The idea of Time4VPS was born as a division of "Interneto Vizija" (Lithuanian web hosting company founded in 000) and they started writing their success story in 4. Learning from the incalculable experience of its parent company serving more than 4 service customers around the world. Worldwide in Europe, Time4VPS has become a brand in its own right, especially in its home country. Its head office is located in Vilnius, Lithuania, as its enterprise tier three data center. We should add that the "About" section of the Time4VPS site is well written and gives a great overview of the technology they use, their network, their data centers and the company itself. Deux de ces sections sur quatre are filled with photos of the team, the primordial bureau and the Time2VPS données center, ce qui est une bonne idée, car cela permet à leurs utilisateurs potentiels de mieux se familiariser avec la future maison de leur place. The TimeXNUMXVPS weblog combines their site with style, in that it features the exact same photo of people looking horribly happy with their work (it's their tech team, I guess). The weblog has about forty articles on various hosting related topics for anyone interested. The new one seems to come out occasionally, which is (a bit more to the point) once every couple of months. These days they are also featured on two social networking sites (Fb and Twitter) and both accounts feel alive and vibrant.
Time4VPS offers 8 different Linux-based VPS plans, although Windows-based VPS, container VPS and storage VPS are also free (Image credit: Time4VPS)
Packages and prices
If there's one thing Time4VPS isn't lacking, it's Linux VPS packages that are affordable (as they claim) for those who need more than a standard. The cheapest "Linux 2.37" plan starts at €1 (€2.6) a month and also means you'll get Intel Gold 8 (CPU: 2.37x153.89 GHz), two GB of RAM, 4 GB of storage (RAID protected SSD), XNUMX TB of bandwidth and free backups (you can choose to get them weekly or daily). This usually seems like a good deal for a certain cost, especially if you decide to sign up for a year and get XNUMX% off the entire plan. Either way, there are XNUMX different size packages ranging from €XNUMX (€XNUMX) to €XNUMX (€XNUMX) per month, so there is something for everyone. If the one you choose doesn't live up to your expectations, don't worry, as they all come with a fairly standard XNUMX-day money-back guarantee. TimeXNUMXVPS supports payments by credit card, transfer, Paypal, AliPay, WebMoney, bitcoin, and altcoins, which represent a number of options.
Ease of use
Since all of the Time4VPS hosting packages are well presented, deciding which one to select shouldn't be a problem. If you scroll down a bit, you'll appreciate an option to download a presentation about your plans in PDF. However, although it summarizes all the information about its hosting packages that you can find browsing the Time4VPS site, it does not offer only that. After deciding on the best plan, you'll decide on a billing cycle (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, or biennially) and consider including certain components (backups, faster SSD storage, or 1 Gbps port speed) ). and a handful of add-ons, all for very little money. If you want to have cPanel, Plesk, or DirectAdmin (which is available only with the new VPS) as your control panel, this is a place to get it. However, the costs of the popular and easy to use cPanel ranges (depending on the number of accounts accepted) fluctuate between €17,85 (€47,63) and €2 ( €2) for each month if you so choose. billing cycle. As expected, the cost drops as the billing period extends. After that, you will need to fill in your personal details, create a password and select whether you want to enable 4FA (XNUMX-factor authentication) and yes, you better do it. Other than that, you can select to subscribe to TimeXNUMXVPS news and updates and pass a little image check (hopefully we shouldn't update the image at the end of time already before guessing the word, like we did). To finish, you will pay, send the payment and also enter your new server, after which you will receive further instructions on how to do it.
Administering the plan and services of the Time4VPS panel (Image credit: Time4VPS) Although the cinnabar red is a bit harsh on the eyes, the Time4VPS dashboard is very easy to use, so you will install your system from exploitation (operating system) in a few clicks and will find everything you need from simple acceso.
We use GTmetrix to measure the uptime and response time of our Time4VPS site (Image credit: GTmetrix)
Speed and experience
Speaking of their network infrastructure, Time4VPS claims that they are adding fast and reliable optical connections to each and every exchange point in Europe to provide “incredible speed and stable connectivity” for their service customers' workloads. With their promises in mind, we decided to test the speed performance of their main site using GTmetrix, our speed test tool of choice. At one point, we were blown away by some of the best performance scores we've seen in a while. Sharing our impression, GTmetrix rated the site's performance an A (5%), practically flawless. The site fully loaded in 4 seconds and took fifty-seven requests at a time, which is less than half the average result. Since Time98VPS promises XNUMX% uptime, this is about what we expected to see after inspecting their main site's uptime over a month using UptimeRobot. However, we were caught off guard by a report showing XNUMX% uptime without a single second of drive downtime, which was quite a pleasant surprise.
There are a number of helpful articles in the Time4VPS knowledge base (Image credit: Time4VPS)
Support
Apart from performance, customer service seems to be another strong point of Time4VPS. The first help option that you will find when entering your site is a fairly comprehensive FAQ section that contains more than twenty questions with short and direct answers. Trying to better understand how things are going will lead you to your knowledge base and community discussion forum. Its knowledge base has a familiar design and contains more than 100 articles on different topics. The articles themselves are for the most part short, but they manage to summarize the inconvenience in an easy way.
You can also attend the community discussion forum to get solutions to common web hosting issues (Image credit: Time4VPS) The Time4VPS community discussion forum seems to be active and (from what we can see) their employees respond positively. helpful way to each and every question. You can also get in touch with the Time4VPS team via email, ticket, and live chat, all of which should be available XNUMX hours a day. We decided to try our luck with a support ticket system and we were expecting a response in a few hours, but I got there in less than XNUMX minutes, which is pretty commendable.
Competition
Both Kamatera and Time4VPS are all-round VPS hosting veterans and can offer something to suit most needs. However, as Time4VPS is more focused on Europe, Kamatera's ambitions are to cover the entire planet, which becomes evident when looking at its global network of data centers spread across 4 continents. InMotion Hosting is a US-based web hosting provider popular for its powerful VPS packages. Both hosts are quite capable of delivering presentable performance, being savvy when it comes to security, and giving you any and all convenient tools. Aside from VPS though, InMotion offers basic shared hosting, WP-optimized hosting, dedicated server, and private cloud hosting on top of everything else, so there's more to choose from. Although Time4VPS is based in Lithuania, Bluehost is a US web host and its data centers are located there. Both resellers' VPS solutions are reasonably priced, while Time4VPS's are significantly more affordable. However, if you're looking for something simpler to host a weblog, basic site, or just a small online store, Bluehost has more convenient options on the menu. Like the previous contender Time4VPS, HostGator is a US-based web host with a wide range of hosting options, features, and free apps. While Time4VPS is tremendously affordable for a VPS-focused reseller, HostGator will give you more features for beginners on a regular basis, like a free domain name, free SSL, one-click installs, and a forty-five-day money-back guarantee. When it comes to VPS in particular, while each and every HostGator plan includes unlimited bandwidth, we prefer to go with Time4VPS.
Final verdict
If you are looking for inexpensive VPS hosting solutions in Europe, be sure to ask what Time4VPS has to offer. Since everything comes with a thirty-day money-back guarantee, you have nothing to lose. However, if you are looking for a web hosting reseller that is more versatile in terms of hosting types and options (or if you are looking to launch your first site and want an all-in-one bundle), take a look at HostGator, Hostinger, and Bluehost already before admitting anything.