website is in English.
Features and Ease of Use
RFE Hosting’s fully managed shared web hosting is built on cloud architecture and features the cPanel control panel, an uptime guarantee, and email spam protection. You also get:
- Free domain with annual plans
- 99.9% uptime guarantee
- Fully managed
- Free website migration
- Free SSL certificate
- DDoS protection
- Website backups
- 30-day money-back guarantee
The three shared hosting plans are the entry-level Starter plan (with 5 GB disk space, 100 GB bandwidth, 10 email accounts, five MySQL databases, and hosting for one domain), the intermediate Advanced plan (with 10 GB disk space, 500 GB bandwidth, 20 email accounts, 15 MySQL databases, and hosting for five domains), and the highest Professional plan (with 50 GB disk space, 1000 GB monthly bandwidth, and unlimited email accounts, databases, and hosted domains).
You get a free SSL certificate with shared hosting, which you can upgrade to one of seven pay-for certificates.
You can get Managed WordPress as a standalone service for a monthly fee. All four levels of the service include WordPress updates, and the higher-priced levels offer additional features like uptime monitoring, security monitoring, monthly reporting, data backups, and one or more “quick fix” changes per month.
Pricing and Support
RFE Hosting’s shared plans cost a little bit more than many top American web hosts. Compared with some of the top U.S. providers’ shared hosting plans, this host’s rates are around 25%-50% higher, but bear in mind that this is for managed hosting. Also, customers coming from another hosting provider can currently get a 30% discount.
You can pay for plans monthly, annually, biennially, or triennially. The longer you commit, the more you save. You also get a free domain when you sign up for at least a year.
Customer support can be accessed via telephone, live chat, ticket, and email. I received a response the next business day when I submitted a query via the contact form.
