Last updated on November 30th, 2020 at 12:17 pm
Free web hosting in Kenya
Looking for cheap free web hosting options in Kenya? There are very few sites offering such web hosting packages in Kenya. So I carefully had to dig deeper to come up with the list. This article will focus on free web hosting sites in Kenya and how you can compare and decide on the best free web hosting sites in Kenya to host your website.
Here is my pick on the top 5 free web hosting sites in Kenya now
- Truehost Cloud Kenya
- Sungura hosting
- MoveTechSolutions
- web creation designs
- host254
Truehost Cloud Kenya
Provides one of the most reliable web hosting services including cloud hosting, WordPress hosting, Joomla hosting, drupal web hosting, Magento web hosting, PrestaShop web hosting name it!
And the best part of it?
We secure your websites by offering free SSL certificate installation.
Truehost has one of the most competitive prices in the market. And, of course, free web hosting in Kenya.
How?
We have a web hosting package known as Bronze.
It comes with free web hosting when you buy and register a domain, which is cheap by the way.
Truehost Cloud Ltd has a presence in Kenya, Nigeria, the USA, and China.
You can also check out the various Websites for more services offered
www.truehost.co.ke – focus on the Kenyan Market
www.truehost.com.ng – focus on the Nigeria Market
www.truehost.cloud – focus on Global market, Reseller and Corporate clients
www.askssl.com – focus on SSL Certificates and web security.
www.cloudpap.com – focus on cloud storage, cloud back up and cheap data migration services
Features of the Free Hosting Package
The bronze hosting package has the following features
| Storage | 144 MBs |
| Emails Accounts | 1 |
| Sub-Domains | 1 |
| Bandwidth | 1GB |
| Databases | 1 |
| Free SSL | Included |
| 24/7 Support | Included |
| Cost of Hosting | KSh. 00.00 |
| Cost of Domain Name (. co.ke) | KSh. 570 |
| Total Actual Cost of the hosting Package | KSh. 570 |
Sungura Hosting
An affiliate company in partnership with EAC directory offering free web hosting in Kenya, but with one condition:
The domain name has to be registered by EAC directory.
Well, the storage space is 50MB, 1 Email account, 1 FTP account and 1 database.
Here is a summary of their free web hosting package:
Free hosting
- 50mb space
- 5 accounts
- No SSH access
- No parked domains
- Linux, Apache, MySQL, Php
- 1 FTP account
- 1 MySQL Database
- Php MyAdmin Access
Requirements to qualify
- New orders only
- No Intra-Hosting Transfers
- No downgrade of existing
- The domain must be with EAC directory
MoveTechSolutions
One of the upcoming web hosting providers in Kenya.
They offer one of the cheapest prices for web hosting in Kenya. But the cost of owning a domain is higher especially when you compare with our domain prices.
Here is a summary of their free web hosting package.
| Storage | 100 MBs |
| Emails Accounts | 2 |
| Sub-Domains | 1 |
| Bandwidth | 1GB |
| Databases | 1 |
| SSL | Paid |
| 24/7 Support | Included |
| Cost of Hosting | KSh. 00.00 |
| Cost of Domain Name (. co.ke) | KSh. 700 |
| Total Actual Cost of the hosting Package | KSh. 700 |
Webscreations Design
Their package is suitable for people who want to learn to code and want to experiment with free web hosting, PHP, MySQL, FTP, and Cpanel before finally deciding to upgrade.
The free package provides 100 MB of space, 1 GB of bandwidth per month, and one associated email account.
here is a summary of their package description.
- Annual Payment
- Super Fast SSD cPanel Cloud hosting
- 100MB Web Space
- 1GB Bandwidth
- Cpanel Ready
- LiteSpeed Server
- 1 Domain
host254
A top web hosting service provider providing cheap web hosting and domain registration service in Kenya. Check out their free web hosting package summary:
- Free 1year Hosting Free Domain Registration
- CMS Platform Design
- Dynamic Product Catalogue
- E-commerce payment merchant Integration
- Unlimited Product Entry
- Blog Integration
- Own C-Panel to Manage Website
- Automatic Invoice & Quotation
- Basic SEO
- Google Registration
- Google Map
To conclude there exists very few or scanty information about free web hosting in Kenya which can prove difficult especially if you are interested in obtaining cheaper services.
However there exist other sites that I haven’t covered that offer free domain registration with the option that you buy their web hosting services which in turn may cause the total package prices to be slightly higher.
here is a list with their links included:
1.hostpoa
N/B Please note these prices may be subject to change or vary depending on various updates made on their websites.
Alternatively, if you are looking to create a free website in Kenya, follow this link.