Customizable Options.
Basic
Web Hosting
Starting at
$6.71/mo
Renews at
8.95/mo
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Website
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Core
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Memory Limit
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NVMe Storage
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Email Accounts
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MySQL Databases
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Premium Bandwidth
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Included
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cPanel Included
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Certificates
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Optional
Standard
Web Hosting
Starting at
$9.71/mo
Renews at
12.95/mo
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Websites
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Core
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Memory Limit
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NVMe Storage
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Email Accounts
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MySQL Databases
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Premium Bandwidth
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Included
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cPanel Included
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Certificates
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Optional
Professional
Web Hosting
Starting at
$14.96/mo
Renews at
19.95/mo
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Websites
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Cores
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Memory Limit
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NVMe Storage
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Email Accounts
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MySQL Databases
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Premium Bandwidth
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Included
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cPanel Included
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Certificates
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Included
Premium
Web Hosting
Starting at
$29.96/mo
Renews at
39.95/mo
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Websites
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Cores
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Memory Limit
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NVMe Storage
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Email Accounts
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MySQL Databases
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Premium Bandwidth
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Included
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cPanel Included
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Dedicated IPv4 Included
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Certificates
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Included
* Based on 3 year commitment
20+ Years of Trusted Hosting
KnownHost has been delivering consistently praised hosting solutions for over 15 years. Backed by glowing customer reviews and a reputation for unmatched support, we’re the trusted choice for businesses that demand reliability.
Just The Basics.
With KnownHost, you give you everything you need to get your online community up and running as quickly as possible. From the second you fire up your LayerBB hosting account, you’ll benefit from a free SSL certificate, cPanel, complementary security and much more. We give you all of this because we want to make joining the platform and getting down to business as easy and quick as possible.
But we don’t stop there, because we’re here to help you as your business grows, too. As your forum community increases in size and visitor numbers, we offer things like package upgrades and PHP oPCache for your high-spec application hosting – so you can match your capabilities to the growth of your business. We’re here to help you make the most of the opportunities that come your way, giving you all the free tools and resources you need, when you need them.
Free Apache SpamAssassin & ClamAV Security Software- Instant Setup Service Upon Request
- 3 Secure, Full-Scope Backups Always Available
- 30-Day, No Questions Asked Money Back Guarantee
- Premium SSL Certificates from Comodo, GeoTrust & RapidSSL Available Upon Request!
- Free Softaculous for One-Click Access to 400-Plus Apps!
- Free DDoS Protection!
The More Technical Stuff.
Premium, High-Speed Networking & Routing Technology
To ensure that your LayerBB hosting and associated forums are always at peak performance, KnownHost only uses high-speed, top-tier routing and networking hardware. The result? Blazing fast delivery speeds for your users and performance that search engines notice and rank accordingly.
Free Security Hardening & Optimization Service at Setup
To ensure that your LayerBB hosting is compromise-free, we conduct a security hardening sweep at setup of your system and application components. We’ll ensure everything is locked down and threat-free as a standard part of your hosting plan.
Thousands of Trusted, Verifiable Reviews
Over a decade-plus in the hosting industry, KnownHost has accrued thousands of shining appraisals from customers, spread across internet review sites. If you want to see what we deliver and how well we do it, you can find all the feedback you want from satisfied, happy KnownHost customers.
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Without exception, our hosting plans come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you ever feel like any area of your LayerBB hosting is letting you down, just let us know and we’ll get to work to make it right.
Instant, Pain-Free Domain Provisioning
So that you can remain agile and grow your online presence as needed, we offer instant domain provisioning. New domains are immediately available for association and ready to take incoming requests – and we’ll include free WhoIs Privacy when you register a new domain with KnownHost.
Save Up to 50% on Shared Cloud Hosting
Prepay long-term for your LayerBB forum hosting and you could save up to 50% for the entire agreed period. You can even choose to pay years in advance and know that you’re saving money every single day you stay on the KnownHost platform.
Compare Web Hosting Plans.
Domain
Point of address used to access your website within a preferred browser.
CPU Core
Memory Limit
Cloud Storage
Email Accounts
The number of email accounts you can create for your account either POP3 or IMAP.
MySQL Databases
Using MariaDB tuned for performance, KnownHost ensures database optimization.
Premium Bandwidth
Information transferred from your account to visiting users.
Inode Limit
Number of individual files that can exist within a single cPanel account.
Free SSL
Get covered with 90 day renewable certificates provided by Let's Encrypt.
Dedicated IPv4
PatchMan
Premium service to automatically patch known vulnerabilities found in your software.
AMD EPYC CPU's
We use AMD EPYC CPU's to provide an exceptionally fast experience.
NVMe Backend
Built on a specifically designed architecture, we utilize the best to ensure performance.
24/7/365 Support
Support available at all times, whenever you need it, wherever you are.
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Ultimate Performance
Using only the best hardware, optimized for performance. We know hosting.
Free Migrations
Providing free migrations from supported panels, let us handle it for you.
White Label
Instant Setup
LiteSpeed
Drop-in replacement for Apache. Proven better performance over Apache and NGINX.
HTTP/2
Protocol built to ensure faster response by allowing connections to send/receive multiple requests.
QUIC-HTTP/3
Succesor to HTTP/2, HTTP/3 provides even much faster response over HTTP/2 connections.
Isolated Resources
KnownHost provices specific configurations for each package, guaranteeing your account resources.
Zend OpCache
Dramatically increases performance of wbesites that utilize PHP and are compatible with OpCache.
Optimized By Professionals
KnownHost servers are built with performance in mind. Only the best performing servers for our customers.
Quic.Cloud CDN
Cloudflare
Object Caching
cPanel
Premium favored control panel that allows ease of management for related webhosting features such as emails, domains, ftp, etc.
Integrated File Manager
Panel provided file manager to allow access and control over user files and folders.
Multiple Languages
Panel supported language pack for use of customers all over the world.
DNS Management
Panel provided DNS editor to handle A, TXT, CNAME and other types of records.
Imunify360
All inclusive protection that monitors, scans and actively performs actions to secure accounts. Protection from malware, viruses, sql injections and more.
CloudLinux Isolation
Account isolation with guaranteed resources. What you buy is yours, experience no issues as a result of noisy neighbors.
WP Brute Force Protection
Provided by Litespeed to protect accounts from wp-login targeted attacks.
Security Team
DDoS Protection
Complimentary protection. KnownHost's network is protected up to 1Tbps.
SFTP & FTPS Access
Secure FTP connections over SSH or TLS.
WP-CLI
Command line interface for managing WordPress installations.
phpMyAdmin
Interface for MySQL Databases. Providing the ability to import, export or make adjustments as required.
Python CLI
Command line interface for executing scripts within your user space.
MariaDB
Seamless Package Changes
Managed Services
Automatic Updates
Security Patches
Optimized Servers
Redundant Network
Redundant A/B power
99.995% Uptime Hosting
Balanced Servers
WebMail Choices
RoundCube
Secure POP3
IMAP
SMTP
Autoresponders
SpamFilter Control
Ability to fine-tune your spam settings to handle how it scores incoming emails.
Global Filters
Filtering control that applies to all emails associated with the account instead of just one.
Free Backups
Complimentary redundant backup schedule, all handled by KnownHost.
Softaculous
All in one installer that allows for one-click installation of many popular scripts and software.
Expert Staff
Available 24/7/365, assistance when you need it for whatever you may need!
Webalizer
Vulnerability Stats
Raw Access Logs
Direct logging in which shows user IP, refferer, and useragent associated with the visit.
SSH Access
Integrated Git Versions Control
Available PHP Versions
* Based on 3 year commitment
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Need More Information About
LayerBB Hosting?
Via the KnownHost Management Portal, you have full, centralized control over both your LayerBB hosting account and your domains. That means you can log into one place and manage everything – with no need to work across different systems. It’s quick, convenient and means you can put your time into managing your business and associated forums – and not into overseeing your hosting account.
If you want DNS access but don’t want to handle the process yourself, we help customers set up their own DNS with the amount of support you need. Our team can help you manage your name server records and assist with installation of named, for example. And we’ll help troubleshoot any issues that might arise.
KnownHost has datacenters in the EU and the USA, so you can choose the location that’s right for your LayerBB forums. Our USA options cover two time zones, with our EU datacenter based in the Netherlands. Tell us the best location for your hosting and that’s where we’ll set it up.
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