Every week we round up the best web hosting and domain deals available to South African website owners. This week’s picks: two providers worth signing up with right now, plus two solid local names for context.
This week’s picks
1. SiteGround — best all-round managed hosting
SiteGround is the pick if you want hosting you don’t have to think about again: proper WordPress management, genuinely fast support, and infrastructure (Google Cloud-backed, built-in CDN and caching) that holds up when a site gets real traffic. The StartUp plan is priced to make trying it a no-brainer, and GrowBig is where most small business and agency sites land once they need more than one website.
Note on pricing: SiteGround’s own pricing page is protected by a bot-check that blocked automated access this week, so these figures come from cross-checking SiteGround’s site-indexed pricing against multiple independent, non-aggregator sources that agreed on the same numbers — not from a coupon site. They’re the long-standing, consistent SiteGround rates, not an inflated “up to 90% off” style claim you’ll see elsewhere.
| Plan | Promo price | Renews at | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| StartUp | $2.99/mo | $17.99/mo | 12 months upfront |
| GrowBig | $4.99/mo | $29.99/mo | 12 months upfront |
| GoGeek | $7.99/mo | $44.99/mo | 12 months upfront |
What’s included: free SSL, free CDN, free daily email hosting, free site migration, StartUp covers 1 website while GrowBig and GoGeek cover unlimited websites, and GrowBig+ adds automatic daily backups and priority support.
Get SiteGround’s current pricing →
2. Domains.co.za — best local option
If you want your site hosted in South Africa (Teraco JHB data centre) with local support and pricing in Rand, Domains.co.za is the one to use. It’s cPanel-based, runs on NVMe storage with LiteSpeed, and every plan comes with a free domain, free SSL, free migration and daily off-site backups — no upsells needed to get a properly-run account.
| Plan | Price | Websites | Storage | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R109/mo | 5 | 25 GB NVMe | Monthly |
| Standard | R159/mo | 10 | 50 GB NVMe | Monthly |
| Advanced | R249/mo | 20 | 100 GB NVMe | Monthly |
| Deluxe | R369/mo | 30 | 200 GB NVMe | Monthly |
Note: Domains.co.za’s site doesn’t list a separate “renews at” figure — the price shown is the standard ongoing monthly rate, not a limited-time promo that jumps later.
What’s included: unlimited traffic, free domain registration, free SSL, free website migration, daily off-site Acronis backups, cPanel, LiteSpeed, WP Toolkit, WP-CLI and SSH access.
See Domains.co.za web hosting plans →
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, no fixed-term contract. Windows hosting also available from R109/mo. afrihost.com/shared-hosting
xneelo
| Plan | Price | Storage | Mailboxes | Databases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R99/mo | 15 GB SSD | 100 | 3 |
| Standard | R149/mo | 30 GB SSD | 250 | 5 |
| Advanced | R279/mo | 50 GB SSD | 500 | 10 |
| Master | R439/mo | 100 GB SSD | 1,000 | 40 |
Formerly Hetzner SA (rebranded 2019) — not affiliated with Hetzner’s German cloud line. xneelo.co.za/web-hosting
