Getting started with ThunderHosting web hosting
What ThunderHosting web hosting includes: Plesk panel, free SSL, daily backups, email and databases, plus a comparison of the Solo Spark, Smart Space and Business Pack plans.
ThunderHosting web hosting gives you a managed webspace for your website and email, ordered and managed through the ThunderHosting customer area at beta-manager.thunderhosting.com. Each hosting is a Plesk subscription on our servers in Lugano, Switzerland. This article explains what is included and helps you choose a plan.
Included in every plan
- Plesk control panel, opened from your dashboard with single sign-on (no extra password needed).
- Free SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt.
- Daily backups.
- File access with the Plesk File Manager and with SFTP/FTPS.
- One-click installation of WordPress and other applications such as Joomla.
- PHP from version 7.4 up to the latest release.
- Email accounts with webmail on your own domain.
- Managed DNS with ThunderHosting DNS, or the option to keep your DNS at another provider.
- Hosting in Lugano, Switzerland (server wlugpr1).
Plans compared
| Solo Spark | Smart Space | Business Pack | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | CHF 5.00 | CHF 9.00 | CHF 20.00 |
| Price per year (10% off) | CHF 54.00 | CHF 97.20 | CHF 216.00 |
| Domains | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Subdomains | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Domain aliases | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| Mailboxes | 4 x 5 GB | 5 x 10 GB | 10 x 20 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB | 50 GB | 500 GB |
| Databases | 2 | 5 | 10 |
In short: Solo Spark (CHF 5 per month) suits a single website with up to 4 mailboxes of 5 GB and 20 GB of storage. Smart Space (CHF 9 per month) adds room for 3 domains, 5 mailboxes of 10 GB, 50 GB of storage and 5 databases. Business Pack (CHF 20 per month) is made for larger sites and teams, with 5 domains, 10 mailboxes of 20 GB, 500 GB of storage and 10 databases.
Prices and billing periods
- You can pay monthly or yearly. Yearly billing costs 10% less than twelve monthly payments.
- Prices are in Swiss francs (CHF). If your organization is set up in euros, prices are converted and shown in EUR.
- You can upgrade or downgrade later from the hosting dashboard. Upgrades are charged pro rata for the rest of the paid period.
Not sure which plan to take? Start smaller: upgrading later is quick and you only pay the difference for the remaining days.
Next steps
- Order your hosting (see the article Ordering web hosting).
- Connect your domain or use a free subdomain on hts.one or onthunderhosting.com.
- Open the hosting dashboard, then create mailboxes, install WordPress or upload your files.
Once you have ordered, the article Your hosting dashboard and Plesk login is the best place to continue.