Afrihost
Afrihost is a web hosting provider based in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2000. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 90/100, an exceptional signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Afrihost is a Johannesburg-based South African web hosting and connectivity provider offering shared hosting, domains, email, VPS and fibre/LTE internet. Founded in 2000, it is one of the largest domestic hosts serving South African businesses and consumers, with local data-centre capacity and POPIA-aligned in-country hosting.
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What Afrihost Discloses
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28 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About Afrihost
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What people are saying
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Poor poor service“Poor poor service. Internet again out for more than a week and no solution. Every day I must contact the help line and every day I get a new consultant that resolves nothing. Nobody comes back and follows up. This is the second time a similar incident happens. Last time I was out for a month before they could resolve…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆If I could give it negative stars I…“If I could give it negative stars I would, these people they dont give you any support then charge you 999 for cancelling even if you never got the modem!!!!”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Afrihost ISP of the Year 2026 What A Joke!“Afrihost ISP of the Year 2026? What a Joke My experience with Afrihost's support has been extremely disappointing. The biggest issue is not even the technical problems themselves, but the complete lack of meaningful engagement when trying to get assistance. Instead of investigating and addressing the root cause of…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Afrihost inspired by political parties“Absolutely the worst service provider ever! They take my money on the first no problem, their service unavalible on the second. I am not even able to complete my site build with all their service interruptions. One of my biggest regrets was giving afrihost a chance. They even lie on their homepage saying they have a 5…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆Email server constant issues down for a full day and hrs in a day sometimes half a day“I think Afrihost upgraded a server. They mentioned something. I work from home and rely on email to earn. Email down wed last week for 4 hrs, then friday for 90% of the day. I cld not submit invoices to be paid for june due to be paid 15 june as i missed the cut off time due to the server being down . Just oh yes we…”
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Afrihost holds 16U across 1 rack, leading every one. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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<a href="https://hostlist.io/server-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://hostlist.io/api/server-room/badge?slug=afrihost-johannesburg-south-africa" alt="Afrihost holds 16U in the HostList Server Room" width="340" height="80" loading="lazy"></a>Longest hold: South Africa, held 44+ days. The wall moves on the nightly HRI recompute, never on payment.
Where Afrihost Ranks
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Is Afrihost a good web hosting company?
Afrihost has a HRI™ of 90/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.7/5 from 76,294 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 90+ indicates an exceptional, highly verified provider.
What type of hosting company is Afrihost?
Afrihost is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Afrihost.
Where is Afrihost based?
Afrihost is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hosting companies based in South Africa are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/south-africa.
How does Afrihost compare to other web hosting companies?
Afrihost can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Afrihost has a current HRI of 90/100.
Does Afrihost offer coupons or discounts in October 2026?
Afrihost has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
What's Happening at Afrihost
FREE domain for the first year.\*. \*The FREE domain registration is only applicable if you take a .co.za, .site, .online, .store or .tech domain with shared hosting packages. Additional registration
How Afrihost's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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