SMF forum hosting
Host your Simple Machines Forum on fast, secure infrastructure powered by NGINX, CloudLinux, NVMe SSD storage, Imunify360, free SSL, nightly backups, and cPanel.
99.99% Uptime 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Plans for every community
Choose flexible monthly billing or save with SMF Lite Annual.
Simple month-to-month hosting for a new or smaller forum.
$2.99per month
Choose MonthlyGet the SMF Lite plan at our best rate by paying annually.
$1.99per month equivalent
$23.88 billed annually — save $12
Choose AnnualMore room and bandwidth for an active forum community.
$9.95per month
Choose PlanExpanded capacity and custom settings for a busy forum.
$12.95per month
Choose PlanSMF Lite Annual is $23.88 prepaid for 12 months ($1.99 per month equivalent). Other prices shown are billed monthly. Plan availability is subject to change.
99.99% Uptime
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Built for community
A responsive foundation for forum pages and member activity.
Fast storage for forum files, attachments, and application data.
Account isolation supports a stable shared hosting environment.
Layered security tools help protect your forum account.
Restore options are available through your hosting workflow.
Manage files, databases, email, SSL, and more in one place.
Forum migration assistance
Our team can help coordinate the move of your SMF forum without making absolute downtime promises that depend on your current environment.
Forum essentials
A solid foundation for the data your discussions depend on.
NVMe web space helps keep forum media and attachments close at hand.
CloudLinux, Imunify360, SSL, and DDoS protection support safer operations.
Nightly backups support careful recovery when needed.
Protect supported forum domains with a free SSL certificate.
Use cPanel and approved Softaculous support to manage your forum.
Questions, answered
Simple Machines Forum, or SMF, is forum software for building and managing online communities.
We can help plan a migration of forum files, databases, attachments, and supported email, with DNS and SSL assistance.
SMF plans include a free SSL certificate for supported domains.
SMF plans include nightly backups. Restore options depend on your hosting workflow and selected plan.
You can contact support to discuss moving to a plan that better fits your forum's needs.
Support is available through email, tickets, the knowledgebase, and the separate popup chat widget. Phone support is not offered.
Get started today
Review the plans, then contact us to coordinate your forum move or discuss the right fit.
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