NVMe-powered hosting in Sydney with free SSL, nightly backups, unlimited email, and engineer support on every ticket. No tier-one script, no offshore call centre.
Spark
Built to get a small business online, fast.
Grow
Built for a business site or store that can't afford to go down.
Scale
Built for sites that can't afford to slow down.
The infrastructure decisions that make Stack2 hosting fast and reliable for Australian visitors.
Servers in Sydney, data onshore. NVMe SSDs are significantly faster than SATA — pages load faster for Australian visitors, and Google's Core Web Vitals scores reflect it.
LiteSpeed handles PHP faster than Apache. Redis object caching keeps repeated database queries off the disk. Together they make a meaningful difference on real-world sites.
Each site runs in its own container — not a shared folder on a shared server. One noisy neighbour can't slow your site down, and a compromised site can't touch yours.
Web Application Firewall blocks common attack patterns at the edge. Real-time malware scanning catches anything that makes it through. Both are on every plan by default.
Every site snapshotted nightly to a separate Melbourne region. One-click restore from the dashboard — no support ticket required.
Every plan includes unlimited email addresses at your domain — no per-mailbox fee, pooled storage. Outbound spam filtering is on by default. See our dedicated Australian email hosting.
Where your site is hosted changes how fast it loads, where your data lives, and who picks up when something breaks. For us, that's all in Australia.
Stack2 is Australian-owned and operated, and has been since 2008. Every website we host runs on servers in Sydney, so pages load fast for visitors in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and right across Australia — no round trip to a datacentre in the US or Singapore. Your data stays in Australia by default, backed up to a separate Melbourne region, and support comes from the engineers who actually run the platform. Whether you're a Sydney business that wants local web hosting or an Australian company that just wants its site fast and its data onshore, the setup is the same.
Sydney-based servers mean low latency for visitors anywhere in Australia. Shorter round trips help your Core Web Vitals — which feed directly into Google rankings — instead of losing time to an overseas datacentre.
AU data residency by default. Your site and its data are stored onshore in Sydney and backed up to a separate Melbourne region. No offshore hosting, no data quietly leaving the country.
Australian-owned and operated since 2008. Tickets are answered by our own engineers in Australian business hours — no offshore call centre, no overnight wait, no script to read from.
Simple pricing in Australian dollars, billed locally. No USD invoices and no surprise foreign-exchange conversions landing on your statement.
A few of the people who trust us with their hosting.
Stack2 are not just a web host, for our Marketing Agency they are a dedicated partner. Working together for close to 10 years now, Stack2 not only manage your agency’s IT infrastructure and cyber security, they also power hundreds of websites we have built for clients. The team are responsive, proactive and extremely knowledgeable. I can’t imagine our agency without them.
Mary-Anne Amies, Founder & CEO at Wise Up Marketing
We've been working with Leigh and the team at Stack2 for several years, and they've become our go-to provider for all things web and email hosting. Having a local Australian team has been a real advantage, and their service has been consistently exceptional. Knowing our hosting is in safe hands gives our team complete peace of mind!
Christian Andrée, Managing Partner at Made Somewhere
I’ve worked with Leigh at Stack2 since 2020 across 4 different businesses, and I honestly wouldn’t recommend anyone else. Leigh has a way of making even the most overwhelming tech issues feel manageable, always explains things in plain English, responds incredibly quickly, and never makes me feel silly for asking questions. I trust him completely with my IT and web hosting, and he is the first person I recommend whenever a client needs reliable IT support.
Cheryl East, Founder at Complete Bookkeeping & Admin Support
I’ve worked with Leigh and the Stack2 team for close to eight years now, and I’ve never viewed their work as an expense, they’re genuinely an asset to my digital marketing agency. They’ve supported me at every stage, and whenever I’ve scaled up, they’ve scaled with me. Their customer service is exceptional; no question is ever too big or too small and nothing is ignored. Leigh takes the time to understand your needs and will work with you to find the right IT solution for your business. Before moving across to Stack2 in 2018, I had tried several other business technology providers. I’ve never once considered leaving Stack2. The consistency, reliability, and local support make all the difference.
Julia Makin, Founder & Executive Director at Sink or Swim Marketing
We've trusted Stack2 to host not only our own website but also many of our clients' websites for years, and they've consistently delivered exceptional service. They are always quick to respond, and they resolve any questions or technical issues promptly and efficiently. A special mention goes to Leigh, who we work with most often. His technical knowledge is outstanding, and he's always friendly, approachable, and easy to communicate with. His attention to detail and ability to quickly troubleshoot even complex issues gives us confidence that our websites, and those of our clients, are in good hands. While Stack2 may not be the cheapest hosting provider on the market, we've found the level of expertise, reliability and efficiency they provide more than justifies the investment. Their service has been a big reason we've remained a loyal customer over the long term. We also really value that they're Australian-based. Having local support available during our business hours means we can get help when we need it most, without worrying about time zone delays. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Stack2 to anyone looking for dependable hosting backed by knowledgeable, responsive support.
Nadia Kerr, Founder at Hatchling Web
No upsell ladders. The things you'd expect from a host are part of the price — regardless of which plan you're on.
High-performance LiteSpeed web server on every plan — significantly faster than Apache for PHP-driven sites.
Your site runs in its own container. No shared directories, no noisy neighbours. Resources are yours.
Choose your PHP version per site from the portal, or run Node.js apps. PHP 8.5 recommended for best performance.
Full site and database snapshots every night, stored off-site. One-click restore from the dashboard.
Email sent from your site is filtered before it leaves our servers — keeping your domain off spam blacklists.
WAF rules block common attack patterns — SQL injection, XSS, WordPress exploits — before they reach your app.
Files are scanned continuously. Compromised code is flagged immediately — not discovered after the damage is done.
Network-level DDoS mitigation absorbs volumetric attacks upstream. Your site stays available when being targeted.
DNS managed by Stack2 with fast global propagation. We configure it when your site goes live.
Let's Encrypt SSL on every domain, auto-renewed. HTTPS is on before your site is live.
MariaDB for WordPress and MySQL-compatible apps, PostgreSQL for everything else. Both included on every plan.
Email and ticket support on every plan. Handled by the engineers who run the platform — median reply 18 minutes.
Our friendly staff are here to help — get in touch and we'll guide you through it.
Request assistanceIf your question isn't here, contact us — an engineer will reply, usually within a few hours.
Web hosting is a service that makes your website accessible on the internet. We provide the server space, technology, and support to keep your site online 24/7 — think of it as renting space on a computer that's always connected.
Three WordPress hosting plans: Spark, a great starting point for a first site; Grow, our most popular plan for growing businesses; and Scale, for high-traffic sites and WooCommerce stores. Every plan includes free SSL, nightly backups, unlimited email, and unlimited bandwidth — pricing is above.
Yes — a domain (like yoursite.com.au) is your website's address on the internet. If you don't have one, we can help you register the right one. Visit our domains page to check availability.
Free SSL via Let's Encrypt, off-site nightly backups, NVMe SSD storage, a web application firewall, real-time malware scanning, DDoS protection, unlimited email accounts, unlimited bandwidth, and WP Toolkit in the control panel. No upsell ladders — these are all in the base price.
Yes — standalone email hosting plans with unlimited accounts, inbound and outbound spam filtering, DKIM, SPF, webmail, and daily backups. See email hosting for details.
Sydney, in AWS ap-southeast-2. Your data stays onshore. Backups replicate to ap-southeast-4 (Melbourne) for redundancy. We do not host outside Australia.
Yes — free migrations are included on all plans. We migrate from cPanel, SiteGround, Kinsta, WP Engine, Cloudways, and self-managed VPS hosts. We do the migration; you check it works. Once your DNS is updated, use our free DNS lookup tool to confirm propagation and our SSL checker to verify your certificate is live. Coming from Flywheel? See how Stack2 compares.
PHP 5.6–8.5 with MariaDB (ideal for WordPress and Laravel), Node.js apps, and plain static sites. We do not currently support Python or .NET apps — contact us if that is what you need. Running an online store? See our WooCommerce hosting. Just shipped something with ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or similar? See hosting for AI-built sites.
NVMe SSD storage, Redis object cache on the Scale plan, and servers hosted in Sydney for low-latency delivery to Australian visitors. Each site runs in an isolated container so one site's traffic never impacts another.
Email and ticket support on every plan, handled by the engineers who run the platform. Median first reply is 18 minutes during business hours (AEST). Same engineer follows the ticket end to end — no offshore call centre, no script.
Every site is pinged every minute. An incident immediately pages the on-call engineer. You will typically hear from us before you have noticed yourself. Post-incident report within 48 hours.
Every plan includes a web application firewall, real-time malware scanning, DDoS protection, free SSL certificates, isolated containers (so one compromised site can't affect others), and outbound spam filtering to protect your sending reputation.
Bandwidth is unlimited on all plans — no overage charges. Storage ranges by plan start at (5 GB on Spark, 15 GB on Grow, 25 GB on Scale). The vast majority of business websites sit well under 5 GB. We will let you know before you are close to your limit.
Yes — all our web hosting runs on servers in Sydney, Australia. Your website and its data are stored onshore in Sydney and backed up to a separate Melbourne region. We're Australian-owned and operated since 2008, with support from our own engineers in Australian business hours.
Yes. Sydney is the primary hosting region for the whole country, so sites load quickly for visitors in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and everywhere in between. Wherever your business is based, your data stays in Australia and support comes from the same Australian team.
Migrations are on us. Get a same-day quote — usually within a couple of hours.