Web Hosting for Russian Websites: cPanel and Plesk Plans with Free SSL from the Netherlands

Where Our Web Hosting Is Located: the Netherlands, Not Moscow

It is worth being precise about locations, because they affect performance. Servers Russia operates two kinds of infrastructure:

• Moscow, Russia: our KVM VPS plans, Intel Xeon dedicated servers and RDP desktops run in a Tier III datacenter in Moscow.
• The Netherlands: our shared web hosting and WordPress hosting plans run in a datacenter in the Netherlands.

A shared hosting account in the Netherlands is a sound choice for a business website, a portfolio or a landing page that serves a mixed European audience, and it removes the need to administer a server. A Moscow VPS is the better choice when your visitors are mostly in Russia, when you need a Russian IP address, or when you want full control over the software stack.

Both options are ordered, billed and supported from the same client area, so you can use one for your marketing site and the other for an application without juggling providers.

Comparing the Four Yearly Web Hosting Plans

The four plans differ in web space, bandwidth, email accounts and sub-domains. Prices run from $29 to $99 per year:

• Basic, $29 per year: 1 GB of web space, 25 GB of bandwidth, 10 email accounts and 5 sub-domains. A good fit for a single brochure site or a personal page.
• Economy, $49 per year: 5 GB of web space, 60 GB of bandwidth, 75 email accounts and 10 sub-domains. Room for a small business site with a growing team and more images.
• Professional, $59 per year: 10 GB of web space, 100 GB of bandwidth, 100 email accounts and unlimited sub-domains. Suits a busier site or several sections under one domain.

The fourth and largest plan, at $99 per year, is listed in the plan table on this page for sites that need more than Professional offers. Each plan can be ordered with cPanel or Plesk according to the technology your site uses.

Choosing cPanel on Linux or Plesk on Windows for Your Site

The control panel decision follows from how your website was built:

Choose cPanel on Linux if

• your site uses WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Laravel or other PHP software;
• your database is MySQL or MariaDB;
• you want the most widely documented panel, with countless tutorials available.

Choose Plesk on Windows if

• your site or web application uses ASP.NET;
• your database is Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL);
• your developers deploy from Visual Studio or other Microsoft tools.

If you are starting a new site and have no technical constraints, cPanel on Linux is the common default because most popular website software is written in PHP. If you are moving an existing site, check its technology with your developer before ordering, since PHP sites and ASP.NET sites are not interchangeable between the two platforms.

Free SSL and HTTPS for Russian-Language Websites

Every web hosting plan includes free SSL. An SSL certificate lets your site load over HTTPS, encrypting traffic between your visitors and the server. That matters for several reasons:

• Trust: browsers mark sites without HTTPS as not secure, which discourages visitors from filling in forms or making purchases.
• Privacy: logins, contact forms and personal data are protected in transit.
• Search visibility: HTTPS is a ranking signal and is expected for modern websites.
• Modern features: many browser capabilities, and the faster HTTP/2 protocol in browsers, require an encrypted connection.

After SSL is active, make sure all internal links, images and scripts use HTTPS, and set up a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS so that every visitor and search engine reaches the secure version of your Russian-language site.

Setting Up Business Email Accounts on Your Hosting Plan

Email accounts on your own domain look more professional than free webmail addresses and keep business correspondence under your control. Plans include 10, 75 or 100 email accounts on the Basic, Economy and Professional tiers.

To get the most out of hosted email:

1. Create role addresses such as info, sales and support, and personal mailboxes for each team member.
2. Connect your mail apps using IMAP so messages stay in sync across phone and desktop.
3. Publish SPF and DKIM records in your DNS so receiving servers can verify your messages, which improves delivery to inboxes.
4. Set sensible quotas and archive old mail, because mailboxes share the plan's web space.

If your domain is registered with us, the DNS records needed for email can be managed from the same account.

Making Your Hosted Website Load Faster

A shared hosting account performs best when the website is built efficiently. A few changes make a large difference:

• Optimise images by resizing them to the dimensions they are displayed at and using modern compressed formats.
• Enable caching in your content management system, so pages are served from cache rather than built on every request.
• Keep plugins and extensions lean, removing anything you do not use.
• Use a content delivery network for static files if your visitors are spread across many countries.
• Keep software updated, since newer versions are often faster as well as more secure.

For audiences concentrated in Russia, consider whether a VPS in Moscow would serve them better. Physical distance adds latency that no amount of optimisation can remove.

Understanding Web Space, Bandwidth and Sub-domain Limits

Each plan column on the table measures something different, and knowing what they mean helps you pick the right tier:

• Web space is the storage for your website files, databases and email. Image-heavy sites and busy mailboxes use it fastest, so allow room for growth.
• Bandwidth is the monthly data your site sends to visitors. A rough estimate is your average page size multiplied by your monthly page views; 25 GB covers a modest site, while 100 GB suits much busier traffic.
• Email accounts are the mailboxes you can create on your domain.
• Sub-domains are addresses such as shop.example.com or test.example.com. They are useful for separate sections, staging copies of your site or client previews, and the Professional plan allows an unlimited number.

If you are close to a limit on one plan, moving to the next tier is usually cheaper and simpler than squeezing your site to fit.

Moving an Existing Website to Our cPanel or Plesk Hosting

Moving a site from another provider is a matter of copying files, databases and email, then pointing your domain at the new account:

1. Take a full backup at your current host, including files, databases and, if needed, mailboxes.
2. Create the account and any databases on your new plan, matching the names your site's configuration expects or updating the configuration file.
3. Upload the files via the panel's file manager or FTP and import the database.
4. Test the site through a temporary hosts file entry before changing DNS.
5. Update DNS or the domain's nameservers, then issue the free SSL certificate once the domain resolves to the new account.

cPanel can restore full cPanel backups, which simplifies moving from another cPanel host. If you need help planning a migration, open a ticket describing your current setup.

When to Choose a Moscow VPS Instead of Shared Hosting

Shared hosting is economical and requires no server administration, but it has limits. Consider a Russia VPS in Moscow when:

• most of your visitors are in Russia and you want the lowest possible latency for them;
• you need a Russian IP address for your website or application;
• your site has outgrown the web space or bandwidth of the largest hosting plan;
• you need software, extensions or server settings that a shared account does not allow;
• you run applications other than websites, such as background workers, APIs or game servers.

Linux VPS plans start at $24 per month with NVMe RAID 10 storage, ECC RAM and unlimited bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port. You can install cPanel, Plesk or another panel on a VPS yourself, or manage the stack from the command line.

Who Our Netherlands-Hosted Web Plans Are Best For

Our web hosting plans are well suited to:

• Small businesses that need a company website and email on their own domain without managing a server.
• Freelancers and designers who host portfolios or client sites, using sub-domains for staging and previews.
• Organisations with European audiences that benefit from a Western European location.
• Developers with .NET projects who need affordable Plesk hosting with MSSQL.
• Personal and hobby sites where an annual price from $29 keeps costs low.

If you plan to run WordPress, OpenCart or PrestaShop, our WordPress hosting plans include one of those scripts installed for you, saving setup time.

Ordering Web Hosting and Adding a Domain

Web hosting is ordered through our billing system at reg.serversrussia.com. Choose a plan, select cPanel or Plesk, and either register a new domain or use one you already own. Payment can be made by cryptocurrency, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal or bank transfer, and plans are billed yearly in US dollars.

If you need a new address, our domain registration page covers .ru names as well as .com, .net and other extensions. After ordering, you manage invoices, renewals and support tickets from the client area. We have been serving hosting customers since 2008 and are happy to recommend a plan if you describe your site in a ticket.