While you are looking for cheap web hosting companies in Kenya, you should also consider the quality of their services. Here we will only focus on the best but cheap web hosting companies for blogs and company websites.
Most of the websites in Kenya prefer Shared Hosting services, which are the main packages offered by our web hosting companies.
In this list, we outline the cheapest web hosting companies in Kenya for small, medium and high traffic websites.
- Safaricom
Safaricom has its own servers. It’s one of the best web hosting providers in Kenya.Their annual hosting services are as little as ksh1,300.
Here are the pricing for their hosting services:
WEB HOSTING | LITE | BRONZE | SILVER | GOLD | PREMIUM |
Proposition | 50 MB Disk Space, 5 Email Accounts, 3 Sub Domains, 2 FTP Accounts. | 500 MB Disk Space, 10 Email Accounts, 5 Sub Domains, 2 FTP Accounts. | 2 GB Disk Space, 50 Emails Accounts, 50 Sub Domains 5 FTP Accounts, | 10 GB Disk Space, 100 Email Accounts, 100 Sub Domains, 20 FTP Accounts | 20 GB Disk Space, 200 Email Accounts, 200 Sub Domains, 30 FTP Accounts |
Annual Charges LOCAL DOMAINS .KE ONLY | KSHs.1,300 | KSHs.2,800 | KSHs.3,800 | KSHs.5,300 | KSHs.6,300 |
Annual Charges INTERNATIONAL DOMAINS .COM, ORG | KSHs.999 | KShs.2,499 | KSHs.3,499 | KSHs.4,999 | KSHs.5,999 |
This is a very reliable hosting provider and suitable for small and medium traffic websites.
- Hostpinnacle
Another good hosting provider in Kenya is Hostpinnacle.It allows one to buy domain names, hosting space and bulk SMS.Currently, Hostpinnacle has over 10,000 members.
HostPinnacle web hosting pricing
- Starter package—Ksh 1,999 per year
- Standard package—Ksh 3,999 per year
- Executive package—Ksh 10,999 per year
Kenya Website Experts
Though you may think Kenya Website Experts is expensive, their services are cheap. There are some hosting companies which hide some charges, when you join them, they introduce the hidden charges gradually. But Kenya Website Experts does not have hidden charges. It offers shared,VPS and Dedicated Server Hosting. There is also WordPress hosting services.
At Kenya Website Experts, you’re able to buy a domain, Bulk SMS and SSL Certificate.
Below are the cheapest prices by Kenya Website Experts:
- Shared Hosting Starter package—Ksh 3,100 per year
- Cloud Web Hosting Starter package—Ksh 27,100 per year
- Business Web Hosting Platinum package—Ksh 5,100 per year
- Windows web hosting Starter package—Ksh 6,100 per year
- VPS Standard package—Ksh 4,999 per month
- Starter Dedicated Server—Ksh 15,000 per month
Kenya Website Experts is a reliable hosting company, I host some of my websites with the company—they have served me for more than 7 years.
- Sasahost
Another reliable webhosting company in Kenya is Sasahost.Their Customer care is good, they also offer additional features like free SSL certificate.
Their cheapest hosting plans are:
- cPanel Basic Hosting I—Ksh 3000 per year
- Direct Admin Basic Hosting I—Ksh 2,500 per year
- Self-Managed VPS I—Ksh 4,000 per month
- Premium VPS I—Ksh 6,500 per month
- Managed Dedicated I—Ksh 22,500 per month
- SM Dedicated I—Ksh 10,000 per month
Truehost
Truehost is a good web hosting company and a cheap one. For new websites, there is a specific free plan which lasts for one month—yaani you hosting for one month without paying any money. After that one month, you’ll then select your preferred plan.
Some of their cheapest plans include;
- Truehost Silver SSD Hosting – Ksh199 per month
- Windows Silver Hosting—Ksh999 per month
- Reseller Bronze—Ksh1,000 per month
- Tcloud VPS 1 (Litespeed)—Ksh699 per month
- H2 Dedicated Server—Ksh7,500 per month
There are also other web hosting companies in Kenya but they are not as good as those listed above. It’s upon you to select one of them and start hosting your site. All these companies also provide domain registration services.