Monarobase
Monarobase is a privately-held French web hosting provider offering tiered NVMe SSD hosting, domain registration across 1,100+ TLDs, and SSL certificates. It serves 2,000+ SMB, agency, association, and French public-sector customers from ISO 27001-certified French datacenters.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2007
- HeadquartersLe Mans, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingServices
What Monarobase does
Monarobase SARL is a privately-held French web hosting provider founded in 2007 and headquartered in Le Mans, France. The company offers tiered shared hosting (Classic, Optima, and Ultra SSD plans), WordPress-optimized hosting, e-commerce hosting for WooCommerce, Magento, and PrestaShop, domain registration across 1,100+ TLDs, SSL certificates, and complementary security and backup services. Its infrastructure is built on CloudLinux OS, LiteSpeed Enterprise web servers with native LSCache, NVMe SSD storage in RAID 10 across all plans (no traditional HDDs), cPanel/WHM as the control panel, Imunify360 for WAF/anti-malware, Patchman for automated CMS vulnerability patching, Acronis for daily backups replicated to three servers, and SpamExperts for email filtering. All infrastructure is hosted in Tier 4, ISO/IEC 27001-certified French datacenters, with a strict 60% maximum server occupancy cap and asynchronous synchronization between two datacenters for redundancy.
Monarobase monetizes primarily through recurring monthly or annual hosting subscriptions, with annual domain registration/renewal fees, SSL certificates (free Let's Encrypt plus paid Sectigo DV options), premium add-ons such as WHM multi-account packages for agencies (up to 40 cPanel accounts with white-label branding), and bespoke professional services quoted per project. Pricing starts at €5.75 HT/month (Classic SSD) and scales to €40.49 HT/month (Ultra SSD), with volume discounts for agencies reaching 20% from 100+ accounts and a tiered loyalty rewards program launched in May 2026.
The company serves approximately 2,000 customers across five segments: individuals/personal users, SMBs and enterprises, freelance developers and web agencies (primary segment), associations and NGOs, and French government/public administration entities. Distribution is exclusively direct — through its website (monarobase.net), phone sales, and ticketed support — supplemented by an agency white-label reseller channel and a French-government procurement path via Chorus invoice deposit. The operating model is built around VIP-level human support bundled into every plan tier, including personal welcome calls, dedicated account contacts, and sub-2-hour ticket response, differentiating against automated/outsourced competitors in the low-end shared hosting market.
Monarobase firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Monarobase
- Legal name
- Monarobase SARL
- Website
- https://monarobase.net
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2007
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Monarobase is a privately-held French web hosting provider offering tiered NVMe SSD hosting, domain registration across 1,100+ TLDs, and SSL certificates. It serves 2,000+ SMB, agency, association, and French public-sector customers from ISO 27001-certified French datacenters.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Monarobase industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Web Hosting Services
- NAICS
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Private Cloud Observability, Performance & Capacity Management (HDABABAL)
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Where Monarobase is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Le Mans
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Monarobase business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Web Hosting Subscriptions: Monthly or annual subscription-based web hosting services across three tiers (Classic, Optima, Ultra). Revenue is generated through recurring subscription fees with annual or monthly billing. Automatic renewal via credit card or SEPA direct debit. The company also offers multi-account WHM options as premium add-ons.
- Domain Name Registration and Transfer: Domain registration, renewal, and transfer services across 1100+ TLD extensions. Revenue is generated per-registration/per-year fees. Prices vary by extension. Domain transfers and restorations are additional one-time fees.
- SSL Certificates: SSL certificate sales including free Let's Encrypt DV certificates (included with hosting), paid Sectigo Positive SSL DV at €29 HT per 6 months, and Sectigo Positive Wildcard SSL DV at €99 HT per 6 months. Revenue generated through recurring annual/semi-annual subscription fees.
- Premium Add-on Services: Additional paid services including extra cPanel accounts (€5.50 HT/month per tranche of 10 accounts on Optima, €11 HT/month per tranche of 40 accounts on Ultra), SSL certificates for additional domains, and SpamExperts protection for additional domains (€1 HT/month per domain).
- Professional Services and Custom Quotations: Bespoke installation, configuration, or update services for specific applications not available in automated installation tools, and custom hardware/software solutions quoted per project. Also includes custom development or configuration services requiring a formal quote.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Monthly | Classic SSD: Entry-level plan with 1 CPU, 2GB RAM, 50GB NVMe SSD, 1TB transfer/month |
| Subscription | Monthly | Optima SSD: Mid-tier plan with 3 CPUs, 6GB RAM, 100-200GB NVMe SSD, 2-4TB transfer/month |
| Subscription | Monthly | Ultra SSD: High-end plan with 9 CPUs, 18GB RAM, 300GB NVMe SSD, 3-6TB transfer/month |
| Subscription | Annual | Domain Registration: Starting at €5.75/year HT for .fr, .com, .net and many popular TLDs |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | SSL Certificates: From free (Let's Encrypt) to €99 HT per 6 months (Wildcard) |
| Subscription | Monthly | Multi-Account WHM Add-on: Up to 40 cPanel accounts for agencies and freelancers |
| Subscription | Annual | Volume Discounts for Agencies: Up to 20% discount on hosting from 100+ accounts |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Monarobase product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Monarobase sells tiered shared web hosting (Classic, Optima, Ultra), specialized WordPress and e-commerce (WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop) hosting, domain name registration across 1,100+ TLDs, and SSL certificates (Let's Encrypt and Sectigo). All hosting runs on NVMe SSD RAID 10 storage with LiteSpeed Enterprise, cPanel/WHM control panels, and is delivered from Tier 4 French datacenters with included Acronis backups, Imunify360 security, Patchman patching, and SpamExperts filtering, plus a multi-account WHM option for agencies and white-label reselling.
Product overview
Monarobase is a French web hosting provider offering a tiered portfolio of hosting services alongside complementary domain registration, SSL certificates, and security tools. The core offering consists of three hosting tiers—Classic (entry), Optima (mid-range), and Ultra (high-end)—each available as standard web hosting, WordPress-optimized, or e-commerce variants (WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop). Add-on modules include multi-account management via WHM/cPanel, Acronis backup, Imunify360 security, SpamExperts anti-spam, Patchman vulnerability patching, and LiteSpeed Enterprise web server. Domain services offer 1,100+ TLD registrations via multiple registries, with an entry-level Domaine Plus package combining domain + email. SSL certificates span free Let's Encrypt to paid Sectigo options. The unified platform is managed through cPanel/WHM, with VIP support bundled across all plans.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Hébergement Web (Classic, Optima, Ultra) Tiered shared web hosting with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and NVMe SSD storage in RAID 10, cPanel control panel, LiteSpeed Enterprise with LSCache, SpamExperts, Let's Encrypt SSL, SSH access, and automatic daily Acronis backups. Targets individuals, businesses, and public-sector customers needing reliable performance at entry, mid, and high tiers.
- Hébergement WordPress WordPress-optimized hosting with pre-installed WordPress, LiteSpeed Cache plugin (LSCWP), WP Toolkit security, staging environments, and automatic Acronis backups. Targets bloggers, SMBs, agencies, and enterprises running WordPress sites who want performance and managed security out of the box.
- Hébergement e-Commerce E-commerce hosting optimized for WooCommerce, Magento, and PrestaShop with up to 9 CPUs, 300GB NVMe SSD storage, LiteSpeed Enterprise caching, pre-installation, staging environments, and secure payment processing compatibility. Targets online retailers of all sizes running these platforms.
- Domain Name Registration Domain registration, renewal, and transfer services across more than 1,100 TLD extensions via AFNIC (.fr), EURid (.eu), and ICANN-accredited registrars Key Systems and Realtime Register (.com, .net, .org, and others). Targets individuals, businesses, agencies, and public-sector customers needing domain management with full RGPD compliance.
- Domaine Plus Entry-level domain package offering 2 email accounts (5GB each), IMAP/POP3/SMTP with TLS, RoundCube webmail, SpamAssassin, and DNS zone management for €12.00 HT/year. Designed for customers purchasing only a domain without a hosting plan.
- Certificats SSL SSL certificate offering including free Let's Encrypt DV (with wildcard and auto-renewal, included with hosting) and paid Sectigo PositiveSSL DV (€29 HT per 6 months) and Sectigo Positive Wildcard SSL DV (€99 HT per 6 months). Targets customers needing HTTPS encryption and trust signals on their domains.
- Option Multi-Comptes (WHM/cPanel Hosting) Multi-account hosting add-on via WebHost Manager (WHM) enabling up to 40 isolated cPanel accounts per Optima or Ultra plan with white-label branding, custom resource allocation, and dedicated account management. Targets web agencies and freelance developers managing multiple client sites.
- Assistance VIP Premium human support via dedicated account manager, phone, and ticket system, included at no extra cost across all hosting plans with a 2-hour response SLA. Targets all Monarobase customers seeking personalized, human-sized technical assistance.
Quantifiable outcome
- 99.9%+ uptime guaranteed, with availability above 99.995% measured in 2024
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Monarobase
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Monarobase technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration23 records
Feature9 records
Monarobase partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- cPanel Inc.corecPanel provides the primary web hosting control panel (cPanel for end customers and WHM for resellers/agencies). Monarobase uses cPanel as the standard interface across all hosting plans. cPanel may occasionally receive limited admin access to servers to resolve software issues. No personal customer data is transmitted to cPanel.
- AcroniscoreAcronis provides automated daily backup solutions for all Monarobase hosting accounts. Backups include all files, databases, and emails, stored on 3 distinct servers including one in a separate datacenter. Customers can self-restore from the cPanel interface. Acronis GMBH (Switzerland) is a sub-processor under CloudLinux's GDPR DPA.
- CloudLinux Inc.coreCloudLinux provides the operating system (CloudLinux OS) running on all Monarobase servers. It also provides the Imunify360 security suite for WAF, anti-bot, and antivirus protection. CloudLinux has signed GDPR DPAs with all its sub-processors including Acronis GMBH, VirusDie LLC, and Wallarm.
- LiteSpeed Technologies Inc.coreLiteSpeed Technologies provides LiteSpeed Enterprise web server software, the core web server for all Monarobase hosting. LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache) is the integrated caching solution that provides up to 9x faster performance than Apache. The GDPR-compliant server software does not transmit personal information outside Monarobase's servers.
- SpamExpertscoreSpamExperts provides professional anti-spam and antivirus filtering for all incoming and outgoing emails across Monarobase's hosting infrastructure. Included in all plans for at least one domain, with capacity for up to 1,000 protected email addresses. The anti-spam solution achieves 99.98% effectiveness and improves email deliverability for customers.
- Crédit Agricole S.A.coreCrédit Agricole is Monarobase's banking partner through e-transactions. For credit card payments, the customer's email and order number are transmitted to Crédit Agricole. For SEPA direct debit, account holder name, IBAN, and BIC are transmitted. Card numbers are never accessible to Monarobase, processed entirely on Crédit Agricole's secure servers.
- AFNICcoreAFNIC (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération) is the accredited registry for French domain names (.fr, .re, .pm, .tf, .wf, .yt). Monarobase is an accredited registrar, transmitting customer data (name, address, phone) to AFNIC for domain registrations. AFNIC masks personal data in its public WHOIS database for individuals.
- ICANN Registrars (Key Systems GMBH / Realtime Register BV)coreFor international domain extensions (.com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .name, and others), Monarobase works with ICANN-accredited registrars Key Systems GMBH (Germany) and Realtime Register BV (Netherlands). These registrars manage data transfers to registries in compliance with GDPR, limiting published data to country-level information for individuals when registries are GDPR-compliant.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Monarobase competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- WP Engine: WP Engine is a US-based managed WordPress hosting specialist serving SMBs, agencies, and enterprises with premium managed services. It represents the higher-value managed-WordPress niche Monarobase targets with its Hébergement WordPress product line, and is a benchmark for managed WP pricing.
- Kinsta: Kinsta is a premium managed WordPress hosting provider built on Google Cloud Platform, serving SMBs and enterprises. It represents the high-value managed WordPress tier above Monarobase's WordPress offering and a relevant comparable for managed-hosting pricing and positioning.
Broad incumbents
- IONOS: IONOS (formerly 1&1 Internet) is one of Europe's largest hosting providers, offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud, and domains to SMBs and enterprises. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the European hosting space but operates at vastly greater scale and serves a wider customer spectrum.
Direct peers
- OVHcloud: OVHcloud is the dominant French cloud and web hosting provider, offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and public cloud services. It is Monarobase's largest direct competitor in the French market and a benchmark for French-sovereignty positioning at vastly greater scale.
- PlanetHoster: PlanetHoster is a French-Canadian hosting provider offering shared, reseller, and managed hosting with a multi-datacenter footprint. It is comparable to Monarobase as a Francophone SMB hosting specialist with a white-label/reseller channel focus.
- Gandi: Gandi is a French domain registrar and hosting provider headquartered in Paris, offering shared hosting, VPS, and SSL certificates. Most directly comparable to Monarobase in terms of size, French domicile, product mix (hosting + 700+ TLDs), and SMB/professional customer focus.
- o2switch: o2switch is a French hosting provider based in Clermont-Ferrand offering unlimited shared hosting on cPanel/LiteSpeed infrastructure. It directly competes with Monarobase in the French SMB hosting market with a similar technology stack and price-point positioning.
- SiteGround: SiteGround is a Bulgarian-founded hosting provider offering shared, WordPress, WooCommerce, and cloud hosting on LiteSpeed/NGINX infrastructure. Comparable to Monarobase in technology stack (LiteSpeed, WAF, daily backups) and SMB/agency customer focus, but at much larger scale.
- Infomaniak: Infomaniak is a Swiss hosting and domain registrar with a comparable philosophy to Monarobase: European-sovereignty infrastructure, eco-conscious operations, and a premium quality/support positioning. Closely comparable in customer-segment targeting (SMBs, agencies, public sector) and value proposition.
- Hetzner: Hetzner is a German hosting provider offering shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and cloud services with a strong reputation for performance-per-euro. Comparable to Monarobase in offering LiteSpeed-based shared hosting and competitive pricing, but at much larger scale and with a broader geographic footprint.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Monarobase social profiles
Digital presenceMonarobase compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
Monarobase financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Monarobase leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Monarobase funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Monarobase M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Monarobase
What does Monarobase do?
Monarobase sells tiered shared web hosting (Classic, Optima, Ultra), specialized WordPress and e-commerce (WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop) hosting, domain name registration across 1,100+ TLDs, and SSL certificates (Let's Encrypt and Sectigo). All hosting runs on NVMe SSD RAID 10 storage with LiteSpeed Enterprise, cPanel/WHM control panels, and is delivered from Tier 4 French datacenters with included Acronis backups, Imunify360 security, Patchman patching, and SpamExperts filtering, plus a multi-account WHM option for agencies and white-label reselling.
Is Monarobase a public or private company?
Monarobase is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Monarobase founded?
Monarobase was founded in 2007. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Monarobase based?
Monarobase is headquartered in Le Mans, France, in the Europe region.
How does Monarobase make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Web Hosting Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are domain Name Registration and Transfer, SSL Certificates, premium Add-on Services and professional Services and Custom Quotations.
Who are Monarobase's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are WP Engine and Kinsta. IONOS is listed as a broad incumbent. Direct peers are OVHcloud, PlanetHoster, Gandi, o2switch, SiteGround, Infomaniak and Hetzner.
Does Monarobase have an API?
No public API is recorded for Monarobase.
What industry is Monarobase in?
Monarobase's product category is Web Hosting Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABABAL, Private Cloud Observability, Performance & Capacity Management. Its NAICS code is 5182 and its SIC code is 7370.