Week 34 Web Hosting Deals — This Week’s Picks
Every week we scan the hosting market and pull out the deals actually worth acting on. This week two providers stand out — one global, one proudly local — and both are running pricing that makes right now a genuinely good moment to sign up.
This Week’s Picks
1. SiteGround — the global all-rounder
If you want speed, security and support that consistently rates near the top of the industry, SiteGround is the one we point friends to first. It’s not the cheapest sticker price on the market, but you’re paying for infrastructure and 24/7 human support that genuinely hold up when your site starts to matter. Right now they’re running up to 77% off the first term, which drops the entry plan to well under four dollars a month — a great window if you’ve been meaning to move off slow shared hosting or launch something new.
Who it suits: anyone building a business site, a WordPress project, or a store where uptime and load speed directly affect revenue. StartUp is perfect for a single site; step up to GrowBig the moment you’re running more than one or want automatic daily backups and priority support.
| Plan | Promo price | Renews at | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| StartUp | $3.99/mo | $17.99/mo | 12 months |
| GrowBig | $4.99/mo | $29.99/mo | 12 months |
| GoGeek | $7.99/mo | $44.99/mo | 12 months |
What’s included: free SSL, free CDN, free daily email hosting, and free site migration on every plan. StartUp covers one website; GrowBig and GoGeek support unlimited sites. GrowBig and above add automatic daily backups and priority support. Backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 4.9-out-of-5 Trustpilot rating from the owners of over 3 million domains.
2. Domains.co.za — the best local option
If you’d rather keep your hosting, billing and support in South Africa — Rand pricing, local data, local phone support — Domains.co.za is our top local pick. The plans are genuinely generous for the money: fast NVMe storage, unlimited traffic, free domain registration, cPanel, and daily off-site Acronis backups all come standard. For most local small-business sites the Basic or Standard plan is plenty, and there’s no first-term-only gimmick — the price you sign up at is the price you renew at.
Who it suits: local businesses that want simple month-to-month Rand billing, a free .co.za domain, and support in your timezone without doing currency maths on renewal.
| Plan | Promo price | Renews at | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R109/mo | R109/mo | Monthly |
| Standard | R159/mo | R159/mo | Monthly |
| Advanced | R249/mo | R249/mo | Monthly |
| Deluxe | R369/mo | R369/mo | Monthly |
What’s included: unlimited traffic, free domain registration (select extensions), free SSL, free website migration, daily off-site Acronis backups, cPanel, LiteSpeed, and Softaculous app installer. Storage runs from 25 GB NVMe on Basic up to 200 GB on Deluxe, with 5 to 30 websites depending on plan.
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Also Worth a Look
For context, here’s where two other well-known local hosts sit this week. Solid options — just not where we’d send you first.
Afrihost
| Plan | From | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Hosting | R84/mo | Monthly |
| Cloud Hosting | R460/mo | Monthly |
| Reseller Hosting | R510/mo | Monthly |
| Dedicated Hosting | R1,350/mo | Monthly |
xneelo
| Plan | Price | Storage | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R99/mo | 15 GB SSD | Monthly |
| Standard | R149/mo | 30 GB SSD | Monthly |
| Advanced | R279/mo | 50 GB SSD | Monthly |
| Master | R439/mo | 100 GB SSD | Monthly |
Prices were checked against each provider’s own pricing page at time of writing and may change. Some links above are affiliate links, which help support Business Owl at no extra cost to you.
