125 hosting providers active in Japan. Ranked by quality with a locality boost for companies headquartered in country.
CORESERVER is a Japanese shared hosting provider operated by GMO Digirock, Inc. It offers two main lines: the budget V1 plans (Apache-based, starting at ¥220/month) and the faster V2 plans (LiteSpeed-based, starting at ¥390/month). The V2 p…
wpX Speed is a WordPress-optimized cloud hosting service operated by XServer Inc., headquartered in Osaka, Japan. The service uses NVMe SSD storage, which the company claims delivers 16 times faster read speeds than traditional SATA SSDs. P…
Future Web is a Japanese hosting provider operated by Future Spirits Co., Ltd., based in Kyoto. They offer managed cloud infrastructure, VPS, shared hosting, and web solutions. The company has over 20 years of experience and provides servic…
ReadyDedis is a Delaware-incorporated cloud infrastructure company founded in 2016. They offer enterprise-grade cloud VPS, dedicated servers, AWS consulting, and managed server management. Their cloud VPS plans use KVM virtualization with A…
Star Domain is a Japanese domain registration service operated by XServer Inc., based in Osaka. It offers domain registrations starting at 1 yen per year and includes a free high-performance rental server with every domain. The bundled serv…
BudgetVM is a hosting provider based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, specializing in dedicated servers and cloud solutions. It was founded in 2005 and now manages over 12,000 servers and 50,000 virtual servers across five data centers in North Americ…
Speever is a Japanese hosting brand operated by RIDE Co., Ltd., headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. It was launched in 2001 and focuses on providing rental servers with a strong emphasis on phone-based support, claiming a 98% satisfaction r…
VirMach is an Oklahoma City based cloud hosting provider founded in 2014, focused on delivering cheap VPS and cloud services. The company started from a home office and grew to over 300,000 customers by 2022. They specialize in Linux KVM VP…
Vultr is a globally distributed cloud infrastructure provider offering high-performance SSD cloud servers, bare metal, and managed Kubernetes. Founded in 2014 by David Auerbach, Vultr has rapidly grown to serve over 1.5 million customers. V…
Linode, now part of Akamai Connected Cloud, is one of the pioneering cloud computing companies. Founded in 2003 by Christopher Aker, Linode was providing virtual private servers long before "cloud" became a marketing buzzword. Their product…
Contabo is a German hosting provider legendary for offering the most server resources per dollar in the industry. Founded in 2003 in Munich, Germany, Contabo has grown to serve hundreds of thousands of customers who prioritize raw compute p…
TMDHosting offers fully managed shared, cloud, VPS, and dedicated hosting with data centers across three continents. Founded in 2007, they focus on speed with SSD storage and multiple caching layers on all plans.
Leaseweb is a global IaaS provider founded in 1997 in Amsterdam, offering dedicated servers, cloud hosting, colocation, and CDN services. They operate 25+ data centers across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Fly.io runs apps close to users by deploying containers to micro-VMs on hardware in 30+ regions worldwide. Founded in 2017, they specialize in edge computing with built-in Anycast networking and global load balancing.
Vercel is the creators of Next.js and a leading frontend cloud platform. Founded in 2015 by Guillermo Rauch, they provide instant deployments, edge functions, and a global CDN optimized for frontend frameworks and JAMstack sites.
PlanetScale is a serverless MySQL-compatible database platform built on Vitess, the technology that powers YouTube's database infrastructure. Founded in 2018, they offer branching, non-blocking schema changes, and horizontal scaling.
Fastly is a leading edge cloud platform that powers some of the world's most popular websites and applications, including GitHub, Stripe, The New York Times, Pinterest, and Shopify. Founded in 2011 in San Francisco, Fastly has redefined wha…
Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform that simplifies the deployment and management of web applications on top of leading cloud providers including DigitalOcean, AWS, and Google Cloud. Acquired by DigitalOcean in 2022, Cloudways bri…
Flywheel is a managed WordPress hosting platform built specifically for designers, freelancers, and creative agencies. Founded in 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska, and acquired by WP Engine in 2019, Flywheel focuses on the creative workflow around W…
ChemiCloud is a boutique web hosting provider that has earned a cult following for delivering premium hosting features at remarkably affordable prices. Founded in 2016, ChemiCloud has quickly grown by focusing on speed, security, and a genu…
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