Snel was founded in 2010 and is located in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their website is available in both Dutch and English. Though Snel has not been in the website hosting niche as long as most of its competitors, it has nevertheless created a name for itself as the premier web hosting vendor in the Netherlands and other European countries.
The company provides dedicated servers, managed VPS hosting, and cloud VPS hosting. Snel’s dedicated servers are fully customizable, making them ideal for complex online databases and high-traffic websites. All three hosting options offer a traffic capacity of 100 TB.
Features and Ease of Use
Snel uses advanced technologies to provide unmatched web hosting services to companies in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. It’s commitment to providing excellent service has endeared it to many people looking for to run online businesses. Snel web hosting packages have an array of features that include:
- Up to 100TB traffic
- 1000GB+ SSD only drives
- 64GB+ memory
- 8+ Intel Xeon CPU Core
- Ability to upgrade anytime
- Customisable server
- 1Gbps uplink connection
- 24/7 support
The features that make Snel stand out from other Dutch providers include:
- Backup management – Your website data and databases are automatically backed up every day. You can easily perform full or partial backup restorations yourself at any time with the user-friendly Snel Cloud Backup panel.
- Proactive monitoring – Snel has put in place extensive safety measures and proactive server monitoring to reduce the vulnerability of their clients’ servers.
- SSD Only drives – Snel uses SSD only drives in all its servers for faster I/O performance. In addition, all its cloud servers use the latest generation Intel Xeon processors.
Pricing and Support
Affordability doesn’t always indicate poor quality, and Snel is a great example of this. The Cloud VPS solution is their lowest-priced package, while Dedicated Servers are their highest-priced option.
Snel takes support seriously. The company’s commitment to ensuring that every one of their customers receives uninterrupted, stress-free hosting experience is steadfast. However, they don’t have 24/7 support. Instead, any query you send will be responded to during working hours. That said, the support team is polite, well-informed, and extremely patient and helpful. However, while the process of upgrading your hosting package is quite straightforward, the process of downgrading is somewhat unclear, sometimes requiring users to call support for help.
We tried sending an email in the wee hours of the night, so it was not until the next morning that an agent responded. Nevertheless, the email response was a comprehensive, almost a step-by-step guide to help us resolve the situation. And when we called Snel’s support team during business hours, it took us less than a minute to get in touch with an agent.
