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What is Aruba SpA

Aruba S.p.A. is an Italy-based hosting and domain services provider that offers shared web hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, domain registration, and related infrastructure services. It targets small and mid-sized businesses, developers, and organizations that need packaged hosting plans or managed infrastructure in European data centers. The portfolio also includes WordPress-oriented hosting options and colocation services, positioning it as a broad, single-vendor option for domains, hosting, and server infrastructure.

pros

Broad hosting portfolio

Aruba provides shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and colocation alongside domain registration. This breadth supports customers that want to start with basic hosting and later move to more isolated or higher-capacity infrastructure without changing vendors. It also reduces the need to integrate multiple providers for domains, DNS, and hosting.

European data center focus

Aruba operates data centers and hosting services with a strong European footprint, which can be relevant for latency and regional data residency needs. For organizations serving EU audiences, this can simplify hosting location selection and compliance planning. It can also be a practical option for customers that prefer EU-based support and billing.

Domain and hosting bundling

Aruba offers domain registration and hosting under the same account and billing relationship. This can simplify renewals, DNS management, and basic website provisioning for small teams. Compared with solutions that focus primarily on WordPress-only or platform-only hosting, Aruba supports more general-purpose web hosting and domain workflows.

cons

Less specialized WordPress tooling

Aruba offers WordPress hosting options, but it is not primarily positioned as a WordPress-exclusive managed platform. Organizations that require advanced WordPress-specific workflows (e.g., deep staging/CI integrations, opinionated performance tooling, or enterprise governance features) may need additional third-party tools. The fit is typically stronger for standard WordPress deployments than for highly customized enterprise WordPress operations.

Plan complexity across services

Because Aruba spans domains, shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and colocation, customers may need to compare multiple product lines and plan tiers to assemble the right solution. This can increase evaluation time versus more narrowly scoped providers. It can also lead to mixed management experiences across different service families.

Regional orientation may limit fit

Aruba’s strongest presence is in Italy and Europe, which may not align with organizations needing extensive global points of presence or region-by-region service parity. Multinational teams may find that support coverage, language preferences, or local payment/tax requirements vary by region. For workloads requiring consistent multi-region deployment patterns, additional providers or architecture work may be needed.

Plan & Pricing

Aruba SpA — Extracted official pricing (selected products)

WordPress hosting (tiered plans)

Plan Price Key features & notes
Hosting per WordPress €11.90 per year + VAT (first year; renewal €49.99 + VAT) WordPress preinstalled, DV SSL included, AI Assistant Starter, HiSpeed Cache, CDN, HTTP/2/3, 5 email boxes. (source: Aruba Hosting WordPress page)
Hosting Gestito per WordPress (Managed) €14.90 per year + VAT (first year; renewal from €79.00 + VAT) Managed updates/backups, unlimited mailboxes, optimized platform, AI Assistant, staging, advanced support optional. (source: Aruba Hosting WordPress page)
Hosting Gestito per WooCommerce €79.90 per year + VAT (first year; renewal €249.00 + VAT) WooCommerce preinstalled, managed updates/backups, unlimited mailboxes, AI Assistant, optimized platform. (source: Aruba Hosting WordPress page)
Hyper-Managed Hosting for WordPress (Hyper Hosting) €420.00 per year + VAT Dedicated CPU/RAM, high-performance managed cloud for high-traffic sites; renewal €420 + VAT. (source: Aruba Hosting Hyper Hosting page)

Domains / Site builder (Swite) — tiered / freemium

Product Price Key features & notes
Sito Swite con dominio from €0.99 per year + VAT (first year; renewal from €11.99 + VAT) Site builder integrated with social content, SSL DV included; Aruba page also links to Swite. (source: Aruba Swite page)
Swite (free / trial) Free version available (Aruba indicates "INIZIA CON LA VERSIONE GRATUITA") and 30-day trial available Aruba page references a free Swite version and a 30-day trial. (source: Aruba Swite page)

VPS / Cloud (usage-based + preconfigured tiers)

Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go for many cloud components; preconfigured VPS subscription tiers also available. (source: Aruba Cloud pricing pages) Free tier/trial: Not a permanent free VPS tier; promotional prices and trials exist for other products (see Application Platform / Swite). (source: Aruba Cloud pages) Example costs (official site):

  • Cloud VPS OpenStack (preconfigured starter): €1.99 + VAT / month (VPS O1I1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB storage, 2 TB transfer). (source: Aruba Cloud VPS page)
  • Cloud VPS OpenStack (standard): from €6.29 + VAT / month. (source: Aruba Cloud price list)
  • Aruba Cloud Server (VM/Cloud Server): from €9.49 + VAT / month (RAM-optimized from €14.60 + VAT / month). (source: Aruba Cloud price list)
  • VMware Cloud Server: starting from €0.023 /hour + VAT. (source: Aruba Cloud price list)
  • Block Storage (example): Block Storage Standard - Availability Zone €0.00005 /hour per GB + VAT; Regional variants listed on pricing page. (source: Aruba Cloud price list) Discounts / notes: Prices exclude VAT and may exclude promotions; Aruba shows promotional first-year pricing for some hosting/domain bundles. (source: Aruba Cloud and Hosting pages)

Application Platform (Jelastic) — trial + pay-per-use

Trial: Application Platform (Jelastic): 30-day free trial available (voucher code referenced on Aruba site). (source: Aruba Application Platform page) Pay-per-use example: Reserved cloudlets from €0.0085 /hour + VAT (volume discounts listed). (source: Aruba Application Platform page)


Notes: All prices shown above are taken from Aruba's official website pages (Aruba.it, Hosting.Aruba.it and ArubaCloud.com). Prices are quoted as shown on the vendor site and are typically listed excluding VAT; many offers show promotional first-year pricing and higher renewal prices. If a single minimum paid price is requested below, I identify the lowest listed paid amount on Aruba's official pages.

Seller details

Aruba S.p.A.
Ponte San Pietro (BG), Italy
1994
Private
https://www.aruba.it/
https://x.com/ArubaIT
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aruba-s-p-a-/

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