ax1 Expert Review 2019
Written by: Michael Lavnduski

Expert Overview
Free and Discount Hosting
Ax1.eu is a discount hosting company, and not one of the better ones. I tried to write this review a few weeks ago and their site at the time was redirecting to spam pages. It seems they got that worked out though because their page is now back to normal. That still isn't very good, however. It looks like it was designed in simple HTML about 10 years ago. You can choose from either their free hosting plan or 'premium' hosting, neither of which are that good.
Overall, this is likely not a good option for anyone. There are better free choices out there, and their premium hosting is still not that good (though it is very cheap). The page loads slowly and unreliably, which is really not what you want from a hosting provider.
Uptime & Reliability
Poor Reliability
The last few times I tried to log on to their site to write this review I was redirected to spammy pages so they were either trying to redirect for ad revenue or they got hacked somehow. Either way, I wouldn't trust this site with my pages. They are clearly a low cost option, but that is no excuse to have such a bad service.
Features
Very Limited Features
As you look through their very basic site you will quickly realize that they don't provide much information about the services they provide. The premium hosting page just says that it doesn't have ads, you get 20 gigs and 200 gigs per month of bandwidth. Also, you are limited to 20 sub domains, databases & parked domains. The cost is $4 for a lifetime, which is obviously pretty cheap. It seems likely, however, that they won't be open for too long so this still isn't going to be that great of a deal.
The free hosting option is basically just a subdomain, so it will be YourSite.ax1.eu. Those, of course, are not very desirable. One nice thing is that as part of the signup process you can have them install WordPress or any number of other scripts. It is all fairly easy. If you're looking for a hosting company just for practicing building your site or something, this could be worth it.
Support
No real information on support
They don't tell you much of anything about how they support your pages. I'm sure there is a way to submit a ticket on their control panel, but it is not clear what the response time would be or anything like that.
Pricing
Low Prices
The prices are very low. Either free, or $4 for a lifetime. While the prices are extremely low, it is still not that great of a deal in my opinion. They don't do a good job keeping their own site up, much less your own. The free hosting seems to have advertisements on it, which your users will find annoying. There are better free hosting options out there, and if you are going to make a serious site, just go ahead and pay for an inexpensive shared option with a more legit company.
User Friendly
Easy to use
One thing positive about this provider is that they are easy to use. If you want to sign up you just fill out a simple form and you are ready to go. They make it fast and easy, which is fairly nice.
Summary
Many options that are better than this one
If you are trying to host a serious site of any type I would recommend you go to another provider. This company does not seem to be legit and there are a lot of better options out there to choose from.
Pros:
- Very cheap
- Easy to use
Cons:
- Their site has been down a lot
- Site was redirecting to spam
- Slow load times
- Poorly designed site
- No real information about support
ax1 User Reviews
ax1 Prices, Plans & Features - 2019
Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name | Space | Bandwidth | Price | Score | ||
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free | 10 GB | 102.4 GB | cPanel | $0.00 | 0.0 | Details |
Standard plan | 20 GB | 204.8 GB | cPanel | $4.00 | 0.0 | Details |
Ultimate plan | Unlimited | Unlimited | cPanel | $6.99 | 0.0 | Details |
VPS Hosting Plans
Plan Name | Space | RAM | OS | Price | Score | ||
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Economy | 30 GB | 24 cores | 512 MB | $9.99 | 0.0 | Details | |
Basic | 40 GB | 24 cores | 756 MB | $19.99 | 0.0 | Details | |
Entry | 50 GB | 24 cores | 1 GB | $29.99 | 0.0 | Details | |
Standard | 80 GB | 24 cores | 1.23 GB | $42.99 | 0.0 | Details | |
Ultra | 120 GB | 24 cores | 1.5 GB | $55.99 | 0.0 | Details | |
Ultimate | 250 GB | 24 cores | 1.71 GB | $65.99 | 0.0 | Details |
Dedicated Server Plans
Server Locations
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