As a web hosting expert, I often help people choose the right service. I generally recommend focusing on performance rather than popularity. SimpleSonic has yet to go mainstream (it was founded in 2023), but it has some features everyone should know about.
In this SimpleSonic review, I will share my opinion on those features and help you decide whether you should sign up for a plan.
SimpleSonic is one of the latest additions to the web hosting industry. The company launched in 2023 to make buying and reselling web hosting plans easy. At the time of writing, they offer mainly shared and reseller hosting plans.
However, they have managed to rack up 5-star reviews on HostAdvice with 3 customer reviews and 4.3 stars on TrustPilot with 7 customer reviews. The feedback was great, so I had a lot of expectations while writing this review.
At HostAdvice, we use an in-house rating methodology to rank web hosting providers. This ensures that all web hosts get fair representation regardless of how popular or new they are.
Here is how SimpleSonic scored based on our evaluation parameters:
| Parameter | Score | Why we gave this score |
| Pricing | 10 | SimpleSonic offers affordable plans with no increase for renewals. |
| Features | 7 | SimpleSonic offers shared and reseller hosting. While these are sufficient for blogs, online entrepreneurs, and small businesses, developers and advanced users will find the hosting plans insufficient for their needs. |
| Performance | 9 | SimpleSonic offers fast and reliable website load speeds. I removed a point because the web host advertises 100% uptime but live monitoring shows that uptime can drop to 99.7 on occasions. |
| Easy of use | 10 | The web host makes it easy to upscale your hosting allocation when you need more resources. |
| Support | 10 | SimpleSonic offers fast and helpful live chat support. The agent responded within seconds and gave direct, helpful responses. |
| Overall score | 9 | SimpleSonic ticks all the right boxes and is perfect as a shared web hosting provider. |
SimpleSonic offers regular shared hosting with either cPanel or DirectAdmin, reseller hosting, and Economy hosting.
The accepted payment methods are PayPal, Credit Card (Stripe), and Bitcoin. The web host also offers refunds to unsatisfied customers within 30 days of signup.
| Plan Name | Space | Bandwidth | OS | Panel | Number of Sites | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirectAdmin Shared Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | Unlimited | A$2.73 | Details | |
| cPanel Shared Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | Unlimited | A$4.56 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Shared Standard | 50 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | Unlimited | A$5.54 | Details | |
| cPanel Shared Standard | 50 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | Unlimited | A$7.64 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Shared Business | 100 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | Unlimited | A$8.34 | Details | |
| cPanel Shared Business | 100 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | Unlimited | A$12.27 | Details | |
| WP 1 | 25 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 5 | A$13.95 | Details | |
| WP 2 | 50 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 10 | A$20.96 | Details | |
| WP 3 | 75 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 25 | A$27.98 | Details |
SimpleSonic offers two types of shared hosting plans: cPanel and DirectAdmin hosting.
The cPanel hosting plan begins at $7.95 per month and offers unmetered bandwidth, 8 GB of RAM, 50 GB of SSD storage, and 8 CPU cores. If you want additional storage space, you have to pay $0.10 per 1 GB.
The DirectAdmin hosting plan begins at $3.95/month and offers the same features as the cPanel plan. The only difference is the lack of features such as clustered DNS and Ruby framework and the fact that it doesn’t support India and Singapore data centers.
SimpleSonic offers three high-performance WordPress hosting plans. These plans come with managed support and cPanel.
Plans starting at $9.95 per month with 25 GB of storage and goes up tp $19.95 per month with 75 GB of storage.
| Plan Name | Space | Bandwidth | OS | Panel | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirectAdmin Reseller Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | A$6.94 | Details | |
| cPanel Reseller Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | A$13.95 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Reseller Standard | 100 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | A$27.98 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Reseller Business | 250 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | A$49.01 | Details | |
| cPanel Reseller Standard | 100 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | A$61.63 | Details | |
| cPanel Reseller Business | 250 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | A$107.91 | Details |
Reseller hosting is perfect for online entrepreneurs and digital agencies.
SimpleSonic reseller hosting plans are cPanel reseller, DirectAdmin reseller, cPanel startup reseller, and DirectAdmin startup reseller.
The startup options are cheaper but limited in features.
Economy hosting is a cheaper version of the shared hosting plans. It offers only DirectAdmin and is limited in features.
You get 1 GB of of SSD storage, 10 GB of bandwidth, 1 CPU core, server location in Virginia, USA, and London, UK only.
SimpleSonic unique hosting features include:
SimpleSonic performance is commendable.
The test on PageSpeed Insights showed a speed index of 1.8s, which is quite decent, although there is room for improvement.
The web host advertises 100% uptime, but live testing shows uptimes as low as 99.7755%, which is quite decent for a new web hosting company.
Loading time
According to GTMetrix, the website loading speed is 642ms (0.6s), far better than the recommended 2-second speed.
SimpleSonic offers 24/7 live chat support, which I tested and found to be prompt and reliable.
The chat agent joined within seconds and directly answered my question.
Other support channels include a ticketing system and web form. The web host also offers a decent knowledge base for DIY customers.
As mentioned earlier and as you’ll see below, SimpleSonic is a user-friendly web hosting provider.
To begin, locate your preferred plan and click on “order”. On the next page, fill in your website domain name.
On the next page, make your account configurations. You can purchase add-ons at this point.
Next, you will be asked to review your domain configuration.
Review your selections and domain (if you are using a new domain).
Enter your account registration details, choose your payment method, and select “complete order” to create your account.
SimpleSonic offers both cPanel and DirectAdmin. cPanel is the most popular option but also the costlier one. However, I recommend it for all users since it is easy to use and offers more features and tools than DirectAdmin.
To create an email account, log in to your control panel. Locate the email icon, click on it, and fill in the necessary information. The email account will be live in seconds.
I recommend SimpleSonic with a “but.” If you need basic hosting for your business website, blog, or personal hobby, SimpleSonic will get the job done.
If you also want to offer web hosting services to regular users, the reseller hosting is perfect for you. However, if you are running a resource-hungry application, website, or e-commerce store, consider getting a web hosting provider with VPS or dedicated servers.
| Plan Name | Space | Bandwidth | OS | Panel | Number of Sites | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirectAdmin Shared Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | Unlimited | A$2.73 | Details | |
| cPanel Shared Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | Unlimited | A$4.56 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Shared Standard | 50 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | Unlimited | A$5.54 | Details | |
| cPanel Shared Standard | 50 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | Unlimited | A$7.64 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Shared Business | 100 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | Unlimited | A$8.34 | Details | |
| cPanel Shared Business | 100 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | Unlimited | A$12.27 | Details | |
| WP 1 | 25 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 5 | A$13.95 | Details | |
| WP 2 | 50 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 10 | A$20.96 | Details | |
| WP 3 | 75 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 25 | A$27.98 | Details |
| Plan Name | Space | Bandwidth | OS | Panel | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirectAdmin Reseller Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | A$6.94 | Details | |
| cPanel Reseller Startup | 20 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | A$13.95 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Reseller Standard | 100 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | A$27.98 | Details | |
| DirectAdmin Reseller Business | 250 GB | Unlimited | Direct Admin | A$49.01 | Details | |
| cPanel Reseller Standard | 100 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | A$61.63 | Details | |
| cPanel Reseller Business | 250 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | A$107.91 | Details |
Yes. SimpleSonic is a reliable hosting company for shared hosting and reseller hosting. They offer solid uptime with fast loading speeds.
Yes, all of SimpleSonic’s plans are great for hosting WordPress websites. However, we recommend getting the WordPress hosting plan for its managed support.
Yes, SimpleSonic is a good host for small e-commerce sites. For large sites with extra functionality, we recommend getting a VPS plan, which SimpleSonic does not provide at the time of writing this review.
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