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Managed hardware.

Mellanox switches.

75 284 people just like you rate us the best ISP in South Africa.
4.7 Google rating.

Oratile Tlhabane

Excellent service, I’m in the pre-order phase for my area (so technically not a full-on client) yet the service received thus far has been bar none

Xolile Manzini

Afrihost is the best internet service provider, even when I have questions they respond quickly. I have not experienced any network issues with them and I'm very greatful.

Lgn Bnd

I have no idea how a service like this has come about. The truth is, I feel our country is riddled with horrible service, often taking advantage of consumers. The CPA (Consumer Protection Act) is of no use. Let’s start with Afrihost’s contact number, which begins with 0800. Most people don’t know that this is completely free for the consumer. Numbers starting with 0860 or 0861, on the other hand, are not free for the caller and use up your minutes, meaning the company or government charges you for the call—even if it’s due to their own fault. The fact that Afrihost uses 0800, in my view, shows an early sign of care for the consumer. From that point on, you get through to sales, which should be remarkable—and it is, just like with many other companies. BUT! What sets Afrihost apart is that the level of attention continues throughout the entire process, unlike many companies I have dealt with. In fact, most companies that eagerly take my monthly direct debit begin to dissolve their care and attention soon after. Calls drop with no callback, and you’re forced to spend countless minutes just trying to reach someone through their endless "select 1 for this…" and "select 5 for that…" options. With Afrihost, it was different. The process was quick, and the technical consultant was truly intent on helping! Even when I visited the walk-in center, the care, consideration, and persistence were evident. They ensured I walked away with exactly what I needed—and in this case, it was something I needed urgently. Now everything is installed, and I no longer have my fingers crossed. I am confident that even if problems arise, I will be treated with the same care as a new, incoming client. I’m also quite certain that I can speak for a large majority of my ward/area when I say this. Too often, companies forget about their existing clients and focus solely on making new sales. In my opinion, keeping current clients happy goes a long way in ensuring further revenue, and "word of mouth" is far more valuable than any flashy marketing campaign. Thank you to all at Afrihost who helped with such care—everyone I encountered did an excellent job.

Cecil Jooste

Afrihost has been excellent! Their customer service is always friendly, professional, and quick to respond. Even though they don’t own the infrastructure, they go the extra mile to escalate issues and keep you updated until it’s resolved. This is exactly how customer service should be at every company. Highly recommend them!

Grant Oosterwyk

I have been a Afrihost customer since 2009. The best ISP I have ever been in partnership with. Whenever I move from province to province I always give them the first choice to provide us with the best internet services. Very happy with the support structure and the prices are reasonable. Very professional support team. It is people like Palesa that will make me come back to Afrihost. Keep up the great work.

JD Mabunda

Thank you so much for your help Rendani(afrihost). Afrihost team, honestly you are absolutely amazing. keep up the good work. Your expertise and patience made my move so much easier. I will highly recommend your services to anyone who would love to join hosting company. You have the best professional Team.

All self managed packages.

Bronze.

RAM
8 GB
Hard drives
2x 1 TB Enterprise
RAID level
RAID 1

Silver.

RAM
16 GB
Hard drives
2x 1 TB Enterprise
RAID level
RAID 1

Gold.

RAM
24 GB
Hard drives
2x 1 TB Enterprise
RAID level
RAID 1

Platinum.

RAM
32 GB
Hard drives
3x 1 TB Enterprise
RAID level
RAID 5

self managed

What you get with self managed.
• You manage installations and maintenance. • You are responsible for your own back ups. • Afrihost will deploy the hardware with the base OS where you'll then further configure and manage thereafter. • Afrihost has no access to your server, or retain any details once sent.
Web traffic.
1Gbps uplink and unlimited traffic on all servers. Ts&Cs apply.
Processor.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 Quad-Core 3.2GHz
RAM.
DDR3 1333MHz
WHMCS add on available.
All-in-one client management, billing and support platform.

FREE setup.

Customisable.

Admin access.

Top-tier data centres.

Mellanox switches.

Register a domain.
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Automate your website.
Simplify your web hosting business. Available with Dedicated Hosting from only R397.00 pm.
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Terms and conditions

Terms and conditions

All Domain and Hosting Ts&Cs.

  • You can read the complete list of Domain and HostingTs&Cs here.

General.

  • Ownership of physical hardware rests solely with Afrihost at all times.
  • Clients may not make any claim to hardware deployed for their Hosting, and may not have access to Afrihost property, hardware or Hosting infrastructure (such as data centres) without prior consent, which must be obtained by written application with a minimum of 24 hours’ notice. Afrihost, at its discretion, may refuse such requests within reason.

Software updates.

  • Afrihost will be responsible for updates to operating systems and shared libraries on shared Hosting servers.
  • Afrihost will only effect Software updates to operating systems on managed dedicated servers (including shared cloud servers). Afrihost will not affect other updates on unmanaged servers, as this is not part of the Service offered.
  • For shared Hosting and managed dedicated solutions, Afrihost will implement security updates, Software patches and other updates or upgrades from time to time, to maintain the best performance, at their sole discretion. These upgrades include, but are not limited to, PHP, MySQL and CPanel release versions. Afrihost is under no obligation to effect such upgrades, or to rectify any impact such changes could potentially have to Hosting Clients.

Backups.

  • Clients are solely responsible for backing up their Data and Afrihost strongly encourages ALL Hosting Clients to do so as frequently and completely as possible. Afrihost will not be liable for any Data loss, or any other losses or damages related to backups or Data recovery without exception.
  • Afrihost may, in some instances, offer a separate backup Service in conjunction with dedicated Hosting, and will make such backups available to Clients on request as and when they are available. However, Afrihost does not warrant or guarantee the availability, completeness or “up to date” status of such backups.
  • Clients are ultimately responsible for their own Data, and Afrihost strongly encourages such Clients to continue to make their own backups as frequently and completely as possible to ensure that they have recourse in the event of any failure.
  • Afrihost also cannot guarantee the condition or fitness of any backups provided. Such backups are provided "as is" and are used at the Client’s own risk and discretion - whether restored by Afrihost by instruction from Clients or by Clients themselves.
  • Afrihost will not be liable for any losses or damages relating to any incidents arising out of such backups being provided (or not provided) to Clients on request.

* Optional free backup FTP server.

  • FTP backup servers are a free unmanaged back up service that clients can sign up for by contacting Afrihost.
  • Clients are solely responsible for their FTP backups using this optional free service.
With over 25 years of experience.
Along the way we've grown from zero, won ISP of the Year multiple times and learnt the hard way how an ISP should be run.
No fixed-term contracts. No paperwork.
All packages are month to month, you can change your mind at any time and if you don't love us you can leave whenever you want.
We just do things better.
At Afrihost we LOVE our clients. We LOVE technology. And we LOVE making things better. Better speeds, better systems and better service.
Reliable infrastructure.
Afrihost servers are high powered racks with the latest components and located in a state of the art data centre.
Dedicated to
your needs.
Need full control of a powerful and fast server? Dedicated Hosting is your answer. We’ll build, deploy the server and manage the hardware. You can take care of the rest.

It may seem old-fashioned, but sometimes you do need a box with stuff inside it - preferably very powerful stuff. Afrihost has grown its reputation on rock-solid dedicated hosting, and our experienced team can build and deploy a server, with the very best cutting edge components, like no one else.

Our network engineers monitor and maintain your server’s hardware, ensuring the component failure is kept to an absolute minimum and is prevented or pre-empted wherever possible.

And best of all - it won’t cost an arm and a leg

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Award-winning internet.
8x Broadband ISP of the Year Winner.
Most wins by an ISP.
Awarded by MyBroadband
5x Ask Africa Category Winner.
Ask Africa Orange Index.
Awarded by Ask Africa
3x IT Person of the Year Winner.
Afrihost CEO Gian Visser.
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