InterServer
Price-lock guarantee — renewal price never increases.
The verdict
InterServer is known for its unusual price-lock guarantee: whatever you sign up at is the price you keep paying at renewal. It offers unlimited resources on shared plans and flexible slice-based VPS pricing.
The full picture
InterServer has been running since 1999 out of New Jersey, is still owned by its two founders, and has built its reputation on a single commercial idea taken seriously: the price you sign up at never goes up. Its standard shared plan is a flat monthly rate with unlimited storage, bandwidth, email accounts and sites, and that rate is locked for the life of the account. No introductory discount, no renewal cliff, no three-year prepayment.
The technical platform is quietly competent. cPanel or DirectAdmin, an in-house security product called InterShield that blocks web attacks and scans for malware, free migrations, a choice of United States data centres in Secaucus and Los Angeles, and a VPS range priced per slice so you can buy exactly the resources you need and scale in single-dollar increments.
What you do not get is polish, a global footprint or a managed WordPress experience. InterServer is a no-nonsense host for people who want a predictable bill and a server that works, and it has kept that promise for a quarter of a century.
What you get
- Price-lock guarantee
- Unlimited storage & bandwidth
- Free website migration
- Weekly backups
- Slice-based VPS scaling
Every hosting type it sells
| Product | From | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Shared hosting | $2.50/mo | One flat plan: unlimited sites, storage, bandwidth and email. |
| WordPress hosting | $2.50/mo | Same plan with WordPress preinstalled and managed updates. |
| VPS hosting | $6/mo | Slice-based pricing, Linux or Windows, managed or unmanaged. |
| Dedicated servers | $50/mo | Bare metal with a wide hardware catalogue and quick provisioning. |
| Colocation | Custom | Rack space in its own New Jersey and Los Angeles facilities. |
Plans & pricing
- Unlimited Websites
- Unlimited Storage
What the price actually costs you
- No introductory pricing games — the signup rate is the permanent rate.
- A coupon often makes the first month near-free, after which the standard rate applies.
- VPS pricing is linear per slice, so costs scale predictably.
- A 30-day money-back guarantee applies to shared hosting.
Technical specification
| Control panel | cPanel on shared, DirectAdmin or cPanel on VPS |
|---|---|
| Web server | Apache with caching; LiteSpeed available on some plans |
| Storage | SSD across shared and VPS ranges |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited on shared hosting under fair use |
| Backups | Weekly backups included, with paid daily options |
| Security | InterShield in-house web attack protection and malware scanning |
| SSH access | Yes, on shared and VPS |
| Free migration | Free migrations on all plans |
| Scaling | VPS sold in slices so you buy exactly what you need |
| Price lock | Signup rate guaranteed for the life of the account |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% with credits |
Performance in practice
Solid mid-table performance from two well-connected United States facilities that InterServer owns rather than rents. For a North American audience that is perfectly good; for anyone else the lack of international locations is the limiting factor and a CDN is essential. The VPS range is the better value, because slice-based pricing lets you buy dedicated resources cheaply and scale precisely.
Infrastructure & support
Support channels
- 24/7 live chat
- 24/7 phone support
- Ticket system
Data centers
- United States (Secaucus, NJ)
- United States (Los Angeles, CA)
Security & compliance
- InterShield protection, an in-house layer blocking web attacks and scanning for malware
- Free SSL certificates on all hosted domains
- Weekly backups included, with paid daily backup options
- Machine-learning firewall rules maintained in-house
- Owned data centres with physical access control
Moving a site in
Free migrations on every plan, handled by the support team. cPanel-to-cPanel is routine and the team will handle more complex moves on request without an extra charge, which is unusual at this price.
The trade-off
In its favour
- Renewal price never increases
- Flexible VPS resource slices
- Unlimited resources standard
Worth knowing
- Interface feels basic
- Limited plan variety
Who should look elsewhere
- Non-United States audiences without a CDN
- Buyers who want a modern dashboard and managed WordPress polish
- Sites needing staging environments and Git-based deploys
- Anyone who values brand and design over substance
The company behind it
| Ownership | Privately held, owned by founders Mike Lavrik and John Quaglieri |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Secaucus, New Jersey, United States |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Scale | Operates its own data centre facilities in New Jersey and Los Angeles |
| Notable | Price-lock guarantee honoured since founding |
How it got here
- 1999 Founded in New Jersey by two high-school friends.
- 2010 Opens its own Secaucus data centre facility.
- 2014 Introduces InterShield, an in-house web attack and malware protection layer.
- 2018 Adds a Los Angeles West Coast facility and slice-based VPS pricing.
- 2021 Expands storage and dedicated ranges while maintaining flat pricing.
Common questions
What is the InterServer price-lock guarantee?
Your subscription price is locked for life as long as you keep the account active.
The bottom line
The most honest pricing in hosting, backed by twenty-five years of actually honouring it. Plain, fast enough, well-secured and completely free of renewal games. Choose the VPS range if you need dedicated resources, and add a CDN if your readers are not in North America.