AwardSpace offers free, ad-free web hosting plus paid shared, semi-dedicated, and VPS plans. See 2026 pricing, features, and limits before you sign up.
AwardSpace is a web hosting company founded in 2003, headquartered in Kiel, Germany, with data center operations in Sofia, Bulgaria. It grew out of a combination of Zetta Hosting Solutions and AttractSoft GmbH, and has built its reputation primarily around offering genuinely free web hosting without forcing advertisements onto customer websites.
Alongside its free tier, AwardSpace sells a full range of paid hosting products, including shared hosting, semi-dedicated hosting with defined resource caps, and VPS cloud hosting, giving customers a path to upgrade as their sites grow beyond what a free plan can support.
The company markets itself around ease of use for beginners, including one-click installers for platforms like WordPress and Joomla, alongside standard developer tools like PHP, MySQL, and PostgreSQL support.
AwardSpace's free hosting plan includes 1GB of SSD storage, around 5GB of monthly bandwidth, one domain plus up to three subdomains, PHP/MySQL support, and no forced advertising, which is uncommon among free hosting providers. A 15MB maximum upload size applies to file uploads through the file manager or FTP.
Paid shared hosting plans advertise unlimited disk space and unlimited traffic, support for multiple domains (from 2 up to unlimited depending on tier), PHP 5, 7, and 8 support, Perl, and on higher tiers ASP.NET support, plus one or more free domains for life bundled into the higher-tier plans.
Semi-dedicated hosting plans allocate a defined percentage of shared server CPU and RAM (20 percent to 50 percent depending on tier) along with higher MySQL query-per-hour allowances, while VPS cloud hosting plans provide dedicated RAM (1GB to 4GB), SSD disk space (25GB to 100GB), and defined monthly traffic allowances (2TB to 8TB) with a static IP address.
AwardSpace's Free plan costs $0 and includes 1GB SSD storage and roughly 5GB monthly bandwidth with no ads. Paid Shared Hosting starts at a promotional $0.25/month (Basic plan, regularly $0.30/month) and scales up to Web Pro Plus at roughly $7.57/month and Max Pack Plus at roughly $9.83/month, all advertised with unlimited disk space and traffic.
Semi-Dedicated Hosting plans range from roughly $15.99/month (Starter) to $35.99/month (Advanced), with higher CPU/RAM allocation caps and MySQL query limits at each tier. VPS Cloud Hosting plans range from roughly $13.00/month (Starter, 1GB RAM/25GB disk) to $52.00/month (Advanced, 4GB RAM/100GB disk).
All paid plans are backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee and 24/7 support; discounted promotional rates shown on the pricing page are typically tied to longer commitment terms, with the 'regular' (renewal) price being higher.
Yes, AwardSpace offers a genuinely free hosting plan with 1GB of SSD storage and around 5GB of monthly bandwidth, without forcing advertisements onto hosted websites.
AwardSpace was founded in 2003, combining expertise from Zetta Hosting Solutions and AttractSoft GmbH; it is headquartered in Kiel, Germany.
Paid shared hosting starts around $0.25/month promotionally, semi-dedicated hosting starts around $15.99/month, and VPS cloud hosting starts around $13.00/month.
Yes, AwardSpace offers one-click WordPress and Joomla installation on both its free and paid hosting plans.
AwardSpace's data center operations are based in Sofia, Bulgaria, while the company is headquartered in Kiel, Germany.
Yes, paid AwardSpace plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee.
The free hosting plan has a maximum upload file size of 15MB through both the file manager and FTP.
Yes, AwardSpace offers VPS Cloud Hosting plans ranging from roughly $13.00/month to $52.00/month with dedicated RAM, disk, and bandwidth.