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.
Great SMF application hosting can be found at KnownHost, a long-established firm with the best uptime in the industry and an iron-clad satisfaction guarantee. Thousands of 5* reviews confirm this is a good choice.
Fast - SSD- Safe – DDoS Protected
- Easy – Fully Managed
- 100% Guaranteed
- Free SSL Certs!
- Free cPanel!
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The More Technical Stuff.
USA Support
Enjoy the onshore tech support and server admin teams. They’re experts who can easily understand any issues you’re having, communicate the solution and see it through to completion.
Server Management
Choose fully managed SMF hosting and let KnownHost take on the technical server management tasks for you. Server management is a free service at KnownHost – we know your time is valuable.
DDoS Protection
Stopping hackers in their tracks, whenever possible, is serious business. KnownHost puts a wall of defense up, protecting your site from malicious DDoS attacks, so that you stay online and safe.
Backups
You’ll get a 100% free, fully automated, backup solution which takes snapshots of your important data – giving you the ability to roll-back changes a day, two days or even a week back in history.
cPanel
Streamlining workflow so that recurring tasks are as quick and easy as possible is doable, especially when you’re supplied with free cPanel control panel. Hosting admin tasks done quicker, indeed!
Migration
When it comes time to move your SMF site over to KnownHost, why not let our team lend a hand by doing all the hard work? Migrations are free, coordinated with your schedule and with minimal interruption.
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
SMF Web Hosting?
You don’t even have to ask! We’ll set up your backup system before you login the first time so that you’re protected, automatically. The system will create snapshots of all your important data, enabling you to restore to an earlier point in time a day ago, 2 days ago or a week ago with just a few clicks.
You have control over your hosting account and can pretty much do what you please, within reasonable limits. See our ToS and AUP for all the facts. As long as you’re not looking to harm others, infringe on their intellectual property, spam, hack or distribute warez…. Illegal activities are prohibited – don’t even ask.
During the first 30 days of your SMF hosting plan, you’ll be able to ask for a refund at any time. With our 100% satisfaction guarantee, we offer you the chance to change your mind, ask for your money back, and rest easy knowing you’ll get it. We guarantee your satisfaction!
No. With any SMF hosting plan, you can install additional software, like a blog, wiki, CRM, etc, etc. Many people choose to add a blog, like WordPress, though you could easily add a wiki instead, or run all three!