What Net Gate does

NetGate is a privately held web hosting provider founded in 1994 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The company operates with a 1-10 person team and serves individuals, small businesses, and web developers who need bundled web hosting, professional email, and DNS services without managing infrastructure themselves. The primary product, Site Shared, consolidates SSD-backed web hosting, native email on custom domains, managed DNS, and cloud-scale DDoS protection into a single $9/month plan, with usage-based pricing for additional storage ($0.20/GB/mo) and bandwidth ($0.12/GB/mo).

The platform is built on Linux container-based isolation, providing each account with dedicated resources (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB SSD storage, 10 GB monthly transfer, 15 concurrent dynamic processes) and supporting WordPress, static sites, and applications written in PHP, Perl, Python, and Node.js. The infrastructure runs entirely on renewable energy. NetGate also offers two add-on products: Mail, a $9/month spam and virus email filtering service, and WP2Static, a tiered one-time service (priced from $9 for 10 pages up to $99 for 100 pages) that converts WordPress sites to static HTML.

The business model is subscription-based with a self-serve, product-led growth motion: customers sign up directly through the NetGate website, select or register a domain, and pay online without sales interaction. Marketing is conducted exclusively through the company's own web properties and organic search. NetGate has been bootstrapped since founding, with no external funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or institutional investors disclosed. Pricing is publicly listed and the company emphasizes simplicity, bundled value, 100% renewable infrastructure, and human-based support as differentiators.

Name

Net Gate

Legal name

NetGate

Website

https://netgate.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NetGate is a bootstrapped Portland-based web hosting provider, founded 1994, that bundles SSD web hosting, email, DNS, and DDoS protection into a single $9/month self-serve plan for individuals, small businesses, and developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Hosting Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Cloud Networking & Virtual Networking (VPC/VNet) (HDABAFAG)

Keywords

• Web hosting services
• Email hosting
• DNS management
• DDoS protection
• Shared hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Web Hosting Subscription: Recurring monthly subscription at $9/month for Site Shared plan. Includes web hosting, professional email, and DNS management. Optional annual billing at $108/year for discount.
2. Add-on Storage: Pay-as-you-go additional SSD storage at $0.20/GB/month. Customers can add storage in any increment with no minimum commitment.
3. Additional Bandwidth: Overage bandwidth billed at $0.12/GB/month. Flat rate per GB with no throttling or surprises.
4. Spam/Virus Email Filtering: Monthly subscription for email security filtering service. $9/month or $108/year. Protects all valid email accounts under customer domain.
5. WP2Static Service: One-time or subscription service to convert WordPress sites to static HTML. Pricing tiers: 10 pages $9, 30 pages $29, 50 pages $49, 70 pages $69, 100 pages $99.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NetGate provides bundled web hosting, email hosting, and managed DNS services under a single subscription plan priced at $9/month. The platform serves non-technical users and small organizations needing simple, all-in-one hosting without sysadmin requirements, using Linux container isolation, SSD storage, and cloud-scale DDoS protection.

Product overview

NetGate offers a unified hosting platform built around one primary product called Site Shared, which bundles web hosting, professional email hosting, and managed DNS services into a single plan. The company has operated since 1994 and runs its infrastructure on 100% renewable energy. Additional paid services include Mail (spam and virus filtering) and WP2Static (WordPress-to-static conversion). The platform uses Linux container isolation for resource management, supports PHP, Perl, Python, Node.js and other modern web frameworks, and includes built-in DDoS protection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Shared

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% renewable energy infrastructure
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• SiteGround: SiteGround offers shared, managed, and WordPress hosting aimed at SMBs and non-technical users, with bundled email and a performance/security positioning similar to NetGate's all-in-one value proposition.
• A2 Hosting: A2 Hosting is a developer- and SMB-friendly shared hosting provider with simple tiered plans and email/DNS bundling, directly comparable to NetGate's single-plan simplicity.
• DreamHost: DreamHost targets individuals and small businesses with shared hosting, email, and domain services, operating an analogous SMB-focused, single-bundle model to NetGate.
• Bluehost: Bluehost is a mass-market SMB web hosting provider, frequently recommended alongside WordPress, offering bundled hosting, email, and domains — directly overlapping NetGate's core offering.
• Hostinger: Hostinger is a global low-cost web hosting provider targeting beginners and small businesses with bundled hosting, email, and a simplified control panel — comparable positioning to NetGate's $9/month plan.
• InMotion Hosting: InMotion Hosting serves SMBs with shared, VPS, and managed WordPress plans with email bundling, competing for the same small business and developer customer base as NetGate.

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: GoDaddy is the largest SMB hosting and domain registration incumbent, offering bundled web, email, and DNS at massive scale — a broader portfolio competitor with overlapping functionality to NetGate.
• Namecheap: Namecheap is a domain registrar and hosting provider that competes on value, offering shared hosting, email, and DNS bundled together — broadly comparable to NetGate's all-in-one bundle.
• Cloudflare: Cloudflare offers security (DDoS), DNS, and a Workers/Pages platform that increasingly bundles website hosting, competing at the infrastructure layer with NetGate's stack.

Emerging players

• WP Engine: WP Engine is a managed WordPress hosting specialist, overlapping with NetGate's WordPress-hosting use case and emerging as a more focused competitor in that niche segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/netgate-internet

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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