Sherlock Host is a UK based hosting provider with a ‘Sherlock Holmes’ theme. The them makes it seem a bit unprofessional in some ways, but they are focused mostly on hosting for individuals and small businesses so that might not matter. In addition to hosting options they also sell domains, offer a website builder, allow reseller hosting, and more. Most people who have used this hosting provider appear to be quite happy with the overall service they are getting, but most of their customers don’t need anything spectacular either.
Reviewing this hosting provider is quite similar to reviewing dozens, or even hundreds, of other providers because they stick to just the most commonly needed options. This means standard shared hosting packages, standard web creation tools, and standard pricing. Of course, they choose to offer this type of thing because that is what most people want so they can easily attract a lot of customers by offering these types of services.
There is no reason to think that there will be any type of issues with uptime. They provide a 99.9% uptime guarantee so if they do have any issues, you can typically get a refund on some or all of your payment. Since they are focused on shared hosting and VPS solutions, however, they know how to keep their servers up and running without any trouble.
Sherlock Host offers a variety of helpful features to get people’s websites up and running quickly, and keep them working well long into the future. Their website builder is pretty basic, but it is very easy to use and can create some very nice looking sites. For shared hosting most of the packages are for Linux, though they do have some options for Windows under a different section. All the packages allow for unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth. The entry level option allows 1 site and 1 database, the mid-tier option is 10 sites and 10 databases, and the top level option is unlimited on both. All the hosting packages at this level are run on SSD’s too, which is a nice perk.
The VPS packages also use Linux, and they have multiple options to choose from. You can choose packages that start at 512Meg of RAM with one CPU core. The highest level VPS boasts 8 gigs of RAM with 4 CPU cores. At this level there are restrictions on disk space ranging from 20 to 80 gigs. Bandwidth is limited from 2 to 6 TB per month. You can also add on SSL certificates, get help with certain coding standards, upgrade your account anytime, and much more.
The tech support team is available 24/7 to work with you on any type of issues you are having. You can reach out to them via live chat, phone, or their ‘help center.’ In addition, they do have a knowledge base that contains quite a bit of good information that can help users to solve problems on their own, or learn how to do things.
The shared hosting packages are all pretty reasonable in terms of price. The first one starts at £2.49 per month. This goes up to £9.99 per month for the top tier shared hosting service. These costs are pretty much in line with what you will see at countless other hosting providers. VPS packages start at £5 per month and go all the way up to £75 per month. The lower level packages are quite a good deal for those who want good hosting with more control than they can get from shared packages. Once you get to the top couple options, however, the price is more than it is worth.
Both the website and the user interfaces from Sherlock Host are both pretty easy to use. They have done a good job of balancing technical information and trying to make it easily understandable to users. Once you’ve signed up you will have access to a standard control panel that you can use to make changes and perform other tasks on your hosting server. While it will definitely take some getting used to, most people won’t have any trouble figuring it out and getting their sites up and running. If help is needed, their technical support team will be happy to assist with anything to get things going.
The overall quality of the hosting that you will get from this company is quite good. If you have any type of special needs for your hosting, you’re not likely going to find it here. For the average website, however, this company will easily be able to meet their needs.
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