SiteHost vs Kapsule
SiteHost is the biggest New Zealand owned host, and they aim at developers and agencies. We cover the same ground from a lower starting price, with mailboxes, DNS and backups in the same account.
NZ-based
SiteHost
Cloud Containers
Entry price
NZ$35/mo
As published 2026-08-18
3-year cost: NZ$1,260
KapsuleHost
Web Hosting Start
Match for SiteHost
Entry price
US$3/mo
Renewal: US$3/mo (locked, clause 7.5)
3-year cost: US$108
See the year by year cost
The cost math
What you actually pay, year by year.
Ours is read live from our catalogue, in your own currency. Theirs is what they publish, in theirs. Each figure stands exactly as its own company prints it.
SiteHost, as published
SiteHost's own published rates, read 2026-08-18, in the currency they publish in.
SiteHost 3-year cost
NZ$1,260
Kapsule, live
In your own currency, read from our catalogue as this page loaded.
Kapsule 3-year cost
US$108
The SiteHost figures are their own published prices, read on 2026-08-18, in the currency they publish in. Check their current rate before you sign up. Our figures come from our catalogue in your own currency as this page loaded, and clause 7.5 of our Terms guarantees your renewal price is the price you signed up at.
Scorecard
Five things you get by moving from SiteHost.
Every one of these is on your plan from the day you arrive, and clause 7.5 of our Terms holds the price you signed up at for as long as your subscription runs.
Start from US$3/mo, and stay there
Web Hosting Start is US$3/mo in your own currency and holds that price at every renewal. SiteHost publish their entry Cloud Container at NZ$35/mo. Both companies are New Zealand based.
Your price is locked the day you sign up
Clause 7.5 of our Terms holds your renewal price at whatever you signed up for, for as long as your subscription runs. It is written into the contract you can read before you spend anything.
Mailboxes, DNS and backups on one bill
Five mailboxes on Start and twenty five on Pro, plus Premium DNS, off site backups and your SSL certificate, all in the same KPanel account and on the same invoice.
A control panel that works on your phone
KPanel was built in 2026 for a phone first, with Kora on every page ready to do the job with you while you watch.
We move you here for free
The tools bring your site, your database, your mailboxes and your DNS across on every plan, at any size, and Kora runs them with you while you watch. For a bigger or more delicate move, one of our engineers does the whole thing for a published price.
Spec sheet
What comes with your plan.
This is what the plan price buys, line by line. A free SSL certificate, nightly backups kept thirty nights, mailboxes on your own domain and a free migration come with every plan on the list.
Moving over
We move you here from SiteHost, free.
Moving from SiteHost is free. The tools bring your files, your databases, your mailboxes and your DNS across, and a multi site account comes over as one coordinated switch. Kora will run them with you, and for a complicated or sensitive move a person can do the whole thing for a published price.
Q + A
What buyers ask us about SiteHost.
These are the questions buyers send us while they are deciding between SiteHost and us, answered the way one of our own engineers would answer them on the phone.
Will my day to day change much?
KPanel does everything their panel does: deploys, databases, DNS and mailboxes. It adds Kora, a design that works on a phone, and one bill across every product.
What does your reseller programme include?
White label DNS, a panel under your own brand, revenue share on every plan you sell, and the same price lock your clients get. You keep the whole difference between what you pay and what you charge.
Ready?
Start on Web Hosting Start.
US$3/mo, held at that price for as long as your subscription runs. A free SSL certificate, nightly backups kept thirty nights and mailboxes on your own domain come with it, and we move you here from SiteHost for free.