Hi there,

A client of ours who wants us to build a European umbrella-website has asked us to find reliable local providers in the following countries:

  • Austria
  • Belgium (done)
  • Czech Republic (done)
  • Denmark
  • England/UK (done)
  • Finland
  • France (done)
  • Germany (done)
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy (done)
  • Netherlands (done)
  • Poland
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain (done)
  • Sweden
  • Swtizerland

Hosts need to be PHP5 with at least 32MB script memory, but preferably more
they also need to allow connecting to a remote mySQL DB, as the idea is to use 1 centralized database and have all the local providers connect to that, but I haven't found any hosts that block that so far, so that shouldn't be a problem

Please post links to the providers page and add some specs if possible, I don't really care if they're affiliate links

The ones marked (done) already have a local provider, so don't bother posting a link for those countries

Thanks in advance!

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seanray’s picture

As far as I know, UK2.net should be a good choice, and if you are ok with dedicated hosting, then, you can choose 1&1(1and1.co.uk)

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seutje’s picture

they already had UK hosting service

they were looking for providers who's servers were actually physically in the country, as in their IP resolves to that country

and yeh, I found one for all countries, I think, I'll post a list when I'm at the office and think about it

a25i’s picture

It would be nice to see that list when you're done...

thanks!

seutje’s picture

k, so here are my results of some research
this information is a result of a quick research, so please don't blindly rely on these numbers
market share information gained from http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/ about 2 weeks ago, so orders could of shifted a bit by now (note that these numbers probably include domain-tasters)

  • Austria
    • name: inode
    • url: http://www.inode.at
    • space: 200-500MB
    • memory: 32MB
    • price: €4-8/m +VAT
    • notes: Marketleader in .at domains, memory not expandable
    • name: world4you
    • url: http://www.world4you.com
    • space: 1GB
    • memory: unknown
    • price: €4.50/m
    • notes: 2nd marketleader in .at domains
  • Denmark
    • name: Surf Town
    • url: http://www.surf-town.net
    • space: 500GB
    • memory: 32MB+
    • price: €5.99/m
    • notes: 4th marketleader in .dk domains, English support, bandwidth limits not mentioned, memory expandable
  • Finland
    • name: Nebula
    • url: http://www.nebula.fi
    • space: 2GB
    • memory: 32MB
    • price: €15/m
    • notes: 3rd marketleader in .fi domains, memory not expandable
  • Greece
    • name: Hyperhosting
    • url: http://www.hyperhosting.gr
    • space: 200-800MB
    • memory: 32MB
    • price: €6.50-17.50/m
    • notes: PHP4, support only in greek
  • Hungary
    • name: Web-server
    • url: http://www.web-server.hu
    • space: 1.5GB
    • memory: 64MB
    • price: €4.5/m
    • notes: Limited English support, extremely fast response time to e-mail and livechat
  • Poland
    • name: NetArt
    • url: http://www.nazwa.pl
    • space: 10GB
    • memory: 64MB
    • price: €78/y + VAT
    • notes: Support only in Polish, MySQL server not on localhost, 30s for PHP scripts, very good for mailinglists
    • name: Home
    • url: http://www.home.pl
    • space: 1GB
    • memory: unknown
    • price: €78/y +VAT
    • notes: Marketleader in .pl domains
  • Slovakia
    • name: A3Web
    • url: http://www.a3web.sk
    • space: 7GB
    • memory: custom
    • price: €3.64/m
    • notes: English support, unlimited bandwidth, 1st month free
    • name: Atlantis
    • url: http://www.atlantis.sk
    • space: 6GB
    • memory: 64MB
    • price: €5.28/m
    • notes: PHP without safe-mode, own php.ini
  • Slovenia
    • name: Hitrost
    • url: http://www.hitrost.com
    • space: 800MB
    • memory: 64MB
    • price: €6/m
    • notes: 3rd marketleader of .si domains
    • name: Domenca
    • url: http://www.domenca.com
    • space: 200-1000MB
    • memory: unknown
    • price: €8-39/m
    • notes: 2nd marketleader of .si domains, response to e-mail only after 2 days with no real answer to my question
  • Sweden
    • name: Loopia
    • url: http://www.loopia.se
    • space: 1GB
    • memory: 16MB+
    • price: €8.30/m
    • notes: Marketleader in .se domains with over 25%(!!), default memory_limit on 16MB, expandable "as long as it doesn't bother other clients on the same server"
  • Switzerland
    • name: Hostpoint
    • http://www.hostpoint.ch
    • space: 10GB
    • memory: 64MB
    • price: €6.80/m
    • notes: 2nd marketleader in .ch domains, own php.ini
    • name: Infomaniak Network
    • url: http://www.infomaniak.ch
    • space: 50GB
    • memory: 48MB+
    • price: €10/m
    • notes: Marketleader in .ch domains, memory expandable up to 96MB for 1 hour, up to 10 times per year, first year €90, then €120
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abajt-2’s picture

serwery http://www.abajt.pl hosting
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konta pocztowe http://www.hejnet.pl w Polsce

kamdroop’s picture

UK2 is pretty large and established. They may be your best bet. They do have several brands, so research before you buy!

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lashamaro’s picture

There're plenty of good hosting providers throughout Europe, just Google with specific country name.
Also you may find reliable one from webhosting listing websites like www.cheap-hosting-providers.com or others. I personally was with few companies in the UK and currently am with www.euro-space.net , which is pretty good.

livepage’s picture

We're also with euro-space and are satisfied with their server speed, quite reliable company. But cheap-hosting-providers.com ? doesn't show anything..