
Take advantage of our low-cost, secure and reliable web hosting with a shared hosting plan. Our hosting is easy to use, and getting your website online couldn’t be simpler.
This type of web hosting is where the server space is shared with other clients, so we can provide you with a high quality service at a rock bottom price.
Shared hosting is the most basic form of web hosting. Your site files are stored on a single physical server that shares disk space and other resources amongst multiple customers for maximum cost efficiency. A control panel allows you to manage your account.
In addition to the ease and affordability of shared hosting customers enjoy the added protection of having their data stored in a secure, dedicated facility instead of in-house, and the reassurance of technical support and advice available 24/7 from our team of experts.
Our top of the range servers are located in our highly secure data centre facility, which offers first-rate connectivity and is constantly monitored and maintained by our qualified technicians.
As a leading provider of business hosting, Firstserv specialises in looking after all of your company’s IT requirements. If you are looking for the peace of mind of an uptime guaranteed solution then call us to find out more about our other managed hosting options on 0800 138 9277
All Firstserv shared hosting packages come with the Parallels Plesk™ control panel, and you can choose Linux or Windows operating systems. The Plesk™ control panel allows you to maintain your hosting account using a comprehensive set of features which include the ability to manage your MySQL databases, manage database users & passwords, password protect web directories and maintain email accounts.
We will register a .com .uk .biz .info .net or .org name as part of the package cost. Alternatively we will help you to transfer an existing domain from another registrar to us.
Please note that .eu domains need to be registered and paid for separately.
All Firstserv hosting is carbon balanced as part of our green hosting initiative.
| Shared Starter | Shared Business | Shared Enterprise | |
| Operating System | Windows OR Linux | Windows OR Linux | Windows OR Linux |
Firstserv provides Windows, IIS, MySQL, PHP (WIMP) shared hosting on Windows Server 2003, OR Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) shared hosting on Red Hat Enterprise. |
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| Disk Space | 1GB | 3GB | 5GB |
The total disk space storage, listed in gigabytes, for all web site files (html, images), log files, stats and email. |
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| Monthly Traffic | 3GB | 10GB | 20GB |
Data transfer is measured in gigabytes (GB) and includes all traffic including email, ftp and web traffic. |
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| Email accounts | 10 | 25 | 50 |
All POP3 email is virus checked and spam filtered. |
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| Number of MySQL Databases | 1 | 5 | 10 |
You can create MySQL databases using the shared hosting control panel, and make use of PHPMyAdmin - a web-based administration tool, allowing you to sort, edit, and create tables within a given database. |
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| Cost (pay monthly) | n/a | £12 | £20 |
Additional savings available by paying annually in advance. |
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| Cost (pay annually) | £55 | £132 | £220 |
Pay annually in advance and receive one month of free hosting, and a free domain name. |
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Firstserv also offer shared ColdFusion hosting for an additional £15 per month. Our Linux ColdFusion hosting servers run the Enterprise edition of ColdFusion 8. The Enterprise edition of ColdFusion 8 has numerous security and performance advantages over the Standard edition including application sandbox security, multi-threaded business report and PDF/FlashPaper generation, event gateways and support for enterprise database drivers including Oracle and Sybase. Our Windows Servers have been upgraded to ColdFusion 9, which has even greater functionality.
Further information on ColdFusion hosting is available here. If you wish to buy ColdFusion shared hosting please contact our sales team.
Firstserv provides shared Flash Communication Server hosting. Our web-based control panel allows you to monitor and manage your FCS MX applications. FTP access is also provided, which allows you to upload stream resources, manage applications, add/delete shared objects and access raw log files.
Further information and pricing for FCS hosting is available here. If you wish to buy Flash Communication shared hosting please contact our sales team.