Every week we round up the best web hosting and domain deals available right now in South Africa. This week we’re putting the spotlight on two providers worth signing up with today — plus a quick look at how the rest of the market compares.
This week’s picks
1. SiteGround — our top pick
If you want rock-solid performance and support without the headache, SiteGround is still the easiest recommendation we make. Their StartUp plan undercuts almost everyone on signup price, but it’s the GrowBig plan that’s the real sweet spot this week: unlimited websites, 50GB of premium storage, free daily backups, free CDN, and genuinely excellent 24/7 support — all for under $5/month to start. If you’re running more than one site, or expect to grow past a single-site plan quickly, GrowBig saves you from having to upgrade later.
Note: SiteGround bills in USD and prices shown are ex. VAT, prepaid for a 12-month term.
| Plan | Promo price | Renews at | Term | Storage | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StartUp | $2.99/mo (Save 83%) | $17.99/mo | 12 months prepaid | 10 GB | 1 website |
| GrowBig | $4.99/mo (Save 83%) | $29.99/mo | 12 months prepaid | 50 GB | Unlimited |
| GoGeek | $7.99/mo (Save 82%) | $44.99/mo | 12 months prepaid | 100 GB | Unlimited |
All plans include: free domain name, free SSL/CDN/backups, free email, free site migration, and 24/7 expert support.
Check out SiteGround’s current hosting deal →
2. Domains.co.za — best local option
If you’d rather bill in rands and keep everything (domain + hosting) with a local South African provider, Domains.co.za’s lineup is hard to beat for the price. The Standard plan is their most popular for a reason — 10 websites, 50GB of NVMe storage, and a free local domain, all backed by daily off-site backups and a proper security stack (firewall, WAF, DDoS protection). It’s the plan we’d point a small business or agency toward.
| Plan | Price | Term | Storage | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R109/mo | Monthly | 25 GB NVMe | 5 websites |
| Standard (Most Popular) | R159/mo | Monthly | 50 GB NVMe | 10 websites |
| Advanced | R249/mo | Monthly | 100 GB NVMe | 20 websites |
| Deluxe | R369/mo | Monthly | 200 GB NVMe | 30 websites |
All plans include: unlimited traffic, free domain registration (.co.za and several other extensions), free Let’s Encrypt SSL, free migration, daily Acronis backups, cPanel + LiteSpeed, and a full security suite (DDoS protection, FortiGate firewall, Imunify360).
See Domains.co.za’s hosting plans →
Also worth a look
Two more established South African hosts, for context — no persuasion needed, their numbers speak for themselves.
Afrihost
| Plan | Price | Storage | Mailboxes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | R84/mo | 2 GB | 50 |
| Gold | R94/mo | 3 GB | 75 |
| Platinum | R109/mo | 4 GB | 200 |
| Bronze Pro | R135/mo | 8 GB | 500 |
| Silver Pro | R179/mo | 10 GB | 2,000 |
| Gold Pro | R265/mo | 20 GB | 5,000 |
| Platinum Pro | R579/mo | 50 GB | Unlimited |
Month-to-month, no fixed-term contract. Free domain for .co.za, .site, .store or .tech in the first year.
xneelo
| Plan | Price | Storage | Mailboxes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | R99/mo | 15 GB SSD | 100 |
| Standard | R149/mo | 30 GB SSD | 250 |
| Advanced | R279/mo | 50 GB SSD | 500 |
| Master | R439/mo | 100 GB SSD | 1,000 |
Prices include VAT. Formerly known as Hetzner South Africa, rebranded to xneelo in 2019.
A note on our numbers
All promo and renewal prices above were pulled directly from each provider’s own pricing page today, not from coupon/aggregator sites. We cross-checked against several third-party “deal” sites while researching this post and found their numbers were generally stale or understated compared to what the providers currently list — in SiteGround’s case, several aggregators quoted lower renewal prices (e.g. $24.99 and $39.99 for GrowBig/GoGeek) than what SiteGround’s own site currently shows ($29.99 and $44.99). We’ve used the providers’ own current figures throughout.
