Managed VPS Hosting Plans and Pricing
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Hosting Plans
Most Popular Soar 8
Up To 20X FASTER Turbo VPS
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Up To 20X FASTER Turbo VPS
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Up To 20X FASTER Turbo VPS
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RAM
8 GB
16 GB
32 GB
RAID-10 SSD Storage i
150 GB NVMe
250 GB NVMe
500 GB NVMe
Also known as disk space, this is the amount of storage allocated to your account.
Transfer i
3 TB
4 TB
5 TB
The amount of information delivered from your account’s server to your website visitors.
Cores
2
6
8
Turbo Servers (Up to 20X Faster) i
Your choice of web host has a direct impact on your sites’ speed and can be the key reason why your site ultimately succeeds or fails .We want to see you succeed! That’s why we designed our high speed Turbo Servers. After all, at A2 Hosting, it’s “Our Speed, Your Success”. What makes our Turbo Servers so fast?
- 40% Faster AMD EPYC CPU Performance
- 2X Faster To First Byte
- Can Handle 9X More Traffic
- 3X Faster Read/Write Speeds with NVMe Drives
- LiteSpeed Performance Enhanced Web Server
- A2 Optimized – Powered By APC/OPcache & Turbo Cache
See how we tested our Turbo Servers’ performance against competing solutions.
Boost Your Bottom Line!
- Increase Your Conversion Rate
- Improve Your SEO Rankings
- Lower Your Bounce Rate
- Handle Up To 9X More Traffic
Turbo Boost + Turbo Cache i
Increases page load speeds by storing the entire HTML contents of your pages and serves them without having to run PHP.
Page Level Caching
Object Caching Using Redis i
Object Caching is the preferred form of caching for WordPress sites. Redis is a way caching, where separate from traditional caching methods, it caches the individual parts so it’s quicker to grab again the next time, speeding up page load times.
Free Dedicated IPs (Additional IPs Available)
2
2
2
Free SSL Certificate (HTTPS) i
A2 Hosting provides you with free and automated SSL Certificates for enhanced website security and protection. Your websites get trusted HTTPS for an encrypted connection.
Best of all, our SSL Certificates are setup automatically for your domains by default! It’s a no click SSL Certificate configuration!
Free Site Migration i
Ready to love your host? It doesn’t have to be a headache to move your site. We’ll be able to migrate your site for free in most cases! Just contact our Grew Crew Support team! We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to websites transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They’re pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!
New! NVMe SSD AMD EPYC Server i
Provide enhanced processing power with unbelievable I/O capacity to help vastly reduce bottlenecks. Our EPYC hardware also uses non-volatile memory express (NVMe) giving our Solid State Drivers (SSDs) the ability to reach their full performance potential with ultra-fast read/write speeds.
- 3X FASTER Read/Write Speed
- 40% FASTER CPU Performance
LiteSpeed Web Server i
LiteSpeed Web Server is a high speed, drop-in server replacement for Apache.Get up to 11X FASTER performance compared to Apache and up to 6X FASTER performance than NGINX with LiteSpeed at A2 Hosting!
(Up To 11X FASTER Than Apache)
Site Acceleration with LiteSpeed
Solid State Drive Speed Boost i
Free
Free
Free
While standard hard drives can only perform hundreds of input/output operations per second, our SSDs perform thousands every second! With no moving parts and no bottlenecks, our SSDs can help your site really fly!
Some hosts claim to offer Solid State Drive Hosting but only host your OS or databases, not your files We use SSD for everything so you get the biggest speed boost possible. That’s why our SSD Hosting loads pages faster than our competition and why even we host our site on SSDs.
(Complete SSD Solution – Your Site, OS & Database)
Powered by APC/OPcache i
Free
Free
Free
Your A2 Hosting account comes pre-configured with PHP accelerator OPcache. External tests have shown OPcache offers up to 50% faster PHP processing! While some users prefer accelerators like eAccelarator or xCache, we’ve found the largest performance boost with OPCache is availability by default with PHP 5.5, while APC is available on previous PHP versions.
Powered By Memcached and Redis i
Increases the speed of your MySQL databases by keeping your most important data in memory for quicker retrieval.
Server Location Options i
Want to use our hosting service with a server located close to you? You can! Get the same award winning A2 Hosting service while hosting on a server located closer to you and your visitors. Just select your hosting location from our order form.
- USA-Michigan USA-Arizona
- Europe-Amsterdam
- Asia-Singapore
CloudFlare CDN Free
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 i
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 are major revisions to the HTTP network protocol and are included with all Turbo Plans. HTTP/3 provides significantly faster page load times than HTTP because of its ability to deliver more HTTP requests at once and prioritize those requests. HTTP/3 delivers files 20%-30% faster than HTTP.
Edge Side Includes (ESI) i
With ESI, you no longer have to designate and entire page as non-cacheable just because one portion cannot be cached. Instead you can easily designate portions of your page to be cached (or not cached) with ESI. This is significant especially for sites created by applications like Magento and WordPress
Easy Websocket Proxy Configuration i
WebSocket’s create two-way interaction between a browser and a website possible for real time web experiance. This is instead of the server needing to be called intermittently to access new information. Websockets are ideal for developing live content and realtime games. Not only do our Turbo Servers make it easier to setup a WebSocket, Turbo allows you to better handle incoming connections and provides enhanced security.
QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connection) i
QUIC is an internet transportation protocol that makes HTTP traffic more efficient and faster by reducing connection establishment times.
Free New Relic Server Monitoring Setup i
Gets the best performance application on our servers complete with free New Relic setup upon request. Just sign up your New Relic Account and contact our support team to install it on your server.
New Relic Server Monitoring Capability
- Disk space utilization
- I/O utilization to disks
- CPU usage
- Memory usage
- Top 20 processes that are using significant memory or I/O
Free mod_pagespeed Setup i
mod_pagespeed speed benefits include:
- Improves web page latency and bandwidth
- Adds custom optimization strategies
- Safely optimizes site content and images without affecting site’s behavior
- Offers advanced filters to further improve performance
Request your free mod_pagespeed setup now!
NGINX reverse proxy (Available upon request)
LiteSpeed
LiteSpeed
LiteSpeed
Perpetual Security i
Our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Our Perpetual Security is unrelenting and constant hosting protection, squashing threats before they potentially develop into something larger.
Main Perpetual Security features:
- KernelCare – Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
- Reinforced DDoS Protection
- Web Hosting Firewall
- Brute Force Defense
- Virus Scanning
- Server Hardening
- 24/7/365 Security Monitoring
Imunify360 i
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
An enterprise-grade security suite designed to protect your site from a number of threats such as brute force attacks, malware, zero-day attacks, DDoS attacks and more.
CloudLinux OS
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Hassle-Free Money-Back Guarantee i
Risk-Free. Hassle-Free. Worry-Free.
We’ve got a lot of cool features we want you to try. So do it! Try us risk-free! If you decide we’re not the right host for you, just cancel your account and we’ll give you full refund within 30-days or a prorated refund for your unused service after 30-days rounded up to the next full month of service . It’s that easy! That’s unlike other hosts where once you’ve tried their service and want a refund, you’re out of luck.
FutureServe Green Hosting i
The “A2” in our name stands for Ann Arbor, the city where we’re headquartered. Nicknamed named Tree Town, Ann Arbor is home to over 150,000 trees! This is a big reason we protect the environment for future generations:
- 100% Carbon Neutral Since 2007 we have worked with Carbonfund.org to help in their creation of clean, renewable energy and CO2 reductions on a global scale.
- Telcommuting Prevents unnecessary CO2 emissions from daily commutes to an office.
- Recycling Older Servers – Instead of piling up in a landfill, we re-use them as internal servers, dedicated servers for clients with lower resource requirements & resell them to the public.
- Reducing Trash – We reduce our waste with practices like using coffee mugs instead of disposable coffee cups when in the office.
24/7/365 Guru Crew Support i
REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.
Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.
We’re here for you! here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.
We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.
Free Site Migration i
Ready to love your host? It doesn’t have to be a headache to move your site. We’ll be able to migrate your site for you
for free in most cases! Just contact our Guru Crew Support team!
We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to website transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They’re pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!
Hosted at A2 w/ 75,000+ 5-Star Avg 3rd-Party Verified Reviews i
Our customers love us, and we feel the same about them. Read what our customers have to say about A2!
BBB Accredited Business – A+ Rated i
At A2 Hosting, we have extremely high satisfaction levels with the Better Business Bureau!
99.9% Uptime Commitment i
Our servers are fast. They’re also reliable. We understand if your site is down, your visitors can’t purchase from you. They can’t find your contact information. They can’t read your new blog post. The bottom line is downtime means lost opportunity. We get it.
Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry’s best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That’s why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.
(Ultra-Reliable Hosting)
Reinforced DDoS Protection i
Don’t fall victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a malicious attempt to disrupt a site or network with a flood of Internet traffic from multiple compromised computer systems. Our expert Reinforced DDoS defense solution provides high scale capacity, instant attack detection and fast mitigation. While DDoS attacks can be complicated and difficult to mitigate, our solution improves the likelihood that your site will remain online during even the most sophisticated DDoS attacks.
100% Worry-Free Hosting i
HostGuard means you don’t worry about your server.That’s our job!
- Managed Hardware & Network – We maintain and update all hardware for top performance. Our quadruple redundant network and RAID storage ensures ultimate reliability.
- Managed Software – Our team keeps the software installed on each server up-to-date including your cPanel control panel and your LAMP stack (Linux OS, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
- Managed Security – Even when you’re away from your computer, your server is protected by our 24/7/365 monitoring and Smart System Notifier. We’ll make sure you have the latest OS security updates and you get unrivaled server hardening.
ReadyKernel Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
Smart System Notifier i
Our 24/7/365 monitoring solution that notifies our team if there’s an issue with your server. Even if it’s 4 AM, you know the Guru Crew will swoop into action to correct it. That way you can stay sound asleep. In most cases our team will resolve the issue before you’re even aware of it!
Seamless Package Upgrade i
No worries! No headaches! We’ll easily upgrade you from your Web Hosting or Reseller Hosting account.
Installation/Upgrades for Core Software (Apache, PHP) i
Our automated cPanel and OS updates will make sure that you get the best version of Apache and PHP!
Security Patches
Control Panel Update and Patches
Free Site Migration i
Ready to love your host? It doesn’t have to be a headache to move your site. We’ll be able to migrate your site for you
for free in most cases! Just contact our Guru Crew Support team!
We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to website transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They’re pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!
cPanel Control Panel i
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free ( 1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Offers an intuitive interface and makes it easy to manage your:
- Domains
- Software
- Databases
Additional cPanel Accounts Available
WHM Access For Resellers i
Free
Free
Free
Using the WHM control panel means you’ll spend less time supporting your customers and more time building your customer base! You’ll be able to:
- Create cPanel accounts
- Create edit hosting packages
- Manage SSL Certificates
- Control DNS
Your customers will thank you! The cPanel control panel will make it easy for them to manage their domains, software, databases and email.
(Requires More Than 1 cPanel Account)
Recovery Backup i
Our Support team can restore from a daily backup in the case of an emergency. As we are unable to guarantee backups, we recommend
creating regular backups of your account and/or using a third-party backup solution.
Softaculous Premium i
Just click the Softaculous icon in your cPanel control panel to install the most popular software to your account with 1-click. It couldn’t be easier to use! Install blogs, CMSes, eCommerce solutions and so much more. You’ll automatically be notified when a new version of your software is available, so you can update it with 1-click.
There are 100’s of software applications to chose from including WordPress, PrestaShop, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, OpenCart and more!
(Auto WordPress, Drupal & Joomla Setup)
Boot Shutdown & Reboot Control
Root Access i
Available
Available
Available
“Root” gives you administrative level access to edit, install and configure all of the files on your server, including system-critical files. It gives you ultimate access to your server. This gives you the ability to configure your server to your exact needs. While root access gives you full control of your server, it is intended for experienced users, engineers and developers . That’s because you do have the potential to misconfigure or delete those system critical files if you’re unfamiliar or inexperienced with what you’re doing.
WordPress Toolkit i
Deluxe
Deluxe
Deluxe
Makes editing and updating your sites’ plugins, themes, WordPress Core & security settings a breeze!
Inode (File) Limit i
2,016,000
3,360,000
6,048,000
The amount of files, folders and emails you’re able to store on your account.
On-Demand Continuous Data Backup & Recovery
Available
Available
Available
(Michigan Datacenter Only)
Easy Plugin and Theme Management i
Activate, deactivate, uninstall and update each of your site’s plugins from a single interface. Uninstall and update your sites’ themes as well.
Cloning i
Create an exact copy of your current WordPress website. This is perfect for backing up your site as well as for site development and testing!
Staging i
Generate an exact copy of your production site to test new features or changes without the risk of breaking your live, production site.
1-Click Site Security Hardening i
Scans your new and existing sites for potentially vulnerable settings. Simply click the settings you want hardened to secure your site.
Mass Hardening i
Scan all of your sites for vulnerable settings and secure each site with a single click!
Mass Updates i
Quickly execute updates for each of your sites’ WordPress core, themes and plugins from a single interface.
Security Rollback i
In some rare instances, security updates can cause incompatability issues on your site. Security rollback allows you to easily undo security updates to correct site issues.
Smart Updates i
Automatically tests your theme, plugin and WordPress core updates before you push them live to determine if they’ll cause any site errors. Make corrections before your updates are published live!
Customizable Installation i
Add a new WordPress install and select custom settings beforehand. Choose auto-updates, debug mode, search engine visibility, your admin username and password, WordPress version, which plugins to use and more!
Manage Existing Installations i
Manage plugins, themes, security settings and more for each of your WordPress sites from a single dashboard.
Change Admin Password i
It’s recommended that you change your WordPress password every 60-90 days to keep your site secure. Easily change each of your WordPress sites’ passwords from a single interface!
Change Database Password i
Quickly update your databases’ username and password from an intuitive interface.
Open Database in phpMyAdmin i
Access your WordPress database’s within phpMyAdmin’s intuitive interface. Use phpMyAdmin to create, update, drop, edit, delete, import, and export your databases.
Restore Backups i
Use the Backup Manager to backup your site, download a backup and restore from a previously created backup.
Single Site Auto Updates i
Get the most secure settings and best features with automatic WordPress version updates. Save time by choosing specific sites you’d like to have auto-updated in the future to the latest WordPress version.
Search Engine Indexing Management i
Is your website not quite ready for public viewing yet? Hide it from search engines with 1-click!
Automatic Hardening i
Keeps your site safe from vulnerabilities by auto-applying the industry’s best security practices!
Password Protection i
Is your site not ready to be viewed? Require a password so only specific users can visit it.
Maintenance Mode i
Create a custom, temporary page Informing site visitors that your site is currently being worked on and is currently unavailable.
Plugin and Theme Sets Installation i
Install and upload plugins and themes for each of your sites from a single interface!
Expertly Tuned Servers
24/7 Network Monitoring
10 gb/s Redundant Network i
Our network is redundant with multiple 10GB carriers in all data center locations!
Redundant A/B Power Backed By UPS/Diesel Generator
99.9% Uptime Commitment i
Our servers are fast. They’re also reliable. We understand if your site is down, your visitors can’t purchase from you. They can’t find your contact information. They can’t read your new blog post. The bottom line is downtime means lost opportunity. We get it.
Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry’s best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That’s why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.
Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry’s best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That’s why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.
(Ultra-Reliable Hosting)
Websites
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Subdomains
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Parked Domain
Addon Domains
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
PHP 7.2-7.4, 8.0 or 8.1,8.2,8.3 i
At A2 Hosting, we got our start by offering the best PHP Hosting. Even today, you still get the best versions of PHP. Our team will install your choice of PHP versions from our available options on your account.
MariaDB Databases i
You can always depend on A2 Hosting to keep MariaDB up-to-date for maximum performance .Use SSH (included free) or phpMyAdmin (pre-installed) to manage your MariaDB databases.
Apache 2.4 i
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
Regardless of whether you’re looking to install an application or develop one from scratch at A2 Hosting, you’ll know Apache is tuned for high performance and ultimate reliability.
PERL 5.x i
At A2 Hosting, your account includes the latest cPanel compatible version of Perl. Your server comes finely tuned to ensure ultimate performance for your Perl scripts.
Python v2.6, 2.7 or 3.2 i
Thanks to our developer friendly hosting, you can always rely on A2 Hosting to offer current versions of Python. You can even select your version of Python you want to use!
Ruby 1.8 i
Ready for maximum performance? At A2 Hosting, you always get the best version of Ruby! You can even manage your Ruby Gems directly from your control panel.
PostgreSQL 9.6 i
PostgreSQL is up-to-date on your server, tuned for maximum security and performance. Manage your PostgreSQL databases with SSH (included free) or phpPgAdmin (pre-installed).
Pre-Installed phpMyAdmin & phpPgAdmin
SSH Access & Rsync i
Serious web development requires serious web hosting. Your account includes 100% free, instant SSH access on sign up. No need to even turn it on.
Auto Git Repository Deployment i
Deploy your repositories to cPanel automatically with a few easy steps! No more manual repository downloads and uploads!
FTP / FTPs
CloudFlare CDN Free
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
FREE Email Addresses i
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Access your e-mail the way you want. Want POP3 or IMAP? You got it! Prefer to use webmail? You can use that as well from your hosting control panel!
Webmail
(RoundCube)
POP3 / POP3-SSL
IMAP / IMAP-SSL
SMTP / SMTP-SSL
Spam Protection
SSL Certificates Available (HTTPS) i
When you need an SSL Certificate, A2 Hosting is your host. We’ve got you covered whether you need to secure a single site, require a Wild Card SSL or an advanced option.Choose from our selection of affordable SSL Certificates in addition to our free SSL option. Our around-the-clock support staff will be happy to help you with the install of your SSL Certificate.
PayPal Merchant Accounts Available i
Use PayPal to accept money on your website! Sign up now for your PayPal merchant account!
PrestaShop 1-Click Setup
WordPress
WooCommerce
Joomla
Drupal
CubeCart
B2evolution
phpBB
SMF
Access to Raw Log Files
Webalizer Visitor Statistics
AWStats
Website Statistics
Analog Visitor Statistics
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache i
LiteSpeed Cache quickly serves stored static snapshots of your site for the fastest performance, instead of making your visitors wait for PHP and WordPress to generate your pages for each visit.
All-In-One Site Acceleration
WooCommerce LiteSpeed Cache i
Uses the LSCache for WordPress plugin to give your WooCommerce store an extra speed boost.
Drupal LiteSpeed Cache i
Accurately cache both logged-in and logged-out users to dramatically increase the performance of your Drupal site.
Joomla LiteSpeed Cache i
Boost the peformance of your Joomla site by serving static snapshots of dynamic content. Page load times are drastically reduced by skipping unnecessary PHP transactions.
Laravel LiteSpeed Cache i
Cache your private and public content on the same page with Edge Side Includes (ESI).
MediaWiki LiteSpeed Cache i
LiteSpeed Cache allows your MediaWiki site to completely bypass PHP and deliver faster results for both your logged-in and non-logged-in users.
OpenCart LiteSpeed Cache i
Provides performance boosting caching for all visitors to your OpenCart site, whether they’re logged in, logged out, have a cart full of products or have an empty cart!
PrestaShop LiteSpeed Cache i
Communicates directly with your server to save and serve static copies of your dynamic PrestaShop pages to greatly reduce your store’s page-load time.
Shopware LiteSpeed Cache i
Increase your store’s performance with LiteSpeed’s server-level full-page caching. The flexible and sophisticated tag-based structure offers targeted cache purging, triggered as product data is updated.
Magento LiteSpeed Cache i
LiteMage is a caching solution designed to help you get the fastest Magento page load speeds. LiteMage uses Edge Sides Includes (ESI) on your pages that were previously unable to be cached. ESI “punches holes” where the unique, non-cacheable content on your pages is. This allows the rest of your page to be served from cache so it can load faster for each of your site visitors.
(LiteMage)
*The promotional price shown is for a 12 month term and will renew at the regular rate at the end of the introductory term
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Takeoff 4
Affordable & Fast Managed VPS
Takeoff 8
Best Selling Managed VPS
Takeoff 16
High Powered Managed VPS
RAM
4 GB
8 GB
16 GB
RAID-10 SSD Storage i
150 GB SSD
250 GB SSD
450 GB SSD
Also known as disk space, this is the amount of storage allocated to your account.
Transfer i
2 TB
3 TB
4 TB
The amount of information delivered from your account’s server to your website visitors.
Cores
2
6
8
Turbo Servers (Up to 20X Faster) i
Your choice of web host has a direct impact on your sites’ speed and can be the key reason why your site ultimately succeeds or fails .We want to see you succeed! That’s why we designed our high speed Turbo Servers. After all, at A2 Hosting, it’s “Our Speed, Your Success”. What makes our Turbo Servers so fast?
- 40% Faster AMD EPYC CPU Performance
- 2X Faster To First Byte
- Can Handle 9X More Traffic
- 3X Faster Read/Write Speeds with NVMe Drives
- LiteSpeed Performance Enhanced Web Server
- A2 Optimized – Powered By APC/OPcache & Turbo Cache
See how we tested our Turbo Servers’ performance against competing solutions.
Boost Your Bottom Line!
- Increase Your Conversion Rate
- Improve Your SEO Rankings
- Lower Your Bounce Rate
- Handle Up To 9X More Traffic
Turbo Boost + Turbo Cache i
Increases page load speeds by storing the entire HTML contents of your pages and serves them without having to run PHP.
Page Level Caching
Object Caching Using Redis i
Object Caching is the preferred form of caching for WordPress sites. Redis is a way caching, where separate from traditional caching methods, it caches the individual parts so it’s quicker to grab again the next time, speeding up page load times.
Free Dedicated IPs (Additional IPs Available)
2
2
2
Free SSL Certificate (HTTPS) i
A2 Hosting provides you with free and automated SSL Certificates for enhanced website security and protection. Your websites get trusted HTTPS for an encrypted connection.
Best of all, our SSL Certificates are setup automatically for your domains by default! It’s a no click SSL Certificate configuration!
Free Site Migration i
Ready to love your host? It doesn’t have to be a headache to move your site. We’ll be able to migrate your site for free in most cases! Just contact our Grew Crew Support team! We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to websites transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They’re pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!
New! NVMe SSD AMD EPYC Server i
Provide enhanced processing power with unbelievable I/O capacity to help vastly reduce bottlenecks. Our EPYC hardware also uses non-volatile memory express (NVMe) giving our Solid State Drivers (SSDs) the ability to reach their full performance potential with ultra-fast read/write speeds.
- 3X FASTER Read/Write Speed
- 40% FASTER CPU Performance
LiteSpeed Web Server i
LiteSpeed Web Server is a high speed, drop-in server replacement for Apache.Get up to 11X FASTER performance compared to Apache and up to 6X FASTER performance than NGINX with LiteSpeed at A2 Hosting!
(Up To 11X FASTER Than Apache)
Site Acceleration with LiteSpeed
Solid State Drive Speed Boost i
Free
Free
Free
While standard hard drives can only perform hundreds of input/output operations per second, our SSDs perform thousands every second! With no moving parts and no bottlenecks, our SSDs can help your site really fly!
Some hosts claim to offer Solid State Drive Hosting but only host your OS or databases, not your files We use SSD for everything so you get the biggest speed boost possible. That’s why our SSD Hosting loads pages faster than our competition and why even we host our site on SSDs.
(Complete SSD Solution – Your Site, OS & Database)
Powered by APC/OPcache i
Free
Free
Free
Your A2 Hosting account comes pre-configured with PHP accelerator OPcache. External tests have shown OPcache offers up to 50% faster PHP processing! While some users prefer accelerators like eAccelarator or xCache, we’ve found the largest performance boost with OPCache is availability by default with PHP 5.5, while APC is available on previous PHP versions.
Powered By Memcached and Redis i
Increases the speed of your MySQL databases by keeping your most important data in memory for quicker retrieval.
Server Location Options i
Want to use our hosting service with a server located close to you? You can! Get the same award winning A2 Hosting service while hosting on a server located closer to you and your visitors. Just select your hosting location from our order form.
- USA-Michigan USA-Arizona
- Europe-Amsterdam
- Asia-Singapore
CloudFlare CDN Free
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 i
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 are major revisions to the HTTP network protocol and are included with all Turbo Plans. HTTP/3 provides significantly faster page load times than HTTP because of its ability to deliver more HTTP requests at once and prioritize those requests. HTTP/3 delivers files 20%-30% faster than HTTP.
Edge Side Includes (ESI) i
With ESI, you no longer have to designate and entire page as non-cacheable just because one portion cannot be cached. Instead you can easily designate portions of your page to be cached (or not cached) with ESI. This is significant especially for sites created by applications like Magento and WordPress
Easy Websocket Proxy Configuration i
WebSocket’s create two-way interaction between a browser and a website possible for real time web experiance. This is instead of the server needing to be called intermittently to access new information. Websockets are ideal for developing live content and realtime games. Not only do our Turbo Servers make it easier to setup a WebSocket, Turbo allows you to better handle incoming connections and provides enhanced security.
QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connection) i
QUIC is an internet transportation protocol that makes HTTP traffic more efficient and faster by reducing connection establishment times.
Free New Relic Server Monitoring Setup i
Gets the best performance application on our servers complete with free New Relic setup upon request. Just sign up your New Relic Account and contact our support team to install it on your server.
New Relic Server Monitoring Capability
- Disk space utilization
- I/O utilization to disks
- CPU usage
- Memory usage
- Top 20 processes that are using significant memory or I/O
Free mod_pagespeed Setup i
mod_pagespeed speed benefits include:
- Improves web page latency and bandwidth
- Adds custom optimization strategies
- Safely optimizes site content and images without affecting site’s behavior
- Offers advanced filters to further improve performance
Request your free mod_pagespeed setup now!
NGINX reverse proxy (Available upon request)
Perpetual Security i
Our proactive protection against malicious hackers and security threats! Our Perpetual Security is unrelenting and constant hosting protection, squashing threats before they potentially develop into something larger.
Main Perpetual Security features:
- KernelCare – Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
- Reinforced DDoS Protection
- Web Hosting Firewall
- Brute Force Defense
- Virus Scanning
- Server Hardening
- 24/7/365 Security Monitoring
Imunify360 i
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
An enterprise-grade security suite designed to protect your site from a number of threats such as brute force attacks, malware, zero-day attacks, DDoS attacks and more.
CloudLinux OS
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Hassle-Free Money-Back Guarantee i
Risk-Free. Hassle-Free. Worry-Free.
We’ve got a lot of cool features we want you to try. So do it! Try us risk-free! If you decide we’re not the right host for you, just cancel your account and we’ll give you full refund within 30-days or a prorated refund for your unused service after 30-days rounded up to the next full month of service . It’s that easy! That’s unlike other hosts where once you’ve tried their service and want a refund, you’re out of luck.
FutureServe Green Hosting i
The “A2” in our name stands for Ann Arbor, the city where we’re headquartered. Nicknamed named Tree Town, Ann Arbor is home to over 150,000 trees! This is a big reason we protect the environment for future generations:
- 100% Carbon Neutral Since 2007 we have worked with Carbonfund.org to help in their creation of clean, renewable energy and CO2 reductions on a global scale.
- Telcommuting Prevents unnecessary CO2 emissions from daily commutes to an office.
- Recycling Older Servers – Instead of piling up in a landfill, we re-use them as internal servers, dedicated servers for clients with lower resource requirements & resell them to the public.
- Reducing Trash – We reduce our waste with practices like using coffee mugs instead of disposable coffee cups when in the office.
24/7/365 Guru Crew Support i
REAL Hosting Support! REAL Smart. REAL Fast. REAL Experience.
Submit a ticket. Email us. Call us. Chat with us. Wherever you are. Whenever you need us, 24/7/365.
We’re here for you! here for you at 3:00 AM, when the ball drops on New Years Eve or even on February 29th.
We’ve hand-selected our support technicians. The Guru Crew is here to track down the solution to your hosting questions. Whether you need advanced PHP Hosting support or have a question about how to get your blog set up, the Guru Crew is here.
Free Site Migration i
Ready to love your host? It doesn’t have to be a headache to move your site. We’ll be able to migrate your site for you
for free in most cases! Just contact our Guru Crew Support team!
We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to website transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They’re pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!
Hosted at A2 w/ 75,000+ 5-Star Avg 3rd-Party Verified Reviews i
Our customers love us, and we feel the same about them. Read what our customers have to say about A2!
BBB Accredited Business – A+ Rated i
At A2 Hosting, we have extremely high satisfaction levels with the Better Business Bureau!
99.9% Uptime Commitment i
Our servers are fast. They’re also reliable. We understand if your site is down, your visitors can’t purchase from you. They can’t find your contact information. They can’t read your new blog post. The bottom line is downtime means lost opportunity. We get it.
Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry’s best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That’s why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.
(Ultra-Reliable Hosting)
Reinforced DDoS Protection i
Don’t fall victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a malicious attempt to disrupt a site or network with a flood of Internet traffic from multiple compromised computer systems. Our expert Reinforced DDoS defense solution provides high scale capacity, instant attack detection and fast mitigation. While DDoS attacks can be complicated and difficult to mitigate, our solution improves the likelihood that your site will remain online during even the most sophisticated DDoS attacks.
100% Worry-Free Hosting i
HostGuard means you don’t worry about your server.That’s our job!
- Managed Hardware & Network – We maintain and update all hardware for top performance. Our quadruple redundant network and RAID storage ensures ultimate reliability.
- Managed Software – Our team keeps the software installed on each server up-to-date including your cPanel control panel and your LAMP stack (Linux OS, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
- Managed Security – Even when you’re away from your computer, your server is protected by our 24/7/365 monitoring and Smart System Notifier. We’ll make sure you have the latest OS security updates and you get unrivaled server hardening.
ReadyKernel Daily, Automatic & Rebootless Kernel Updates
Smart System Notifier i
Our 24/7/365 monitoring solution that notifies our team if there’s an issue with your server. Even if it’s 4 AM, you know the Guru Crew will swoop into action to correct it. That way you can stay sound asleep. In most cases our team will resolve the issue before you’re even aware of it!
Seamless Package Upgrade i
No worries! No headaches! We’ll easily upgrade you from your Web Hosting or Reseller Hosting account.
Installation/Upgrades for Core Software (Apache, PHP) i
Our automated cPanel and OS updates will make sure that you get the best version of Apache and PHP!
Control Panel Update and Patches
Free Site Migration i
Ready to love your host? It doesn’t have to be a headache to move your site. We’ll be able to migrate your site for you
for free in most cases! Just contact our Guru Crew Support team!
We actually have an expert migration team dedicated to website transfers. Day in and day out they transfer websites to our servers. They’re pros at what they do so you have nothing to worry about!
cPanel Control Panel i
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Free (1 cPanel Account)
Offers an intuitive interface and makes it easy to manage your:
- Domains
- Software
- Databases
Additional cPanel Accounts Available
WHM Access For Resellers i
Free
Free
Free
Using the WHM control panel means you’ll spend less time supporting your customers and more time building your customer base! You’ll be able to:
- Create cPanel accounts
- Create edit hosting packages
- Manage SSL Certificates
- Control DNS
Your customers will thank you! The cPanel control panel will make it easy for them to manage their domains, software, databases and email.
(Requires More Than 1 cPanel Account)
Recovery Backup i
Our Support team can restore from a daily backup in the case of an emergency. As we are unable to guarantee backups, we recommend
creating regular backups of your account and/or using a third-party backup solution.
Softaculous Premium i
Just click the Softaculous icon in your cPanel control panel to install the most popular software to your account with 1-click. It couldn’t be easier to use! Install blogs, CMSes, eCommerce solutions and so much more. You’ll automatically be notified when a new version of your software is available, so you can update it with 1-click.
There are 100’s of software applications to chose from including WordPress, PrestaShop, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, OpenCart and more!
(Auto WordPress, Drupal & Joomla Setup)
Boot Shutdown & Reboot Control
Root Access i
Available
Available
Available
“Root” gives you administrative level access to edit, install and configure all of the files on your server, including system-critical files. It gives you ultimate access to your server. This gives you the ability to configure your server to your exact needs. While root access gives you full control of your server, it is intended for experienced users, engineers and developers . That’s because you do have the potential to misconfigure or delete those system critical files if you’re unfamiliar or inexperienced with what you’re doing.
WordPress Toolkit i
Standard
Standard
Standard
Makes editing and updating your sites’ plugins, themes, WordPress Core & security settings a breeze!
Inode (File) Limit i
2,016,000
3,360,000
6,048,000
The amount of files, folders and emails you’re able to store on your account.
On-Demand Continuous Data Backup & Recovery
Available
Available
Available
(Michigan Datacenter Only)
Easy Plugin and Theme Management i
Activate, deactivate, uninstall and update each of your site’s plugins from a single interface. Uninstall and update your sites’ themes as well.
Cloning i
Create an exact copy of your current WordPress website. This is perfect for backing up your site as well as for site development and testing!
Staging i
Generate an exact copy of your production site to test new features or changes without the risk of breaking your live, production site.
1-Click Site Security Hardening i
Scans your new and existing sites for potentially vulnerable settings. Simply click the settings you want hardened to secure your site.
Mass Hardening i
Scan all of your sites for vulnerable settings and secure each site with a single click!
Mass Updates i
Quickly execute updates for each of your sites’ WordPress core, themes and plugins from a single interface.
Security Rollback i
In some rare instances, security updates can cause incompatability issues on your site. Security rollback allows you to easily undo security updates to correct site issues.
Smart Updates i
Automatically tests your theme, plugin and WordPress core updates before you push them live to determine if they’ll cause any site errors. Make corrections before your updates are published live!
Customizable Installation i
Add a new WordPress install and select custom settings beforehand. Choose auto-updates, debug mode, search engine visibility, your admin username and password, WordPress version, which plugins to use and more!
Manage Existing Installations i
Manage plugins, themes, security settings and more for each of your WordPress sites from a single dashboard.
Change Admin Password i
It’s recommended that you change your WordPress password every 60-90 days to keep your site secure. Easily change each of your WordPress sites’ passwords from a single interface!
Change Database Password i
Quickly update your databases’ username and password from an intuitive interface.
Open Database in phpMyAdmin i
Access your WordPress database’s within phpMyAdmin’s intuitive interface. Use phpMyAdmin to create, update, drop, edit, delete, import, and export your databases.
Restore Backups i
Use the Backup Manager to backup your site, download a backup and restore from a previously created backup.
Single Site Auto Updates i
Get the most secure settings and best features with automatic WordPress version updates. Save time by choosing specific sites you’d like to have auto-updated in the future to the latest WordPress version.
Search Engine Indexing Management i
Is your website not quite ready for public viewing yet? Hide it from search engines with 1-click!
Automatic Hardening i
Keeps your site safe from vulnerabilities by auto-applying the industry’s best security practices!
Password Protection i
Is your site not ready to be viewed? Require a password so only specific users can visit it.
Maintenance Mode i
Create a custom, temporary page Informing site visitors that your site is currently being worked on and is currently unavailable.
Plugin and Theme Sets Installation i
Install and upload plugins and themes for each of your sites from a single interface!
Expertly Tuned Servers
24/7 Network Monitoring
10 gb/s Redundant Network i
Our network is redundant with multiple 10GB carriers in all data center locations!
Redundant A/B Power Backed By UPS/Diesel Generator
99.9% Uptime Commitment i
Our servers are fast. They’re also reliable. We understand if your site is down, your visitors can’t purchase from you. They can’t find your contact information. They can’t read your new blog post. The bottom line is downtime means lost opportunity. We get it.
Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry’s best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That’s why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.
Our 24/7/365 support staff includes expert system admins hard at work ensuring your server runs at its peak. We employ our industry’s best practices, feature servers in the best data centers and make sure your server includes the latest security patches. That’s why we can commit to your site being up over 99.9% of the time.
(Ultra-Reliable Hosting)
Websites
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Subdomains
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Parked Domain
Addon Domains
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
PHP 7.2-7.4, 8.0 or 8.1,8.2,8.3 i
At A2 Hosting, we got our start by offering the best PHP Hosting. Even today, you still get the best versions of PHP. Our team will install your choice of PHP versions from our available options on your account.
MariaDB Databases i
You can always depend on A2 Hosting to keep MariaDB up-to-date for maximum performance .Use SSH (included free) or phpMyAdmin (pre-installed) to manage your MariaDB databases.
Apache 2.4 i
Regardless of whether you’re looking to install an application or develop one from scratch at A2 Hosting, you’ll know Apache is tuned for high performance and ultimate reliability.
PERL 5.x i
At A2 Hosting, your account includes the latest cPanel compatible version of Perl. Your server comes finely tuned to ensure ultimate performance for your Perl scripts.
Python v2.6, 2.7 or 3.2 i
Thanks to our developer friendly hosting, you can always rely on A2 Hosting to offer current versions of Python. You can even select your version of Python you want to use!
Ruby 1.8 i
Ready for maximum performance? At A2 Hosting, you always get the best version of Ruby! You can even manage your Ruby Gems directly from your control panel.
PostgreSQL 9.6 i
PostgreSQL is up-to-date on your server, tuned for maximum security and performance. Manage your PostgreSQL databases with SSH (included free) or phpPgAdmin (pre-installed).
Pre-Installed phpMyAdmin & phpPgAdmin
SSH Access & Rsync i
Serious web development requires serious web hosting. Your account includes 100% free, instant SSH access on sign up. No need to even turn it on.
Auto Git Repository Deployment i
Deploy your repositories to cPanel automatically with a few easy steps! No more manual repository downloads and uploads!
FTP / FTPs
CloudFlare CDN Free
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
FREE Email Addresses i
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Access your e-mail the way you want. Want POP3 or IMAP? You got it! Prefer to use webmail? You can use that as well from your hosting control panel!
Webmail
(RoundCube)
POP3 / POP3-SSL
IMAP / IMAP-SSL
SMTP / SMTP-SSL
SSL Certificates Available (HTTPS) i
When you need an SSL Certificate, A2 Hosting is your host. We’ve got you covered whether you need to secure a single site, require a Wild Card SSL or an advanced option.Choose from our selection of affordable SSL Certificates in addition to our free SSL option. Our around-the-clock support staff will be happy to help you with the install of your SSL Certificate.
PayPal Merchant Accounts Available i
Use PayPal to accept money on your website! Sign up now for your PayPal merchant account!
PrestaShop 1-Click Setup
WordPress
WooCommerce
Joomla
Drupal
CubeCart
B2evolution
phpBB
SMF
Access to Raw Log Files
Webalizer Visitor Statistics
AWStats
Website Statistics
Analog Visitor Statistics
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache i
LiteSpeed Cache quickly serves stored static snapshots of your site for the fastest performance, instead of making your visitors wait for PHP and WordPress to generate your pages for each visit.
All-In-One Site Acceleration
WooCommerce LiteSpeed Cache i
Uses the LSCache for WordPress plugin to give your WooCommerce store an extra speed boost.
Drupal LiteSpeed Cache i
Accurately cache both logged-in and logged-out users to dramatically increase the performance of your Drupal site.
Joomla LiteSpeed Cache i
Boost the peformance of your Joomla site by serving static snapshots of dynamic content. Page load times are drastically reduced by skipping unnecessary PHP transactions.
Laravel LiteSpeed Cache i
Cache your private and public content on the same page with Edge Side Includes (ESI).
MediaWiki LiteSpeed Cache i
LiteSpeed Cache allows your MediaWiki site to completely bypass PHP and deliver faster results for both your logged-in and non-logged-in users.
OpenCart LiteSpeed Cache i
Provides performance boosting caching for all visitors to your OpenCart site, whether they’re logged in, logged out, have a cart full of products or have an empty cart!
PrestaShop LiteSpeed Cache i
Communicates directly with your server to save and serve static copies of your dynamic PrestaShop pages to greatly reduce your store’s page-load time.
Shopware LiteSpeed Cache i
Increase your store’s performance with LiteSpeed’s server-level full-page caching. The flexible and sophisticated tag-based structure offers targeted cache purging, triggered as product data is updated.
Magento LiteSpeed Cache i
LiteMage is a caching solution designed to help you get the fastest Magento page load speeds. LiteMage uses Edge Sides Includes (ESI) on your pages that were previously unable to be cached. ESI “punches holes” where the unique, non-cacheable content on your pages is. This allows the rest of your page to be served from cache so it can load faster for each of your site visitors.
(LiteMage)
*The promotional price shown is for a 12 month term and will renew at the regular rate at the end of the introductory term
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