Site5 vs WEDOS
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Site5 and WEDOS.
Quick Verdict
1.5/5
Site5
0 reviews
3.8/5
WEDOS
0 reviews
WEDOS is rated higher (3.8 vs 1.5). Site5 is an inactive hosting brand under Newfold Digital. site5.com now serves only a client-login and account shell; no plans or signup are offered. The developer-friendly shared hosting described in older material ended with the 2015 EIG acquisition. WEDOS is a Czech hosting company operating two of its own data centers in Hluboká nad Vltavou. Shared, VPS, dedicated, and cloud hosting plus a DDoS/DNS/CDN platform (WEDOS Global). Strong Czech and Slovak market presence; the Czech retail brand is now VEDOS. Prices are in CZK.
Site5 Inactive hosting brand — legacy accounts only under Newfold Digital | WEDOS Czech hosting in own datacenter since 2010 | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 1.5 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | not sold — brand is an account/support shell under Newfold Digital | paid |
| Starting price | Free tier available | From $33/mo |
| Best for | No one shopping today. Legacy customers only — with off-platform backups and a migration target in hand. | Czech, Slovak, and Central European businesses wanting EU-hosted shared hosting or VPS on owned infrastructure with an SLA and open renewal pricing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | — |
| RAM | — | — |
| Storage | — | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.98% |
| Data-center count | — | 2 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (DC1 and DC2, both proprietary) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | eu datacenterus datacenter | nvme storageipv6eu datacentergdpr compliant |
| Visit Site5 → | Visit WEDOS → | |
Site5
Pros
- + Legacy accounts are still serviceable through the Newfold-operated login portal
- + Historically a genuinely developer-friendly host (SSH, Git, multiple PHP versions, location choice)
- + The domain and account infrastructure remain alive — no abrupt shutdown for existing customers
Cons
- - No plans, pricing or signup available — the brand cannot be purchased
- - Absorbed twice: EIG acquisition (2015) and the EIG/Web.com merger into Newfold Digital (2021)
- - No public SLA, network disclosure or documentation for anything beyond legacy account management
- - The database row materially misdescribes the product; older reviews of Site5 describe a business that no longer exists
WEDOS
Pros
- + Two proprietary Czech data centers — owned hardware, documented power/network redundancy, EU data residency
- + Among the cheapest entry hosting tracked: 33 CZK/mo (LowCost) and 39 CZK/mo (NoLimit) first year, with renewal prices published openly
- + Formal availability SLA with tiered guarantees (99.9-99.99% by tariff) and a claimable one-month credit remedy
- + Own security and edge stack (WEDOS Global): DDoS, IDS/IPS, anycast DNS, and CDN with 120+ PoPs
- + Wide product ladder — shared, mail, managed web server, VPS, dedicated, and cloud — plus free IPv6 on VPS
Cons
- - Czech/Slovak market focus — English-language support and docs exist but trail global hosts in depth
- - Prices in CZK with coupon-driven first-year discounts and VAT shown both ways complicate comparison
- - VPS add-ons (snapshots 50 CZK/module, daily backups 25 CZK/module, extra IPv4 100 CZK/mo) stack up à-la-carte
- - Both data centers are in one Czech town — no multi-region footprint for US or APAC audiences
- - NoLimit 'unlimited' disk is a fair-use policy aimed at active website data, not archive storage
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