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Hosting Is the Next Layer AI Will Transform – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why he reads AI as the biggest opportunity hosting has had in fifteen years, how today's vibe coders mirror the server-in-the-bedroom generation that built today's hosting market, and why reactive agencies feel like a tax while proactive ones win.
Hetzner Has Now Raised Prices Three Times in 2026. This One Is Different.
Hetzner announced its third price move of 2026 on May 27, effective June 15. New orders only, portfolio standardised into -1/-2/-3 tiers, and a new Limited tier introduces hardware segmentation as a structural market shift. Other European hosts will face pressure to follow.
Cloudflare Called It AI Restructuring. Every Hosting Company Faces the Same Decision.
Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% of headcount) on a $639.8M record revenue day and used a "builders, sellers, measurers" framework that maps directly onto hosting operations. Billing, support triage, and compliance are where AI closed the gap. The advantage goes to who acts first.
WordCamp Europe 2026: A Hosting Industry Guide to the Schedule
WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków with Contributor Day plus two conference days. The Inside WordPress 7.0 panel anchors Friday. Hosting-specific sessions cover stress testing, secure hosting, DDoS, and CERN's 800-site migration. Over a dozen hosting companies sponsor.
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GoDaddy declares 21 million customers “business users” overnight – strips consumer protections, overhauls arbitration, and locks down dispute rights
On February 2, 2026, GoDaddy published a revised Universal Terms of Service Agreement (UTOS) that fundamentally changed the legal relationship between the company and its more than 21 million customers. The update - which took effect immediately, with no email notification - reclassifies every user as a "business customer," rewrites dispute resolution from the ground
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Hostinger reports 51% revenue growth in 2025, reaches €275.4 million
TL;DR - Hostinger reported €275.4 million in revenue for 2025, up 51% year over year. This is the fourth consecutive year in which the company recorded more than 50% annual revenue growth. The customer base increased 35% YoY, to 4.6 million businesses and solopreneurs across more than 150 countries. Multi-year growth Since 2022, Hostinger’s revenue
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) updated its contract terms, allowing server price changes until shipment
In early February 2026 HPE sent letters to partners, changing contract terms for server and GreenLake orders.HPE cited rising memory prices and supply constraints as reasons for the update. What changed For most server and GreenLake orders: quote validity has been reduced from 30 days to 14 days (excluding public sector, B2B and OEM), contract
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Is Webuzo any alternative to cPanel? See what hosting pros think about it in February 2026
A recent discussion on WebHostingTalk - “I need feedback on Webuzo” - triggered an interesting exchange among hosting operators testing Webuzo as a potential alternative to cPanel. Reading through the thread and comparing it with direct conversations we’ve had with shared hosting providers in recent weeks, one pattern emerges. Interest is real, but confidence is
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What hosting providers are saying about cPanel in early 2026
A recent thread on WebHostingTalk - “A personal and honest perspective on cPanel - beyond pricing complaints” - triggered a long discussion among hosting operators about cPanel’s direction in 2026. Reading through the discussion, and comparing it with direct conversations we’ve had with shared hosting operators in recent weeks, one pattern is clear. No one
Expert's Voice
Why Hosting Companies Are Expanding into SaaS, E-commerce, and Ecosystems
For years, the value proposition was simple: rent space on the internet, keep it online, keep it fast, keep it safe. And that still matters - immensely. But it’s no longer where most of the value is captured. In 2026, the most ambitious hosting companies are no longer competing primarily on CPUs, storage, or even performance benchmarks. They’re competing on something much messier and far more powerful: the customer’s workflow.
Shared hosting in 2025 – a year of stress tests, signals and structural change
TL;DR - if 2024 was about post‑COVID normalization, 2025 was about pressure - on margins, positioning, and on the long‑term credibility of the traditional shared hosting model. Growth didn’t collapse, but cracks became visible, and for the first time in years, they were openly discussed by operators and investors alike. This article is our take
Webhosting.today January 2026 Security Update
We’re excited to launch the first-ever Monthly Security Update on WebHosting.Today, we couldn’t be more pleased to do it alongside three of the most respected names in hosting and WordPress security, Blackwall as a returning Diamond sponsor, with Monarx and Patchstack, now joining WebHosting.Today, as Gold Sponsors. This is more than a new content series.
Mergers and acquisitions
Shellrent joins Your.Online — third acquisition in 2026
Your.Online has completed another acquisition with the addition of Shellrent, an Italian provider of domains, hosting, cloud VPS, and server solutions. The deal was signed in February, making this the third acquisition of the year — and it is only February. Shellrent was founded in 2006 and is based in Vicenza. The company serves businesses
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Have you paid for your open source last year? team.blue did
TL;DR - PHP runs most of the web, and WordPress alone powers over 40% of it. The PHP Foundation’s annual budget is under $1 million and team.blue just became their Gold Sponsor, together with Automattic and GoDaddy.Why only those 3 seem to care? This made us think more broadly about how hosting supports open source
4.67 million new .com domains registered in 2025 according to new Namecheap’s domain insights
TL;DR - in the newest Namecheap Domain Insights & Trends Report included registrations comparison of 2024 vs 2025, with trends and signals for 2026. The dataset is based on Namecheap’s proprietary registration data and reflects activity across more than 22 million domains under management. .com is still the largest TLD, but keeps shrinking YoY In
Mergers and acquisitions
UK2 Group has joined Your.Online
TL;DR - this adds another established UK hosting platform to the group. No product changes were announced. The deal fits Your.Online’s ongoing UK consolidation pattern. What actually happened On 2 February 2026, Your.Online announced that UK2 Group will join the group. UK2 Group was founded in 1998 and operates several hosting brands, including UK2, Midphase,
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EuroDNS updated its prices for 29 domains, including .ai and .health, after registry changes.
TL;DR - EuroDNS updated retail prices for 29 domains, including .ai and .health, following registry changes. The new prices take effect between 1 March and 1 April 2026, depending on the domain. New domain prices published by EuroDNS According to the announcement, new EuroDNS retail prices take effect on three dates: 1 March 2026, 5
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S&P Global believes that Newfold lost over 1 million subscribers (roughly 17%) since 2023
TL;DR - On January 26, 2026 S&P Global, one of the three largest rating agencies in the world, published its latest report on Newfold Digital: “Upgraded To 'CCC+' Following Debt Restructuring” One sentence inside the analysis changes the positive impression an ‘upgrade’ usually creates: Newfold has lost more than 1 million subscribers since 2023 according
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Hosting.com deploys Monarx security across its entire server fleet
TL;DR - Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) has rolled out Monarx security across its full global server fleet. Hosting.com runs infrastructure serving more than 3 million websites across 40+ locations and this deployment covers all of them, not a subset or premium tier. What Monarx does Monarx is a cybersecurity company focused entirely on securing one
Expert's Voice
Can event sponsorships provide measurable ROI for hosts?
This is the fair question hosting companies ask. Field marketing is an interesting entry on the budget sheets. Events serve as a great place to build relationships, earn trust, and reinforce brand awareness. However, simply purchasing a booth at an international WordCamp or sponsoring a major industry event or flagship conference can run over $100,000
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Gandi’s 20% CAGR growth story in 2025
TL;DR - Gandi reported crossing €70M in revenue in 2025 and growth at roughly 20% CAGR. That alone isn’t unique. What is worth noting is how it’s growing: slowly, internationally, and by moving away from cheap domains toward corporate-grade infrastructure services. What happened Gandi is part of the former Total Webhosting Solutions group, now operating
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Secure hosting is a myth – real data finally exposes it
For years, “secure hosting” has been treated as a given in the hosting industry. It appears everywhere: product pages, comparison tables, sales decks. The implicit message is simple - if you host your WordPress site on a serious provider, security is largely handled. Patchstack, a security company focused on real WordPress threat prevention published results
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A Look Behind the Scenes of WordPress Global Expansion
From Industry Veteran to Global Expansion Lead WordPress is no longer ignoring global expansion efforts. It is no longer a future agenda item; rather, it is a current, actionable step motivated by people who know how to make a service work. One of the key figures behind this effort is James Grierson, whose decades-long career
Season 3 of the webhosting.today podcast is here and it marks a new chapter
A new year, fresh energy, and a new chapter for the webhosting.today podcast.Season 3 is officially live and it’s the biggest evolution the podcast has gone through so far. If you’ve been listening to previous seasons, you’ll notice the change immediately.And if you’re discovering the podcast for the first time, this is the perfect moment
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