Kitchener-Waterloo web hosting & domains

Website [ice]Hosting[/ice] & Domains

Website hosting in Canada with free SSL, domain registration and DNS management, plus maintenance plans that keep your website updated, backed up and fast.

Hosting and maintenance in one place Website Hosting and Care From [ice]One Team[/ice]

After we launch a website, many clients want us to keep looking after it, not just the site itself but where it lives. Our hosting and maintenance packages make CryoDragon your one-stop shop: hosting, SSL, email, updates, backups and fixes, all handled by the same two people who built your website.

Our packages are carefully designed to give you the best value, and every maintenance plan includes our Hatchling hosting at no extra cost. Anything outside a package is billed at our hourly rate, and maintenance subscribers save on that too.

We can also look after your domain names and DNS, the settings that point your address to your website and email, so renewals never lapse and everything keeps working when you change providers. See domain names & DNS below.

Need more power or a specific location? As a Cloudways Agency Partner, and through preferred hosting vendors who give us reseller pricing, we build custom hosting on dedicated cloud servers in Canada or in data centres around the world. See custom hosting below.

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All of our hosting includes

  • Free SSL certificate
  • cPanel email accounts
  • Domain registration & renewals
  • DNS management
  • High-speed servers
  • 99.9% recorded uptime
  • Priority support
  • Scalable storage
  • Hosting management
  • Canadian & worldwide servers
  • Custom cloud servers

Named after the life cycle of a dragon Hosting & Maintenance [ice]Packages[/ice]

Prices are a starting point (“+”) because larger or busier websites may need more resources. Plans are billed at the start of each billing cycle.

Hatchling

Scalable Website Hosting

$20+ Starting price · billed per cycle
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Custom emails on server
  • High-speed servers
  • 99.9% recorded uptime
  • Priority support
  • Scalable storage & resources
  • Hosting management
  • No website maintenance
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Wyrm

Basic Website Maintenance

$50+ Starting price · billed per cycle
  • Includes Hatchling hosting
  • CMS core updates & backups
  • Plugin & module updates
  • Website theme updates
  • Website bugs & fixes
  • Website monitoring
  • Minor edits (1–2 hours per year)
  • 5% off billable services
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Dragon

Premium Website Maintenance

$200+ Starting price · billed per cycle
  • Includes Hatchling hosting
  • All features of Wyvern
  • SEO on web page content
  • Organic SEO optimization
  • Priority scheduling
  • 15% off billable services
The Sky’s the Limit

Domain names & DNSYour Domain, [ice]Safe and Sound[/ice]

Your domain name is your address on the internet, and losing it can take your website and email down overnight. We register or transfer domains in your name, track every renewal so nothing lapses, and manage the DNS records that point your domain to your website, email and other services.

Domain Keeper costs just $5/yr per domain on top of the registration fee, which we bill at cost. It works with any hosting plan and with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or email on our servers.

Custom cloud hostingYour Own Server, [ice]Anywhere in the World[/ice]

Some websites need more than shared hosting: busy online stores, membership sites, healthcare providers that want Canadian data residency, or organizations running several websites. For these, we set up a dedicated cloud server just for you.

We’re a Cloudways Agency Partner and work with a few preferred hosting vendors that give us reseller pricing, which we pass on to you. Choose a data centre in Canada or in locations around the world, and we size, secure, monitor and manage the server for you.

Custom hosting starts at $40+/mo for the most basic server, double our Hatchling plan, and scales up as your traffic grows.

Hosting explainedWhat Website Hosting Is and [ice]Why It Matters[/ice]

Every website lives on a server, a computer connected to the internet that sends your pages to visitors. The quality of your hosting affects how fast your site loads, how reliably it stays online, how secure it is and how quickly problems get solved.

Cheap shared hosting often packs many websites onto one overloaded server and leaves you to sort out problems yourself. Our managed hosting is different: fast, secure servers, free SSL, backups and monitoring, and a team that already knows your website when you need help.

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Which hosting fits?Hatchling or a [ice]Custom Cloud Server?[/ice]

Most small business websites run beautifully on Hatchling. When you need more power, more control or a specific location, a custom cloud server is the next step.

Hatchling hosting

From $20/month. Fast, secure hosting with free SSL, cPanel email accounts and hosting management. Ideal for business websites, hand-coded sites and smaller WordPress sites.

Custom cloud hosting

From $40/month. Your own dedicated server with 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe storage, 1 TB transfer, automated backups, staging environments and a dedicated firewall. Ideal for online stores, membership sites and busy websites.

Canadian or worldwide

Choose a data centre in Canada for data residency, or in locations around the world closer to your customers. We’re a Cloudways Agency Partner, so you get reseller pricing and our management.

Questions we hear a lot Website Hosting & Domains [ice]FAQs[/ice]

Can I keep my current host instead?

Yes. We’re happy to work with other hosts. Note that our maintenance plans include Hatchling hosting; for sites hosted elsewhere we’ll quote a custom maintenance plan, and we can’t control server updates made by another provider.

What does hosting management mean?

You let us act on your behalf with your hosting: domains, email accounts, SSL, server checks and more, so you have one contact for everything web-related.

Will you maintain a website someone else built?

Sometimes. We first review the site for underlying issues, check where files are hosted and whether we have access, then recommend a plan. If there are problems, we may suggest website repairs first.

Why hire someone if I can update the site myself?

Editing pages is only part of it. Core, plugin and theme updates must stay compatible, and troubleshooting update conflicts takes experience. If you’re comfortable doing it yourself, great; if not, that’s what we’re here for.

How fast do you respond?

Quickly. Our clients regularly praise us for quick turnaround, and maintenance subscribers get priority.

Can you host my website on Canadian servers?

Yes. We can host your website on servers located in Canada, either on our managed hosting or on a dedicated cloud server set up just for you. This is popular with healthcare providers, municipalities and organizations with data residency policies.

Do you offer dedicated or private servers?

Yes. We set up and manage dedicated private servers and private shared servers on cloud platforms such as DigitalOcean and Vultr, sized to your traffic and secured, backed up and monitored by us.

Can you register and manage my domain too?

Yes. We register or transfer domains in your name, track renewals and manage the DNS records for your website and email. Domains, DNS, email and hosting can all live in one place with us.

Do you manage DNS for email services like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?

Yes. We set up and maintain the DNS records those services need (MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC) so your email is delivered reliably.

Can I host my email with you?

Yes. Custom email on our servers is included with hosting, and we also manage Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. See business email & domains.

Do you include SSL certificates?

Yes. Every website we host includes a free SSL certificate, so your site loads securely over https.

Can you move my website from another host?

Yes. We handle the full migration, including files, databases, email settings and DNS, with minimal downtime.