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Mahara Hosting

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Basic
Web Hosting

Starting at $6.71/mo
Renews at 8.95/mo

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Standard
Web Hosting

Starting at $9.71/mo
Renews at 12.95/mo

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Professional
Web Hosting

Starting at $14.96/mo
Renews at 19.95/mo

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Premium
Web Hosting

Starting at $29.96/mo
Renews at 39.95/mo

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* Based on 3 year commitment

20+ Years of Trusted Hosting

KnownHost has been delivering consistently praised hosting solutions for over 20 years. Backed by glowing customer reviews and a reputation for unmatched support, we’re the trusted choice for businesses that demand reliability.

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Just The Basics.

At KnownHost, we don’t believe in doing things by halves. It’s been our goal for over a decade to provide industry-leading, high-performance hosting with unbeatable USA-based support. That’s why we offer a range of affordable, enterprise-level hosting options – from Reseller and Shared Mahara hosting, through to Managed VPS and KVM plans. And we make a deep, rolling investment in the technology that powers our robust application hosting. We source the best, high-spec technology for our hosting environment, from networking and routing components, through to the pure SSD storage we provide with every plan.

This is what enables us to offer reliable, industry-leading uptime and performance – and we’re always working to make things even better. When you choose KnownHost, you get Mahara hosting that performs every single day and never lets you down.

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The More Technical Stuff.

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Hands-Off Instant Setup

If you want to get your site up and performing as quickly as possible, KnownHost provides a hands-off, Instant Setup service. Just let our team get to work, focus on what you need to do, and we’ll have you off and running in next to no time.

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A Huge, Engaged Community

KnownHost has a thriving, friendly community, spread across our bustling forums and social media channels. Find insight, inspiration and support – with our support team regularly dropping in to join the conversation.

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Full, Rolling Snapshot Backups

For ultimate convenience, we always have three, full snapshot backups ready to go. We include emails, databases and files in your backups – taken at three different points – and store them on a secure, separated server. Even in a worst-case scenario, you’re only a few minutes away from getting back to business.

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100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Every KnownHost plan comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. We include this because we’re only happy when we’re meeting the high standards we set – and we want you to tell us if you aren’t completely happy with your Mahara hosting.

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Unbeatable 99.99%+ Average Uptime

You won’t find KnownHost’s uptime figures anywhere else – that’s a promise. Thanks to our cutting-edge Cloud hosting environment and dedication to superior performance, we offer 99.99%+ average uptime – with the real, everyday figure usually even better than this.

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Top-Spec Routing & Networking Technology

KnownHost never skimps on quality when it comes to the tech we use. We only ever source brand-name, high-spec components and hardware because, even though it costs more, superior technology hosting delivers superior results.

Compare Web Hosting Plans.

Basic
Web Hosting

*As low as $3.47/mo

Standard
Web Hosting

*As low as $6.48/mo

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Professional
Web Hosting

*As low as $9.98/mo

Premium
Web Hosting

*As low as $19.98/mo

Domain

Point of address used to access your website within a preferred browser.

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5

unlimited

unlimited

CPU Core

1 CPU Core

2 CPU Core

4 CPU Core

6 CPU Core

Memory Limit

1 GB

2 GB

4 GB

6 GB

Cloud Storage

10 GB

25 GB

unlimited

unlimited

Email Accounts

The number of email accounts you can create for your account either POP3 or IMAP.

5

25

unlimited

unlimited

MySQL Databases

Using MariaDB tuned for performance, KnownHost ensures database optimization.

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5

unlimited

unlimited

Premium Bandwidth

Information transferred from your account to visiting users.

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

unlimited

Inode Limit

Number of individual files that can exist within a single cPanel account.

100,000

200,000

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Free SSL

Get covered with 90 day renewable certificates provided by Let's Encrypt.

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Dedicated IPv4

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PatchMan

Premium service to automatically patch known vulnerabilities found in your software.

Optional

Optional

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Included

AMD EPYC CPU's

We use AMD EPYC CPU's to provide an exceptionally fast experience.

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NVMe Backend

Built on a specifically designed architecture, we utilize the best to ensure performance.

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24/7/365 Support

Support available at all times, whenever you need it, wherever you are.

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30 Day Money Back Guarantee

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30 Days

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30 Days

Ultimate Performance

Using only the best hardware, optimized for performance. We know hosting.

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Free Migrations

Providing free migrations from supported panels, let us handle it for you.

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White Label

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Instant Setup

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LiteSpeed

Drop-in replacement for Apache. Proven better performance over Apache and NGINX.

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HTTP/2

Protocol built to ensure faster response by allowing connections to send/receive multiple requests.

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QUIC-HTTP/3

Succesor to HTTP/2, HTTP/3 provides even much faster response over HTTP/2 connections.

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Isolated Resources

KnownHost provices specific configurations for each package, guaranteeing your account resources.

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Zend OpCache

Dramatically increases performance of wbesites that utilize PHP and are compatible with OpCache.

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Optimized By Professionals

KnownHost servers are built with performance in mind. Only the best performing servers for our customers.

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Quic.Cloud CDN

Compatible

Compatible

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Compatible

Cloudflare

Compatible

Compatible

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Compatible

Object Caching

Redis/Memcache

Redis/Memcache

Redis/Memcache

Redis/Memcache

cPanel

Premium favored control panel that allows ease of management for related webhosting features such as emails, domains, ftp, etc.

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Integrated File Manager

Panel provided file manager to allow access and control over user files and folders.

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Multiple Languages

Panel supported language pack for use of customers all over the world.

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DNS Management

Panel provided DNS editor to handle A, TXT, CNAME and other types of records.

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Imunify360

All inclusive protection that monitors, scans and actively performs actions to secure accounts. Protection from malware, viruses, sql injections and more.

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CloudLinux Isolation

Account isolation with guaranteed resources. What you buy is yours, experience no issues as a result of noisy neighbors.

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WP Brute Force Protection

Provided by Litespeed to protect accounts from wp-login targeted attacks.

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Security Team

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DDoS Protection

Complimentary protection. KnownHost's network is protected up to 1Tbps.

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SFTP & FTPS Access

Secure FTP connections over SSH or TLS.

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WP-CLI

Command line interface for managing WordPress installations.

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phpMyAdmin

Interface for MySQL Databases. Providing the ability to import, export or make adjustments as required.

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Python CLI

Command line interface for executing scripts within your user space.

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MariaDB

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Seamless Package Changes

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Managed Services

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Automatic Updates

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Security Patches

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Optimized Servers

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Redundant Network

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Redundant A/B power

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99.995% Uptime Hosting

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Balanced Servers

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WebMail Choices

RoundCube

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Secure POP3

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IMAP

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SMTP

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Autoresponders

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SpamFilter Control

Ability to fine-tune your spam settings to handle how it scores incoming emails.

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Global Filters

Filtering control that applies to all emails associated with the account instead of just one.

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Free Backups

Complimentary redundant backup schedule, all handled by KnownHost.

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Softaculous

All in one installer that allows for one-click installation of many popular scripts and software.

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Expert Staff

Available 24/7/365, assistance when you need it for whatever you may need!

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Webalizer

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Vulnerability Stats

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Raw Access Logs

Direct logging in which shows user IP, refferer, and useragent associated with the visit.

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SSH Access

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Integrated Git Versions Control

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Available PHP Versions

5.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

5.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

5.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

5.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

* Based on 3 year commitment

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Need More Information About
Mahara Hosting?

Our goal is to respond to all queries and issues within 5 minutes. We know there are times when you can’t afford to wait around for support, so we always endeavor to get back to you as quickly as possible.

If you want more performance out of your existing Mahara hosting plan, we can provide additional RAM access to your account. The result is a website that can handle an increased number of requests at higher speeds. Additionally, if you’re running a content-heavy, dynamically designed website, we can install and configure PHP oPCache. PHP oPCache massively improves website response times.

We have a thriving, friendly community that’s populated by business owners, marketers, website owners, bloggers and more. You can find thousands of discussions about the things that matter to you on our busy forums. Or you can always check out our social media channels, where we’re regularly engaging with our customers in positive, informative conversations.

We provide instant domain provisioning – so it’ll take just a few seconds for your new domain to be ready for website association and incoming requests. As a bonus, we’ll give you WhoIs Privacy for free when you register a domain with KnownHost. This provides enhanced protection for your website and domain, as well as additional safeguarding for your personal details.

If you want easy, rolling SSL certificate updates, we offer AutoSSL – completely free of charge. This ensures your certificates automatically renew – with no gaps in coverage and no unexpected downtime. We’ll even install and set everything up, for ultimate convenience.