Genhost is one of the fastest-growing web hosting companies based in India. Established in 2013, the hosting firm boasts of a client base of over 3,900 customers and 35,000 domain names registered under its brand. Some of its web hosting services include shared web hosting, reseller hosting, VPS, and dedicated server services.
The Genhost website is available in multiple languages: English, Indian, Persian, Estonian, French, Italian, Turkish, Romanian, Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Germany, and Dutch, among others.
Features and Ease of Use
Genhost web hosting solutions incorporate the following standard features:
- Weekly backups included
- Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates
- DDoS protection
- Control panels: cPanel/Plesk
- Unlimited monthly bandwidth
- SitePad SiteBuilder
- Softaculous auto-installer
Genhost hosting services run on highly configured Intel Xeon hardware components hosted in U.S. locations.
All its data centers are Tier IV certified with redundant and dual-powered equipment, including servers, storage, power cooling systems, and networking links. Level IV data centers combine excellent features and capabilities to provide end-to-end fault resistance, thus ensuring high-uptime and reliability.
All the servers are connected with 1Gbps network ports and incorporate a dedicated firewall for each IP address. Other advanced security features included in its servers are DDoS protection up to 2Gbps, CageFS hacker protection, Symlink protection, and multiple AV scanners to help prevent any type of intrusion as well as online threats.
Genhost web hosting solutions come with a selection of either Linux or Windows OS platforms. Both platforms are powered by SSD storage servers that accelerate their customer’s page load times.
All plans include either cPanel or Plesk control panel license, and also include other features like PHP selector, unlimited bandwidth, and SitePad Builder as well as free account backups
This vendor limits how they allow shared hosting customers to use the space allocated to them. For instance, they do not allow the platform to be used for file sharing, storing backups, and image hosting.
Pricing and Support
Genhost web hosting packages are inexpensively priced and come with a list of well balanced hosting features for everyone. The hosting solutions consist of monthly billing terms with a promise of instant account activation after you make your purchase.
Also, the company has a discount coupon with 15% recurring discounts for monthly and quarterly orders as well as 25% off for semi-annual orders and above. These discounts are correct as of the time of writing this review. Prices are listed in Indian rupees as well as U.S. dollars.
Genhost boasts of highly available hosting systems, which is why it’s willing to commit to an uptime guarantee of 99.9%. The hosting firm does not offer a free plan or free trial, but it has a seven-day money-back guarantee policy.
The support staff is available 24/7/365 via ticketing system, live chat, WhatsApp, telephone, and email. I sent them an email query and received a response in less than ten minutes.
The Genhost knowledge base section has about 20 available articles.