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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sudden SPAM suspension with ZERO support for 3+ days - Absolute rubbish

I purchased a Ryzen - Two / Ryzen & Gold VPS on February 27th, 2026. Everything worked fine until April 27th, when they suddenly suspended my service without any warning, evidence, or explanation.

The only reason shown is "SPAM". No logs, nothing.

I immediately opened 3 urgent tickets:
- #102744 (April 27)
- #183814 (April 27)
- #633226 (April 30 - "PLEASE Urgent REPLY")

Today is April 30th — more than 3 full days with ZERO reply from support. I cannot access my VPS, cannot backup my data, and the panel says "This VPS is suspended. You cannot perform any operations."

I no longer want to use their service. I just want my data back and to cancel. But they completely ignore me.

This is absolute rubbish service. You pay money, they suspend without proof, then ghost you for days while your data is locked. Extremely unprofessional.

I have also posted about this on LowEndTalk with screenshots. Many other users have reported the same spam/abuse suspension + no support issue.

I will never use or recommend SoftshellWeb again.

I just want my data back.

April 27, 2026
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Reply from SoftShellWeb

Hello Lon,

We enforce a strict zero-tolerance policy for network abuse. Your service was suspended because activity originating from your VPS directly caused our IP addresses to be blacklisted by major authorities, specifically SpamHaus and Abusix.

Despite this severe violation, your claim that your data is currently locked is untrue. We have already re-enabled access to your VPS, giving you the opportunity to address the issue and back up your data. We must act decisively in these situations to protect our network infrastructure and our other clients.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't answer tickets

Don't answer tickets. Very annoying. No maintenance on their servers. The latest version of php is 8.2 Now, everyone is using 8.3 and 8.4 is out.

September 6, 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

SoftShellWeb ok for standard Linux servers

The first server I got was ok - the 2nd server would not install my Micro OS iso so I asked for a refund & got offered a credit so I cancelled both.

I eventually got my refunds so many thanks for that.

I bought 10+ servers in the summer sales & am more interested in reliability for a current project than price. I run custom systems so SoftShell was not a good fit for me - but probably fine if you just need a standard Linux (Ubuntu / Debian / Alma etc). Great prices for the spec you receive, to run a standard server.

The first machine was nice & stable. The 10gbps speed was also fine.

I also found a "lowend" way to install a custom iso:

see see the "reinstall" README.md for Github user: bin456789 (links not allowed here)

Boot the Alpine Linux iso option & use it as an in RAM rescue environment:

apk update
apk add qemu qemu-img qemu-system-x86_64
modprobe kvm

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -netdev type=user,id=mynet0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet0 -m 512M -drive file=/dev/sda,format=raw,if=virtio -vga std -k en-gb -daemonize -cdrom $MYISO -boot d -vnc :1

kill -15 $(pidof qemu-system-x86_64)

September 5, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just as the other review indicates...

Just as the other review indicates - zero support.

If one can somehow get any answers from them they are disdainful & unwilling to actually fix their broken services.

These folks highlight just how difficult it is to find ANY web hosting worth paying for in recent years - too many are outright ripoffs like this one.

Silliest of all - they make ads for their 'specials' at WHT, but openly hate on anyone who gets in via those 'specials' - a real zero of a company & should be avoided totally.

September 2, 2022
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