Shopping for hosting this week? We rounded up what South African website owners should actually be looking at right now — starting with our two top picks, plus a couple of well-known local names for context.
This week’s picks
1. SiteGround — best all-round performance
SiteGround remains our top recommendation for anyone who wants their site to just work — fast, secure, and backed by support that actually knows WordPress. It runs entirely on Google Cloud infrastructure, ships with a free CDN across 170+ edge locations, daily off-site backups with one-click restore, and free Let’s Encrypt SSL on every plan. If you’re building or moving a WordPress site, the built-in staging environment and automatic core updates alone are worth the switch.
Who it suits: bloggers and small businesses on the StartUp plan, growing sites that need more resources on GrowBig, and agencies or high-traffic sites on GoGeek (which adds on-demand backups and priority support).
| Plan | Best for | Included |
|---|---|---|
| StartUp | 1 website, smaller blogs/businesses | Free CDN, free SSL, daily backups, 24/7 support |
| GrowBig | Multiple sites or higher traffic | + On-demand backups, staging, advanced caching |
| GoGeek | Agencies, resource-heavy sites | + Priority support, more resources, white-labeling |
Pricing is term-based and changes with SiteGround’s current promotions, so rather than quote a number that might be stale by the time you read this: check SiteGround’s latest pricing here →
2. Domains.co.za — best local value
Domains.co.za is our second pick this week, especially if you want your domain and hosting managed by the same South African company. Every plan runs on NVMe storage, includes a free domain (.co.za/.org.za/.net.za/.web.za), free SSL, free migration, cPanel access, unlimited traffic, and daily Acronis backups — all prices below include VAT.
| Plan | Price | Storage | Websites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R109/mo | 25 GB NVMe | 5 |
| Standard | R159/mo | 50 GB NVMe | 10 |
| Advanced | R249/mo | 100 GB NVMe | 20 |
| Deluxe | R369/mo | 200 GB NVMe | 30 |
Check latest pricing on Domains.co.za →
Also worth a look
Afrihost
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Linux/Windows shared hosting | From R84/mo |
xneelo
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Basic | R99/mo |
| Standard | R149/mo |
| Advanced | R279/mo |
| Master | R439/mo |
