Datasur review

Shared hosting starts at $1.05, and the published entry price is $1.05. That figure places Datasur at position 27 in a field of 282 brands, so the first bill is a small one.

Datasur lists an entry price of $1.05 and a price from $1.05. Across the site the median renewal price is €5.99 while the median entry price is €2.99, so renewal is usually the larger bill and worth confirming on the plan page.

The range covers shared hosting, VPS hosting and email hosting. Shared hosting and VPS hosting sit alongside email hosting, cloud storage, colocation and datacenter services, so a buyer can move from a small site to rack space without changing company.

The data centers are listed as Wanica, Suriname and Henck Arronstraat, Suriname, and the company is registered as Caribbean Communication Services N.V. h.o.d.n.. That keeps the footprint in a single country, which suits buyers who want their hosting close to home.

Support runs over email, phone and help centre, so a call, an email or the help centre all work. Live chat is not in that list, which matters if you would rather type during working hours than wait for a reply.

Hosting plans come with an uptime guarantee of 99.9%. That is the published figure to hold the provider to, and it sits alongside the shared, VPS and datacenter parts of the range.

The entry tiers are limited: 1 website on Lite and Starter plans. A business running several domains, or a portfolio of client sites, would need a larger shared plan or a VPS. The VPS and colocation options leave more room as traffic grows.

The stated audience covers small business and enterprise. The builder type is listed as site, which points at a straightforward site rather than a store builder, with hosting kept with the same company that runs the site.

Backups and email are listed among the features (backups and email), the two extras most small sites need early on. Support over email, phone and help centre is available across the plans, and the entry tiers run on shared hosting.