A once-Swiss hosting provider that has silently closed its Swiss data center and now operates entirely from Spain — while still marketing under Swiss branding and a .ch domain; the site has not been updated since 2018 and carries zero community reviews across all platforms, making this effectively a zombie operation.
Services Offered
Web Hosting (cPanel, LiteSpeed, Cloudflare CDN, Softaculous):
| Plan | Storage | Domains | Databases | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini | 1 GB SSD | 1 | 1 | €39.60/year (~€3.30/mo) |
| Standard | 5 GB SSD | 5 | 5 | €10.90/month |
| Large | 20 GB SSD | 10 | 10 | €17.50/month |
| Reseller | 40 GB SSD | Unlimited | Unlimited | €28.50/month |
VPS Hosting (KVM, RAID-10, Enterprise SSD, 100Mbit/s):
| Plan | RAM | CPU | Storage | Traffic | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss 512MB | 512 MB | 1 vCPU | 20 GB | 100 GB | €8.80/mo |
| Swiss 1GB | 1 GB | 1 vCPU | 30 GB | 250 GB | €15.40/mo |
| Swiss 2GB | 2 GB | 2 vCPU | 40 GB | 500 GB | €26.40/mo |
| Swiss 4GB | 4 GB | 2 vCPU | 60 GB | 750 GB | €46.20/mo |
| Swiss 8GB | 8 GB | 2 vCPU | 80 GB | 1 TB | €81.40/mo |
| Swiss 16GB | 16 GB | 4 vCPU | 120 GB | 2 TB | €146.30/mo |
| Swiss 32GB | 32 GB | 4 vCPU | 200 GB | 4 TB | €262.90/mo |
- Email Hosting — starting €26.40/year (1 GB to 40 GB tiers)
- Antispam (Swiss Antispam Advanced) — additional monthly fee
- Domain Registration — available
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Interesting facts
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The Swiss data center has been permanently closed and all servers now operate from Spain disclosed only via a pricing page footnote with no official announcement.
The homepage explicitly states data is protected by Spanish privacy laws making the Swiss jurisdiction value proposition entirely void.
The website copyright reads 2013 to 2018 confirming no meaningful updates in approximately seven years.
VPS plan names still include the word SWISS in their labels despite Switzerland infrastructure being decommissioned.
The Twitter account active since 2014 has accumulated only 28 followers and 67 tweets total over its entire operational history.
The Swiss data center has been permanently closed; all servers now operate from Spain (Navarra region), disclosed only via a footnote on pricing pages — no official announcement was made.
The homepage states data is protected by Spanish privacy laws — the primary Swiss-jurisdiction value proposition no longer exists..