Hostens.com review

First impression

Hostens is a web hosting service provider company with headquarters in Lithuania founded in 2017 by Arvydas Strausas, who still holds the post of CEO until today. With a computer science background and being a college graduate in 2003, Strausas founded 'Interneto Vizija', a famous Lithuanian web hosting service provider, and from there Hostens was spun off as a subsidiary. They have a team of hosting specialists who cater to over 100,000 clients in Europe with their TIER III data center facility in Vilnius, Lithuania. Domain Registrations, Shared Hosting, and VPS Hosting are Hostens' areas of specialty.

Trial Period

They unfortunately do not offer any trial periods to test their services, but they do offer a 30-day full refund policy, which allows you ample time to test them out risk-free. The guarantee is offered on their Container VPS, Storage VPS, Linux VPS, Windows VPS, VPN, Spam Filter, SEO Tool, Shared Hosting, and Reseller Hosting, and is finalized within 3 business days.

Please note that there are no refunds for domains, certificates, additional IP addresses, licenses, add funds purchases, and other one-time charges.

Billing Cycle

Hostens Shared & VPS Hosting options offer billing cycle choice, as customers can choose between monthly, annual, two-year, and three-year term commitments, and longer-term commitments offer discounts. Their Managed VPS plans offer only monthly and annual sign-up options.

They support all the principal credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro via Stripe, and Bitpay, PayPal, Alipay, Doku, and Boletol, that is, a highly used payment method in Brazil and that is capable of processing online as well as cash payments, as payment methods.

Control Panel

Their Shared and Managed VPS packages include the extremely popular cPanel control panel, which is extremely well known for its simple, intuitive interface for managing all aspects of your hosting account. Regular VPS packages do not include a control panel as a standard option, but cPanel, as well as the faster, lighter cPanel alternative, DirectAdmin, and Plesk, for Windows-based packages, can be obtained for an additional monthly fee.

Limits

Hostens Shared Hosting offers three very affordable packages, which are called the S10, S20, and S40. Their initial plan is the S10, with which you will be provided with 10GB of disk space, 768MB of RAM, 100 POP/IMAP email accounts, 10 MySQL databases, and a maximum of 10 sites. The S20 is capable of offering you 25GB of space and 1.5GB of RAM with 20x MySQL databases, maximum 20 websites, while the S40 provides 50GB of disk space, 2GB of RAM, 40x MySQL databases, and maximum 40 sites.

All Shared Hosting plans come with 1x CPU, Daily & Weekly Backups, Free SSL certificate, and the option to host your site in Europe, Asia, or America.

Their unmanaged VPS packages are also scalable and are available in three flavors, beginning with 20GB disk space, 1x CPU, 2GB RAM, and 4TB bandwidth in the SMALL package to 80GB disk space, 3x CPUs, 8GB RAM, and 16TB bandwidth in the LARGE, their most expensive package.

They provide all their VPS hosting packages with dedicated public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Website Builder

Hostens offers the Basekit Website Builder, a website building solution with e-commerce and booking features, ideal for users who don't know how to code. Though it has an extra monthly fee, it is perfect for users who don't know how to code. Another option, their Shared Hosting plans offer free one-click installs of popular Content Management Systems like WordPress, PrestaShop, and Joomla that enable users to build professional websites easily without any complications.

Security

Security is offered in the form of a network firewall, protection against DDOS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks, an automated Malware removal tool, Anti-Virus protection, and free SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt. As added security, they provide CageFS, which isolates each user's files and makes it impossible to access sensitive information as well as block most cyber-attacks.

For others who need extra security, Hostens offers robust 256-bit encryption force SSL certificates such as Positive SSL Wildcard, GeoTrust True BusinessID SAN with EV, and GeoTrust True BusinessID SAN for an additional charge.

OS

In Hostens' Shared Hosting, they use CloudLinux OS, which is tailored for shared hosting and is well known for its reliability and security. However, their unmanaged VPS plans offer multiple OS options like Ubuntu, CentOS, AlmaLinux, etc., giving users the liberty to choose the most suitable one for them.

Support

Their customer support is simply top-notch, 24/7 via Email, Live Chat, Social Media, or a Ticket system. You are not a number, you are a client, and you are treated like one by their friendly and polite staff who do their best to overcome any language barriers. Live Chat is immediate, answers are virtually instantaneous, and emails are answered within less than one minute. Their support is hassle-free to work with and a pleasure at least.

Conclusion

If you are looking for extremely low-cost and stable Shared and VPS Hosting plans, then you must look towards Hostens. They offer fast, secure, and well-structured plans with top-notch technical support. a good option in my opinion.