Is Chemicloud worth it?
Chemicloud review: the company sells shared, WordPress, reseller and VPS hosting, and its pages focus on price, support and migration.
Shared hosting starts at $1.49/mo on 36-month plans, and the pricing page shows Black Friday discounts on several plans. Those offers may have changed since HostSiftly read the page, so confirm prices on the live pricing page before you order.
What is Chemicloud?
Chemicloud is a hosting company that says it was founded in 2016 and describes itself as privately owned and independent. It sells shared, WordPress, reseller and VPS hosting for websites and businesses.
Company background
Chemicloud says it was founded in 2016 to help businesses and individuals create fast, secure, and reliable online experiences. It also says it has over 20 years of direct hosting experience and that it is one of the few privately owned, independent global web hosting companies.
The company says it is trusted by the owners of 150,000+ websites across its global hosting business.
Hosting lineup
Shared hosting is the entry point, with WordPress hosting, managed WordPress with 6 months free on select annual plans, reseller hosting from $17.95/mo and cloud VPS hosting from $32.95/mo for dedicated resources and easy scaling.
Is Chemicloud legit and safe to use?
Chemicloud's legal documents name a Delaware corporation as the company behind the service, with a registered office in Dover.
Company and legal entity
The terms are issued by CCHosting, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its registered office at 1111B S Governors Ave # 48212, Dover, DE 19904. Keep that legal name for invoices and disputes, even though the brand shown on the site is Chemicloud. The privacy policy names the same company and the same registered office, so both documents point to one business.
Who to contact before buying
Chemicloud says support is 24/7 from real people. Questions about the terms can go to help@chemicloud.com or be asked in LiveChat before you sign up.
How we evaluated Chemicloud
This review is based on Chemicloud's public pages: the homepage, pricing, security and about pages, plus the terms of service, privacy policy and knowledge base. HostSiftly did not sign up for or test any hosting plan.
Prices and guarantees were taken from the pricing and terms pages as printed. Customer quotes shown on the site were treated as company-selected testimonials, not as a full set of customer reviews, and no outside review figures are used here.
Chemicloud output quality and limits
Chemicloud's security and reliability claims focus on backups, two-factor login and uptime, and its terms limit what can run on shared plans.
Chemicloud security and backups
Two-factor authentication can be enabled in the client area or cPanel to prevent unauthorized access. Daily offsite backups let you restore up to 30 days of backups at any time from the control panel. These are the company's own statements, not independently verified results.
Plan restrictions
The terms say cryptocurrency mining is prohibited under any circumstances. Adult content and other regulated industries cannot be hosted on shared, WordPress or reseller plans, and need a VPS or dedicated server.
Chemicloud key features
The hosting lineup comes with free SSL, free migration and developer tools, plus a managed WordPress option.
Included with every Chemicloud plan
Every web hosting plan comes with a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. After you submit a migration request, a Chemicloud migration expert moves your site, and the company says the move takes less than an hour with zero downtime.
Developer and WordPress tools
Developer tools include multiple PHP versions, MariaDB, Staging and Git Integration. Managed WordPress offers 6 months free on select annual plans, where you choose an annual plan and pay for 6 months instead of 12.
Chemicloud pricing and plans
Chemicloud lists shared plans from $1.49/mo, with Black Friday discounts shown against list prices, and VPS hosting from $32.95/mo.
On the pricing page, Starter is $1.49/mo, Pro is $2.49/mo and Turbo is $3.49/mo, and these prices already include the Black Friday discount. The list prices beside those plans are $11.95, $17.95 and $21.95, marked 88% off, 86% off and 84% off.
Reseller hosting starts at $17.95/mo and VPS hosting starts at $32.95/mo. Shared hosting starts at $1.49/mo on 36-month plans, so the lowest price assumes a three-year term. Check the live page for current offers.
What users say about Chemicloud
Testimonials on Chemicloud's pages focus on support, and customers describe the team as responsive, patient and helpful.
These quotes come from the company's own pages and were chosen to show support in a good light. The pages read for this article contain no complaint themes, so this review cannot say what customers commonly complain about.
Recurring praise for support
A homepage testimonial says the customer service is the best the reviewer has experienced and that the team is invariably responsive, patient, and helpful. A security page testimonial describes a site running again in less than two hours after support helped.
Support, refunds and cancellation
Chemicloud offers 24/7 support and a 45-day money-back guarantee, and its terms describe pro-rata refunds if a purchased service is materially reduced.
Support and response times
Chemicloud says support is 24/7 from real people, with instant live chat. For tickets, it lists first reply times of 10 minutes. Questions about the terms can go to help@chemicloud.com or be asked in LiveChat before signing up.
Refunds and uptime guarantee
Hosting plans carry a 45-day money-back guarantee: if you are not completely happy within the first 45 days, Chemicloud says it will refund your money. The terms also allow a pro-rata refund for unused prepaid time if a purchased service is materially reduced.
The company advertises a 99.99% uptime guarantee on every hosting plan.
Who should use Chemicloud
Chemicloud suits small sites and businesses that want low-cost shared or WordPress hosting, with live support and a money-back window.
Projects in regulated or restricted categories should read the terms first, because some are limited to a VPS or dedicated server and cannot run on shared or reseller plans. Sites that need a free domain or migration help will find both offered, with the free domain tied to 36-month plans.
Final verdict on Chemicloud
Chemicloud is a reasonable starting point for basic websites, mainly because of its low entry price, free migration and 45-day guarantee. Verify current pricing, since the entry price depends on a 36-month term.
Check the restrictions in the terms before choosing a plan, and compare the promotional prices with the list prices on the pricing page. HostSiftly did not sign up for or test the hosting service.