Simple Servers Reviews 605

TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We have used SImple Servers for many years, they are always extremely helpful when issues occur from time to time. We would recommend using them as a hosting platform.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We've been using Simple Servers for a few years now to host an e commerce website. Certainly an improvement from our old server in speed. We don't really get many issues but it something does go wrong... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Used to be great, but since iomart bought them, the service has been getting worse. The techs aren't as knowledgeable and refuse to answer questions to them moving the services. In the last week, they... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What can I say....OUTSTANDING support 24x7 from knowledgeable staff who do not pass the buck. I'm running a Wordpress blog and upcoming store and they helped me transfer from other lower performing ho... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10, would serve simply again

At the company where I work, we started using Simple Servers for their extremely fast dedicated SSD servers for Magento. I've also personally moved a number of friend's Wordpress sites to their shared hosting services. I found that the site speeds improved significantly compared to the hosting they were on before.

26 November 2018
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service

We have been using Simple Servers for a couple of years now and can't really think of anything to fault them with. Their support is excellent, they carry out any support task quickly and efficiently. They do go the extra mile to help.

15 November 2018
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company and support

Every time i have an issue their support team is great and work hard to get things fixed. It doesn't seem to matter what time of day/night, the issue gets sorted.

29 October 2018
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not suitable for websites that need to be up

Unsuitable for business where the website being up is critical as support can be very slow even when chased. Either number of support staff is not enough or prioritisation of critical support tickets does not happen.

15 October 2018
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Still Excellent

We have been using Simple Servers Dedicated server for couple for year. The service and support are still excellent.

15 October 2018
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great 'Out of Hours' Support

I am on M Pro shared hosting package had a few issues of downtime which I reported to SimpleServers. The team tried on previous occasions to rectify the problem but it continued for another week.

I contacted them again and this time they moved my Magento site over to a completely new server (which I am hoping will be more stable).

The server moved happened out of hours (02:00) which I really appreciated to avoid any disruption to orders.

The switch was done without any problems with great open dialogue the following morning to ensure everything was working as expected.

Great communication and support! Let’s hope this is the end of any future down time.

25 September 2018
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid at all costs.

Without doubt the worst experience I have encountered across hosting platforms. A server outage has so far caused 18 hours of downtime, with our emails still being offline and the website still being unstable. The lack of phone support has proven to be a significant issue and there have been no attempts by senior management to project manage this particular issue. Generally the online support is speedy for general questions but it is thoroughly unacceptable that an alternative server wasn't made available sooner and service restored throughout the night. Even for a lower traffic website or hosting project I would advise avoiding and take a view that a more robust crisis management policy should be an essential in your decision making process. The decision to host here was before my time but we have already started steps today to move to an alternative company. My recommendation is to avoid. I would actively expect a significant reply to this review .. stating it as unfair or inaccurate as this seems to be a previous modus operandi however I chose my words and statements carefully as an accurate reflection of this mayhem this situation generated over the last 24 hours.

20 September 2018
Unprompted review
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Reply from Simple Servers

Hi Russell,

We can only apologise for the inconvenience caused here. From the moment we came to know about the hardware failure from our monitoring system, our engineers had been attempting to fix the problem and bring the server back online. When this didn’t work, we then went for a replacement server first thing, and had been cloning the accounts from the backup archive. This took a little longer than expected, but our team had viewed your site when the restoration was over, saw the title ‘Content coming soon’, and presumed it was all good.

Looking at your most recent ticket, your IP address got blocked on the firewall following multiple failed cPanel login attempts. We presume this happened accidentally, and this is why you couldn’t access the site which was already live to the outside world from first thing in the morning. As the team had been busy with the restorations and associated tasks, they seem to have missed to check this block the first time. I can only apologise for the confusion here, which we should have checked first.

We are sorry again for the inconvenience.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very disappointed

Very disappointed. Looking to move a magento store to a dedicated server so simple servers were clearly worth a look. Made a sales enquiry by web chat and was told to fill in the online enquiry form. Did this and got a message to confim contact would be made with me.

No one did so after a few days I followed up on the basis that we were interested in their hosting but not getting a response to a sales enquiry did not inspire confidence in after sales support as a prompt. Still no answer.

Few days later we called the sales helpline and were told all sales staff were busy but someone would call back. Nearly a week later no one has called back. We are an established IT business for nearly 20 years. Very disappointed. Maybe Simple Servers are service focussed rather than sales focussed but wouldn't really want to take a chance on this experience.

18 September 2018
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Make your web site faster!

If you have Magento Cloud hosting at Simple Servers, then I recommend using an addon Litespeed Enterprise + Web Charger Standard. It will make your site even faster!

6 September 2018
Unprompted review

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