SmartWeb
Cheaper for 10 people
From$0.94/mo
10 people: $0.94 a month · $11.28 a year
- No free plan
- No yearly discount listed
- No startup credits listed
- 4 plans · priced per plan
SmartWeb vs Truehost: pricing compared
Plans, list prices and what a team of 5, 10 or 25 pays on each, from Surba's catalog of Cloud tools. Updated for 2026.
At a glance
Side by side
SmartWeb starts at $0.94/mo (Starter) and Truehost at $1.60/mo (WebHosting Starter (annual)). For 10 people that's $0.94 vs $1.60 a month: SmartWeb is $0.66 a month (41%) cheaper than Truehost on list price.
Truehost
Cloud
From$1.60/mo
10 people: $1.60 a month · $19.20 a year
- No free plan
- No yearly discount listed
- No startup credits listed
- 4 plans · priced per plan
Plans
SmartWeb and Truehost plans
Every plan with a public price, in US dollars.
SmartWeb
Starter
8GB storage, 15GB bandwidth · 1 addon domain · Unlimited email addresses
$0.94/mo
Standard
10GB storage, 60GB bandwidth · 5 addon domains · Unlimited email addresses
$1.28/mo
Business
20GB storage, 150GB bandwidth · 10 addon domains · Unlimited MySQL databases
$1.69/mo
Premium
250GB storage, unmetered bandwidth · 15 addon domains · Unlimited email addresses
$2.93/mo
Prices in NGN converted at 1 USD = 1,330 NGN. Linux shared (cPanel): Starter NGN 1,250/mo or 15,000/yr, Standard NGN 1,700/mo or 20,000/yr, Business NGN 2,250/mo or 27,000/yr, Premium NGN 3,900/mo or 45,000/yr, Corporate NGN 5,900/mo or 70,000/yr. Free .com.ng with yearly plans. Domains: .com NGN 15,000, .com.ng NGN 5,000, .ng NGN 13,000; SSL from NGN 5,000/yr.
Prices from SmartWeb's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Truehost
WebHosting Starter (annual)
10 websites, 30GB SSD · Free SSL, daily backups · cPanel, unlimited email
$1.60/mo
WebHosting Pro
30 websites, 50GB SSD · Free daily backups · cPanel, unlimited email
$6.47/mo
WebHosting Unlimited
Unlimited websites, unmetered SSD · Free .co.ke on annual plan · Auto backups
$26.79/mo
Cloud VPS Elite
1 vCPU, 1GB RAM · 25GB NVMe, 1TB transfer · Full root access
$4.75/mo
Prices in KES converted at 1 USD = 129.9 KES. Starter KES 2,500/yr (also KES 500/mo on monthly billing), Pro KES 840/mo, Unlimited KES 3,480/mo; 3-year terms drop to KES 188 / 371.75 / 1,632 per mo. Cloud VPS from KES 617/mo (Cloud VPS 1 KES 877, VPS 2 KES 1,557, VPS 3 KES 3,867). Also operates truehost.com and other country sites.
Prices from Truehost's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Team cost
What each costs your team
Entry paid plans, per month and per year at list price.
| Team | SmartWeb (Starter) | Truehost (WebHosting Starter (annual)) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 people | $0.94/mo$11.28/yr a year | $1.60/mo$19.20/yr a year | SmartWeb $0.66 less a month |
| 10 people | $0.94/mo$11.28/yr a year | $1.60/mo$19.20/yr a year | SmartWeb $0.66 less a month |
| 25 people | $0.94/mo$11.28/yr a year | $1.60/mo$19.20/yr a year | SmartWeb $0.66 less a month |
SmartWeb is priced per plan. Truehost is priced per plan. Per-user prices are multiplied by the team; per-plan prices aren't. Before tax; yearly discounts not applied.
FAQ
SmartWeb vs Truehost: questions
Which is cheaper, SmartWeb or Truehost?
SmartWeb starts at $0.94/mo (Starter) and Truehost at $1.60/mo (WebHosting Starter (annual)). For 10 people that's $0.94 vs $1.60 a month: SmartWeb is $0.66 a month (41%) cheaper than Truehost on list price. Compare features too: the cheaper plan isn't always the closer match.
Do SmartWeb and Truehost have free plans?
SmartWeb has no free plan in Surba's catalog. Truehost has no free plan in Surba's catalog.
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