Heficed.com review

First impression

Founded in 2008, and formerly known as Host1Plus, Heficed remains one of the best hosting services out there, with above-average speeds, fully customizable and scalable hosting, and some impressive features making it one of the best tools for experienced web developers on the market.

Headquartered in London, Heficed provides full-range services for IP lease, monetization, and management services. Heficed serves around 60 multi-billion industries starting from hosting to automotive or healthcare. With the millions of IP addresses and 12 years of industry experience and the operations globally Heficed can meet any demand needs.

The company launched the world’s first automated IP management and network engineering platform, named Switch. Switch allows your cloud deployment to use a range of IP addresses over different continents. It’ll give you instant access to over half a million geolocated IP addresses, and the Terminal control panel helps you manage them all.

Multi-region compatibility with IPv4 and IPv6 addresses – This gives users the flexibility to host websites and apps where they wish, as well as being able to switch geo-location on demand. This is great for those working internationally.

Trial period

Upon reviewing their website details, Heficed.com does not offer a free trial on any of their services although they do have a 14 Day Money-back guarantee if you choose to test their hosting services.

Billing cycle

Scalability and flexibility is the name of the game here, and the provider tries to make sure you don’t pay for more services than you actually use. Heficed has simplified its plans and pricing and now offers two options; the first being Kronos Cloud, a fully customizable choice that scales with use, and the second, Proto Compute, is a series of pre-built packages.

Heficed.com only available for Monthly billing cycle. Heficed is one of those unusual web hosts where it’s easier to cancel your account than sign up. You just need to log into your account, browse to the server you want to cancel, and hit delete. You can either cancel immediately or at the end of the next billing cycle, and if you’re within 14 days of your purchase, you will be automatically refunded.

Control panel

One of Heficed’s cloud-based infrastructure benefits is that you can build a plan by selecting the resources you need. You can specify everything from the server location to the operating system, storage space, and the number of processor cores and memory you want your cloud server to have and this system serves as the overall Control Panel dashboard.

Limits

For those choosing the bare minimum specs in the Kronos Cloud, you can expect prices starting from just $5 per month for Linux users and $20 per month for Windows. Prices will vary depending on which country your data is hosted in, how much processing power and storage you choose, and how many backups you’d like. IP addresses are an additional charge and are purchased on an as-needed basis.

You can choose from:

• 1 to 12 vCPU;
• 2 to 24GB Memory;
• 50 to 640GB Storage;
• 1GBPS to 10TB Bandwidth.

Security

Heficed.com can enhance your server’s protection further with the addition of their Server Defense System. Their Server Defense System sits in front of your server, inspecting inbound data and looking for malicious traffic. The moment an attack is detected, it instantly begins scrubbing each data packet. Heficed.com's Server Defense System delivers business continuity even in the face of massive and complex attacks.

OS

Yes, Heficed.com offers cloud hosting servers with a choice of operating systems, including Linux and Windows. This flexibility allows customers to select the operating system that best suits their needs and preferences. Whether they require the open-source versatility of Linux or the familiarity of Windows, Heficed.com aims to accommodate a wide range of users with their hosting solutions.

Support

So far in this Heficed review, we’ve been singing the company’s praises. However, its customer service offerings are a little basic, with no phone or web chat options. You can send a query via a support ticket, but this is very much geared towards sales inquiries.

For instance, when I asked if there were any tutorials for installing WordPress, they told me to Google it and then asked me to pay for support at a whopping hourly rate. Other times, no one responded at all.

Conclusion

Heficed is a great service for those looking for a flexible, scalable, and customizable hosting solution. It’s not aimed at the average consumer, though, and you’re going to need some developer skills to get the most out of it. That being said, once you’ve got to grips with the platform, you’ll find some impressive advanced features like the ability to reroute IP traffic, a powerful API, and the option to construct your server and online infrastructure to your exact specifications.