Hosting.com

Hosting.com traces back to 2001, when Bryan Muthig, a Unix systems administrator from Ann Arbor, Michigan, started a small web hosting company called Iniquinet. The business begins as a modest project, serving a limited number of clients. In March 2003, the company is renamed A2 Hosting, a nod to its hometown of Ann Arbor (A2 being the local shorthand).

Between 2007 and 2012, A2 Hosting expands its lineup with VPS solutions, from unmanaged plans to fully managed ones. In 2014, the company launches the SwiftServer platform and Turbo servers, delivering speeds up to 20x faster than standard hosting. That same year, it rolls out optimized WordPress hosting, positioning itself as a performance leader.

In January 2025, A2 Hosting is acquired by World Host Group (WHG), a global hosting platform backed by investors like Oakley Capital, Barings, and Bain Capital, based in Luxembourg. WHG runs an aggressive acquisition strategy, buying over 30 hosting brands. In May 2025, the brand is officially renamed hosting.com.

The legal entity is A2 Hosting, LLC, registered in Delaware, USA (1201 North Market Street, Suite 111-N73, Wilmington, DE 19801). The company has over 800 employees in offices in Bali (Indonesia), Manila (Philippines), Bangalore (India), Sofia (Bulgaria), and other cities, serving over 700,000 customers.

Infrastructure runs on 4 main data centers: Ann Arbor, Michigan (US, original HQ), Phoenix, Arizona (US, launched 2017), Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Singapore. Through the WHG portfolio, the company gets access to 40+ global locations. All servers use AMD EPYC CPUs, Samsung NVMe SSD storage, and the LiteSpeed web server.

The standout feature is Turbo servers with speeds up to 20x faster: LiteSpeed Web Server with built-in cache, HTTP/3 with QUIC, Anycast DNS, Brotli compression, and Cloudflare Enterprise CDN on WordPress plans. WordPress plans include WP Rocket and Object Cache Pro for free. Security is covered with free SSL, DDoS protection, Imunify360, and Monarx Security.

The portfolio includes: shared hosting (from $3,99/month), managed WordPress hosting with Cloudflare Enterprise, reseller hosting with WHM/cPanel (from $49/month), unmanaged VPS (from $4,99/month) and managed (from $38/month), dedicated servers with Intel and AMD processors (price on request), and email hosting via Titan (from $3,99/month per mailbox).

Tech support is handled by the "Guru Crew" team, available 24/7/365 by phone (+1-734-222-4678), live chat, and email/tickets. With 800+ specialized employees, hosting.com offers free site migration and a performance guarantee. The money-back guarantee is 30 days on all plans.

Hosting.com offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee (99.95% for unmanaged VPS), with continuous real-time monitoring. Independent tests confirm real-world uptime of over 99.95% over 12-month periods. CloudLinux provides resource isolation on shared hosting, and KVM virtualization for VPS.

Today, hosting.com hosts over 3 million websites and operates in markets across the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Kenya, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Under WHG’s leadership, the company keeps investing in infrastructure and innovation, aiming to become the world’s most trusted Hosting platform.