Exabytes vs HawkHost
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Exabytes and HawkHost.
Quick Verdict
3.2/5
Exabytes
0 reviews
4.1/5
HawkHost
0 reviews
HawkHost is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.2). Exabytes is a leading cloud and hosting provider in Southeast Asia with datacenters in Malaysia, Singapore, and India. VPS, dedicated, and shared hosting popular across the ASEAN market. Seven locations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, London, Singapore and Hong Kong
Exabytes Southeast Asian cloud and hosting leader | HawkHost Budget shared hosting with strong cPanel | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.2 (0 reviews) | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $3.99/mo | From $1.99/mo✓ |
| Best for | SMEs, agencies and businesses serving Malaysia, Singapore or Indonesia that want local infrastructure, local support and hosting, VPS or colocation under one roof | Budget-conscious site owners, small businesses and resellers who want cPanel hosting in a nearby datacenter with a contractual uptime guarantee |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB✓ |
| Storage | 20 GB✓ | 15 GB |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 7 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.99 | €1.99✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €3.99 | €0.99✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Cyberjaya, Penang), Singapore, Indonesia, United States | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6apac datacenter | us datacenterapac datacenterwindows available |
| Visit Exabytes → | Visit HawkHost → | |
Exabytes
Pros
- + Southeast Asia specialist with own Tier 3 datacenters in Malaysia and local-language support
- + Honest entry prices (SSD VPS Starter $3.99/mo, Malaysian NVMe VPS from RM 45/mo)
- + 100-day money-back guarantee on most shared plans, among the longest in the industry
- + NVMe storage with a genuine cPanel or Plesk choice
- + Two decades of continuous operation, independent of the big hosting consolidators
Cons
- - Renewals run three to four times the promo rate on shared hosting
- - 80/20 local-to-international bandwidth split on 100 Mbps ports, buried in fine print
- - No developer platform: no hourly billing, S3-compatible storage, Kubernetes or GPU products found
- - DDoS protection is an add-on on VPS rather than baseline protection
- - Multiple regional storefronts with different currencies and plan names make comparison hard
HawkHost
Pros
- + Published 99.9% uptime SLA with a public credit ladder
- + Seven locations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, each with a test IP
- + Real per-plan resources (CPU, RAM, NVMe) instead of vague visitor limits
- + cPanel, free migrations, unlimited SSL and malware scanning included
- + Operating since 2004 — long record in the budget segment
Cons
- - First-term discounts of 37–70% renew at higher list prices
- - 'Unlimited' bandwidth and email are subject to acceptable-use limits
- - Shared infrastructure means noisy-neighbor risk at this price
- - Support is 24/7 but triage-level, not engineering help
- - No hourly billing, object storage or developer platform features
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