Customizable Options.
Basic
Web Hosting
Starting at
$6.71/mo
Renews at
8.95/mo
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1 Website
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1 Core
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1 GB Memory Limit
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10 GB NVMe Storage
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5 Email Accounts
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2 MySQL Databases
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Unlimited Premium Bandwidth
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LiteSpeed Included
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cPanel Included
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Free SSL Certificates
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Patchman Optional
Standard
Web Hosting
Starting at
$9.71/mo
Renews at
12.95/mo
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5 Websites
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2 Core
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2 GB Memory Limit
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25 GB NVMe Storage
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25 Email Accounts
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5 MySQL Databases
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Unlimited Premium Bandwidth
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LiteSpeed Included
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cPanel Included
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Free SSL Certificates
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Patchman Optional
Professional
Web Hosting
Starting at
$14.96/mo
Renews at
19.95/mo
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Unlimited Websites
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4 Cores
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4 GB Memory Limit
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Unlimited NVMe Storage
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Unlimited Email Accounts
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Unlimited MySQL Databases
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Unlimited Premium Bandwidth
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LiteSpeed Included
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cPanel Included
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Free SSL Certificates
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Patchman Included
Premium
Web Hosting
Starting at
$29.96/mo
Renews at
39.95/mo
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Unlimited Websites
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6 Cores
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6 GB Memory Limit
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Unlimited NVMe Storage
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Unlimited Email Accounts
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Unlimited MySQL Databases
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Unlimited Premium Bandwidth
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LiteSpeed Included
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cPanel Included
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Dedicated IPv4 Included
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Free SSL Certificates
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Patchman Included
* Based on 3 year commitment
20+ Years of Trusted Hosting
KnownHost has been delivering consistently praised hosting solutions for over 20 years. Backed by glowing customer reviews and a reputation for unmatched support, we’re the trusted choice for businesses that demand reliability.
Just The Basics.
GNU social application hosting needs more than speed and dependability to be great, which is why we’re including dozens of features FREE where other hosts would charge extra.
Great Speeds- Best Uptime
- Top Security
- Full Management
- Free SSL Certs!
- Free cPanel!
- Free Softaculous!
The More Technical Stuff.
USA Management
Our 100% fully managed hosting plans have entire teams of USA-based technical staff dedicated, 24x7x365, to making sure all matters relating to your hosting environment are working as intended.
DDoS Protection
The security team has worked overtime in creating a layer of protection, stopping your website from receiving automated DDoS attacks by those hordes of zombie computers that plague other hosts.
cPanel
We’ve got cPanel included in your hosting account, free of charge, so that you can administer all the day to day matters of your hosting, email, databases and files, quickly and without frustration.
Backup
Backing up your GNU social account is automatic. Our system makes 3 snapshots, 1 weekly and 2 daily, allowing you to restore to an earlier point in time with just a few quick clicks.
SSL Certs
Protecting your server and your visitors is ideal. That’s why we’re bundling free SSL certificates with your GNU social hosting account. Communication gets encrypted, protecting requests to/from your hosting.
Setup
Instant setup is a reality, with the entire hosting account set up, ready to go, backups running fully automated, cPanel configured, DDoS protection in place – all instantly, following your hosting order.
Compare Web Hosting Plans.
Domain
Point of address used to access your website within a preferred browser.
CPU Core
Memory Limit
Cloud Storage
Email Accounts
The number of email accounts you can create for your account either POP3 or IMAP.
MySQL Databases
Using MariaDB tuned for performance, KnownHost ensures database optimization.
Premium Bandwidth
Information transferred from your account to visiting users.
Inode Limit
Number of individual files that can exist within a single cPanel account.
Free SSL
Get covered with 90 day renewable certificates provided by Let's Encrypt.
Dedicated IPv4
PatchMan
Premium service to automatically patch known vulnerabilities found in your software.
LiteSpeed
Drop-in replacement for Apache. Proven better performance over Apache and NGINX.
Isolated Resources
KnownHost provices specific configurations for each package, guaranteeing your account resources.
Zend OpCache
Dramatically increases performance of wbesites that utilize PHP and are compatible with OpCache.
Object Caching
cPanel
Premium favored control panel that allows ease of management for related webhosting features such as emails, domains, ftp, etc.
Imunify360
All inclusive protection that monitors, scans and actively performs actions to secure accounts. Protection from malware, viruses, sql injections and more.
CloudLinux Isolation
Account isolation with guaranteed resources. What you buy is yours, experience no issues as a result of noisy neighbors.
DDoS Protection
Complimentary protection. KnownHost's network is protected up to 1Tbps.
Free Backups
Complimentary redundant backup schedule, all handled by KnownHost.
Raw Access Logs
Direct logging in which shows user IP, refferer, and useragent associated with the visit.
SSH Access
Integrated Git Versions Control
Available PHP Versions
* Based on 3 year commitment
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Need More Information About
GNU Web Hosting?
The backup system included with GNU social hosting accounts is fully automated and 100% preconfigured based on a daily cycle. You’ll have access to 2 daily and 1 weekly backup, all stored off-server for added security. The backup system is setup before you ever login the first time. If you need more, just shout and we can get you additional backups.
After sign-up, you’ll get 30 days to decide if you’re satisfied. Our 100% guarantee covers you, so that you’ll get money back if you don’t want to stick around beyond the 30 days.
Your hosting account is under your control, and as such you can install more than just GNU social. Whether you use Softaculous or not, you’ll be able to install multiple applications on your account, limited only by the available resources set out by your plan. Want more? We can upgrade you, no problem.