IGNUM began life way back in 2000. As a longstanding company in the website hosting world, they’ve hosted over 160,000 domains. This Czech company publishes their website in the Czech language.
Features and Ease of Use
IGNUM offers a wide range of hosting services. Their shared hosting plans, in particular, come with the following core features:
- Guaranteed long-term high availability of services
- Option to restore from backup
- Domain registration included in annual plans
- SSL certificates included in hosting plans
- From 1GB to 10GB of web space
- Unlimited data transfer
IGNUM uses an ISO 27001 Tier III data center in Prague, which has a cooling system with N + 1 redundancy, two independent power circuits, and 24/7 security and monitoring. IGNUM has both IPv4 and IPv6 peering, and since 2004 they’ve operated their own network.
They offer three shared hosting plans called Start (500MB web space), Extra (10GB web space) and Premium (unlimited web space), as well as a Mailbox-only account and an FTP account. All of the plans come with unlimited data transfer, FTP access, and a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. You choose between Linux and Windows operating systems. The Linux plans support PHP versions 5 through 7, whilst the Windows plans support ASP and .NET 4.5.
Unfortunately, they don’t offer many beginner-friendly tools such as a one-click installer or website building tool, nor do they support advanced coding languages like Ruby on Rails, Python or Java.
Pricing and Support
The prices are very expensive, especially when considering the lack of beginner- and expert-friendly features. However, if you need a server located in Prague, you may be happy to pay the price. IGNUM gives you a free domain with annual plans, and a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate is always included, so that helps a bit.
As well as offering their plans on one-month or one-year terms, they also offer a generous 30-day money-back guarantee.
IGNUM offers customer service for existing customers 24/7/365 via email and phone. You can reach them for sales and general inquiries from 9.00am to 6.00pm, and they also have live chat available (although not 24/7). Additionally, they have a helpful help center that adds to their overall good customer service options.
