Baguette entrance. Beget hosting - my current review for all the time I used it. Advantages and disadvantages of the service. Free hosting Beget

Go to the section Websites and give the new site a name. A directory with this name will be created on the server, a directory will be created in it public_html, into which you can automatically install the site, or upload files manually.

Give the site a name and click Create

To enhance security, all sites on your account isolated from each other. If one site becomes infected, the others will not be affected.

In the same section, attach one or more domains to the site. The same can be done in the section Domains.

Link the domain

If you don't have a domain, you can register a new domain in the section Domains and subdomains - Register a domain, or an existing domain maintained by another company.

Register a new domain

Another option is to use one of the free 3rd level domains that is given upon registration. Currently there are 2 domains offered: account_name.beget.tech And account_name.bget.ru

One of Google’s requirements for a higher position in search results was access to the site via the https protocol. Sites without installed SSL Google marks the certificate as unsafe e.

In chapter Domains and subdomains you can order the issuance of a paid or free SSL certificate.

Click on the icon next to the desired domain:

Click on the SSL icon

Order a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate on the tab Free SSL certificate, or a paid Comodo certificate on the tab Order an SSL certificate.

is one of the leaders in the Russian hosting market, which over ten years of work has gathered a large user community. The company's servers are located in St. Petersburg, but this does not limit the territory of the company's activities: thanks to modern hardware solutions and optimization, sites hosted by Beget show high loading speeds from anywhere in the world.

Advantages and disadvantages

Beget is in second place in the ranking of RuNet hosters, and this is not surprising - it is a very high-quality platform that allows you to host projects of varying levels of complexity and not worry about their accessibility to users.

Benefits of Beget:

• Long test period— all hosting features can be used free of charge for 30 days.
• The servers are located in Russia, which has a positive effect on performance in the CIS and European countries.
• Optimization of hosting for popular content management systems.
• Installation of CMS, forum and blog engines and other applications in one click.
• Excellent performance indicators.

One of the main disadvantages of Beget is the limited number of sites on shared hosting. At the minimum tariff, you can create only two projects, and the subdomain here is equal to the site. In addition, several reviews contain information about another drawback of Beget - the low permitted load, up to 65 CP per day. The problem is that this is an abstract value that the hoster evaluates independently after the site starts working.

The load level depends not only on traffic, but also on the CMS used, connected modules and other parameters. Some users claim that hosting manipulates the load value to force them to upgrade to a more expensive plan. But you need to understand that the site can really create such a load that it will interfere with other projects hosted on the same server.

Functionality

Beget is a universal hosting that can be used for the first experience of creating a small website or launching a large, high-load project that requires an individual server infrastructure. Main services of the service:

• Virtual hosting.
• Rental of physical servers, including the construction of systems based on individual projects.
• Domain name registration.
• Sale of licensed CMS.

Beget uses a proprietary control panel that you won't have to spend a lot of time learning. It is divided into two parts: on the left is all the information about the hosting and server, on the right are the sections necessary to manage the site.

An important part functionality Beget - automatic creation of backups. The only drawback of the system is that backups are stored only for the last 5 days. There is also the option to save a copy yourself, which will be very useful when making changes to files.

A huge list of content management systems, blogging and forum platforms, galleries, online stores and social networks, which can be installed on Beget in one click. In addition to the standard set of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, the hosting has paid CMS, which are sold officially. When purchasing them through Beget, the webmaster also receives free installation engine, which saves time and money.

Performance

Beget is not the absolute leader in speed, but it excels in stability. This suggests that resources are evenly distributed between different accounts, and they are not trying to push clients onto one server, filling the space to the limit. Hosting handles everything well standard applications popular CMS: WordPress, Joomla and Drupal.

For experienced webmasters, Beget offers additional features to improve performance or at least avoid performance degradation during peak loads:

• Memcached - caching in RAM.
• Redis is a distributed storage.
• Tarantool is an open source NoSQL storage.

These are paid tools, so their use is justified only on large projects with a high load. To operate a small website, no additional features will be required—basic virtual hosting resources will suffice.

Speed ​​test results run over 2,490 days show that Beget is fast and extremely fast 99.4% of the time. Medium, slow and very slow performance was recorded only 0.6% of the time. At the same time, hosting has been consistently demonstrating the “very fast” indicator for the last two years.

Beget uptime in 2018 - from 99.96% to 100%. The worst indicator was achieved in April - servers were unavailable for 18 minutes per month. No failures were recorded from May to October. Hosting demonstrated similar results in previous years: uptime has not fallen below 99.3% since 2010.

Safety

Like all popular hosting services, Beget offers users a free SSL connection. Thanks to this, sites switch to working using an encrypted protocol. The certificate is recognized as confirmed in all browsers, so there will definitely be no problems with access, as well as with indexing in search engines, which require sites to have enhanced protection.

Beget provides built-in tools for checking websites for viruses. Infected files can be disinfected directly in the control panel using the AI-Bolit scanner. It contains a database of malicious scripts that is constantly updated and helps to detect compromised data and eliminate its negative impact on the system.

To improve security, quality and functionality, Beget launched a vulnerability detection program in 2017 with payments of up to 200,000 rubles. After a successful first experience, the program was resumed in early December 2018, which will allow the hosting to make its products even better, using the skills of the user community.

Technical support

There are eight channels for contacting support. They all operate 24 hours a day:

1. Telephone call. There are separate numbers for Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kyiv.
2. Messages via the VKontakte group.
3. Posts on Facebook page.
4. Communication via Skype.
5. Telegram bot.
6. Email [email protected].
7. Form feedback Online.
8. Ticket system.

It looks very cool, but in practice it's a little more complicated. By phone or through social networks, users can indeed contact polite support specialists, but in most cases they will offer to ask questions through tickets - this is more convenient to confirm the fact of ownership of the site. Some users consider this a disadvantage, but strictly speaking, responses through the ticket system come so quickly that it is unclear why other methods are needed at all. Perhaps there is not enough online chat for even more quick solution questions, but even without it, the waiting time is rarely calculated in hours - usually problems are resolved in a couple of tens of minutes.

For users who prefer to independently understand the peculiarities of hosting, Beget offers a “Question and Answer” section, a control panel guide and useful articles that help connect to the server, set up mail and perform other actions. Everything is in Russian, with code examples and screenshots - in general, it’s realistic to never contact technical support, no matter how friendly and prompt they may be.

Price policy

For 30 days, Beget provides free access to all hosting features. You don't even need to enter any data to get started. bank card— just create an account on the service. You can switch to a paid plan at any time, and unused days of the test period will be added to the paid period.

The minimum tariff for Blog virtual hosting costs 169 rubles when paid monthly. For this money, the webmaster receives 3 GB of SSD disk space, the ability to create two websites, an unlimited number of databases and FTP accounts. When paying the tariff for long term(a year or two) a discount is calculated - from 20 to 30%.

If the resources of the Blog premium plan are not enough, you can upgrade to a more powerful plan at any time: Start, Noble or Great. They differ in their capabilities and cost by approximately two times. Even more resources are offered by VIP tariffs Town, City and Mega, the cost of which starts at 820 rubles per month. All Beget virtual hosting plans include an unlimited number of domains and subdomains, quick installation of popular CMS and automatic creation of backups.

If the project has grown to such a scale that it is cramped within the framework of virtual hosting, Beget suggests switching to VPS. Price virtual server starts from 11 rubles per day for 15 GB of SSD, 1 GB of memory and a single-core processor. The most powerful offer is the Heavy tariff for 66 rubles per day, which offers 80 GB of SSD storage, 6 GB of memory and a quad-core processor.

In addition, Beget offers services for assembling server systems of any complexity. Two configurations are available: Blade E3 for 9,800 rubles per month and Turbo for 48,000 rubles per month. This difference in cost is due to incomparable technical characteristics: if only 4 cores and 32 GB of RAM are available on the Blade E3, then on the Turbo the webmaster will already have 14 cores and 132 GB of RAM.

Bottom line

Beget is one of those hosting sites that webmasters recommend to each other. For relatively little money, it offers stable operation with high performance and without failures. Some people are intimidated by the fact that the service has its own control panel, but it is implemented with such attention to usability that mastering it does not raise any questions.

Beget can be safely recommended to novice webmasters who are looking for a simple control panel and prompt technical support with polite, competent specialists. For major projects it is less suitable, although it does offer VIP plans, as well as virtual and dedicated servers. But if you are not going to support the infrastructure of a federal online store or a social network with millions of users, then Beget is one of the best options in terms of price and quality of services provided.

The website looks professional and has a user friendly interface. Prices for shared hosting are slightly higher than other companies: from $2.90/month to $21.50/month. Although, on the other hand, these packages have an unlimited number of databases and domain names, as well as unlimited traffic. The company also offers a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate and domain, but these bonuses are only available on the Russian version of the site. Residents of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are provided with a free hosting package for testing services.

VPS and dedicated servers look even better. VPS server prices range from $5 to $30 per month. Specifications very good and worth the price. There are two types of dedicated servers: standard and turbo (powerful servers). Accordingly, prices range from $15 to $1,300 per month. The technical specifications can be viewed on the website; they are well written.

Test period

The company provides a trial period of 35 days for all shared hosting packages. Also, only for this type of hosting a refund is possible. Refunds are not provided for VPS and dedicated servers.

Billing cycle

Virtual hosting can be purchased for a month or a year, VPS and dedicated servers - only for a month.

Control Panel

Beget have developed their own control panel. It is available for all virtual and VPS hosting packages, also for dedicated managed servers. The panel looks much more convenient than cPanel. You can install any control panel yourself on an unmanaged server.

Limits

Limits generally apply to shared hosting. Although the description of the plans states that the number of domains mailboxes and databases are not limited, there are still some restrictions. For example, the maximum number of mailboxes is 1000, and the number of domains is limited depending on the tariff plan.

It is also prohibited to use more than 10% of the server resources. VPS and dedicated servers have standard limits on the number of processor cores, amount of RAM and disk space.

Safety

All servers are protected from DDoS attacks. Further safety measures must be taken independently.

OS

Ubuntu is installed on the virtual hosting servers. On a VPS server you can install Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, OpenSuse, Fedora or the Bitrix web environment for free. Dedicated servers of the managed type have Ubuntu pre-installed, and the remaining servers can be installed with any OS.

Technical support

The company provides 24/7 support via tickets and chats (Telegram, Facebook messenger, Skype). Telephone support is available only for residents of Ukraine and Russia. They answer quickly, but very briefly and not to the point, lacking proactivity. The knowledge base is good, there are many different articles.

Conclusion

Overall, good and reliable hosting. Users have complete freedom of access to VPS and dedicated servers and can independently perform any operations. And if difficulties arise in setting up or managing them, technical support will be able to quickly and efficiently resolve the problems.

This hosting is best suited for residents of the CIS countries, since most bonuses and freebies are available only to them. However, taking into account that Beget has a good price-quality ratio, this hosting can be recommended for residents of other countries too.

Consistently ranks high. This is explained simply - just look at the list of advantages that distinguish domestic hosting.

• A 30-day trial period without adding bank card data, which allows you to understand whether the hosting is suitable for solving your problem.
• Placement of server infrastructure on the territory of Russia, which is a positive quality for the operation of sites on the RuNet.
• Optimization of the site for popular CMS.
• Install engines and applications in one click from the hosting control panel.
• High level of performance and reliability.

However, Beget cannot be called ideal either. Users in reviews complain that the restrictions on the number of sites in one account are too strict. A subdomain is also considered a separate site, which is very critical at the minimum tariff, where you can create only two projects.

Interaction with the control panel also raises some questions. Beget uses not traditional cPanel or ISPmanager, but a self-written solution. If you're not used to it, the panel may seem uncomfortable, but this impression goes away very quickly. If the user has not previously had experience working with hosting, then he will not even think about any inconvenience, so this is not a question of the quality of the panel on Beget, but solely a problem of perception of the new solution.

Functionality

Beget provides services that can be used by both novice webmasters and experienced developers seeking maximum control over their infrastructure. Main hosting services:

• Creation of websites on virtual hosting.
• VPS rental.
• Rent of dedicated servers, including for individual projects.
• Domain registration.
• Purchasing licenses for commercial CMS.

Shared hosting runs on servers running Ubuntu. On a VPS you can install Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, OpenSuse, Fedora or the Bitrix web environment for free. You can install any OS on dedicated servers, the only exception being managed servers that have Ubuntu preinstalled.

To manage hosting on Beget, a proprietary panel is used. It is divided into two parts: the left one shows information about hosting, the right one offers to go to the account and site management sections. Like any modern hosting, Beget offers a large database of CMS, engines and applications that can be installed in one click from the admin panel. In addition to standard WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, the hoster allows you to buy commercial content management systems and install them immediately, without worrying about the correct configuration.

An important part of the functionality is the automatic creation of backups. Only copies from the last 5 days are kept, so you need to be careful when making changes. For convenience, you can create backups yourself - this avoids the loss of data and settings.

Performance

Beget is not the fastest hosting. It takes servers 3.42 seconds to load a 2000x2000 pixel image. This is a good indicator that makes Beget one of the leaders in RuNet.

Ping to users in Moscow is 9 ms. Many hosting sites show a latency of 1-3 ms. Despite such a big difference in numerical terms, in practice this is a little noticeable advantage. Websites on Beget do not slow down, but it is difficult to call their opening lightning fast.

Beget shows an even greater lag behind the leaders in the load-bearing rating. The test shows the number of operations that the server performs in 1 second with 100 simultaneous connections. Beget handles only 141 requests, while competitors can handle several thousand requests per second.

The only indicator by which the hosting in question is ahead of its rivals is uptime. In all ratings, Beget ranks at the top with a score of 100%. This means that sites hosted on its servers, if they are unavailable, are extremely rare and for very short periods of time. If you look at the monthly statistics, you will find that since April 2010, uptime has not fallen below 99.3%, and in recent years it has not fallen below 99.96%.

Safety

To ensure a basic level of security, hosting offers a free connection to an SSL certificate, which allows you to switch to transmitting traffic using an encrypted protocol. The certificate will be confirmed in all browsers, which will have a positive impact not only on the security of the site, but also on its optimization for the requirements of search engines.

Another useful tool to protect the project - the built-in Ai-Bolit scanner, which allows you to treat infected files directly through the control panel. The utility contains a script database that is constantly updated. With its help, the scanner detects infected files and eliminates their negative impact.

When renting a VPS or dedicated server, hosting only offers protection against DDOS attacks, so in general, security issues lie entirely with the webmaster. Materials on how to secure your server can be found in the knowledge base. Technical support also helps in resolving some issues, but is mostly focused on communicating with the owners of websites on shared hosting.

To increase the level of security and improve functionality, Beget has already twice launched a vulnerability scanning program with payouts of up to 200,000 rubles. These events allow you to make hosting more secure by applying the skills of a developed user community.

Technical support

The support service is one of the main advantages of Beget hosting. To provide assistance to users, the site uses 8 communication channels at once, including traditional phone calls and a ticket system, as well as more modern messages on social networks and interactions through a bot in Telegram.

Unfortunately, not all communication methods can be used to resolve technical issues. You can clarify some information through messages on VKontakte or Facebook, but in most cases, to resolve problems, a support specialist will ask you to send a request through the ticket system. This is done for the convenience of checking the fact of ownership of an account that has experienced malfunctions.

The ticket system works quickly and, most importantly, around the clock, so your time zone does not matter. If you want to figure out the problem yourself, then the hoster’s website has a large “Question and Answer” section, a user manual and articles that tell you how to set up mail or connect a domain. All materials are presented in Russian, with explanations and examples, so technical support may not be needed at all, even such a 24-hour and responsive one.

Price policy

To determine if the hosting is suitable for the project, you will have 30 days of free access. To receive it, you do not need to enter your bank card details - you simply create an account, and after a month you decide whether to continue using the platform.

You can switch to any paid plan even on the second day of testing. In this case, the 30-day free period will be added to the paid period, that is, it will not disappear anywhere. If you realize that Beget is not suitable, you can switch to another hoster without financial losses. In general, the most relaxed conditions for your first experience with hosting.

The cost of virtual hosting starts from 115 rubles per month when paid for 2 years at once. If you choose monthly payment, the same tariff will cost 169 rubles. For this amount you get the opportunity to create 2 websites and place them on a 3 GB SSD. The number of databases and FTP accounts is unlimited. It is more profitable to pay immediately for 1 or 2 years, but even with monthly payment the offer looks attractive.

The name of the Blog minimum tariff hints at the purposes for which it can be used. If you are building an information portal or, for example, a store, then you may need a more powerful tariff: Start, Noble or Great. The most expensive tariff plan already provides 25 GB SSD, on which you can run 25 projects. It costs only 569 rubles per month if paid monthly. When purchasing a tariff for a long period, a discount of up to 30% is calculated.

All shared hosting plans include:

• Unlimited number of domains and subdomains.
• Unlimited traffic.
• Installation of popular CMS in one click.
• Automatic creation of backups.
• 24/7 technical support.
• PHP up to version 7, Python, Perl 5, Zend, phpMyAdmin.

There are also VIP tariffs on virtual hosting that offer more more power than Great. For example, with the Mega tariff, 50 GB SSD is available and the limit on the number of websites created is removed. True, this pleasure costs 2990 rubles if paid monthly.

Prices for VPS start from 11 rubles per day for the minimum tariff, which provides 15 GB of SSD storage, 1 GB of RAM and a processor with 1 core. The most powerful solution among VPS is Heavy for 66 rubles per day with 80 GB of SSD storage, 6 GB of RAM and 4 processor cores.

On Beget you can also order a dedicated server rental. By default, there are two configurations: Blade E3 for 9,800 rubles per month for those for whom virtual hosting, even dedicated, is not enough, and a super-powerful Turbo build for 48,000 rubles per month with 14 cores and 128 GB of RAM.

Servers are located in one of the largest data centers in St. Petersburg. The build option involves increasing the SSD capacity, adding cores, increasing bandwidth and receiving other paid services.

Results

Beget offers stable server operation and does not require a lot of money for services, so webmasters readily recommend it to each other. Yes, it's not perfect solution and not a leader in all indicators, but strong average values ​​allow hosting to solve a wide range of tasks - from launching a small landing page to building a large project on a dedicated server.

Beget's price-quality ratio is one of the most optimal on the market, so its popularity is only growing. We are also pleased with the technical support, which answers users’ questions as quickly and thoroughly as possible and works around the clock.

There are a decent number of hosting providers on the Internet. The purpose of this article is to talk about the main characteristics of excellent Beget hosting.

For reference worth mentioning key features and characteristics of this service:

• The official website page is located at https://beget.com/ru;
• a very convenient and functional control panel and file manager;
• the service allows new users to test the hosting service for one month;
• 24/7 work technical support;
• Beget hosting has pretty good prices for services (the opportunity to purchase a domain is included);
• variety of payment options;
• server stability and high uptime;
• access via sFTP/FTP, SSH;
• PhpMyAdmin, Zend, Python, Perl 5, PHP 7/7.2, MySQL 5;
• the ability to install popular CMS in 1 mouse click;
• there is no traffic restriction;
• control DNS records, logs, Cron with GUI, which is very easy to use;
• mail interface, as well as POP3, IMAP, SMTP;
• The service has built-in support for manual and automatic copying (files and databases);
• restoring a site from a backup automatically;
• Beget has additional free services;
• affiliate program with generous conditions.

Based on the above points, we can conclude that Beget’s conditions are not much different from those of its competitors.

Now let's move on to a more detailed review of some points. Which, in turn, will make it clear that Beget knows how to surprise.

Hosting costs and tariffs

Prices for the services of the hosting provider Beget are at a decent level.

Payment can be made using various methods (popular e-wallets, payment systems and, of course, a bank card).

Along with this, Beget has a built-in ability to set up automatic payment (in case you forgot to pay for hosting, the system will do it for you on the days allotted for this).

The service also provides a system based on electronic document management (EDI) for legal entities and individuals. In other words, hosting client accounts will always be protected by the necessary cryptographic gateways.

For new hosting users, the service offers a free period of one month to test the functionality. This time should be enough to assess the quality of the services provided.

If you pay for hosting services for a year in advance, Beget will provide a discount of 240 rubles, plus several free domains in accordance with the chosen tariff.

Important! The tariff plan includes several groups:

Basic tariffs for VIP hosting:

• Town;
• CIty;
• Mega.

Prices range from 820 rubles to 2250 rubles per month.

Basic tariffs for regular hosting:

• Blog;
• Start;
• Noble;
• Great.

Prices range from 115 to 390 rubles per month.

All tariffs can be upgraded by adding a disk quota, increasing the number of domains and increasing the hosting load limit. An example is in the photo below.

Control panel (CP)

After the first acquaintance with the internal component of Beget hosting, what catches your eye is the easy-to-use control panel that the company has developed.

It should also be noted that the panel operates quickly, which, in turn, saves a lot of time.

The hosting provider's employees regularly introduce new functions into it, with the help of which working with hosting becomes more convenient and faster.

Even if you have several profiles at your disposal, you can combine them into one and subsequently manage accounts from one profile.

Beget hosting technical support

After ten years of existence, hosting provider Beget opened representative offices in European countries. Therefore, you can contact the technical support staff of the state in which you live.

• One of the advantages is that calls to technical support numbers are free.
• Beget employees work quickly and efficiently.
• If a client has any problem, they solve it in a short time and, as they say, conscientiously.
• In a situation where client action is required, technical support staff will tell you in detail how to act in a given situation in order to correct the errors that have appeared.

Managing backups

Backup is the protection of a client’s website from unforeseen circumstances. Of course, when everything is fine with the site, you don’t think about it. But as soon as a problem appears (for example malware) you immediately begin to scold all the support, hosting owners and administrators for the lack of a timely system for copying information.

Beget hosting has the following key benefits:

you can manage backups yourself. The backup is not copied to your disk, which means 3 advantages:

• you don't need to use the disk limit;
• no need to copy the backup to HDD your computer;
• when attacked by hackers, the backup will have additional protection.

The database and files are copied every day upon request. (not all providers may allow this option)

Also, backups can be created manually, which is important to do after each file and database upgrade.

Free hosting

For your information! About the free Beget hosting option.

In addition to the hosting features mentioned above, free options should also be highlighted.

HTTP 2 and SSL certificate

More recently, free SSL certificates were considered almost the ultimate dream for many website owners, but now the Beget organization can offer them for free.
Beget, together with Let’s Encrypt, offer a free SSL certificate that you can automatic mode install on the domain.

Among other things, everyone who has downloaded an SSL certificate (both free and paid) will automatically receive support for HTTP/2 (this protocol is used to load a website faster through a browser).

Free hosting

For those who have only recently begun to study this area, it is provided free plan with the following options:

• one site;
• one database;
• one gigabyte free space on disk.

If you decide to create your website with a paid CMS, then it will be profitable to buy it through Beget.
In accordance with the type of paid CMS, hosting gives up to 3 years of services as a gift.

Despite all this, the price of the purchased CMS remains the same.

affiliate program

The Beget affiliate program has some of the most generous conditions for webmasters.

Below are its parameters:

• tariffs for shared hosting (40%);
• VIP class tariffs (10%);
• on dedicated servers up to 100% (one time).

Let's give an example. Let’s assume that one of those who followed the referral link pays the minimum tariff for one year (1350 rubles), then the commission fees will be about 540 rubles. If you pay for the minimum VIP hosting for one year, you will be entitled to 850 rubles.
If you are lucky and register through an affiliate link and pay for the option of renting a dedicated server, then you will be transferred at least 3,900 rubles once. (cost of renting the cheapest server).

For your information! For additional options (domain, SSL certificate, etc.) no percentage of the payment is paid. Exclusively hosting services.

Bottom line

To summarize, I would like to note the key advantages of the provider.
The Beget organization can be called decent and reliable without exaggeration. It’s really a pleasure to work with such a hosting provider because tariff plans The runs are profitable, the servers are fast and efficient, the programs with bonuses are compiled competently. There is also an article on the site about the best in my opinion.