https://www.hawnsgist.com/2017/09/top-3-webhosting-companies-in-nigeria.html


Today, the digital world we live in has adopted the strict policy and primitive lifestyle of the distant past in the sense that they both employ the mandate “survive or die”. In the digital sense it’s more like “go digital or fade into obscurity”, but you get the idea.

Because of this, everyone is finding their place in the global space that is the internet, with people opening social media accounts and opening blogs and building websites.

WEBHOSTING:
Like every facility, service or equipment, there are some that are really good, and others that are just bad. When it comes to creating a presence online (for yourself or your business/organization) in the sense of websites and blogs, it is imperative that you choose the best equipment (which in this case means web hosting agent/company) for your business.

Hawnsgist.com has tested and reviewed the webhosting services we have in Nigeria and in every opinion poll, every review, every survey; three webhost companies are at the forefront in Webhosting in Nigeria in terms of service, affordability and efficiency.

Listed below (in no specific order) are the top 3 web hosts in Nigeria.

1.Qserver
QSERVER WEBHOST NIGERIA

Qserver is commonly regarded as the best webhosting company in Nigeria. All of their plans are affordable, reasonable and consumer attractive. They even give free SSL! (Although the case of free SSL is provided by other web hosts, it is the only one with free SSL in this list).

You may ask, What is SSL?

I’m sure by now you’ve noticed some websites are either http://www.example.com or https://www.example.com . The difference which is the “s” present in https:// and not present in http:// is as a result of an SSL certificate. An SSL certificate is a security certificate that helps protect and encode information on your website, making it very difficult for spy and hack tools to be used on the website. You will notice that big sites like Facebook and Twitter use and SSL certificate that is why they have https:// instead of http://. You can check this site (hawnsgist.com) too, it has an SSL certificate.

Why Do I Need an SSL Certificate?

Frankly, it’s not really necessary for bloggers but for sites where passwords have to be entered, an SSL certificate is needed. Furthermore, google tends to take sites with SSL certificates more seriously, so it indirectly helps your ranking on google.
BACK TO QSERVER WEBHOSTING…..

Their hosting plans are really cheap, their shared hosting plans starting from as low as N350 per month (N3,500 per year) till the highest package placed at N1,700 per month (N17,000 per year). Now if you are on a low budget or you want to build something relatively small with little amount of money, Qserver is the way to go. Below are their SHARED hosting plans and features:
Starter

N3,500/yr
N350/mo

2 Gb Storage
8 Gb Bandwith
Free .com.ng
Free SSL Cert.
Unlimited Emails
5 Sub Domains
1 Addon Domain
1 Parked Domain
2 FTP Accounts
Unlimited MySQL
Softaculous
Cpanel
PHP Selector
Cron Jobs
Daily Backups



Business

N6,500/yr
N650/mo

10 Gb Storage
40 Gb Bandwith
Free .com.ng
Free SSL Cert.
Unlimited Emails
10 Sub Domains
2 Addon Domain
2 Parked Domain
2 FTP Accounts
Unlimited MySQL
Softaculous
Cpanel
PHP Selector
Cron Jobs
Daily Backups



Developer

N9,000/yr
N900/mo

15 Gb Storage
60 Gb Bandwith
Free .com.ng
Free SSL Cert.
Unlimited Emails
15 Sub Domains
3 Addon Domain
3 Parked Domain
2 FTP Accounts
Unlimited MySQL
Softaculous
Cpanel
PHP Selector
Cron Jobs
Daily Backups

Pro

N12,000/yr
N1,200/mo

20 Gb Storage
80 Gb Bandwith
Free .com.ng
Free SSL Cert.
Unlimited Emails
20 Sub Domains
5 Addon Domain
5 Parked Domain
2 FTP Accounts
Unlimited MySQL
Softaculous
Cpanel
PHP Selector
Cron Jobs
Daily Backups


Mega

N17,000/yr
N1,700/mo

30 Gb Storage
120 Gb Bandwith
Free .com.ng
Free SSL Cert.
Unlimited Emails
30 Sub Domains
10 Addon Domain
10 Parked Domain
2 FTP Accounts
Unlimited MySQL
Softaculous
Cpanel
PHP Selector
Cron Jobs
Daily Backups

ADVANTAGES

Free SSL Certificate

Cheap Price For Quality Hosting

Cheap .com and .com.ng domains (For a Nigerian Webhost)


DISADVANTAGES

They are very picky about the kind of site they host. For instance, you cannot host a Ponzi site on Qserver. They will deactivate your account without Refund.

Buying a more secured SSL is expensive

Customer Service 50%



2. SMARTWEB

Smartweb Nigeria

Smartweb is a great solution for booming businesses and hotshot websites. So far, their services are top notch but expensive. At least for a startup business or a penniless blogger. Unlike other webhosting, Smartweb gives you Unlimited sub-domains for any hosting plan you buy. They use a Cpanel interface and their service is really good, and security is tight. The price of shared hosting on Smartweb ranges from N3,500 to N50,000. Below are the features of each and every Smartweb shared hosting plan.


Packages Standard Business Premium Corporate Professional
Disk Space 10GB 20GB 50GB 250GB Unlimited
Bandwidth 30GB 80GB 150GB 200GB Unlimited
Free Domain NO NO NO NO NO
Price /Year ₦3,500 ₦7,000 ₦14,000 ₦32,000 ₦50,000
Order Order Now Order Now Order Now Order Now Order Now
Emails Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Email Forwarding 1 10 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Web Mail Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Email Autoresponder Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Mailing List
Addon Domain 1 10 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Sub Domain, Packed Domain Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
MySQL 5 20 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
PHP 5X
Phpmyadmin
FTP Account 10 20 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
File Manager
Softaclus 250+ Softwares

like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal

Price /Year ₦3,500 ₦7,000 ₦14,000 ₦32,000 ₦50,000




ADVANTAGES

No restriction on type of website you can host

Cheap SSL Certificate

Impressive offers

Good Customer Service

Attractive Plans


DISADVANTAGES

No Free SSL certificate

Expensive




3. WhoGoHost

Whogohost

Very catchy name, Whogohost is the webhosting company most upcoming bloggers use. This is because their customer service is off the charts. Plus it’s not as expensive as Smartweb. Surprisingly, they are gaining traction in the Nigerian hosting world despite the restrictions they place on conditions for their hosting. Their offers are so good with unlimited sql databases and free .ng domains (Repping Nigeria). Below are their packages and price.



Aspire

N4,000 Annually
N400 Monthly
[For Basic Website with very low traffic]

1GB Webspace
4GB Bandwidth
Free .NG Domain
4 Subdomains
1 Hosted Addon Domain
1 Parked Domain
Unlimited Emails
Unlimited SQL Databases
PHP, CGI enabled



Premium

N6,000 Annually
N600 Monthly
[Standard site with low traffic]

4GB Webspace
15GB Bandwidth
Free .NG Domain
10 Subdomains
2 Hosted Addon Domain
2 Parked Domain
Unlimited Emails
Unlimited SQL Databases
PHP, CGI enabled



Pro

N8,500 Annually
N850 Monthly
[Standard site with moderate traffic]

6GB Webspace
25GB Bandwidth
Free .NG Domain
15 Subdomains
3 Hosted Addon Domain
3 Parked Domain
Unlimited Emails
Unlimited SQL Databases
PHP, CGI enabled





Pro Plus

N13,500 Annually
N1,350 Monthly
[Standard site with high traffic]

10GB Webspace
40GB Bandwidth
Free .NG Domain
20 Subdomains
5 Hosted Addon Domain
5 Parked Domain
Unlimited Emails
Unlimited SQL Databases
PHP, CGI enabled



Giant

N21,500 Annually
N2,150 Monthly
[Blogs and very high traffic sites]

25GB Webspace
75GB Bandwidth
Free .NG Domain
40 Subdomains
10 Hosted Addon Domain
10 Parked Domain
Unlimited Emails
Unlimited SQL Databases
PHP, CGI enabled


ADVANTAGES

Awesome Packages

Free .ng Domain

Great Customer Service

Easy to Understand Interface

Coupon Codes

Referral Bonus


DISADVANTAGES



A Little Expensive

You cannot Host Just Any Site, They Deactivate hosting that have Ponzi scripts on them



So now that you’ve seen what these webhosting companies have to offer, which one will you use?

Is it Qserver, Smartweb Or WhoGoHost?