LeapSwitch.com review

First impression

LeapSwitch is a private business founded in the year 2006 by Ishan Talathi, the founder and CEO of CloudJiffy, in Pune, Maharashtra, India. They provide highly dependable and cost-effective hosting solutions such as Shared Hosting, VPS Hosting, Dedicated Servers, and Domain Registrations to over 20,000 customers and are one of the very few service providers who can assure a 100% network and power guarantee.

They operate from 18 data centers worldwide on 3 continents, and their servers are located in the United States, India, Portugal, Spain, and Ukraine.

Trial Period

LeapSwitch, like most hosting firms, does not offer a free trial to try out their services but offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on first-time signups. The guarantee covers their Shared, Reseller, and Managed VPS plans. In case you find them unsuitable for you, you can initiate cancellation through the client area.

It should be noted that Domain Registrations, Dedicated Servers, Self-Managed VPS, Firewalls, Backup Plans, and software licenses are not refundable.

Billing Cycle

They provide hosting plans at very affordable prices with payment options for customers to pay monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, yearly, two-yearly, and three-yearly. The longer the term period, the greater the discount they offer. The payment modes accepted by them are PayPal, Stripe, major debit and credit cards, net banking, and UPI (Unified Payments Interface), which is an instant payment platform developed in India.

Control Panel

Leapswitch offers cPanel, the most widely used online graphical user interface (GUI) control panel, with its Linux-based plans. With Windows-based plans, it offers Plesk, a secure hosting control panel that enables one to host, secure, and manage all aspects of their websites.

Limits

Their Shared Hosting comes in Linux and Windows, both of which have three affordable plans with unlimited databases and email accounts. These are the Business 1, Business 2, and Business 3.

The starter package, Business 1, includes 2GB of SSD space and 20GB of bandwidth and is capable of single domain hosting. It will be adequate for basic personal blogs but may be restrictive for more serious applications. Business 2 includes 5GB of SSD disk and 50GB of bandwidth and can host 5 domain names. Business 3 includes 10GB of disk and 100GB of bandwidth and can host unlimited hosted domains for Linux-based plans. Windows plan customers are, however, limited to 10 domain names.

Their VPS plans come with dedicated CPU, RAM, SSD/NVMe, network speed, and IP address(es). Their plans are on AMD EPYC Servers and high-speed NVme SSD drives. Their plans start from the starter plan (LMVM-2G) with 2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30GB NVme SSD Space, and 1 TB Bandwidth up to the premium plan (LMVM-384G) with 384GB RAM, 48 vCPUs, 4800GB NVme SSD Space, and 12 TB Bandwidth.

All the plans feature Free Acronis Backup, Full Root Access, and Self-Managed and on-demand Scaling features, which provide the users great control and flexibility with their hosting.

Website Builder

LeapSwitch doesn't offer their own custom coded website builder. Their Linux plans do include the industry-standard cPanel control panel, however. This makes it easy for users to install the most widely used programs such as WordPress and Joomla, making it easy to build a site.

Security

LeapSwitch maintains strict security policies for saving and storing confidential its customer data. Their data centers are well-protected sites that have various layers of security like Perimeter Fencing, 24x7 Security Staff, Biometric Access Control, and CCTV camera monitoring.

Their servers and network are protected with Advanced Firewalls, to manage and monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic, to stop unauthorized access and malicious attacks, Application Patching, to keep all server-side applications (e.g., web servers, databases, etc.) updated with security patches, Server Hardening, for disabling unnecessary services, removing default accounts, setting proper file and directory permissions, Host-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (HIDS/HIPS), for the detection of malicious activity and preventing intrusions, DNSSEC to prevent DNS-related attacks, and DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) mitigation techniques to protect their network and servers from large-scale DDoS attacks, to provide uninterrupted service availability.

Also, each VPS account is separated, meaning that if the impossible happens and an account gets hacked, it will not touch others.

All the plans also feature Free SSL Certificates, Daily Backups, Antivirus & Antimalware, Spam Filtering, and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), for improved security of access to the hosting account.

OS

LeapSwitch operates on Cloud Linux OS, which is a cloud-computing operating system based on CentOS, offering a more secure and stable environment, and Windows Standard 2019 for Windows-based Shared Hosting packages. For VPS packages, however, customers have the freedom to select from an extensive array of operating systems such as CentOS 7, Debian 10, Ubuntu 22.04, AlmaLinux 9, and Rocky Linux 8 for Linux-based servers and Windows Standard 2016/2019/2022 Edition for Windows-based VPS.

Support

I was genuinely impressed by their customer support. Their friendly and incredibly helpful agents are accessible round the clock through Live Chat, Phone, Email, or a Ticketing System. Live Chat responses are nearly instant, and email tickets are typically answered within 10 minutes, at least in my experience. Additionally, they have a 30-minute response time guarantee in place.

For those who prefer troubleshooting on their own, they possess a vast knowledge base. The customers also have the opportunity to view the progress of their tickets via a user-friendly dashboard.

Conclusion

Leapswitch provides low-cost and scalable hosting solutions that are perfect for businesses of all sizes, from startup companies to Fortune 100 corporations globally. Leapswitch networks are secure, performance-optimized for maximum performance, and feature a 99.9% uptime guarantee, backed by world-class customer support. If you're looking for a new host, Leapswitch ought to be at the top of your list.