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.

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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
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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
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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.