Hosting provider information

Hosting Provider Information

The goal of this page is to provide a complete listing of hosting providers that are known to have environments that are either compatible or incompatible with CiviCRM. This will hopefully aid in troubleshooting.

Hosting Provider	Hosting package / plan	CMS name and version	PHP version	MySQL version	CiviCRM version	Contact	comment
A2 Hosting	As low as: $7.95/month	Drupal 6.x	5.2	5	Any		We have tested CiviCRM and it runs great at A2 Hosting. Here are their CiviCRM install instructions.
Gallery Robinson	$90/year	Drupal 5.16 and 6.10	5.2.8	5.0.67	Tested thru 2.2	Hershel Robinson	CiviCRM runs well and the support is excellent. They also provide installation if you want.
Tigersites	$6.95 per month	Drupal, Joomla, Mambo & others	PHP 5.2.9	MySQL 5	CivicCRM Support		Quad Core Servers, RAID-10. High End MySQL. Very fast
GreenGeeks	$6.95 per month	Drupal, Joomla, Mambo & others	Php 5	MySQL 5	CivicCRM Support		Dual Quad Core Servers with super fast RAID-10 storage system. High performance MySQL. Great speeds and reliability
site5.com	basic hosting plan ($7)	Drupal 4.7.4 and 6.4	5.2	4 +InnoDB	1.5 and 2.1	Jochen Hartmann	works but civiCRM is very slow , work with civimail too send till 250 emails per hour, possible set spf record, privacy policy
www.24shells.net	vps $24.99/month (half price for new clients)	drupal 6.x	5.2	5	2.x		no limits sending emails with civimail
Bluehost.com	Shared - 6.95	Drupal 5.x (and 6.x)	5	5	1.9 and 2.05 and 2.1		Pretty decent given price and the LOADS of features. I have CiviCRM working without CiviMail (might get to that soon). Running on Drupal. If your site has few thousands of visits pe day, pay attention to mysql_slow_queries and cpu_exceeded_logs or your account will be suspended and in 15 days deleted.
godaddy.com (VPS)	Economy Plan $29.99/month (monthly)	Drupal 5.7	5.2.4	5.0.45	2.0	John Daharsh	Installs easily on Fedora Core 7. Centos 5 should work just as well. Install Webmin (free web-based server admin tool) for easier server setup and kill Tomcat to free up memory (auto starts for the Godaddy Simple Control Panel). You'll need to set some file permissions (very easy in Webmin - based on error messages from civi installer) and should up the memory in .htaccess to 64M. I have yet to fully test but so far everything works well.
godaddy.com (shared)						phalseid	don't even bother! lousy control panel for database creation also see this forum post about godaddy joomla/civicrm installation problems: http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,5053.0.html
Uptimehost	Clustered cloud web hosting - $25/mo	Drupal 5.x (and 6.x)	5	5	1.9 and 2.05 and 2.1		Web hosting is on their clustered cloud platform which starts at $25.00 and can scale automatically. Offers 100% Uptime SLA, 24/7 telephone support, 30-day money back guarantee & tons more cool features.
hostgator.com	$174 & up / month	Any	5.2.0	5.0.45		TallDavid	Support for InnoDB ONLY on dedicated server packages ($174 - $374/month)! Uses exim for the mailer, so CiviMail won't work - Accoring to HG support Jan 8, 2009: We do not support InnoDB on any of our shared or reseller servers. Please email support@hostgator.com to request InnoDB support on shared & reseller accounts.
strappedhost.com	5.99 + database	Any	4.4.4/5.1.6	4.1.11		phalseid	still working on it uses exim for the mailer, so CivicMail won't work
startlogic.com	basic VPS plan	Drupal 4.7.4	5.04		1.5	Jochen Hartmann	does not work: I have just been informed that due to incompatibilities with PLESK (their control panel), Startlogic is unable to upgrade their PHP beyond 5.04.
icdsoft.com	basic $6/mo	Drupal 4.x 5.x and 6.x	4.4.4/5.1.6		1.5/1.6beta, 2.1 and 2.2		CiviCRM and CiviMail works well on my sites, no limits to send emails with civimail
Ace-Host.net	basic $5.95/mo with 12 month commitment	Drupal 4.7.4	5.0.4		1.5	Michael Mahler	CiviCRM runs okay on 3 sites I have with them
CanadaWebHosting.com		any	any		any	Joe Murray	CiviCRM works well on my sites, good support, some issues setting up CiviMail
DreamHost	free for non-profits.	Drupal 5.0beta	5.1.2	5	1.8	Joe Murray Chris Mott	CiviCRM works well except that CiviMail is limited by outbound mail throttle of 100/hr from Dreamhost anti-spam policy. (200/hr for shell accounts.) DH may be willing to lift the throttle under compliance with strict rules. Shared hosting environment also causes variable response times (less politely, the page load times are crap for some accounts, mainly due to slow MySQL query times)
site5.com	multisite plan $8.25/mo with 12 mo commitment	Drupal 4.7 CVS	5.2 .0		1.6 beta	Dave Hansen-Lange	CiviCRM works well. If you need more PHP memory, simply adjust your site's php.ini. Site5 has great support and their plans include everything that you'd ever need (except no Tomcat or Java servlets).
Mediatemple.net (GS grid server plan)	$20 / month 30 day free trial	Drupal 4.7 -6.x	choice of 4.44 or 5.16 (using 4.44)	4.1.11	CiviCRM 1.6 - 2.2, CiviMail, CiviContribute, CiviMember	Jochen Hartmann	Shared web hosting environment, running on this 'grid-server' thing that mediatemple invented, which is a cluster of apache installations. Seems pretty stable, you have control over your own php.ini settings and fairly good ssh options (debian3.1). Tech support is usually very quick and friendly though there are limits to what they can help with. Looking to upgrade to a DV (dedicated virtual) plan soon. (ds till 500 mails/hour, DV no limits per email)
Prometheus Labor Communications	Sliding scale, dependent on organization size, starting at $15/month	Drupal 5.1	4.3.10-18.1 (Debian package)	4.1	CiviCRM 1.7, CiviContribute CiviMember	Steve Dondley	Specializes in providing affordable shared-hosting solutions for labor unions and labor-friendly organizations.
River Valley Web Hosting and Design	$5 to $15 per month.	Drupal 5.1	PHP 5	MySQL 5	CiviCRM 1.7, CiviContribute CiviMember	Alfred Nutile	Total solutions that are affordable and creative.
Ideal Solution	Starts at $17.95 per month	Drupal 5.1, Joomla 1.0.12	4.4.6 or 5.2.1	4.1.22	Any the customer wants to install.	Jeff Lawton	We provide hosting and a broad range of custom development options.
LunarPages		Joomla					Lunarpages doesn't support the InnoDB storage engine required.
[www.1and1.com\|http://]		Drupal 5.x Drupal 6.x	PHP5 (override in .htaccess)	MySQL5	CiviCRM 1.9	David Geilhufe	really slow, PHP memory limited (10MB) upgradable at 20MB by php.ini, but works OK
www.linode.com	$20/mo						VPS provider. Moved from shared host and amazed at the difference. Used XAMPP, Drupal and CiviCRM ... the various auto installers made everything work fine.
WebHosting.UK.com	VPS STARTER £15 / Month	Drupal 4.7.x or 5.x	PHP 5.2.x	MySQL 5.0	Client can install any version of CiviCRM	Josh	Offer wide array of fully managed hosting services and CiviCRM runs fine.
http://www.slicehost.com/	VPS $20-$70 / month	self-install	self-install	self-install	self-install		Self-managed VPS with ajax web interface for console access, backup snapshot management etc.
http://rimuhosting.com/	VPS $20 - $90, dedicated as well	self-install, currently using 5.x	5.1.6 (or what you want)	MySQL 5.0.22 (or what you want)	self-install		Host a number of Drupal developers, and have a one or two on staff. Self-managed VPS with ajax web interface for console access, backup snapshot management etc.
LiquidWeb	Starts at $50/month for VPS, $14.95 for shared, $149 for dedicated	self-install, I am currently using Drupal 5.x on all sites	Comes standard with PHP4, 5.2.5 installed by request	MySQL 4.1.22	self-install, I'm currently using 1.9 on multiple sites		I moved onto them after problems with another host and have loved it. I am running multiple sites with Drupal 5.x and CiviCRM 1.9. I have been told that CiviMail will run on the VPS and Dedicated servers, but I haven't tested the speed yet. Customer Service has been great about adding on to my Apache install, upgrading PHP, etc.
Cruiskeen Consulting LLC	Custom Drupal starting $50/month	Drupal 6.10	PHP 5.2.5	MySQL 5.1	2.2	Steve Hanson	We do custom hosting - providing Drupal/CiviCRM module and software maintenance.
aiso.net (green hosting)	$150/yr	Drupal.5.7 (self-install)	PHP 5.1.6	MYSQL 5.0.22	2.0 (self-install)		Had issues with Innodb engine, making things hard. 350 e-mails/day making CiviMail less useful for some. Really poor admin panel and webmail interface.
www.micfo.com	$99.50/yr	Self Installation	Php 4,& Php 5	MySQL 4 & MySQL 5	Self Installation	877-817-9595	No setup fees, cPanel, SSH access, co-operative support staff, 5 GB web space and up to 5 GB database space
http://www.tigerservers TigerServersâ	VPS Hosting - $19/mo	Any	PHP 5	MYSQL 5	Self-Install	Mike Grant	VPS/Dedicated service allows for custom configuration and deployment. Comes managed for customers that need server-level issues resolved.
DrupalValueHosting.com	World's Best Hosting Package $40/month	Drupal 5.x, 6.x, Joomla	PHP 5 (+SOAP, DOM)	5 +InnoDB	CiviCRM 2.x (latest) with CiviMail, CiviContribute, CiviMember, CiviEvent (v1.9 also supported)	Amit Gupta	Free Install of CiviCRM of your choice. More Details, Unrestricted Email Limits, Hosted on Dual Quad Core Xeon 5420 'Harpertown' 8 x 2.5 GHz, 2 x 12 MB L2 Cache, 32 GB RAM, Fastest SA-SCSI 15K RPM Harddiscs in RAID10 Arrays!, providing the fastest performance for your CiviCRM! (ticket support could be make you to wait some days/weeks, no chat assistance, no phone assistance)
www.micfo.com	vps 40$/month	drupal 6.x			civicrm 2.2		limit to send 500 emails per hour, live assistance 24 hour
civicrm hosting in Italy	starting from 24€ per month + domain with 1gb/month	Drupal 6.4	Php5.2	mysql 5.0.x	Civicrm 2.1 stable, and 2.0 too		asking for free to install mysql with innodb, civicrm and civimail are going perfectly. (web site is in italian language)
eApps	VPS hosting, starting at $10/mo.	J1.5, D6.x	PHP 5.x	MySQL 5.x	Running v2.0 and v2.1		Affordable managed VPS hosting; $20/mo level includes JRE (for CiviReport); lots of room for growth with hosting levels
[Thinkhost]	Free for non-profit's, otherwise $7.95/ month	Joomla 1.5.8	PHP 5	MySQL 5	2.1.4	Review by Christopher Parker (no connection with Thinkhost)	Had a bit of struggle getting civicrm installed. See here for a method that worked: removing some files from install and FTPing them up after. civiCRM works, as does mail. [update: looks like version 2.2 will be easier. yea!] civiCRM is a bit too resource intentsive for Thinkhost accounts as judged by the limits on their service agreement. Lobo wrote: "CiviCRM does require more than 0.5M of memory (more like 64M). Some operations (including search and import) are also likely to take more than 0.1 CPU seconds. Might want to consider paying a bit more and getting a more powerful hosting plan." Despite that, search and import do seem to work for me. Dedupe on 2.0 doesn't work - takes too much system resouces. Haven't tried 2.1 which uses less resources. Despite the published limits, I've found Thinkhost helpful and willing to temporarily relax their limits at night on occassional one-time basis (for installs and dedupes). But since it's going beyond their service agreement to do so, they may run out of patience if this happens too often. Support can be slow - it's e-mail based and can take a few days to respond (or other times it's quite quick). 40% of the time it is less than an hour and another 30% of the time, less than 3 hours. The remainder of the time it's 24 hours, or even up to 48 hours. When a problem takes several responces, back and forth to solve, this may be too slow for critical organizational infrastructure. The quality of responces from support has always been quite good. Also it's nice to deal with real people (nice people) at the other end (and it's a small company, so it's the same people, which I like). Occassional 500 errors have prevented access to website (I just try again, but not all users do). I like that Thinkhost seems to have a social conscience as a company and that my website is powered with renewable energy.

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