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Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the exceptional service, highlighting the helpful and responsive customer support team. Many people appreciate the quick response times and the staff's willingness to go above and beyond, often resolving issues rapidly and efficiently. Reviewers also frequently mention the excellent website performance and the reliability of the service, with many experiencing minimal to no downtime. However, some customers also noted issues with customer service, describing it as awful or immature in certain instances. A few other people felt there was a lack of transparency regarding key technical limitations, which they believe should be clearly stated upfront.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been a Knownhost customer since 2020, first with a VPS and now with a reseller plan. I have used various hosting services for almost 30 years, and Knownhost is one of the best providers I have... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been hosting a VPS with KnownHost since 2017, using their managed service, and it's been an amazing experience. First of all, virtually no downtime in all of those years. Secondly, any time I... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Overall, for the type of product and market that they offer, KH offer a great service. Their customer support is superb, with very helpful staff and quick response times, I'm eternally grateful to the... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been working with Knownhost for years. Since my first webhosting service in around 2007, I honestly don't think I have had a better webhost. Support is fast, helpful, and human. They take re... See more


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Web Hosting provider - PHP hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) hosting, Reseller hosting, cheap web hosting, Ecommerce hosting, Frontpage hosting


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4.4

Excellent

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

93 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rude company, unwillingly to help. Customer since 2014

I've been using Knownhost since 2014. Our invoice for the next billing cycle (yearly) is several days overdue. I'd like to continue using their server, only downgrade to a lower pricing tier. To my surprise, the salesperson Deborah gave me an answer with a condescending tone. That I need to pay the invoice first, before they consider moving us to a lower tier.

Obviously they're unwilling to help. Stay away from this horrible hosting company. Terrible service and rude people running the company.

July 24, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer support with timely…

Great customer support with timely responses. I'm a new and self taught website builder who knows just enough to be dangerous. Knownhost answered my questions and fixed my issues and provided advice to prevent it from happening again.

June 17, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I will never do business with these people again

Not only did the server malfunction constantly when we asked to cancel it within the 30-day period they said they were going to refund the money but instead of refunding the money they decided they wanted to put out an outstanding pass to invoice saying we owed them money so now I have to file a dispute with the bank because they're billing department didn't want to do what it said it was going to do.

March 3, 2024
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Reply from Knownhost

Hello,

Thanks for leaving your review. I've reviewed ticket KH202403IFDFZC regarding your cancellation and we show that everything was closed out and fully refunded. Your order was for an unmanaged dedicated server, which is not eligible for our 30 day refund. While reviewing your tickets I see that most of your issues revolve around the install and usage of control panel software on that server, which would be for you to administer on an unmanaged server, however our billing did indeed issue you a refund when requested.

Your initial cancellation request submitted Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:33 am did not include a refund request, which when processed set your cancellation at the end of the paid for billing term.

When you requested the refund in a reply on Sat, 02 Mar 2024 05:15 pm our staff updated the cancellation date, and issued the refund on Sat, 02 Mar 2024 05:58 pm.

Now it does appear that when the service canceled, the invoice for that service did not automatically void out of the system as it should have which is what you claim as an "an outstanding pass to invoice" but a simple reply to your ticket was all it took to correct that.

I wish you the best.


Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very happy customer, I would give them a try

Just transferred from Hostgator after 15 years. Server down time was past 47 hours in less than 30 days.

Do far our experience with knownhost has been exceptional from pre-purchase questions and help with migration (which went smoothly).

The website performance is so so much faster already! Very excited to no longer have to worry about hours on end downtime know who I'm talking to understands me!

December 12, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Knownhost Shines Bright.

Knownhost surpasses expectations with rock solid hosting infrastructure, lightning-fast speeds, and dedicated support team. Their commitment to security and user satisfaction makes them a standout choice for hosting needs.

November 11, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Unrivaled Web Hosting Excellence.

Knownhost.com provides exceptional web hosting with reliable services, outstanding customer support, and competitive pricing, making it a top choice for seamless online experiences. Their commitment to uptime and performance sets them apart in the hosting industry.

October 20, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A stellar blend of reliability, speed, and great support.

Knownhost provides outstanding web hosting with reliable and light-fast servers. Their exceptional customer support ensures quick resolution to any issues, making them a top choice for hosting services. With competitive pricing and user-friendly interface, Knownhost stands out for its reliability and customer-centric approach.

October 5, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent hosting provider

I am using Knownhost since Aug 2023. They have best support times as well as support problem solving, Their VPS and Dedicated hosting both are amazing. I tried a lot of hosting before but now I can see Knownhost is one of the best.

Thank to Knownhost and their team members. 😍

August 25, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trigger happy hosting provider

Trigger happy hosting provider. They terminated my service because of "Network Abuse" which is a vague term that a bunch of inexperienced Sys Admins use when they see a spike in TCP connections in Nagios or whatever monitoring tool they use. They didn't bother to communicate with me what i was using the service for, just pulled the trigger right away. Obviously a bunch of Junior personnel working at this company. Stay away.

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The illegal activities they mention in the reply are running an app i wrote to verify email addresses on their VPS. It literally just connects to a SMTP server and issues the VRFY command for a given email address which is not ILLEGAL in any way. Now even gaslighting Trustpilot reviews, how low can you go?

September 28, 2023
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Reply from Knownhost

Hello,

You were caught performing illegal activities that violate our terms of service. You're welcome to leave your review but we do not under any circumstances tolerate any abuse of service especially when it crosses the line into the territory that you did. We are thankful that you will not be using our services in the future.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Look elsewhere

About a month ago, complete outage at their data center in Seattle left many of us customers down for a day. There was no backup plan or process so to speak. They had to restore things manually. And even then things went wrong - it didn't help that the admins were in the forums being antagonistic about people's responses. Then today in the middle of the work day, our server goes offline. Email, domain... etc. Notify tech support and they inform me that they were moving the VPS between nodes and that there would be a period of downtime. Were we notified? No. Could they have done such a move after hours? Probably. Complete joke and a train wreck of a company.

September 13, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Runaway and do not look back try Nestify at least they listen

So this company bought out Host Asset, which offered unlimited sites and great service. So when I was moved to Knownhost I was updating some sites and noticed that there was somethings that were not updating, after some research I found that I had to reinstall the site, well, that is when the scam was revealled. Because I signed up with HostAsset, and had unlimited, Knownhost refused to honor the agreement, while I could fight it, it is not worth it. Especially due to the slow hosting and bad customer service. Also, if you site is hacked due to their lack of security bad luck, you are on your own. They will block you access and then play games. Also, the abuse supervisor really needs to change the name, even tho he deserves abuse, they need to change it to something like the caring supervisor, even though that would be an oxymoron.

May 10, 2023
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional!

I have been with Knownhost for a while and they are undoubtedly the best host I have been with, to date.

They are fast, friendly and professional and cannot fault them!

January 15, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Used over 15 web hosts - Known Host are #1

Tried many hosts over the 30+ years I have been running websites. I can't say enough good things about Known Host. They are always so responsive, and time and time again provide excellent customer service.

I was motivated to write this review after the employee Nivin P. went above and beyond to help resolve an issue on one of my websites. The level of support they offered was incredible and i just wanted to single them out personally for that amazing level of support.

November 24, 2022
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