All US dollar values below are approximates of the original South Korean Won values.
I. Traditional Web Hosting Companies
#1 Cafe24[1]
Cafe24 is the IT marketing brand of SimpleX Internet[2] officially launched in 2002.
Established in 1999, SimpleX Internet is a leading eBusiness solutions provider which was first to offer a 64-bit web hosting service in South Korea.
Through the Cafe24 brand, the company offers comprehensive eBusiness solutions such as web hosting, server hosting, eCommerce hosting and eCommerce marketing and consulting.
A. Linux OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Economic
|
Standard
|
Business
|
First Class
|
Giant
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 5
|
$ 10
|
$ 10
|
$ 10
|
$ 10
|
|
Monthly Fee
|
$ 0.5
|
$ 1
|
$ 5
|
$ 10
|
$ 20
|
|
Storage
|
400 MB
|
900 MB
|
3 GB
|
6GB
|
10 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
42 GB
|
54 GB
|
165 GB
|
375 GB
|
900 GB
|
|
Email
|
15 MB
|
50 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
|
Database
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
B. Windows OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Economic
|
Standard
|
Business
|
First Class
|
Giant
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 20
|
$ 20
|
$ 20
|
$ 20
|
$ 30
|
|
Monthly Fee
|
$ 2
|
$ 3
|
$ 5
|
$ 10
|
$ 20
|
|
Storage
|
200 MB
|
500 MB
|
1 GB
|
2 GB
|
3 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
12 GB
|
15 GB
|
30 GB
|
60 GB
|
210 GB
|
|
Email
|
20 MB
|
40 BM
|
60 MB
|
100 MB
|
200 MB
|
|
Database
|
20 MB
|
30 MB
|
100 MB
|
300 MB
|
600 MB
|
#2 Hosting.kr[3]
Hosting.kr is a web hosting and domain registering service launched by Megazone Corporation[4] in March 2007.
Megazone Corporation was founded in 1998 and offers system integration (SI), online advertising, eBusiness consulting, eCommerce and others services besides Hosting.kr.
Hosting.kr currently has several domestic blue chip customers such as Samsung, LG, Hanhwa and SK Telecom as well as international ones such as Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, IBM and HP.
Hosting.kr also offers cloud services as well as IT services such as electronic payment, spam blocking, mass mail transmission, electronic approval and CDN (Content Delivery Network).
Hosting.kr is distinguished by its achievement of being mentioned by the Korean Internet Security Agency (KISA)[5] as the company with an excellent level of customer satisfaction for four years straight.
A. Linux OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Slim
|
Basic
|
Lite
|
Standard
|
Special
|
VIP
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 0.5
|
$ 3
|
$ 5
|
$ 9
|
$ 28
|
$ 46
|
|
Storage
|
500 MB
|
1 GB
|
2 GB
|
5 GB
|
10 GB
|
20 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
15 GB
|
30 GB
|
60GB
|
150 GB
|
300 GB
|
600 GB
|
|
Email
|
-
|
90 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
|
Database
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
∞
|
* VAT exclusive
B. Windows OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Slim
|
Basic
|
Lite
|
Standard
|
Special
|
VIP
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 18
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 0.90
|
$ 3
|
$ 5
|
$ 9
|
$ 28
|
$ 46
|
|
Storage
|
500 MB
|
1 GB
|
2 GB
|
5 GB
|
10 GB
|
20 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
15 GB
|
30 GB
|
60GB
|
150 GB
|
300 GB
|
600 GB
|
|
Email
|
-
|
90 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
150 MB
|
|
Database
|
50 MB
|
100 MB
|
200 MB
|
500 MB
|
1 GB
|
1 GB
|
* VAT exclusive
#3 Whois[6]
Founded in 1999, Whois Corporation is the first South Korean company to offer domain registering services. Being quite successful with its business, Whois has grown to become the number-one company in South Korea with a market share of 36% in the domain registration services market.
Building on its successes, Whois embarked on expanding its domain registration business to related areas such as email solutions, eCommerce solutions, groupwares and, of course, web hosting.
A. Linux OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Lite
|
Lite +
|
Standard
|
Standard +
|
Premium
|
Premium +
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 11
|
$ 15
|
$ 18
|
$ 28
|
$ 64
|
$ 83
|
|
Storage
|
1.5 GB
|
2 GB
|
3 GB
|
5 GB
|
10 GB
|
15 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
60 GB
|
90 GB
|
150 GB
|
210 GB
|
300 GB
|
450 GB
|
|
Email
|
250 MB
|
500 MB
|
750 MB
|
1 GB
|
1.5 GB
|
2 GB
|
|
Database
|
150 MB
|
200 MB
|
300 MB
|
500 MB
|
800 MB
|
1 GB
|
* VAT exclusive
B. Windows OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Lite
|
Lite +
|
Standard
|
Standard +
|
Premium
|
Premium +
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 28
|
$ 32
|
$ 35
|
$ 45
|
$ 81
|
$ 100
|
|
Storage
|
1.5 GB
|
2 GB
|
3 GB
|
5 GB
|
10 GB
|
15 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
60 GB
|
90 GB
|
150 GB
|
210 GB
|
300 GB
|
450 GB
|
|
Email
|
250 MB
|
500 MB
|
750 MB
|
1 GB
|
1.5 GB
|
2 GB
|
|
Database
|
150 MB
|
200 MB
|
300 MB
|
500 MB
|
800 MB
|
1 GB
|
* VAT exclusive
#4 inames[7]
inames is a spin-off from Korea Network Information Center (KRINC)[8], the non-profit organization established as per approval of the South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication in 1999.
At the time, KRINC was responsible with not only developing domain names and IP address but also managing registration of .kr domain names, IP addresses and AS (autonomous system) numbers. It was in May 2001 when inames was spun off from KRINC and was consigned with .kr domain registration tasks KRINC.
In the present, inames offers web hosting, server hosting, security and digital certificate and several business solution besides its main business.
A. Linux OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
i Mini
|
i Basic
|
i Basic +
|
i Business
|
i Premium
|
i Special
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 2
|
$ 6
|
$ 10
|
$ 15
|
$ 22
|
$ 46
|
|
Storage
|
500 MB
|
1 GB
|
1.5 GB
|
2 GB
|
5 GB
|
10 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
30 GB
|
60 GB
|
75 GB
|
90 GB
|
150 GB
|
300 GB
|
|
Email
|
30 MB
|
60 MB
|
120 MB
|
150 MB
|
300 MB
|
450 MB
|
|
Database
|
30 MB
|
100 MB
|
150 MB
|
200 MB
|
400 MB
|
1 GB
|
* VAT exclusive
B. Windows OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
i Mini
|
i Basic
|
i Basic +
|
i Business
|
i Premium
|
i Special
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 3
|
$ 10
|
$ 15
|
$ 20
|
$ 30
|
$ 50
|
|
Storage
|
500 MB
|
1 GB
|
1.5 GB
|
2 GB
|
5 GB
|
10 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
30 GB
|
60 GB
|
75 GB
|
90 GB
|
150 GB
|
300 GB
|
|
Email
|
30 MB
|
60 MB
|
120 MB
|
150 MB
|
300 MB
|
450 MB
|
|
Database
|
30 MB
|
100 MB
|
150 MB
|
200 MB
|
400 MB
|
1 GB
|
* VAT exclusive
#5 DotName[9]
DotName was formed in 1998 from a consortium between Webtizen Inc. established in KAIST[10], South Korea’s leading scientific research institute, and SK Telecom[11].
In 2000, the company was officially recognized as a nationally certified .kr domain registering operator by Korea Internet Security Agency (KISA).
Further, in 2006, it acquired accreditation from ICANN[12] and became a certified agency for registering international domains such as .com, .net and .org. Since then, it has been expanding its business internationally and also offering services at a more competitive price to attract new customers. DotName currently has 250,000 customers.
Besides web hosting, the company offers other related services such as digital certificate, VPN, blog hosting, security and SMS hosting.
A. Linux OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Basic
Bronze
|
Basic
Silver
|
Basic
Gold
|
Advanced
Bronze
|
Advanced
Silver
|
Advanced
Gold
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 3
|
$ 5
|
$ 7
|
$ 9
|
$ 18
|
$ 27
|
|
Storage
|
800 MB
|
1.5 GB
|
2.5 GB
|
4 GB
|
7 GB
|
12 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
30 GB
|
60 GB
|
120 GB
|
180 GB
|
300 GB
|
450 GB
|
|
Email
|
20 MB
|
30 MB
|
40 MB
|
150 MB
|
200 MB
|
350 MB
|
|
Database
|
600 MB
|
1 GB
|
2 GB
|
3 GB
|
6 GB
|
12 GB
|
* VAT exclusive
B. Windows OS-based Web Hosting
|
Service Plan
|
Basic
450M
|
Basic
550M
|
Basic
1.1G
|
Advanced
1.5G
|
Advanced
3.0G
|
Advanced
6.5G
|
|
Installation Fee
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
$ 9
|
|
Monthly Fee*
|
$ 9
|
$ 11
|
$ 13
|
$ 17
|
$ 28
|
$ 45
|
|
Storage
|
450 MB
|
550 MB
|
1.1 GB
|
1.5 GB
|
3 GB
|
6.5 GB
|
|
Data Transfer
|
18 GB
|
30 GB
|
45 GB
|
66 GB
|
150 GB
|
300 GB
|
|
Email
|
20 MB
|
30 MB
|
40 MB
|
150 MB
|
200 MB
|
300 MB
|
|
Database
|
30 MB
|
50 MB
|
100 MB
|
150 MB
|
250 MB
|
300 MB
|
* VAT exclusive
II. Cloud Hosting Companies
#1 Cloudit[13]
Cloudit is the cloud hosting service operated by Innogrid[14], a company that has been specializing in computing services since 2006.
Major Options and Fees
|
CPU
|
Memory
(RAM)
|
Storage
|
Monthly Fee
(no contract)
|
Monthly Fee
(1-year contract)
|
|
1 vCore
|
1 GB
|
100 GB
|
$ 32
|
$ 26
|
|
1 vCore
|
2 GB
|
100 GB
|
$ 45
|
$ 35
|
|
2 vCore
|
2 GB
|
200 GB
|
$ 66
|
$ 51
|
|
2 vCore
|
4 GB
|
200 GB
|
$ 85
|
$ 64
|
|
4 vCore
|
4 GB
|
300 GB
|
$ 115
|
$ 87
|
|
4 vCore
|
8 GB
|
300 GB
|
$ 158
|
$ 118
|
|
8 vCore
|
8 GB
|
400 GB
|
$ 209
|
$ 156
|
|
8 vCore
|
16 GB
|
400 GB
|
$ 299
|
$ 224
|
OS Pricing
|
Linux
|
Free
|
|
Windows Server
|
$ 18/month
|
DB Pricing
|
MySQL
|
Free
|
|
MS-SQL 2008 R2
|
$ 19/month
|
Additional Fees
|
Additional Storage
|
per 10 GB
|
$ 1/month
|
| Public IP |
per IP
(first IP is free) |
$ 3/month |
| Network Usage |
per 100 GB
(free up to 600 MB/month) |
$ 10/month |
For example, if you subscribe to the 1 vCore CPU, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB Disk hosting plan under a 1-year contract ($ 35/month), select Linux OS (free) and MySQL DB (free), and order 3 additional IPs ($ 9/month), you need to pay a total of $ 44/month.
In addition, if you subscribe to the 4 vCore CPU, 4 GB RAM, 300 GB Disk hosting plan without a contract ($ 115/month), select Windows OS ($ 18/month) and MS-SQL 2008 R2 ($ 19/month), and order no additional IP, you need to pay a total of $153/month.
Cloudit offers load balancing (a measure to avoid one server from being overloaded by distributing workload among servers), automatic scaling (a feature which scales the resources of a server when necessary) and monitoring service that covers vCore CPUs, RAM and disk usage, as well as data I/O, all for free.
Cloudit also offers a hourly pricing model for its cloud hosting service.
Hourly Pricing
|
per vCore CPU
|
$ 0.02
|
|
per 1 GB Memory
|
$ 0.02
|
|
per 100 GB Storage
|
$ 0.02
|
|
per additional IP
|
$ 0.01
|
#2 ITX Cloud[15]
ITX Cloud is the cloud hosting service offered by Hyosung ITX[16], a South Korean company which has been a leader in content delivery, media platform and data center services since its establishment in 1997.
ITX Cloud’s cloud hosting services are charged hourly, daily or monthly to enable a more flexible pricing system.
Major Options and Fees
|
CPU
|
Memory
(RAM)
|
Storage
|
Hourly
Rate
|
Daily
Rate
|
Monthly
Rate
|
|
1 Core
|
0.5 GB
|
60 GB
|
$ 0.04
|
$ 1
|
$ 30
|
|
2 Core
|
1 GB
|
60 GB
|
$ 0.07
|
$ 1.7
|
$ 51
|
|
2 Core
|
2 GB
|
60 GB
|
$ 0.09
|
$ 2.2
|
$ 66
|
|
2 Core
|
2 GB
|
160 GB
|
$ 0.11
|
$ 2.6
|
$ 79
|
|
4 Core
|
4 GB
|
200 GB
|
$ 0.20
|
$ 4.7
|
$ 142
|
OS Pricing
|
OS
|
Hourly
Rate
|
Daily
Rate
|
Monthly
Rate
|
|
Linux
|
Free
|
Free
|
Free
|
|
Windows Server
|
$ 0.025
|
$ 0.60
|
$ 18
|
Additional Fees
|
Storage
|
per 10 GB
|
$ 0.002/hour
$ 0.05/day
$ 1.5/month |
| Public IP |
per IP
(first IP is free) |
$ 0.007/hour
$ 0.15/day
$ 4.5/month |
| Network Usage |
per 100 GB
(free up to 600 MB/month) |
$ 0.012/hour
$ 0.31/day
$ 9.2/month |
| Load Balancing |
|
$ 0.025/hour
$ 0.60/day
$ 18/month |
ITX Cloud’s hosting service also supports firewall for security, monitoring tool for analysis and anomaly detection and a web console with various easy-to-use functions.
Along with its cloud hosting service, the company also offers managed security service (MSS), managed hosting, colocation, CDN and even private cloud implementation.
Links
1. http://www.cafe24.com/
2. http://simplexi.com/
3. http://www.hosting.kr/
4. http://www.mz.co.kr/contents/main.rwd
5. http://www.kisa.or.kr/eng/main.jsp
6. http://www.whois.co.kr/
7. http://www.inames.co.kr/
8. http://krnic.kisa.or.kr/
9. http://www.dotname.co.kr/#
10. http://www.kaist.edu/edu.html
11. http://www.sktelecom.com/
12. http://www.icann.org
13. https://www.cloudit.co.kr/
14. http://www.innogrid.com/
15. http://www.itxcloud.co.kr/index.itxcloud
16. http://www.hyosungitx.com/ko/index.itx