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What is Locaweb
Locaweb is a Brazil-based web hosting and domain services provider that offers shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, and related website infrastructure services. It targets small and mid-sized businesses, developers, and agencies that need hosting, domain registration, and operational tooling in a single vendor. The platform emphasizes locally oriented service for the Brazilian market, including Portuguese-language support and regional billing and compliance expectations. It also provides add-on services such as email hosting and site/application deployment options depending on plan.
Broad hosting portfolio
Locaweb offers multiple hosting models, including shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated servers, which supports different performance and control requirements. This makes it possible to start with entry-level hosting and move to more isolated infrastructure as needs grow. The product mix aligns with common SMB and agency use cases such as hosting multiple sites and separating workloads by project.
Domains and hosting together
The company provides domain registration alongside hosting, which reduces the need to coordinate DNS, renewals, and billing across multiple vendors. This can simplify setup for organizations that prefer a single provider for web presence basics. Consolidation can also reduce operational overhead for agencies managing many customer domains and sites.
Brazil-focused operations and support
Locaweb is oriented to Brazilian customers, with Portuguese-language service and local commercial practices. For businesses operating primarily in Brazil, this can reduce friction around invoicing, payment methods, and support interactions. Local market focus can be beneficial when troubleshooting connectivity and service expectations tied to regional infrastructure.
Primarily Brazil-centric footprint
Locaweb’s positioning and operations are centered on Brazil, which may be less suitable for organizations needing a broad set of international data center regions. Companies with global audiences may require additional architecture work (such as external CDN or multi-region deployments) to meet latency and redundancy goals. This can add complexity compared with providers that emphasize global region selection.
Less specialized managed WordPress
While it supports common web stacks, the offering is not primarily positioned as a specialized managed WordPress platform with deep WordPress-specific workflows. Teams that want advanced WordPress tooling (such as integrated performance diagnostics, staging workflows, and opinionated security controls) may need third-party tools or different plans. This can affect developer experience for WordPress-heavy agencies.
Plan complexity and add-ons
As with many hosting providers that cover shared, VPS, and dedicated services, capabilities can vary significantly by plan and add-on selection. Buyers may need to validate details such as backups, SSL handling, email limits, and resource allocations to avoid unexpected constraints. This increases evaluation effort for teams comparing multiple hosting models.
Plan & Pricing
Locaweb — extracted official pricing (official site pages cited below)
Hospedagem de Sites (shared hosting) — tiered plans
| Plan | Price (as shown) | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hospedagem Go | R$ 5.90 / month (valor mensal no primeiro ciclo, 48 meses) | 1 site, 1 email (3 GB), SSL grátis, domínio grátis 1 ano (.BR/.STORE), armazenamento ilimitado; promotional/long-cycle pricing shown. Source: Locaweb 'Quanto Custa...'. |
| Hospedagem I | R$ 10.90 / month (valor mensal no primeiro ciclo) | Sites ilimitados, 10 e-mails (3 GB cada), SSL grátis, domínio grátis 1 ano; promotional first-cycle price. |
| Hospedagem II | R$ 16.90 / month (valor mensal no primeiro ciclo) | Sites ilimitados, 30 e-mails, backups diários, SSH, PageSpeed integrado, SSL Wildcard grátis 1º ano. |
| (Notes: Prices above are shown as promotional/first-cycle values on the official pricing/content pages; renewal and standard monthly rates differ and are listed on the vendor site.) |
Criador de Sites (site builder) — tiered plans
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Básico (Criador) | R$ 6.90 / month (annual pricing equivalent shown) | 1 site, 2 e-mails 10 GB, domínio grátis 1 ano (annual), SSL grátis; 15-day free trial available. |
| Intermediário | R$ 14.90 / month (annual) | 1 site, 10 e-mails 10 GB, banco de imagens, 500 disparos mensais de Email Marketing; domain + SSL 1 year. |
| (Notes: Official site shows plans with discounts for first cycle/annual periodicity and explicitly mentions a 15-day free trial for the Criador de Sites product.) |
VPS Locaweb — tiered plans (monthly shown; some prices indicate 1st-cycle/promo)
| Plan | Price (monthly shown on official page) | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| VPS 512 MB | R$ 15.90 / month (valor de R$15,90/mês no 1º trimestre; listed original R$17,90) | 1 vCPU, 20 GB SSD, transferência ilimitada; promotional price for 1st quarter. |
| VPS 1 GB | R$ 29.90 / month (R$31.90 listed) | 2 vCPUs, 40 GB SSD. |
| VPS 2 GB | R$ 39.90 / month (R$47.90 listed) | 2 vCPUs, 60 GB SSD. |
| VPS 4 GB | R$ 69.90 / month (promo) | 2 vCPUs, 70 GB SSD. |
| VPS 8 GB | R$ 139.90 / month (promo) | 4 vCPUs, 200 GB SSD. |
| VPS 16 GB | R$ 269.90 / month (promo) | 6 vCPUs, 250 GB SSD. |
| VPS 32 GB | R$ 539.90 / month (promo) | 8 vCPUs, 350 GB SSD. |
| VPS 64 GB | R$ 1,079.90 / month (promo) | 16 vCPUs, 490 GB SSD. |
| (Notes: Official VPS page shows both standard and promotional first-cycle prices and indicates equivalence to hourly rates for each tier.) |
Hospedagem Dedicada — tiered examples
| Plan | Price (monthly shown) | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hospedagem Dedicada (Linux - example) | R$ 49.90 / month (valor mensal no primeiro ciclo; renova a R$89,90/mês) | Servidor dedicado com recursos exclusivos; 100 e-mails (10 GB cada), SSL grátis, domínio grátis 1 year. |
| Hospedagem Dedicada (Windows - example) | R$ 149.90 / month (first-cycle shown) | Windows option; pricing shown on official Dedicated Hosting page. |
Locaweb Cloud (Cloud Server Pro) — usage-based (official rates)
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (hourly billing for resources; monthly equivalence shown on site) Free tier/trial: Not indicated for Cloud Server Pro on the official product page. Example costs (official):
- NAT Gateway: R$ 0.2381 / hour — equivalence R$ 30.00 / month (site states at least one NAT Gateway required).
- Espaço em Disco (volume), Template, Snapshot: R$ 0.00045 / hour (≈ R$ 0.30 / month) per GB/item as shown.
- IP Público: R$ 0.00745 / hour (≈ R$ 5.00 / month).
- Usuários VPN: R$ 0.0149 / hour (≈ R$ 10.00 / month). (Notes: Cloud Server Pro official page lists per-hour charges and states billing is post-paid; some resources (e.g., NAT Gateway) may be required, which sets an effective minimum monthly cost for certain cloud configurations.)
Registro de Domínio (example prices shown on official page)
Pricing model: One-time / annual registration (per-extension pricing shown) Example costs (official):
- .com.br — R$ 22.90 (valor equivalente ao 1º ano ao contratar por 2 ou 3 anos; displayed on domain page).
- .com — R$ 38.60 (promotional 1st-year price displayed).
- .net — R$ 38.60
- .online / .site / .store / .tech — R$ 8.90 (promotional displayed prices for 1st year) (Notes: Official domain page shows promotional first-year prices and indicates conditions (e.g., price equivalent when contracting for 2 or 3 years).)
Other examples / add-ons (official)
- Backup Locaweb — Básico: R$ 4.90 / month (pagamento anual e antecipado) — 3 GB de armazenamento, backup diário; Pro: R$ 14.90 / month. (Official backup product page.)
Notes and caveats (from official pages):
- Many prices shown on the official site are promotional or “valor no primeiro ciclo” (first-cycle) and may differ at renewal — check the vendor site for renewal pricing and exact periodicity requirements.
- Cloud Server Pro uses hourly post-paid billing; some resources are required (e.g., NAT Gateway R$30/month) which affects effective minimum cost for a usable configuration.
- Domain prices are shown for the first year or promotional periods and vary by TLD and chosen contract duration.
Seller details
Locaweb Serviços de Internet S.A.
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1997
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https://www.locaweb.com.br/
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