Netsons.com review

First impression

Netsons is a Italian web hosting services provider that was founded in 2003 by Giuseppe Graziano. They operate out of Via Tirino, and currently offer services such as domain registrations, shared hosting, cloud VPS servers, dedicated servers, as well as managed servers. Their target market is mainly Italy and Europe, and they have a solid customers base of over 220,000 happy clients at the time of writing.

Trial Period

Their 'Web App' hosting is a free service they offer clients to test out their services before making a decision on whether to sign up or not. It comes with 1GB disc space (standard HDD), 1GB RAM, and unlimited traffic, which is not bad for hosting that won't cost you a cent! Furthermore, if you sign up for one of their paid plans you will be covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Should you feel they don't live up to your expectations within this time frame, simply cancel your plan for a full refund - no questions asked.

Billing Cycle

Netsons shared hosting plans are available in monthly, quarterly, or annual billing cycles, while their VPS servers offer customers the choice of either paying monthly or hourly. On the hourly (pay as you go) pricing model, one only pays for the time your server is running, a great option if you don't need the server running 24/7. Dedicated servers on the other hand offer a lot more options as they come in monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual, biennial, or triennial billing cycles.

They currently accept all major credit cards, PayPal, and bank transfers as valid forms of payment.

Control Panel

They are an official cPanel partner, which means this hugely popular control panel comes pre-installed with all their shared hosting, VPS, or dedicated server plans. If you've been living under a rock and don't know what cPanel is - it is basically the industry standard when it comes to control panels. It features an intuitive, user-friendly interface, from where one can manage all aspects of your hosting, such as databases, SSL certificates, DNS, email accounts, and more.

Limits

Netsons offers shared hosting plans with both standard HDD and super-fast SSD storage options. Their entry-level Web Hosting 10 plan provides 10GB disk space, supports one website, includes one MariaDB/MySQL database, and allows five POP/IMAP email accounts. On the other end of the spectrum, the top-tier SSD Hosting 100 plan delivers 100GB SSD storage, supports up to 20 websites, and offers unlimited databases and email accounts. All shared hosting packages come with a complimentary Let's Encrypt SSL certificate.

For virtual private servers, Netsons provides four VPS configurations: the basic Shared 1 plan (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 10GB SSD, 10TB bandwidth), the intermediate Shared 2 (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 40GB SSD, 40TB bandwidth), the advanced Shared 3 (2 vCPUs, 4GB RAM, 80GB SSD, 80TB bandwidth), and the premium Shared 4 solution (4 vCPUs, 8GB RAM, 160GB SSD, 100TB bandwidth). These plans are suitable for small to medium-sized projects, but if you need more computing power, rather check out their 'Cloud Computing' options.

Website Builder

They don't include any fancy dedicated website builders as part of their plans, however, all shared hosting packages come standard with 1-click installations of content management systems (CMS) like WordPress, Joomla, or Prestashop to name a few. These CMS's makes creating a website simple , even for beginners. They come with pre-designed templates and all the tools necessary to create a professional looking website quickly and effortlessly.

Security

When it comes to security, you will have a hard time finding an affordable provider that offers better protection. Their servers are housed within ISO/IEC 27001 (the international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)) certified data centers behind strict firewalls, and all accounts come with advanced DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attack protection, 2FA (two-factor authentication), anti-virus, anti-spam, and anti-malware protection, as well as automated backups and complimentary SSL certificates by Let's Encrypt. Furthermore, as all plans include cPanel as the control panel, users will have access to IP blocking, password-protected directories, and hotlink protection. Their shared hosting plans also run on CloudLinux, which 'isolates' each account from others, so in case one site gets breached it won't affect others.

OS

This Italian provider utilizes the CloudLinux 8.10 operating system (OS), a specialized Linux distribution that is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that includes proprietary enhancements for stability, security, and resource isolation, on all their shared hosting plans, while their VPS plans offer users the choice between AlmaLinux 8 / 9, CentOS 3 / 8 / 9, Debian 10 / 11 / 12, FreeBSD 13, Rocky Linux 8 / 9, or Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04.

Support

Their super-helpful and friendly support agents are on call 24/7 should you get stuck and need urgent help. You can reach them via email, phone, live chat, or support tickets. In my experience response times were quick. Email replies took about an hour and live chat is near instant, and what impressed me even more - there's absolutely no language barrier. Truly exceptional support!

Conclusion

If my experience with Netsons is anything to go by, they should definitely be on your shortlist if you are looking for a new hosting provider in Europe. Their plans are well structured with budget friendly options on standard HDDs as well as more performance optimized options on fast SSD drives. Their security is top notch and support impeccable. For me personally, there's not much not to like about this provider!