Rifin

Name

Rifin

Legal name

RIFIN d.o.o.

Website

https://voyager.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zagreb

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Web Hosting Services: Recurring subscription revenue from web hosting packages (Mini Web, Web Pro, Web Pro Plus) with disk space, email accounts, and various features. Billed annually or bi-annually.
2. Domain Registration: Revenue from registering and renewing domain names including .com/.net/.org, .com.hr, and paid .hr domains.
3. Premium Services: Additional paid services including Xena File Locking (security), SSL certificates, domain aliasing, and roaming SMTP.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rifin (operating under the Voyager brand via voyager.hr) is a Croatian web hosting company that sells shared web hosting packages (Mini Web, Web Pro, Web Pro Plus), domain name registration for .hr/.com/.net/.org, email hosting, SSL certificates, VPS servers, and its proprietary Xena File Locking website security add-on. The company provides recurring subscription services to businesses and individuals needing an internet presence, backed by 24/7 server monitoring in its Zagreb data center.

Product overview

Rifin (operating as Voyager.hr) is a Croatian web hosting company offering a portfolio of Internet presence services. The core product is shared web hosting available in three tiers (miniweb, webpro, webproplus) with disk space ranging from 2GB to 10GB, unlimited traffic, MySQL databases, and email services. Key add-on services include Xena/Xena2 File Locking (advanced website security protection), domain registration, SSL certificates, VPS servers, and website migration assistance. The company has been providing commercial web hosting since December 1997 and operates servers in Zagreb with 99.9% uptime guarantee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Xena: Advanced file locking system for protecting websites from unwanted modifications, malware injection, and unauthorized changes to CMS systems. Xena2 provides active protection against break-ins via CMS vulnerabilities, templates, modules, and even FTP-based attacks.

Products and services

• Shared Web Hosting (Mini Web, Web Pro, Web Pro Plus) Recurring shared web hosting packages offering 2GB to 10GB disk space, 15 to 75 email accounts, unlimited traffic, PHP/Perl/Python/CGI support, MySQL databases, anti-spam email protection, daily backups, and 24/7 technical support. Billed annually or bi-annually. Targeted at small to medium businesses and individuals needing an internet presence.
• Xena File Locking (Xena / Xena2) Premium add-on security subscription that locks website files and directories against unauthorized modification, malware injection, and CMS defacement. Xena2 provides active protection configurable per directory and also defends against FTP-based intrusions. Targeted at owners of CMS-based websites (Joomla, WordPress, etc.) running outdated or vulnerable templates and modules.
• Domain Registration Annual and biennial registration and renewal of .com, .net, .org, .com.hr, and paid .hr domain names. Targeted at SMBs and individuals establishing their online identity.
• SSL Support and SSL Certificates Subscription service providing a dedicated IP address for SSL support plus optional SSL certificates for secure transactions. Targeted at customers running e-commerce or handling sensitive data on their websites.
• VPS Server Virtual Private Server hosting with full root administrative access, available on request for customers requiring more control than shared hosting.
• Email Services Email mailbox hosting bundled with web hosting plans (15 to 75 mailboxes per tier), Roundcube WebMail access, and roaming SMTP for sending email through any provider. Targeted at customers needing professional email on their own domain.
• Xena Alias on Domain Domain aliasing add-on that allows the same hosting space to be served under multiple domain names. Targeted at customers running multiple brands or sites on one hosting account.
• Website Migration Service Assistance migrating websites, databases, and email accounts from other hosting providers, with credit applied for unused months from the previous provider. Targeted at new customers switching hosting providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Xena1 stopped approximately 60% of website breaches
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: World's largest domain registrar and major shared hosting provider. Overlaps with Rifin on domain registration (.com, .net) and entry-level shared hosting for SMBs, including in Croatia.
• IONOS: Large European hosting provider with shared, VPS, dedicated, and domain products. Competes in the broader SMB hosting segment and has strong European-language support including in the Balkans.

Direct peers

• Hostinger: Low-cost shared web hosting provider with multiple tiers, domain registration, and email bundled in. Competes directly with Voyager's Mini Web / Web Pro / Web Pro Plus shared hosting packages on price and feature set.
• SiteGround: Global shared and managed web hosting provider. Rifin's own voyager.hr footer links to SiteGround's WordPress hosting page, indicating they treat SiteGround as a benchmark competitor in the same shared/managed hosting tier.
• A2 Hosting: Shared, VPS, and managed hosting provider with PHP/MySQL stacks - the same LAMP foundation Rifin is built on. Targets the same SMB audience at similar price points.
• DreamHost: Long-established US shared hosting provider with email, domain, and SSL bundled. Comparable self-serve hosting model targeting individual site owners and SMBs.
• Hetzner: German-based hosting provider offering shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers at competitive European pricing. Comparable European-rooted provider with overlapping VPS and shared hosting products.
• Bluehost: Shared and managed WordPress hosting provider with tiered plans and bundled email. Direct competitor in the same SMB/first-website customer segment.

Emerging players

• WP Engine: Managed WordPress hosting provider. While Rifin addresses CMS security via Xena, WP Engine represents a different approach to the same CMS security/performance pain point with a managed services model.
• Cloudways: Managed cloud hosting platform over AWS/Google Cloud/DigitalOcean. Represents the next-gen cloud-managed alternative to traditional LAMP-based shared/VPS hosting that Rifin sells.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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