HawkHost vs GigaPros
A detailed comparison to help you choose between HawkHost and GigaPros.
Quick Verdict
4.1/5
HawkHost
0 reviews
3.3/5
GigaPros
0 reviews
HawkHost is rated higher (4.1 vs 3.3). Seven locations: Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, London, Singapore and Hong Kong GigaPros offers SSD shared hosting with LiteSpeed web server and CloudFlare CDN integration. US and EU datacenter options, cPanel, and free daily backups on all plans.
HawkHost Budget shared hosting with strong cPanel | GigaPros Managed shared hosting from $10/month with LiteSpeed and a written uptime SLA | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.1 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.3 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $1.99/mo✓ | From $10/mo |
| Best for | Budget-conscious site owners, small businesses and resellers who want cPanel hosting in a nearby datacenter with a contractual uptime guarantee | WordPress and small-business site owners who want managed support, LiteSpeed, and a written uptime SLA at a modest price — especially on the Business tier for revenue-generating sites. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 2 GB | — |
| Storage | 15 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 7 | — |
| €/vCPU/mo | €1.99 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €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 | — | Dallas, Chicago, Denver (US); Germany, France, London, Canada, Singapore listed for server products |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | us datacenterapac datacenterwindows available | backups includedeu datacenterus datacenter |
| Visit HawkHost → | Visit GigaPros → | |
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
GigaPros
Pros
- + Written uptime SLA with defined credits (one day of free hosting per hour of downtime)
- + Zero-overselling policy — overage billing instead of suspension when quotas are hit
- + Fully managed plans with 24/7 support and a one-hour human first-response guarantee
- + LiteSpeed, cPanel, Softaculous, daily backups, and free migration on shared plans
- + Long independent track record (since 2008) with a generous 30-day refund plus pro-rated refunds after
Cons
- - Modest quotas — 25 GB storage and 250 GB bandwidth at $10–$25/month is not generous
- - Small operator with thin independent review coverage and few published benchmarks
- - Overage rates ($0.50–$1.00/GB disk) are steep compared with metered cloud storage
- - Marketing claims (e.g. '600% faster' SSDs) are unverifiable multipliers; site copy is dated
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