What Timeweb does

Timeweb (АО «ТаймВеб») is a privately held Russian hosting provider founded in 2006 and headquartered in Saint Petersburg. The company offers a full-stack web infrastructure platform spanning shared/virtual hosting across four tiers (Classic, Optimo, Century, Millennium), VDS/VPS servers with hourly billing, dedicated physical servers, accredited .RU/.РФ domain registration with access to 350+ international zones, business email, SSL certificates, DNS hosting, and a no-code website builder operated under the Craftum sub-brand (including a dedicated e-commerce constructor). The platform runs on Linux infrastructure with Apache/Nginx web servers, PHP/Python/Perl support, MySQL databases, and NVMe storage, all managed through Timeweb's proprietary in-house control panel, and is hosted in Tier III data centers in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Almaty, Kazakhstan with a 99.98% uptime SLA.

The company's revenue model is predominantly subscription-based with a self-serve, product-led growth motion: customers sign up directly through timeweb.com, select tiered plans starting at ₽180/month, and can trial services for 10 days free. Pricing scales upward through VDS (from ₽882/month) and dedicated servers (from ₽5,842/month), with usage-based hourly billing on VDS and add-on subscriptions for Site Defender, Site Accelerator, DDoS protection, additional IPs, and premium SSL. The customer base spans small and medium businesses, e-commerce projects, web developers and digital agencies, startups and individual entrepreneurs, and enterprise clients, with a complementary partner/affiliate program offering up to 40% commission to webmasters and an integrator reseller channel. Timeweb serves 200,000+ customers hosting 700,000 websites across Russia and CIS countries, supported by 24/7 phone, live chat, and email support, Roskomnadzor telecommunications and registrar licenses, and a registered trademark (N461919). The company has no public funding history and operates independently as a Joint Stock Company under Russian law.

Name

Timeweb

Legal name

АО «ТаймВеб»

Website

https://timeweb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Timeweb is a Russian hosting provider founded in 2006 offering shared hosting, VDS/VPS, dedicated servers, domain registration, SSL, business email, and the Craftum site builder to 200,000+ SMB and individual customers across Russia and CIS, operating Tier III data centers in Saint Petersburg and Almaty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Hosting Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Rental & Leasing (7377)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Networking Core Services (VPC/VNet, Load Balancing, DNS, NAT) (HDABAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fault & Performance Monitoring (SNMP/Telemetry/APM for Networks) (HDAFAMAA), Managed DevOps / Platform Operations (Run & Operate) (BPAEAKAO)

Keywords

• Web hosting services
• Virtual private servers
• Domain registration services
• Dedicated server hosting
• Website building platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Petersburg

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Virtual Hosting Services: Monthly/annual subscription revenue from shared hosting plans (Classic, Optimo, Century, Millennium tiers). Revenue is recurring with monthly, annual, or multi-year billing options. Prices range from 180₽ to 554₽ per month depending on plan.
2. VDS/VPS Servers: Revenue from virtual dedicated server rentals with hourly billing and configurable resources. Starting from 882₽ per month.
3. Dedicated Server Rental: Physical server rental for enterprise clients with various configurations. Starting from 5,842₽ per month.
4. Domain Registration: Accredited registrar for .RU and .РФ domains with registration from 200₽ per year and renewal at 399₽ per year. Also supports 350+ international domain zones through partners.
5. SSL Certificates: Free Let's Encrypt certificates included with hosting, plus paid SSL options including SSL Wildcard and SSL Timeweb Pro.
6. Business Email: Corporate email hosting on own domain.
7. Premium Services: Additional paid services including Site Defender (289₽/month), Site Accelerator (from 122₽/month), additional IP address (150₽/month), and DDoS protection (300₽/month).
8. Website Constructor (Craftum): Website builder service for creating sites without programming. Starting from 209₽ per month.
9. Partner Referrals: Commission revenue from affiliate program where webmasters earn up to 40% for referring clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Timeweb (АО «ТаймВэб») is a Russian hosting provider operating since 2006, offering shared virtual hosting, VDS/VPS and dedicated servers, .RU/.РФ and international domain registration, business email, SSL certificates, and a no-code website builder (Craftum). All services are managed through a proprietary in-house control panel and supported by Tier III data centers in Russia and Kazakhstan. Add-on services include DDoS protection, site acceleration, vulnerability scanning, and free site isolation on all plans.

Product overview

Timeweb (АО «ТаймВеб») is a comprehensive Russian hosting provider offering a multi-product platform centered on web hosting infrastructure. The core offerings include Virtual Hosting (shared hosting with tiered plans: Classic, Optimo, Century, Millennium), VDS/VPS servers, and Dedicated Servers. The product ecosystem extends through domain registration services (accredited registrar for .RU/.РФ with 350+ zone support), SSL certificates (free Let's Encrypt and paid Comodo/Timeweb Pro), DNS hosting, and Business Email. Supporting products include the Craftum site builder (including e-commerce variant), Site Accelerator, Site Defender, DDoS Protection/CDN, MyReviews widget, and the Timeweb Community platform. CMS-specific hosting sub-brands target WordPress, 1C-Bitrix, Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, PrestaShop, and ModX. All services are managed through Timeweb's proprietary control panel. The company operates Tier III data centers in Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Almaty (Kazakhstan), serving 700,000 websites for 200,000 clients since 2006.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Craftum: Website constructor service allowing users to create websites without programming knowledge in 15 minutes
• MyReviews

Products and services

• Virtual Hosting (shared web hosting) Shared web hosting service for websites ranging from simple business cards to large online stores. Supports PHP, Python, Perl on Apache/Nginx, MySQL databases, free SSL, site isolation, daily backups with 30-day retention, and unlimited mailboxes. Targets small and medium businesses, bloggers, and online stores.
• VDS and VPS Servers Virtual dedicated servers with hourly billing, configurable CPU/RAM/disk resources, 99.9% SLA, and ability to change configuration at any time. Targets developers, SMBs, and projects requiring isolated virtual infrastructure.
• Dedicated Servers Physical server rental with pre-configured or custom-built hardware configurations for exclusive use. Provides full hardware resources for high-performance and enterprise-grade workloads requiring dedicated infrastructure.
• Domain Registration Domain name registration and management as an accredited registrar for .RU and .РФ zones, plus 350+ international zones through partner registrars. Includes free DNS hosting and Whois service.
• SSL Certificates SSL/TLS certificates enabling encrypted HTTPS connections for websites. Includes free Let's Encrypt certificates automatically issued on all hosting plans plus paid options such as Comodo Positive SSL and SSL Timeweb Pro.
• Business Email Corporate email hosting on customer's own domain with anti-spam filtering, DKIM support, and standard SMTP/POP3/IMAP protocols. Provides professional communication with enhanced security for businesses.
• Site Builder (Craftum) No-code website builder for creating sites without programming or design knowledge. Includes a dedicated e-commerce variant for building online stores. Targets non-technical users, small businesses, and solo entrepreneurs.
• DNS Hosting Free DNS hosting service providing a full DNS editor for domain record management. Included with all hosting plans and available standalone for domain owners.
• DDoS Protection and CDN DDoS protection service at OSI layers L3, L4, and L7 combined with CDN content delivery for performance and security. Available with Cloudflare integration option for hosted websites.
• Site Accelerator Site performance optimization service that analyzes current website metrics and improves loading speed without requiring code changes.
• Site Defender Automated vulnerability and malware scanner that checks all websites on a customer's account for malicious code and reports findings to the user.
• Additional IP Address Dedicated IPv4 address add-on enabling customers to host sites requiring a unique IP address and to configure DDoS protection isolation.
• MyReviews Widget Review collection and display widget service for websites. Helps businesses attract, collect, and display customer reviews on their sites.
• Site Transfer Service Free white-glove migration service transferring websites, domains, and email accounts from previous providers. Includes balance transfer from the previous host or 3 free months when paying annually.
• Custom Site Development Custom website development service where customers can commission a finished website for 20,000 rubles, as an alternative to building it themselves using the site builder.
• Antivirus Protection Antivirus scanning and protection service for hosted websites, detecting and blocking malware threats across the customer's sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.98% uptime guarantee (max downtime 1 hour 45 minutes per year)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Let's EncryptcoreTechnology or IntegrationLet's Encrypt provides free SSL certificates that Timeweb offers automatically on all hosting plans. Integration allows automatic certificate issuance and renewal for customer domains.
• CloudflarecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloudflare integration available for DDoS protection and CDN services on hosting accounts. Documentation provided for configuring Cloudflare with Timeweb hosting.
• Domain Registrar PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with international registrars to offer domain registration in 350+ zones beyond the primary .RU and .РФ accreditation scope.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: GoDaddy is the world's largest domain registrar and a major hosting provider, directly comparable to Timeweb in the SMB hosting-plus-domain bundle, though operating at global scale and serving a different geographic market.
• Selectel: Selectel is a leading Russian cloud infrastructure and hosting provider offering VPS, dedicated servers, colocation, and managed cloud services. It competes with Timeweb in VPS/dedicated server segments and is a broader incumbent in Russian cloud infrastructure.
• Hetzner: Hetzner is a European hosting and dedicated server provider with strong price-performance positioning and self-service infrastructure. Comparable to Timeweb as a hosting-only provider with own data centers, though serving a different (European/global) market.

Direct peers

• Bluehost: Bluehost is a leading SMB-focused shared hosting and WordPress hosting provider with a self-serve model and bundled domain/email/SSL offering — closely comparable to Timeweb's SMB hosting product positioning and GTM approach.
• HostGator: HostGator is a global SMB-focused shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated server provider with reseller and affiliate programs — comparable to Timeweb on product mix, customer segment, and partner-driven GTM.
• Reg.ru: Reg.ru is one of the largest Russian hosting providers and accredited domain registrars, directly competing with Timeweb across shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and domain registration. The two are the most commonly compared SMB hosting brands in the Russian market.
• Beget: Beget is a major Russian hosting provider offering shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers with a strong developer/SMB focus — directly competing with Timeweb on price, control panel UX, and customer segments in the Russian market.
• Ru-Center (RU-CENTER Group / NIC.RU): Ru-Center is one of Russia's oldest and largest accredited domain registrars and hosting providers, competing directly with Timeweb on .RU/.РФ domain registration, shared hosting, and VPS offerings.
• McHost: McHost is a long-established Russian hosting provider offering virtual hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and domain registration — directly competing with Timeweb across the SMB and SMB-developer segments in Russia.

Emerging players

• Yandex Cloud: Yandex Cloud is Russia's leading domestic hyperscale cloud platform offering IaaS, PaaS, and managed services. It is an emerging competitor to Timeweb's VPS/dedicated server offerings and represents the platform-level alternative for Timeweb's enterprise customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/timeweb
• Facebookfacebook.com/TimeWeb

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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