Infomaniak is an independent company, based exclusively in Switzerland, founded in 1994 and 100% owned by its employees.
No subcontracting, no data processing by a third party: Infomaniak has absolute control and unique access to the data they host. An important guarantee of security and confidence.
They are ISO certified 3 times:
- ISO 27001 – Information Security Management, since 2018
- ISO 14001 – Environmental management, since 2015
- ISO 50001 – Energy management, since 2015
Host your website in Switzerland
Why is the location important?
“The issue of the physical location of data storage is of definite importance. The actual location of the data may have particular legal consequences, such as exposing it to sequestration by foreign authorities. This risk is obviously not excluded if the data is stored in Switzerland, but the foreign authorities will have to go through the international mutual assistance mechanisms and it will be the Swiss authorities who will carry out any measures. Moreover, it is easier to defend oneself legally in one’s own country, as we will see below.
Switzerland enjoys an excellent reputation internationally, but also among its citizens, why not take advantage of it? When offering services in Switzerland, the Swiss will often be surprised to know that their data (whether personal or not) is not stored in their country. As for foreigners, if only because of Switzerland’s legal and political stability, but more generally because it has a good reputation, they will generally look favorably on the fact that the place where the information is stored is Switzerland.”
François Charlet, legal expert in data protection
The features of Infomaniak
Infomaniak offers everything you would expect from a major web host.
Among the services offered by this host, we find :
- Domain name management
- Creation of email addresses without storage limitations
- Caching functions
- Automatic updates
- Security in data transfer through free and unlimited SSL certificates
- The ability to work with many CMS
- Access to dozens of WordPress themes
- Schedule daily backups and access data recovery tools as needed
At the security level, the host provides its customers with several security parameters to guarantee its reliability. Of course, there is double authentication to avoid having your account hacked, an anti-DDoS solution that protects you against attacks, daily backups and the SSL certificate that guarantees the security of your site.
Infomaniak’s figures for 2022
Infomaniak has Tier 3 type data centres. This classification only applies to data centers with a high number of circuits and with cooling systems to prevent failures.
The loading time of the sites is excellent, the traffic is unlimited on the sites which it hosts and the databases are also unlimited, which avoids bad surprises.
- Infomaniak hosts 150,000 websites
- It references 400,000 domain names
- It manages 1 million email addresses
- Professionals make up 70% of its clientele.
In terms of performance, Infomaniak is ranked in the top 3 of the best performing hosting companies.
Infomaniak support
This may not be the first thing you consider when looking for a web host… and yet!
In the event of a problem, it is very pleasant to be able to count on the reactivity of a customer service that quickly takes care of our request.
At Infomaniak, the support technicians are full members of the team. No subcontracting or outsourced customer service: we only deal with people in Switzerland, employed by Infomaniak and experts in their field: and that’s very nice!
Infomaniak support is available:
- By phone from Monday to Friday from 6am to 6pm
- By mail every day of the week from 6am to 9pm
A host committed to a sustainable and transparent economy
“Ecology has been one of our top priorities since 2007. In all our actions, our goal is to have the least possible impact on the planet. Furthermore, Infomaniak undertakes never to practice tax optimization.
In addition to offsetting all of our CO2 emissions by 200%, we use only certified electricity from renewable sources, we systematically favor local purchases and partners, and our pension fund selects its investments according to ecological and social criteria.
Through these concrete measures and its responsible management style, Infomaniak intends not only to be a player but also the driving force behind a responsible economy that preserves the environment for current and future generations.”
Infomaniak puts forward 20 ecological commitments, which the management and employees of the hosting company undertake to respect.
You can find this list on their page.
Infomaniak offers
The Swiss host offers different services:
- Web or mail hosting: the offers are flexible and the prices are coherent.
- Web hosting + email: you want email addresses linked to your domain name? it is the most popular offer for the management of your site and related emails.
- Mail hosting: to have a professional mailbox at low cost.
- Web hosting: versatile, can host up to 20 sites from the 1st package.
- Cloud server: dematerialized servers
- Domain names: unlike many competitors, Infomaniak does not offer a free domain name with the hosting of your site. But its rates are competitive and it has a great diversity of extensions (.ch .fr .com etc)
