WebPros' relentless and excessive price increases across cPanel, Plesk, WHMCS, and now SolusVM have reached an unacceptable level.

The latest 29.9% increase for SolusVM Unlimited licenses is the final straw.

WebPros' pricing strategy has become an exploitative, greedy, and unsustainable practice that takes advantage of the hosting industry's dependence on its products.

Despite these outrageous licensing fees, critical security vulnerabilities continue to emerge in its software.

We are no longer dependent on WebPros. Thanks to AI, automation, and open-source technologies, migrating to alternative platforms and developing our own solutions has never been easier.

As a company, we are seriously considering removing all WebPros products from our infrastructure and permanently avoiding them in future projects.

It's time for the hosting industry to stand together.

I propose that hosting providers consider boycotting WebPros products, moving toward alternative solutions, and taking a collective stand against these aggressive pricing policies.

This isn't about negotiating discounts. It's about putting an end to this exploitative business model.

WebPros needs to understand one thing:

We can replace their software. But can they replace the customers they lose?

What do other hosting providers think? Would you support a boycott of WebPros?

I have a VPS with Contabo that had been down for a day and a half. Customer support is non existent. I would never consider using Contabo for anything important or for anything where uptime is important.

Based in USA. My low traffic wordpress blog's hosting service is about to expire in a few days. I've come to the conclusion that I should renew but of course I need a viable, dirt cheap hosting service for that one website. Something under $60 a year ideally (so $5 a month). The options on the sidebar look ok but I'm hoping for something even cheaper.

The problem is, people keep telling me to "shop around" over and over, it's very hard to run into actual specific hosts that are both trustworthy and meet my budget. I've seen some people advertising on here, I don't know if those ones are safe.

So can people point me to specific hosting providers to use for this?

sup yall

Last night (October 8), I was randomly searching domain names on GoDaddy and somehow Artificial.com showed as available for $0.01.

I was half asleep and figured I'd just buy it tomorrow. Big mistake, apparently. Today it's unavailable, and Google suggests the domain could be worth anywhere from $200K to $1M.

Is anyone here tech savvy or knowledgeable about domains who can tell me if this is complete BS? Does GoDaddy sometimes mistakenly show valuable domains as available, or is it actually possible that Artificial.com became available for a short period?

Is there any way to know for sure? Just trying to figure out if I actually got cooked or if GoDaddy was messing with me D :

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I paid for two domains on GoDaddy and I received no email or any confirmation. I had to check my whole page to see a tiny 'pending' order in my account settings and it didnt even acknowledge any payment initiated by me. There was an option to cancel but I did not click it. No phone or chat customer support but I managed to get through whatsapp support. Whatsapp support asked to login to my account and then the order was mysteriously CANCELLED ( he obviously did it) and I got an email confirming account changes. I called him out on it and he said the payment was declined from my side, and he did not cancel the order etc just lied through his teeth.

He said if I do not get a refund within 24 hours thats my banks problem even though I have all the proofs that the money actually reached into Godaddys account. I know this website is embroiled in a lot of controversies but straight up fraud and scams??. Should I lodge a report with the authorities if the money isnt refunded??.

Just seeing that Plesk's subscription pricing is going up by over 17% as of 1/1/2027.... Less than a decade ago they had an 'always free' tier that was awesome. How have they fallen so far and what good alternatives are out there (not cPanel)?

I just don't think their product is worth the ever increasing, never ending price. Anyone have any good alternatives with stable pricing and reseller management?

Plesk team- you have a good product. Don't kill it by driving off your customers on price/predictability.

Source -
https://www.plesk.com/customer-licensing-guide/

Vague Email Telling Us About the Update-

We're writing to share an update to Plesk pricing for both existing and new licenses, effective January 1, 2027.

Plesk continues to evolve, and we are investing in the platform to deliver greater value over the long term. As part of this continued investment, we will be making an adjustment to our pricing, while remaining focused on the reliability, security, performance, and innovation you rely on from Plesk.

Full details are available on our 2027 Plesk Store Licensing Guide.

Pricing for select extensions, including CloudLinux OS, Imunify360 and KernelCare, is updated effective January 1, 2027. There will also be changes to ImunifyAV+ pricing and licensing tiers. We will share detailed information about these changes in a separate communication shortly. The complete list of affected extensions and their updated pricing is available in the 2027 Plesk Extension Price List.

Additionally, the licensing guide provides detailed information about the Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) Program, which applies to Plesk servers running on CentOS 7, CloudLinux 7, Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 10, and Ubuntu 20.04, and is available through January 1, 2028. Ubuntu 22.04 is a new ELS OS which goes EOL by OS vendor in May 2027. ELS fees will apply to Plesk servers running on Ubuntu 22.04 starting July 1, 2027. The ELS program is an opt-in service designed to extend support for these systems and to allow you to strategically plan your OS upgrades.

What We've Done So Far, and What's Next

We've invested heavily this year in modernizing the core Plesk platform and building new products that open new revenue lines for you. 

Available now: 

AI in the panel: Plesk now speaks MCP, letting approved AI agents provision subscriptions, diagnose issues, and hand off fixes directly, with scoped access and full audit logs built in.

AI Support Assistant: An embedded assistant answers configuration and troubleshooting questions inside the panel, deflecting tickets before they're opened.

Node.js hosting, rebuilt: One unified view of every Node.js domain, with automatic setup for apps built by developers or AI coding tools.

SSL built for short-lived certificates: Native ACME support and automatic reissue keep customer certificates valid as the industry moves to shorter lifetimes.

Security and platform currency: Debian 13, Ubuntu 26.04, and continuously updated components keep every server patched without you chasing it.

Accessibility compliance: A large-scale update brings Plesk in line with the European Accessibility Act and WCAG 2.1 AA.

Looking ahead, Q4 2026 and beyond:

Nova on premise: Nova will be available as a standalone license through the Plesk Store, giving you the flexibility to add AI-powered website building capabilities to your Plesk environment.

MCP for deployment: Pushing an application straight from an LLM to a subscription, extending today's MCP management support to end users, including freelancers and small agencies.

Continued platform modernization: Further Node.js toolkit improvements and the next feature release, Plesk Obsidian 18.0.82, targeted for Q4 2026.

As Plesk continues to evolve, our focus remains on helping you stay secure, efficient, and ready for what comes next. Thank you for choosing Plesk.

For billing-related inquiries, please contact our billing partner, Cleverbridge. For any licensing questions, feel free to reach out to our customer service team. For any technical questions, feel free to reach out to our technical support team. In case you have any further doubts, you can refer to our FAQ page.

Warm regards, 

The Plesk Team 

Hi. I’m looking to migrate from Wordpress.com to a self hosted Wordpress.org. I currently pay for the $9/mo and also email from WP.com, and i’m still in HS and don’t make a lot so my budget isn’t much higher than that, maybe $12 max. I was looking at DreamHost and h0stinger but, opinions on those ones seem divided. I also looked at Neocities but I think it’s too advanced for me especially with the type of site I have, it would make my frequent updates incredibly tedious. I honestly just want to be able to change the background color on a few of the pages of my site and do more custom HTML & CSS stuff which i’m trying to learn. My site is a fan site/archive of a musician i like so i guess i need a lot of storage too. I don’t need e-commerce or anything like that. I don’t really know anything about web dev or coding jargon and stuff. I honestly just want something simple, within budget, that will allow me to migrate my current Wordpress.com and just have more freedom with the look as well as good email hosting. I have a custom domain and email already. If you want to look at my site for yourself so you can make a better judgement it’s thevannellivault.com

Thank you guys in advance I appreciate any advice or recs you can give me because i’m really out of my lane here Lol!

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I'm currently using Runpod for serverless GPU instances and i'm planning to switch to an always-on one

What other options would you recommend that could potentially be cheaper than Runpod in this case?

Here are list of GPUs that are enough for my use case:

• RTX 2000 Ada
• RTX 4000 Ada
• RTX A4000
• RTX A4500
• RTX 3090
• L4
• RTX A5000
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Hello everyone,

I am the tech "slave" of a German dominatrix and do the tinkering for her website.

At a meeting for sex workers, she got the info that the current host (Strato) and many other common hosts explicitly do not allow hosting erotic content and she asked me to swap hosts.

This is not a question about hosting adult content that isn’t mine, and I don’t need a host that is resistant to DMCA claims. I am searching for recommendations to host a site like hers without the risk of getting thrown out for not complying.

I have already searched, but the dead internet theory is real. I found some AI-generated ad sites that share some information, and from looking through a few ToS, it seems like these could work. But if you already have experience with this, that would mean a lot.

Cheers!

Looks like Dynadot just suspended our domain based on a completely false claim that we’re running a phishing service. 🤦‍♂️

Our SaaS has over 500 happy customers and is fully approved by major payment gateways like Stripe which literally proves we aren't a shady operation. I even saw a similar case happen to someone else just last week.

Is Dynadot letting automated AI run wild, or does it really just take a single fake abuse report from a competitor to take down an entire legitimate business? Has anyone else dealt with this recently?

We got 2 dedicated servers last year with OVH.

Servers are fine. We get raising energy costs, inflation and such. However, jumping 54% in 11 months is not ok.

No proper justification. Just an email saying: “You will pay more, don’t like it? Cancel here.” No grandfathered plans. Support does not care and happily sends cancellation link.

Needless to say, we're done. Now we have a few weeks to move out and forget this nightmare.

Same. Exact. Hardware.

From $1,050 to $1,616 in 11 months.

I need help, at university they taught me how to use Figma, which is all nice and cool, but nobody explained how to get the site online with my own .com instead of .wix or .framer.site
I wanted like example.com . So now I've bought a domain and I want to get my website online, and I have no idea what to use for hosting with a good design option (Figma, Framer, WordPress...).

By the way keep in mind I would prefer something cheap.