Did you know that global digitization produces about 3.7% of global carbon emissions? This is similar to the carbon emissions produced by the airline industry. Data centres around the globe consume about 1% of the global electricity consumption. An average website produces around 1.76 gm CO2eq for every page viewed. The increasing trend in global emissions requires companies to adopt sustainable alternatives in their business practices. One of the many companies playing its role in minimizing the climatic impact of web hosting is – GreenGeeks.
Founded in 2008, GreenGeeks is a web hosting company that provides its customers with eco-friendly hosting services. For every unit of electricity taken from the grid to run the servers, GreenGeeks purchases the 3 renewable energy credits to be put back into the grid – thus having a 300% net-negative carbon footprint. Furthermore, for every hosting account registered and provisioned, they plant a tree. According to their site, they have more than 55k customers across the globe, hosted over half a million websites, and replaced more than 615MWh of fossil fuel-based energy with green energy.
55,000
+ Customers
660,000
+ Websites Hosted
615,000kWh
+ Green Energy
GreenGeeks’ web hosting plan is offered in three different plans: Lite, Pro, and Premium.
| Specification | Lite | Pro | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $2.95 | $5.95 | $10.95 |
| Number of website | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Performance | Standard | Better | Best |
| Web Space | 50 GB | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Transfer | Unmetered | Unmetered | Unmetered |
| E-mail Accounts | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| SSL Certificate | Free | Free | Free |
| Domain Name for 1st Year | Free | Free | Free |
| Nightly Backup | Free | Free | Free |
| CDN | Free | Free | Free |
| Wordpress | Managed | Managed | Managed |
| Caching | Built-in | Built-in | Built-in |
| Databases | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Green Energy Match | 300% | 300% | 300% |
| Tree Planted | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30-Day Money Back Guarantee | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Other | Multi-user access | Multi-user access | Multi-user access |
| On-demand backups | On-demand backups | ||
| WordPress Repair Tool | WordPress Repair Tool | ||
| Free Dedicated IP ($48/year) | |||
| Free AlphaSSL ($99/year) | |||
| Object Caching |
The good thing about Pro and Premium mode is that the user can host as many websites as needed with just one account. Some of the best features provided with all the three plans are:
- GreenGeeks’s specialists carry out website migration from the existing host to GreenGeeks – minimizing the hustles for the user
- Ultra-fast SSD Web Space to store the website files
- Personalized email addresses with the website’s domain name ([email protected])
- Each plan provides unlimited MySQL databases
- 30-day money-back guarantee if the user is not satisfied with the service
- Unlimited bandwidth
- 1-click free CDN integration
- 1-click e-commerce integration
- Added website protection with premium SSL certificates
- Efficient malware and spam protection
- Routined daily backups
- Developer friendly
- 24/7 support – via phone, email, or live chat
If you do not yet have a website but always wanted to have one, GreenGeeks also provides tools like Weebly and SitePad for easy website building enabled with content management systems like WordPress.
GreenGeeks’ Reseller Hosting Program – Opportunity to create your own business
One of the added benefits of using GreenGeeks for web hosting is that it allows you to host multiple websites on the same hosting – with unlimited web hosting space, bandwidth, and other services. GreenGeeks provide support in migrating up to 30 websites to the reseller hosting account. The best thing about the program is that it provides the capabilities of full branding while keeping GreenGeeks’s identity anonymous.
| Specification | RH-25 Fast and affordable |
RH-50 Best selling |
RH-80 Most powerful |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $2.95 | $5.95 | $10.95 |
| Prepaid of Reg. per month | $32.99 | $44.99 | $67.99 |
| SSD Disk Space | 60 GB | 80 GB | 160 GB |
| Transfer | 600 GB | 800 GB | 1600 GB |
| Accounts | 25 cPanel | 50 cPanel | 80 cPanel |
| SSL Certificate | Free | Free | Free |
| cPanel Migrations | Free | Free | Free |
| Managed Support | GreenGeeks | GreenGeeks | GreenGeeks |
| Green Energy Match | 300% | 300% | 300% |
| Tree Planted | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30-Day Money Back Guarantee | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GreenGeeks’s Social Credit
Furthermore, once a website is hosted with GreenGeeks, they also provide an optional Green Certification badge that can be placed on your website. It helps visitors of the website to understand the climate urgency and spread awareness of environmentally friendly practices.
As the world becomes more aware of the need to take action on climate change, GreenGeeks is playing an important role in helping to lead the way. Their business practices have helped them to become one of the most environmentally friendly web hosting companies in the industry.
