UOL Host review

Hosting entry is BRL 19.90 in the Brazilian real. A separate minisite and link in bio plan sits lower still, at BRL 12.90, and the online store plan costs BRL 14.90. Add a domain, where a .com is BRL 59.90 for the first year, and the entry bill stays in the low range for a small site.

A .com costs BRL 59.90 in the first year and renews at BRL 59.90, the same figure on both counts, so the domain line of the bill is easy to plan for. Hosting is quoted separately, with entry at BRL 19.90 for the first term and a renewal figure worth checking before you commit.

The store plan costs BRL 14.90 and the transaction fee is 0%, so no cut is taken on each sale. Hosting and domain costs still sit alongside that plan and should be budgeted for the same shop, and the store shares the account with the site.

It depends on the tier: plan P holds a small number of sites, and the M and G plans leave the count open (2 sites on plan P, unlimited on plans M and G). The range covers shared, cloud, WordPress, database and reseller hosting (shared, cloud and wordpress), so the number of sites you can run follows the plan rather than the account.

Hosting plans carry free SSL, backups and email as part of the package (free ssl, backups and email), so certificates and mailboxes do not add a separate line to the bill. The range runs from shared hosting to cloud, WordPress, database and reseller plans (shared, cloud and wordpress), which lets a site grow without changing provider.

The builder covers sites, stores and landing pages (site, store and landing) and works from 120 templates, so a small business can launch a page and open a shop on the same account. A lighter entry point exists too, with a minisite and link in bio plan at BRL 12.90.

UOL Host trades as UNIVERSO ONLINE S/A, is based in Brazil (BR) and has been trading since 2008. Support runs on chat, phone and help centre, which keeps help close to local working days, and the help centre answers the questions a small business asks most often.

The stated audience runs from beginners through small businesses to enterprise buyers (beginners, small business and enterprise). Hosting, the builder, domain registration and the store plan all come from the same Brazilian provider, so a small business can handle its whole online presence through one account and one bill.

The registrar lists from 20 extensions, and a .com costs BRL 59.90 in the first year with the same figure at renewal, BRL 59.90. That keeps a small business on one address for its site and its store without a second registrar to manage.