Green ethical hosting from S4

[John @ S4]

At S4 we care about a Sustainable, Speedy, Secure and Stable internet.

We offer ethical, sustainable, and affordable web and mail hosting, made easy with human setup and support, monitoring & backups, ethical Matomo analytics, plus managed WordPress & WooCommerce.

We like to keep things simple, every hosting plan with S4 gets the following:

• 100% Renewable energy, in one of the most modern and green datacentres in Europe.
• Litespeed Enterprise, MariaDB, PHP 7.4 & 8, Redis, IPv6 & QUIC.
• Free SSL, Anycast DNS & DNS failover.
• Network level firewall, daily vulnerability checking and 24/7 monitoring.
• 3 levels of backups, including off site backups and failover.
• SSH & SFTP, plus 2-Factor authentication
• Matomo Analytics (a private and ethical alternative to Google Analytics)
• Human setup and support

All of our plans include mail hosting on our separate mail servers:

• Roundcube webmail
• 10 Free email addresses
• Unlimited aliases and catch-all addresses
• DANE & MTA-STS

You can host any kind of site on S4, but if you are running on WordPress then we offer you all this extra goodness free of charge:

• Pre-installed & Optimised WordPress
• Free WordPress Migration
• Safe managed updates
• One-click staging sites
• Optimised Litespeed caching
• WordPress Brute Force Protection

Shared pricing plans are €10 and €20 per month, and all of our plans come with a 7 day completely free trial

We can also offer a customised plan to fit you and your business, from shared hosting up to multiple VPS high availability setups. We are happy to offer a free consultation to everyone to discuss how we can help you make your web presence as sustainable, speedy, secure and stable as it can be.

Find out more at https://s-4.host and check our sustainability and pricing pages.

You can also get in touch with our contact form or drop us a mail: hello@s-4.host

S4 is a young small company but the team behind it has a lot of experience in web design, development and server management. We are passionate about sustainability, ethics, open source software, net neutrality and internet freedom.

We spent more than a year, and a lot of thought, work, testing and development before launching to create web hosting on our own terms. We've spent almost a year since then happily offering the same hosting service to other people who need a web presence that works but also care about a sustainable, fast, and affordable internet.

 

[dvmh]

GreenGeeks is 300% GREEN​

One of GreenGeeks’ most standout features is 300% GREEN and the fact that they’re an environmentally conscious web hosting company. Once entered into their website, GreenGeeks jumps right into the fact that your hosting company should be green.

Then they explain, how they are doing their part to reduce their carbon footprint. whether it’s by planting trees or minimising waste. Some call it saving the planet, some call it a clever marketing ploy.

Recognized as an EPA Green Power Partner, they claim to be the most eco-friendly hosting provider in existence today.

However, The GreenGeeks takes this to a whole new level. We’ve simply never come across any other host that puts green practices at the forefront of their business.

GreenGeeks are certified green. GreenGeeks efforts have scored them plenty of environmental awards, and the status of official Green Power Partner with the US Environmental Protection Agency. Hosting with them should thus mean you / we are directly helping the environment.

Hosting with GreenGeeks is not simply carbon-neutral, but carbon-reducing in the environment. GreenGeeks simply commit to replacing THREE times the energy that they consume, via purchasing wind energy credits that are credited back to the grid.

If you choose from a number of badges to display on your website, then let visitors know that your online business is earth-friendly. Whether it’s to inspire others to do the same or, well, brag a little and save earth.

Pros in GreenGeeks​

1. GreenGeeks is 300% GREEN
2. They are very fast
3. Unlimited resourses & tons of features
4. An interface that great for beginners and experts
5. GreenGeeks offer optimisations to help speed up further
6. GreenGeeks is reliable with 99.9% uptime
7. Satisfaction guaranteed
8. GreenGeeks knows their data privacy
9. Easily install 3rd party apps with softaculous
10. You will have a team of professionals experience

Cons of GreenGeeks​

1. 24/7 for phone support not available

GreenGeeks mission on to become the most eco-friendly web host in the world.
Now, They have been listed in the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America for 4 consecutive years. GreekGeeks has hosted an impressive 500,000 websites to date. So we figure they must be doing something right.