HANDYHOST - hosting for OpenCart with a large free period
HANDYHOST is a small but quite reliable Russian hosting that has been operating since 2009. It does not have its own data centers, it rents racks in the largest data centers of the Russian Federation (in Moscow, St. Petersburg) and Germany. Open for cooperation with individuals and legal entities (please note that the main office operates in the city of Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region).
Of the main "chips" - a huge free testing period. It defaults to around 30 days for shared hosting plans, but recently you can get up to 60 days of free hosting. During this period, you can definitely decide whether this company is right for you or not.
Pros:
Reliable Russian hoster (more than 10 years on the market), equipment is located in data centers not lower than Tier 3.
Free migration and special benefits when moving from other hosts.
For rubles, you can rent hosting in Europe.
Quality and responsive technical support. Communication is available in chat and using the ticket system.
Installing OpenCart and any other open source engines in one click. 100% compatible.
Gift domains and free SSL certificates.
Shared hosting plans with DDoS protection, antivirus scanning, free technical domains, server caching and automatic daily backups.
The rental of VPS servers includes initial administration and weekly backups. You can upload your ISO images.
Dedicated servers with a choice of location, also a free initial setup. The range includes ultra-cheap Raspberry Pi configurations and advanced GPU configurations.
Free trial - up to 60 days.
Minuses:
Testing is available only for shared hosting plans (60 days - as part of the promotion, the standard test period is 1 month).
High prices on the control panel (for virtual and dedicated servers).
General tariffs are limited by requests to the database, and the amount of resources in the starting offers is too small.
Waiting for a free site transfer can be long - up to several days.
Hosting cost:
Standard rates for shared (virtual) hosting:
vHOST-0 - from 81 rubles / month. Only 1 site, 1 database, 1 GB of disk space.
vHOST-1 - from 102 rubles / month. Two sites, 5 GB on disk.
vHOST-2 - from 153 rubles / month. Five sites, 10 GB on disk.
Etc., up to the tariff on which you can host up to 100 sites (100 GB on disk).
The choice of location (Moscow / Germany) does not affect the cost.
Test period - up to 60 days, refund of unused funds - for full months.
VPS servers in Russia on Linux systems - from 355 rubles / month. In Germany - from 670 rubles / month.
Dedicated servers - from 2800 rubles / month (excluding ultra-budget configurations on the Raspberry Pi).