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Shock Hosting
Affordable VPS at scale
Shock Hosting is a long-running provider of shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting with a quietly strong reputation in the VPS community. Worth a look for cost-effective virtualization.
Where Shock Hosting actually fits
Shock Hosting is best understood as a shared host built for budget vps users. Plans start at $2.99/mo/mo and are backed by a 7-day refund on most plans window, which gives you a realistic runway to test under your own traffic before committing to a renewal. Support is handled via ticket support — a detail that matters far more once something breaks at 2 a.m. than it does on the day you sign up.
On performance, our composite Perf Index puts Shock Hosting at 100/100 across 7 data-center regions. Readiness for modern workloads breaks down as good for SaaS and not suitable for AI-adjacent workloads — numbers we re-check quarterly rather than inherit from a brochure.
Our take: An overlooked pick for affordable, capable VPS.
The specs that matter
- Uptime
- 99.9%+
- Support
- Ticket support
- Refund window
- 7-day refund on most plans
- Starts at
- $2.99/mo/mo
- Perf Index
- 100/100
- Data center regions
- 7
- SaaS-ready
- Good
- AI workload-ready
- Not suitable
Perf Index is Hostilo’s composite of TTFB, sustained uptime, and median support response — scored 0–100. See our methodology for the full weighting.
- Clear pricing for different hosting types
- Offers shared, reseller, VPS, and dedicated hosting
- VPS instantly deployable
- Pricing details beyond starting rates are missing
- No information on uptime guarantees
- No details on refund policy
- Limited support channels mentioned (only tickets)
What you get
Shock Hosting intro vs. renewal — tracked
Observed intro price over time from our automated checks, plotted against the disclosed renewal rate. Hover any point for the source and date.
Every point is an observed intro price from our automated checks against Shock Hosting’s public pricing page. The dashed line is the disclosed renewal price.
Transparent month-to-month options.
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We’d revise Shock Hosting’s score if…
- If starting_price for shared hosting increased above $3.99/month.
- If refund_policy becomes less than 30-day money-back.
- If uptime SLA falls below 99.9%.
- If support options expand to include 24/7 chat or phone.
- If renewal_price becomes excessively higher than the starting price.
Every revision is logged on the public corrections log. If you have evidence that one of the above already applies, email corrections@hostilo.net.
What's actually changed at Shock Hosting
Every price move, outage, policy change, and ownership shift we’ve verified — chronological, sourced where possible. This is the record behind the score.
- PolicyAuto-verified
Score-revision criteria updated
Detected during automated Q4 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - PriceAuto-verified
Intro price changed from $2.99 to 2.99/month
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - SupportAuto-verified
Support channels updated: "24/7 ticket support" → "Ticket support"
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - PolicyAuto-verified
Score-revision criteria updated
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - PriceAuto-verified
Intro price changed from $2.99 to $2.99/month
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - SupportAuto-verified
Support channels updated: "24/7 ticket support" → "Ticket support"
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - PolicyAuto-verified
Score-revision criteria updated
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Shock Hosting.
Source ↗ - OutageEditorial
Multi-hour outage in LA POP affecting VPS customers
Resolved in 4h12m; SLA credits issued automatically.
