Overview
GreenGeeks is a web hosting service that was founded in 2008 and has data servers located in the U.S., Canada, Singapore, and Amsterdam. It is known for being one of the most eco-friendly web hosting services available.
GreenGeeks offers three different tiers of hosting plans on a 36-month agreement:
Lite: Starting at $2.95 per month, it includes a single website with up to 50 GB of SSD storage.
Pro: Starting at $4.95 per month, it includes unlimited websites and unlimited storage.
Premium: Starting at $8.95 per month, it includes everything in the Pro tier plus a dedicated IP address and an enhanced SSL certificate.
All tiers come with a free domain name in the first year, free email hosting, free SSL certificate, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Green Energy Match
GreenGeeks is committed to reducing carbon emissions by offsetting the energy it consumes. The company has been recognized as a Green Power Partner by the Environmental Protection Agency since 2009.
GreenGeeks works with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to calculate its annual energy consumption and carbon footprint. It then purchases three times the amount of renewable energy credits than it consumes.
LiteSpeed Web Server
LiteSpeed web servers are used to host customers' websites. It is 50 times faster than Apache, another popular web server, and caches customers' websites to optimize loading times. It also optimizes CSS codes to ensure that websites load quickly for visitors.
Email Hosting
GreenGeeks provides free email hosting to customers who purchase a web hosting plan. The service includes spam filtering, calendar and contact syncing, secure IMAP and POP3 servers, and the ability to access email via Webmail.
Reliable Website Security
GreenGeeks' advanced firewall protection blocks attacks to protect customers' websites. The company also backs up customers' websites daily and provides assistance with cleaning up any malware at no additional cost. The free SSL certificate, which encrypts information sent to the website, is automatically renewed each year for customers.
Features
GreenGeeks is a popular web hosting platform that is used by more than 60,000 websites worldwide. It offers a range of advantages, including diverse hosting options and reliable uptime.
Multiple Hosting Options
GreenGeeks provides various hosting options, including WordPress hosting, WooCommerce hosting, reseller web hosting, and virtual private servers (VPS). This diverse range of hosting options ensures that GreenGeeks can meet the diverse hosting requirements of users. For example, if you have a WordPress website and want to start a WooCommerce online store, you won’t have to switch to a different hosting provider.
Reliable Uptime Performance
In the last 12 months, the GreenGeeks web hosting platform has had an uptime of 99.95%, which means it was down for less than five hours in 2022. This 99.95% average uptime is higher than GreenGeeks’ 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Good Customer Support
GreenGeeks provides support through 24/7 live chat, email, and phone (from 9 a.m. to midnight EST). It also offers a comprehensive knowledge base that includes answers to support questions, tutorials, blogs, and webinars. This knowledge base covers various topics, from getting started with GreenGeeks to cybersecurity best practices.
Environment-Friendly Commitment
GreenGeeks is committed to being environmentally friendly. While the web hosting company uses energy like any other web hosting platform, it offsets its energy use by purchasing wind energy credits worth three times its energy consumption. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized GreenGeeks as a Green Power Partner. GreenGeeks has also partnered with One Tree Planted to plant a tree when a new customer signs up for its hosting.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
GreenGeeks offers a 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied with its service. However, the 30-day money-back guarantee only applies to new hosting accounts, not renewals. Additionally, domain name and add-on charges are non-refundable, and GreenGeeks will deduct any setup fees from the refund.
Great Security Features
GreenGeeks offers secure web hosting, and its security offerings are impressive. These features include free nightly backup of content, a secured virtualized file system, free SSL certificates via Let’s Encrypt, proactive network security monitoring, and free malware cleaning for your website. Additionally, ID Protect is available to prevent the misuse of WHOIS information.
Multiple High-Quality Server Locations
GreenGeeks has six server locations across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. This extensive coverage ensures that users can have a server location close to their primary audience to improve website load times. GreenGeeks also offers a free content delivery network (CDN) service to cache content and deliver it from a server closest to the website visitor’s location. Additionally, GreenGeeks promises to keep its servers up to date by using the latest energy-efficient processors, SSD drives, and contemporary internet infrastructure.