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Cheap Web Hosting

Q: What control panel do you use?

We use MaxPanel — a next-generation control panel built to replace old-school tools like cPanel. Built on Debian/Ubuntu with a modern GoLang core, MaxPanel is ultra-lightweight and fast. It ships with MaxContainer isolation and a built-in security suite, plus everything you'd expect — file manager, databases, email, DNS, and backups. If you've used cPanel before, you'll feel right at home — only with a better, faster and more secure hosting control panel.

Q: What makes your hosting fast?

Every site runs on high-speed SSD storage in RAID and high-performance processors, delivering up to 32x faster performance. We layer in a full caching and acceleration stack: object cache (Redis), page cache, server-level next-generation compression, and a fine-tuned web server that's HTTP/3 and QUIC ready — plus our WordPress plugin to tie it all together. It's the same recipe the fastest web hosting providers use — only here it's included on every plan, and your sites load fast out of the box with no tuning required.

Q: What security is included?

Every plan includes built-in security at no extra cost: a web application firewall (WAF), real-time malware scanning, proactive defense against zero-day attacks, brute-force protection, and DDoS mitigation. It comes included with MaxPanel — not as a paid add-on.

Q: How do backups work?

All plans include automated daily backups with offsite storage, built into MaxPanel. You can restore any backup with one click. Your files, databases, and email are all backed up automatically — included free with every plan.

Q: How big are the email mailboxes?

Each mailbox gets 512 MB of storage on the Starter plan, and 1 GB per mailbox on the Pro and Business plans. Every account includes webmail and IMAP/POP3 access.

Q: Does cheap web hosting include email?

Here, yes. Every plan includes professional mailboxes at your own domain — 5 accounts on Starter, 20 on Pro, and 50 on Business — with webmail, SMTP/IMAP/POP3 and anti-spam filtering built in. Email is free for life on every plan, never a paid add-on.

Q: Is cPanel included?

No — and that's deliberate. Instead of cPanel, every plan includes MaxPanel, our modern Linux web hosting control panel built on Debian/Ubuntu. If you're comparing cPanel hosting options, you'll find everything you'd expect — file manager, databases, email, DNS and backups — without cPanel's legacy baggage or licensing costs. If you've used cPanel before, you'll feel right at home.

Q: Is monthly or yearly web hosting cheaper?

We don't sell month-to-month billing — our plans are billed as 1-year or 3-year terms, shown as monthly rates. The 3-year term is the cheapest way in: Starter works out to $2.65/mo versus $3.99/mo on the 1-year term. And unlike typical monthly web hosting deals, your rate never climbs afterwards — you renew at the same price you bought.

Q: Can I host a personal website?

Absolutely — that's exactly what the Starter plan is for. It's our cheapest web hosting plan at $2.65/mo on a 3-year term, with 10 GB of SSD storage, 2 websites, 5 email accounts, free SSL, and a free domain for your first year. And if it turns out hosting isn't your thing, there's a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Shared web hosting from our Dallas datacenter, on fast SSD storage — and the price you see is the price you keep. Everything you need to launch a fast, secure website, without the hidden costs or the headaches.

Up to 32x faster performance
Free SSL, daily backups & built-in security
24/7 real human support
A free domain for your first year

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All Systems Operational

Dallas, USA

Storage High-Speed SSD RAID

Processor High-Performance CPU

Control Panel MaxPanel

Security & Backups Built In

TTFB <100ms

Performance Score 98%

Uptime 99.9%

$0 Add-on Fees

1 Year Free Domain

Pricing

Shared web hosting plans.
Honest pricing, no surprises.

Affordable web hosting where the monthly rate you sign up at is the rate you renew at. Every plan includes fast SSD storage, MaxPanel, free SSL, daily backups, a free domain for the first year, and 24/7 support.

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🇺🇸 USA 🇪🇺 Europe 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇮🇳 India 🇦🇺 Australia

Save up to 70% off regular rates

Starter

For personal sites & blogs

$ 2.65 /mo

~~$8.99/mo~~ Save 70% Today! $95.40 charged today for 36 months Renews at the same price you buy

10 GB SSD Storage
2 Websites
5 Email Accounts
1 Free Domain^*
MaxPanel Control Panel
Free SSL (Let's Encrypt)
Up to 32x Faster Performance
DDoS Protection
WordPress Staging
1-Click WordPress Installer
SSH Access + WP-CLI

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30-Day Money Back GuaranteeTry it completely risk-free — we’re confident you’ll stay.

Dallas web hosting, from the heart of America

Our US datacenter sits in Dallas, Texas — one of the most connected carrier hubs in the country. Its central location balances latency to both coasts, giving visitors right across North America consistently fast access to your site.

Balanced latency coast to coastA central US location means low, even response times from both the East and West coasts.
Major carrier hubDallas is one of the most densely peered markets in the US — your site sits close to the backbone.
Tier III+ facilityRedundant power, cooling and connectivity engineered for 99.9% uptime.
US data residencyYour data stays on US soil — ideal for American businesses and compliance needs.

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Dallas, Texas United States · us-central

Live

Typical latency to major cities

Houston~8 ms
Chicago~22 ms
Atlanta~26 ms
New York~35 ms
Los Angeles~38 ms

What's Included

Everything's included.
No upsells.

Forget "unlimited web hosting" with a mile of fine print. Every plan comes fully loaded — the same powerful features for everyone, from your first blog to a high-traffic store — and where something is unlimited here, like databases and sub-domains, it actually is.

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32x Faster Performance

Enterprise SSD-RAID 10 storage delivers dramatically faster reads and writes for every request.

FastWebServer with Cache

A pre-engineered web server with built-in caching serves your pages almost instantly.

Free CDN

A global content delivery network keeps your site fast for visitors everywhere.

Latest PHP

Run the newest PHP versions and switch between them with one click.

WordPress & WooCommerce Optimized

Our stack is tuned specifically for WordPress and WooCommerce to run smoothly.

Free SSL

Auto-provisioned SSL secures every domain you host, renewed automatically and free forever.

AI-Powered WAF

An AI web application firewall blocks attacks before they ever reach your site.

Brute-Force Protection

Machine-learning detection identifies and shuts down automated login attacks before they succeed.

Malware Scanner

Your files are scanned continuously for malicious code, with threats flagged so you can take action.

Real-Time Process Monitor

Running processes are watched in real time to catch malware activity as it happens.

Network-Intelligence Patches

Real-time patches applied from intelligence gathered across millions of sites on our network.

DDoS Protection

Network-level mitigation absorbs and filters attack traffic to keep your site online.

Lifetime Free Email

Professional branded mailboxes are included for life on every plan, at no cost.

Anti-Spam & Antivirus

Inbound filtering scans every message to keep spam and viruses out of your inbox.

SMTP / IMAP / POP3

Connect any mail client you prefer, on any device, using standard protocols.

Webmail Access

Read and send mail from any browser, anywhere, with nothing to install.

Web SSH Terminal

Get full shell access right from your browser, with no local setup required.

WP-CLI Support

Manage WordPress from the command line for installs, updates, and bulk operations.

1-Click WordPress Installer

Spin up a fresh, ready-to-use WordPress site in seconds with a single click.

Staging Environments

Clone your site to a safe staging area to test changes before going live.

Cron Jobs

Schedule scripts and automated tasks to run exactly when you need them.

Unlimited Databases

Create as many MySQL and MariaDB databases as your projects require, with no limits.

Tier III & IV Datacenters

Your sites live in certified, redundant datacenters across our global footprint.

45 Tbps Network Backbone

A 45 Tbps global backbone delivers your content with high capacity and low latency.

99.99% Uptime SLA

We back availability with a real uptime guarantee, credited automatically if we miss it.

Free DNS & Sub-domains

Manage your DNS records freely and create unlimited sub-domains as your project grows.

Green Hosting

We give 1% of revenue to the planet and plant a tree for every purchase.

1 Free Domain

Free Website Migration

Our team moves your existing website over for you, carefully and completely free.

Free Daily Backups

Your files, databases, and email are backed up daily, with one-click restore anytime.

Resource Isolation

Every account runs within enforced CPU, RAM, and I/O limits so neighbors can’t slow you.

MaxPanel Control Panel

Manage sites, email, databases, and DNS from one fast, clean control panel.

30-Day Money-Back

Try any plan completely risk-free, with a full refund within your first 30 days.

24×7 Live Chat

Real support agents are available around the clock, every day of the year.

120-Second Response

Our live chat answers in about two minutes on average, so you’re never waiting.

8-Minute Resolution

Most issues are fully resolved in around eight minutes, not hours or days.

Best After-Sales Support

We’re genuinely known for industry-leading after-sales support that sticks with you.

The honest comparison

What cheap web hosting costs
everywhere else.

The best cheap web hosting isn't the one with the lowest first-year price — it's the one that's still cheap in year two. Most hosts advertise a low intro rate, then charge extra for the things we include and quietly multiply your price at renewal. Here's the difference, side by side.

	Cenmax	Typical host
Security suite — WAF, malware scanning & DDoS protection	Included	Often a paid add-on (~$3–10/mo)
Performance — SSD-RAID storage, server caching & free CDN	Included	Reserved for higher tiers
Automated daily backups + 1-click restore	Included	Often a paid add-on (~$2–5/mo)
Free SSL certificate	Included	Sometimes charged
Free website migration, done for you	Included	$50–150, or do-it-yourself
Free domain for the first year	Included	Rarely included
Renewal pricing	Renews at the same price you paid	Jumps 2–4× after the intro term

A 5-year snapshot on the Starter plan

Typical host ~$910 A cheap first year, then renewal jumps — plus paid security and backup add-ons stacked on top.

With Cenmax $159 $2.65/mo, renewing at the very same price — cheap website hosting that stays cheap, with every feature already included.

That's roughly $750 back in your pocket over five years.

Figures are illustrative, based on typical advertised renewal and add-on pricing across the shared-hosting industry. Actual costs elsewhere will vary by provider and plan.

For Small Business

Web hosting for small business —
without the small-business tax

The best website hosting for small business isn't the one with the most add-ons to sell you — it's the one where the things a business actually needs are already in the price.

Business email & domain, included

Professional mailboxes at your own domain — 5 accounts on Starter, up to 50 on Business — free for life, with anti-spam and webmail built in. If you want web hosting with a free domain too, every plan registers one free for your first year.

Security and backups, handled

Free SSL, a web application firewall, malware scanning, DDoS protection and automated daily backups with one-click restore come standard on every plan — never as a paid add-on you discover later.

A price you can actually budget

Your renewal price is the price you signed up at, backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. And when the business grows, plans scale from 2 websites on Starter to 100 on Business without changing hosts.

Switching?

Free website migration,
in four easy steps

Already hosted somewhere else? Our team moves your website over for you — carefully, and completely free.

Request the move

Pick a plan, then open a migration request with our 24/7 support team and share access to your current host.

We move it for you

Our team copies your website over to Cenmax for you — no DIY transfers, and no migration fee.

Test before going live

Preview the migrated site on our servers and confirm everything looks right before anything changes.

Switch your DNS

Point your domain to Cenmax and you're live — with free DNS management included from day one.

Sustainability

Green web hosting that's
good for the planet

We're committed to reducing our environmental impact with every sale.

1% for the Planet

We contribute 1% of our revenue to Stripe Climate, funding carbon removal technologies worldwide.

One Tree Planted

For every hosting purchase and renewal, we plant a tree to help reforest the planet.

Testimonials

Builders don't
switch back.

From solo developers to agencies running dozens of client sites — here's what people say after they've actually lived on Cenmax for a while.

4.9 out of 5 — join 10,000+ customers hosting with us since 2014

About 14 months in, running 12 or so client sites. I came for the SSH and WP-CLI access and stayed for the one-click staging. Zero overnight downtime so far, which I genuinely could not say about my last host. Backups and SSL are baked in per account, so I'm not nickel-and-dimed on every site.

Aarav Mehta Freelance WordPress Developer · Pune

Our app has NEVER loaded this fast. Seriously. We migrated on a Tuesday and by the end of the week two different customers had emailed asking what we'd changed. That just doesn't happen! Thrilled with it.

Sarah Lindqvist Founder, Bright Solutions

So here's the thing, my old host crashed on me two Black Fridays in a row and I'd basically made peace with it happening again. This year we did our biggest day of sales ever and the site didn't so much as hiccup. They even did the migration for me; I handed over the login, went and made a coffee, and by the time I came back it was done.

Daniel Okoye Owner, The Coffee House · WooCommerce

As an agency we run a little over 40 client sites on retainer, and provisioning a new one in MaxPanel is genuinely quick. What stands out most, however, is the transparency of the pricing. The quoted rate is the rate we pay, with no surprises at renewal and no awkward conversations with clients about features that turn out to be paid extras.

Priya Nair Director, Creative Studio

I almost didn't write a review, but I've been here long enough that it felt right to. I started the blog on a whim, grabbed the free domain, and fully expected to move on once it grew. Two years and around 80k readers a month later, here I still am. The support folks have stayed up with me through a couple of late-night panics, and they've always been so kind about it.

Tomás Rivera Travel blogger

I went in skeptical (cheaper usually means oversold servers and slow tickets, in my experience). It took a few weeks before I stopped expecting something to break. What shifted it for me was a Saturday-night ticket answered in roughly ten minutes, by a person who'd clearly read what I sent. It's not flawless, there's no dark mode in the dashboard yet, but the fundamentals are solid.

Nguyen Minh Backend Engineer · Hanoi

For a small nonprofit like ours, every cost we keep down means a little more going toward the people we serve. The hosting has been kind to our budget. I'll also admit the environmental side won us over: they plant a tree on renewals and give 1% to climate causes, and our board was glad to be able to pass that along to our supporters.

Rebecca Hall Executive Director, Hope Foundation

moved over, site's way faster, haven't thought about hosting since. that's the review.

Karthik R. Indie hacker

My portfolio is wall-to-wall high-res photography, and it used to load like it was wading through mud. The CDN and caching changed that almost the moment I switched. Now clients tell me the site feels “expensive”, and for a photographer, that's pretty much the whole game.

Elena Vasquez Portrait & travel photographer

I'll be upfront, I'm not a tech person in the slightest, I run a gym and not a web company. When I moved my booking site over I figured I'd be completely lost, but the chat team walked me through every step and handled the bits I didn't follow. It loads quicker now and I've stopped thinking about it, which is all I really wanted.

Marcus Bryant Owner, City Fitness

Came over from one of the big cloud platforms mainly to cut my bill, and I assumed I'd be giving up performance to save the money. It was the other way round. What one project cost me there now covers three projects here comfortably, and the panel is a lot less of a maze to get around. Only regret is not doing it a year sooner.

Omar Haddad Self-taught developer

Been hosting with this lot since 2016, and in all that time I've had maybe two reasons to contact support. Both sorted the same day. I'm not someone who normally bothers writing reviews, but loyalty like mine takes a fair bit to earn, and they've earned it.

David Whitman Owner, web design studio

Ready when you are

Get your site online today

Pick a plan in about two minutes, point your domain, and we'll migrate your existing site for free. No setup fees, ever.

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FAQ

Frequently asked
questions

Everything you need to know about our web hosting service.

We use MaxPanel — a next-generation control panel built to replace old-school tools like cPanel, which carries decades of technical debt and stays chained to a dying RHEL base. Built on Debian/Ubuntu with a modern GoLang core, MaxPanel is ultra-lightweight and fast. It ships with MaxContainer™ isolation and a built-in security suite, plus everything you'd expect — file manager, databases, email, DNS, and backups.

If you've used cPanel before, you'll feel right at home — only with a better, faster and more secure hosting control panel.