Cartika started back in 1999 with the intent of becoming exclusively an application hosting and support firm. At a later date, however, they purchased their own server and grew beyond application hosting to include webhosting as well. Their servers got moved into a bigger datacenter in Dallas, Texas, and they decided managed hosting was a better use of their time, services, and infrastructure. Today, they have datacenters in Dallas and Toronto with plans to expand to other locations. Additionally, they have additional offices in Russia and the Ukraine for development and engineering. They are very interested in expanding their company and hope to pull other companies in to grow with them.
They offer dedicated webhosting services that support both Linux and Windows, in addition to offering shared and private cloud and VPS hosting options. Add-on services include additional backup, management solutions, cloud load balancers and SSL certificates.
Uptime & Reliability
Quality hosting with minimal downtime
This company offers state of the art and enterprise level servers and locations in order to guarantee you the most uptime available. They offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee and vow to credit your account per month if outages occur due to errors on their part.
Features
Mostly normal hosting options
Cartika has many web hosting options from managed cPanel hosting to dedicated servers, including reseller and cloud hosting. All of their hosting can support either Linux or Windows. All their hosting packages come with their data center support and 24/7 email and ticketing support, in addition to spam blocking, a Cartika specialized ease-of-use interface, Bacula4Hosts for backup, and fully managed hosting services.
Add-on services include load balancers, globally distributed POPs, Juniper VPNs, and Anycast DNS. They also offer single and bulk domain registration and SSL certificates. They also offering different managing services based on what your needs are- they have reactive, proactive, or advanced security compliance management. All of their services are upgradable at any time.
Support
Good technical support
Cartika offers 24/7 email, phone and live chat support with all packages. They do not say how long their response time is for any tickets or other inquiries, but they constantly tout high levels of customer service and customer satisfaction. Additionally, they have a support forum where fellow users express their concerns and quick fixes for any problems they run across.
Pricing
Pricing seems a bit high in many areas
Basic webhosting packages start at $25 dollars a month with additional add-on services if need be. Packages go up from there depending on what type of server you would like or what other package options you are interested in. Domain registration starts at $10 a month. Overall, their package prices seem above average compared to other hosting sites, but the package deals seem pretty thorough. However, add-ons can spike your bill up rather quickly, so that will definitely need to be monitored.
Summary
Nice hosting option to consider
Cartika offers rather thorough package options for your hosting needs. Their prices are a bit on the higher end, but that is definitely reflective of the quality of service and support you get. Domain registration is relatively inexpensive compared to other sites, and with a 99.9% uptime guarantee and 24/7 support you should be getting what you paid for.
Pros:
- 99.9% Uptime
- 24/7 tech support
Cons:
- Some options seem overly simplistic