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1-grid (1grid.co.za) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2019.
Thawte (thawte.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2018.

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👉 Total Reviews: 13
🙌 Average Rating: 4.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 5
👎 Bad Reviews: 8
👈 Official Responses: 1 4.5 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

13 user reviews		thawte.com logo
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1-grid
8 Wessex Rd, Paarden Eiland
Cape Town, WC 7405
ZA

1grid.co.za
Thawte
The Gateway Century Lane, Century City
Cape Town 7441
ZA
Part of DigiCert
thawte.com
📧 Emailsupport@1...sales@t...
☎ Phone021 200 12001-866-239-4520, 1-520-477-3114 , +353 1 793 9029 , +61 3 9914 5641, Fax: +27 21 819 2950
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 87,955▲54,711 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 5,067▲13 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in ZA 953
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 26/56🔗 Links 491,917		🏆 Alexa Rating 406,299▼-80,537 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in US 249,522
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 81/77🔗 Links 3,567,313
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoWith over 20 years of experience in the hosting industry, 1-Grid is a hosting provider that has been constantly improving. Its most recent update is that they changed their former name – Webafrica – into 1-Grid.

They specialize in a number of online services, among which we can mention: Shared Hosting;Reseller Hosting;VPS Hosting;Dedicated Servers;Email Hosting;Domain Registration;SSL Certificate;Website Builder;Web Design;
When it comes to shared hosting, you can choose between cPanel [...] Read full review		To date, Thawte has issued more than 945,000 SSL and code signing certificates since 1995, protecting identities and transactions in over 240 countries. Thawte was the first certificate authority to issue SSL certificates to public entities outside of the United States, quickly accounting for 40% of the global SSL market. In 2000, Thawte was acquired by Symantec and has become a key member of the Symantec family of trust brands. Germany: http://www.thawte.de France: http://www.thawte.fr [...] Read full review
📡 Established2008February, 1996
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.6 seconds 30% sites are slower
SEO Links count 30		Slow, load time 3.5 seconds 20% sites are slower
SEO Links count 2,978
📣 Social Media
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1grid.co.za Icon1grid_hosting
Started from: May, 2009
  • Tweets: 3,058
  • Followers: 1,101
  • Friends: 1,156
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thawte.com IconThawte
Started from: December, 2009
  • Tweets: 8
  • Followers: 1,353
  • Friends: 99
  • Last activity:
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thawte.com IconThawte
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https://1-grid.com/blogs/
  • Blog Posts: 533
  • First post from: Oct, 2018
  • Language: en-ZA
  • Last written post:

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🔧 Shared Hosting - 6/0
💡 Plan NameSmall .net hosting [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 4.35/mo.-
💿 Disk Space4 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains1-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelWebsitePanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)4 GB storage
Host 1 website
75 mail accounts		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameMedium [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 5.38/mo.-
💿 Disk Space5 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains100-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Host 100 websites
5 GB storage
Unlimited mail accounts		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameMedium .net hosting [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 6.52/mo.-
💿 Disk Space10 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains200-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)10 GB storage
Host 200 websites
Unlimited Bandwidth		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameMedium 2.0 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 8.10/mo.-
💿 Disk Space25 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains200-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free .co.za Domain
Host 200 websites
25 GB storage		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameLarge [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 12.99/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain2-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free .co.za Domain
Free .cm Domain
Host unlimited websites		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameLarge .net hosting [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 13.59/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free co.za domain
50 GB storage
Host unlimited websites		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 4/0
💡 Plan NameServer [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 84.24/mo.-
💿 Disk Space1000 GB HDD 10000 RPM-
📶 Data Transfer4 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
💪 CPU4 x 1.80GHz-
🔋 RAM32 GB-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)4 TB Bandwidth
2 x 1 TB HDD
32 GB RAM
RAID Options: 1		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameManaged [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 138.47/mo.-
💿 Disk Space2000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer4 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
💪 CPU4 x 1.80GHz-
🔋 RAM32 GB-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)4 TB
2 x 1 TB
32 GB RAM		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameServer+ [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 138.47/mo.-
💿 Disk Space4000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer6 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
💪 CPU6 x 2.00GHz-
🔋 RAM96 GB-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)6 TB Bandwidth
4 x 1 TB HDD
64 GB RAM
RAID Options: 1 / 5 / 10		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameManaged+ [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 192.27/mo.-
💿 Disk Space4000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer6 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
💪 CPU6 x 2.00GHz-
🔋 RAM64 GB-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)6 TB Bandwidth
4 x 1 TB HDD
64 GB RAM		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
🔧 Reseller Hosting - 7/0
💡 Plan NameSmall [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 16.25/mo.-
💿 Disk Space2 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)2 GB storage
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Domains		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameMedium [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 32.55/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)50 GB storage
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Domains		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameLarge [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 54.29/mo.-
💿 Disk Space75 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)75 GB storage
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Domains		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameX-Large [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 70.60/mo.-
💿 Disk Space75 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameSmall [Windows]-
💰 Price$ 11.90/mo.-
💿 Disk Space2 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameMedium [Windows]-
💰 Price$ 28.21/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameLarge [Windows]-
💰 Price$ 44.51/mo.-
💿 Disk Space75 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
🔧 VPS - 2/0
💡 Plan NameMedium [Linux/Windows]-
💰 Price$ 28.21/mo.-
💿 Disk Space100 GB-
📶 Data Transfer3 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 cores-
🔋 RAM4 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, CentOS Web Panel, WHM, WebsitePanel, VMware-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)100 GB Disk Space
4 GB RAM
2 vCPU		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💡 Plan NameSmall-
💰 Price$ 17.34/mo.-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transfer2 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU1 core-
🔋 RAM2 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, Plesk, CentOS Web Panel, WHM-
🌏 Server LocationSouth Africa-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)2 TB Bandwidth
50 GB Disk Space
2 GB RAM
1 vCPU		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
🔧 SSL Certificates - 4/3
💡 Plan NameDomain SSLSL Web Server with EV
💰 Price$ 11.90/yr.on request
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Secure 1 Domain
Browser Padlock
$10,000 Warranty		INFO (mouse over)Most certificates issued in 1-3 days
Best for: Credit Card Transacting Websites Banks and Financial Institutions

Identity validation and customer assurance
Warranty (USD) $1,500,000
Validity Options 1-2 years
UCC/SAN Support up to 24 SAN can be added with the same or different domain [...]
📅 Date PlanMay 2020Dec 2019
💡 Plan NameWildcard DomainSSL Web Server
💰 Price$ 77.12/yr.on request
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Secure 1 Domain
Secure Sub Domains
Browser Padlock		INFO (mouse over)Most certificates issued in one day
Best for: Enterprise Applications Business Websites

Unlimited LicensingThawte® SSL Web Server Certificates secure confidential information exchanged online and confirm your site’s identity to employees, business partners, and other users. When users click the [...]
📅 Date PlanMay 2020Dec 2019
💡 Plan NameMulti-Domain OVSSL123
💰 Price$ 87.99/yr.on request
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Secure 4 Domains
Browser Padlock
$250 000 Warranty		INFO (mouse over)Best for: Securing Internal Servers Private Websites

Most certificates issued in minutes

Identity validation and customer assurance SSL encryption with padlock icon
Warranty (USD) $500,000
Validity Options 1-2 years
UCC/SAN Support up to 24 SAN can be added with the same domain name

Included [...]
📅 Date PlanMay 2020Dec 2019
💡 Plan NameExtended Validation-
💰 Price$ 131.47/yr.-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Secure 1 Domain
Browser Padlock
$1 750 000 Warranty		-
📅 Date PlanMay 2020-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux/Windows
  • Windows
    📤 List of products
    • Shared Hosting
    • Dedicated Hosting
    • Reseller Hosting
    • VPS
    • SSL Certificates
    • SSL Certificates
    ✍️ Support Options
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Live Chat
    • 1 WHTop support responses
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Phone / Toll-Free
    • 0 WHTop support responses
    💰 Payment Options
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    • Wire Transfer
    • Check Payments
    👪 Last positive / negative customers review
     
    -anonymous- (lambertrob4@g...)
    on 📆 Jun 21, 2021
    😁 Zolani was very helpful and efficient and I would recommend 1-grid to any person looking for an e-mail addess.

    -anonymous- (jelomeivan@y...)
    on 📆 Aug 03, 2021
    😠 A very unethical company that debits your account with fraudulent accounts. Somebody fraudulently opened an account with my banking details and I have been debited for 2 hostings for 3 years, thinking it was my website. 1-Grid took 2 months and [...]

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