This Week’s Picks
1. SiteGround — Our Top Pick
If you only read one section of this post, make it this one. SiteGround is consistently rated as one of the best-performing hosts around (4.9/5 across review sites, hosting over 3 million domains), and right now they’re running an 82-83% discount on all three of their core plans — pricing that’s live on their site today, not an inflated number from a coupon site. For a brand-new site, blog, or small business presence, the StartUp plan at $2.99/mo is genuinely hard to beat: free domain, free SSL, free daily backups, and real 24/7 human support, not a chatbot. If you’re planning more than one website or expect decent traffic, GrowBig is the one to grab — unlimited websites, on-demand backups, and staging environments, and it’s the plan most people end up wishing they’d started with.
| Plan | Promo Price | Renews At | Term | Storage | Websites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StartUp | $2.99/mo (save 83%) | $17.99/mo | Prepaid 12 months, ex. VAT | 10 GB | 1 website |
| GrowBig (Best Value) | $4.99/mo (save 83%) | $29.99/mo | Prepaid 12 months, ex. VAT | 50 GB | Unlimited |
| GoGeek | $7.99/mo (save 82%) | $44.99/mo | Prepaid 12 months, ex. VAT | 100 GB | Unlimited |
What’s included on every plan: free domain name, free SSL/CDN/backups, free email, free site migration, multilevel caching, enhanced security, and 24/7 expert support.
→ Claim the SiteGround deal here
2. Domains.co.za — Best Local Option
If you’d rather host in South Africa with Rand pricing, cPanel, and NVMe storage, Domains.co.za’s lineup is worth a look. There’s no flashy “limited time” discount here — these are their everyday rates — but the value holds up: the Standard plan (their most popular) gets you 50 GB of NVMe storage and up to 10 websites for R159/month, with free domain registration, free SSL, free migration, and daily off-site backups included as standard. For a first website, the Basic plan at R109/month covers 5 websites and 25 GB of storage, which is plenty to get started.
| Plan | Price | Term | Storage | Websites | Email Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R109/mo | Month-to-month | 25 GB NVMe | 5 | 25 |
| Standard (Most Popular) | R159/mo | Month-to-month | 50 GB NVMe | 10 | 50 |
| Advanced | R249/mo | Month-to-month | 100 GB NVMe | 20 | 100 |
| Deluxe | R369/mo | Month-to-month | 200 GB NVMe | 30 | 200 |
What’s included on every plan: unlimited traffic, free domain registration*, free SSL, free website migration, daily off-site backups, cPanel, LiteSpeed web server, and Softaculous apps. (*Free domain applies to select extensions like .co.za at time of purchase.)
→ Get started with Domains.co.za
Also Worth a Look
Afrihost
| Plan | Price | Storage | Email Accounts | MySQL DBs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | R84/mo | 2 GB | 50 | 1 |
| Gold | R94/mo | 3 GB | 75 | 1 |
| Platinum | R109/mo | 4 GB | 200 | 5 |
| Bronze Pro | R135/mo | 8 GB | 500 | 20 |
| Silver Pro | R179/mo | 10 GB | 2,000 | 100 |
| Gold Pro | R265/mo | 20 GB | 5,000 | 200 |
| Platinum Pro | R579/mo | 50 GB | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Month-to-month billing, unlimited traffic. More info: afrihost.com
xneelo
| Plan | Price | Storage | Websites | Email Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R99/mo | 15 GB SSD | 1 | 100 |
| Standard | R149/mo | 30 GB SSD | 5 | 250 |
| Advanced | R279/mo | 50 GB SSD | 10 | 500 |
| Master | R439/mo | 100 GB SSD | 20 | 1,000 |
Unlimited traffic (subject to AUP). More info: xneelo.co.za
