Skyhost is a leading website hosting company in Kenya. It hosts small, medium and big websites via its wide range of hosting plans. Skyhost has a total of 7 plans, namely:
- Basic/Shared Hosting
- Business Web Hosting
- VPS Servers
- Windows Hosting
- Dedicated Servers
- WordPress Hosting
- Reseller Hosting
Basic/Shared Hosting is the best for small and medium websites while WordPress, Dedicated Servers and VPS Servers are the best for viral/big websites.
Each of the plans has its own features as listed below.
Basic/Shared Hosting Plans, Prices and Features
There are three plans under this type of hosting: Bronze, Silver and Platinum.
| BRONZE | SILVER | PLATINUM |
| KSH2,499 PER YEAR | KSH 5,499 PER YEAR | KSH 10,499 PER YEAR |
| UNLIMITED EMAIL HOSTING | UNLIMITED EMAIL HOSTING | UNLIMITED EMAIL HOSTING |
| 2GB RAM | 4GB RAM | 4GB RAM |
| 35 GB CLOUD STORAGE | 50 GB CLOUD STORAGE | 100GB CLOUD STORAGE |
| 350 GB BANDWIDTH PER MONTH | 500 GB BANDWIDTH PER MONTH | 1TB BANDWIDTH PER MONTH |
| FREE SSL CERTIFICATE | FREE SSL CERTIFICATE | FREE SSL CERTIFICATE |
| FREE MIGRATION | FREE MIGRATION | FREE MIGRATION |
| UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS |
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Business Web Hosting Plans, Features and Prices
Business Web Hosting is a type of hosting which is suitable for companies with busy websites. The plans cost between Ksh 5,100 and Ksh25,100 per year. The table below summarizes the features and prices of each plan.
| BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD | PLATINUM |
| KSH 5,100 PER YEAR | KSH 12,100 PER YEAR | KSH20,100 PER YEAR | KSH 25,100 PER YEAR |
| 60GB DISK SPACE | 120GB DISK SPACE | 180GB DISK SPACE | UNLIMITED DISK SPACE |
| 600GB MONTHLY BANDWIDTH | 1200GB MONTHLY BANDWIDTH | 1800GB MONTHLY BANDWIDTH | UNLIMITED MONTHLY BANDWIDTH |
| FREE SSL CERTIFICATE | FREE SSL CERTIFICATE | FREE SSL CERTIFICATE | FREE SSL CERTIFICATE |
| FREE SSD | HOSTING FOR 5 WEBSITES | HOSTING FOR 5 WEBSITES | HOSTING FOR UNLIMITED WEBSTES |
| 5 DOMAINS | UNLIMITED DOMAINS | UNLIMITED DOMAINS | UNLIMITED DOMAINS |
| UNLIMITED EMAIL ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED EMAIL ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED EMAIL ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED EMAIL ACCOUNTS |
| UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS | UNLIMITED FTP ACCOUNTS |
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VPS Cloud Servers Hosting Plans and Pricing
VPS Cloud Hosting is good for medium and big websites. Kenyan blogs with over 100,000 monthly visits are hosted by these servers. The good thing about VPS Hosting is that very few websites are hosted by individual servers.
Below is a table providing details of VPS plans, features and prices:
| BEGINNER VPS | STARTER VPS | INTERMEDIATE VPS | PRO VPS |
| KSH 1,300 PER MONTH | KSH 5,000 PER MONTH | KSH 8,000 PER MONTH | KSH 10,500 PER MONTH |
| Disk space: 25GB | Disk space: 50GB | Disk space: 80GB | Disk space:160GB |
| 1GB RAM | 2GB RAM | 4GB RAM | 8GB RAM |
| 1TB Bandwidth | 2TB Bandwidth | 4TB Bandwidth | 5TB Bandwidth |
| 1 CPU Cores | 2 CPU Cores | 4 CPU Cores | 4 CPU Cores |
| 2 Dedicated IPs | 2 Dedicated IPs | 2 Dedicated IPs | 2 Dedicated IPs |
| NO Cpanel license | FREE Cpanel license | FREE Cpanel license | FREE Cpanel license |
| FREE SSL(https) | FREE SSL(https) | FREE SSL(https) | FREE SSL(https) |
| Apache Webserver | Apache Webserver | Cloudfalre ready | Apache Webserver |
| Fully managed | Fully managed | Apache Webserver | Fully managed |
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Windows Web Hosting Plans,Features and Prices
Windows Web Hosting is similar to Shared Hosting.Skyhost has two plans under this type of hosting as summarized in the table below;
| BRONZE | SILVER |
| KSH 999 PER YEAR | KSH 5100 PER YEAR |
| Disk space: 2GB | Disk space: 5GB |
| Monthly Bandwidth: Unmetered | Monthly Bandwidth: 50GB |
| FREE and Automatic SSL certificates | FREE and Automatic SSL certificates |
| ASP.NET 3.5, 4.5, 4.5.2 | ASP.NET 3.5, 4.5, 4.5.2 |
| Hosting for 1 website | Hosting for 1 website |
| Max SubDomains: unlimmited | Max SubDomains: unlimmited |
| Max Email Accounts: unlimmited | Max Email Accounts: unlimmited |
| Max Databases 1 | Max Databases 1 |
| Max FTP Accounts: unlimmited | Max FTP Accounts: unlimmited |
| Max Email Lists: unlimmited | Max Email |
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DEDICATED SERVER HOSTING PLANS, FEATURES AND PRICES
Dedicated Server Hosting is the best for viral websites. This type of hosting can handle more than 1 million visits per month. Each of the websites hosted under Dedicated Server Hosting does not share resources with any other website. The plans cost as low as Ksh 15,000 per month.
If your blog has outgrown shared hosting environment, it’s better you automatically upgrade to dedicated server hosting. Dedicated servers by Skyhost have the following features:
| 4GB CLOUD | 8GB CLOUD | 16GB CLOUD | 32GB CLOUD |
| KSH15,000 PER MONTH | KSH21,000 PER MONTH | KSH26,000 PER MONTH | KSH40,000 PER MONTH |
| Disk Space: 1TB | Disk space: 1 TB | Disk space: 1TB | Disk space:1TB |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM | 32 GB RAM |
| Monthly Bandwidth 5TB | Monthly Bandwidth 10TB | Monthly Bandwidth 15TB | Monthly Bandwidth 20TB |
| Full Root Acess | Full Root Acess | Full Root Acess | Full Root Acess |
| Cpanel Licence | Cpanel Licence | Cpanel Licence | Cpanel Licence |
| FREE Server Setup | FREE Server Setup | FREE Server Setup | FREE Server Setup |
| 2 Dedicated Ip address | 2 Dedicated Ip address | 2 Dedicated Ip address | 2 Dedicated Ip address |
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WORDPRESS HOSTING PLANS, FEATURES AND PRICES
WordPress Hosting is excellent for WordPress sites. This type of hosting is more advanced than Windows and Shared Hosting. It’s also ideal for blogs that receive 20,000 to 300,000 page views per month. The table below summarizes the plans, features and prices of WordPress Hosting:
| BASIC | STANDARD | SILVER | GOLD |
| KSH2,100 PER YEAR | KSH4,100 PER YEAR | KSH7,100 PER YEAR | KSH14,100 PER YEAR |
| Disk space: 30GB | Disk space: 40GB | Disk space: 50GB | Disk space:Unlimited |
| Monthly Bandwidth 300GB | Monthly Bandwidth 400GB | Monthly Bandwidth 500GB | Monthly Bandwidth Unlimited |
| FREE and Automatic SSL certificates | FREE and Automatic SSL certificates | FREE and Automatic SSL certificates | FREE and Automatic SSL certificates |
| Hosting for 1 website | Hosting for 2 websites | Hosting for 5 websites | Hosting for unlimitted websites |
| FREE SSD (Raid 10) | FREE SSD (Raid 10) | FREE SSD (Raid 10) | FREE SSD (Raid 10) |
| Max SubDomains: Unlimited | Max SubDomains: Unlimited | Max SubDomains: Unlimited | Max SubDomains: Unlimited |
| Max Email Accounts: Unlimited | Max Email Accounts: Unlimited | Max Email Accounts: Unlimited | Max Email Accounts: Unlimited |
| Max Databases Unlimited | Max Databases Unlimited | Max Databases Unlimited | Max Databases Unlimited |
| Max FTP Accounts Unlimited | Max FTP Accounts Unlimited | Max FTP Accounts Unlimited | Max FTP Accounts Unlimited |
| Max Email Lists Unlimited | Max Email Lists Unlimited | Max Email Lists Unlimited | Max Email Lists Unlimited |
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RESELLER HOSTING PLANS, FEATURES AND PRICES
Reseller Hosting is suitable for people who have clients they host. It’s also good for individuals and companies with many websites they wish to host in a single plan. Here are the plans, features and prices of this type of hosting:
| STARTUP RESELLER HOSTING | ENTREPRENEUR RESELLER HOSTING | CO-OPERATE RESELLER HOSTING |
| KSH4,000 PER MONTH | KSH6,000 PER MONTH | KSH10,000 PER MONTH |
| Disk space: 50GB | Disk space: 100GB | Disk space: 150GB |
| Monthly Bandwidth: 500GB | Monthly Bandwidth: Unmetered: 1000GB | Monthly Bandwidth: 1500 GB |
| FREE and Automatic SSL certificates | FREE and Automatic SSL certificates | FREE and Automatic SSL certificates |
| 50 cpanel accounts | 75 cpanel accounts | 120cpanel accounts |
| Free Domain Reseller Automation* | Free Domain Reseller Automation* | Free Domain Reseller Automation* |
| Private Nameservers | Private Nameservers | Private Nameservers |
| 100% whiteLabel (create your own brand) | 100% whiteLabel (create your own brand) | 100% whiteLabel (create your own brand) |
| FREE MPESA intergration* | FREE MPESA intergration* | FREE MPESA intergration* |
| Max SubDomains: Unlimited | Max SubDomains: Unlimited | Max SubDomains: Unlimited |
| Max Email Accounts: Unlimited | Max Email Accounts: Unlimited | Max Email Accounts: Unlimited |
| Max Databases Unlimited | Max Databases Unlimited | Max Databases Unlimited |
| Max FTP Accounts Unlimited | Max FTP Accounts Unlimited | Max FTP Accounts Unlimited |
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Skyhost is a good web hosting company. Any type of hosting you choose will work best for you.