DotMoose vs Timeweb: Which Is Better?
We track DotMoose and Timeweb prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About DotMooseDotMoose is a Canadian hosting provider launched in August 2026 by Mark Shaw, a Calgary-based software engineer. Unlike WHC (established Canadian registrar and host) or Hostinger (global budget hosting), DotMoose is a boutique Canadian alternative: CAD billing, Canadian-operated hosting provider based in Calgary, Alberta, and a deliberately simple lineup — shared hosting, managed WordPress, VPS, dedicated servers, SFTP backup storage, S3 object storage and managed apps. It publishes regular monthly prices with no promo-renewal jumps, includes free SSL and assisted migration, and runs C$0 community hosting programs for eligible Canadian organizations.
About TimewebTimeweb Cloud (est. 2006, St. Petersburg) is one of Russia's largest hosting providers, with 14 data centers across Russia, Europe, Central Asia and the US. The catalog spans shared hosting from 180 ₽/mo, a premium 1C-Bitrix line with isolated resources, 160+ ready dedicated server configs, NVMe VDS with daily billing, 352 domain zones, SSL certificates, business email and a website builder — plus a 10-day free trial, free site migration and daily backups on every hosting plan.
Comparison Table
| Feature | DotMoose | Timeweb |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $4.33 | $1.10 win |
| Renewal price | Same (no promo jumps) | 3-year promos vs monthly |
| Datacenters | 1 | 14 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Backups | Paid | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | Ticket & email | 24/7 Chat & Phone (RU) |
| Uptime · 30d | 100.00% win | 99.25% |
Price History
DotMoose · StarterCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Timeweb · Timeweb MailCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
DotMoose 100.00% Timeweb 99.25%Pros & Cons
DotMoose- Canadian infrastructure — hosting runs in Beauharnois, Quebec and is billed in Canadian dollars
- Transparent pricing: regular monthly rates, no promo-to-renewal jumps; 10–20% off annual terms
- Free SSL, free assisted migration and a first-year-free .com/.ca with annual shared or WordPress plans
- Every VPS includes a dedicated IPv4 + IPv6, root access and free control-panel options
- Rare breadth for a young host: shared, managed WordPress, VPS, dedicated, SFTP backups and S3 object storage
- S3-compatible object storage from C$14.99/mo and managed apps with a private PostgreSQL 16 VM
- Launched August 2026 — no operating history to judge uptime, support or long-term stability
- Single location: one bare-metal platform in Beauharnois — no multi-site redundancy or HA
- No uptime SLA and no money-back guarantee published
- Dedicated servers and larger VPS are quote-only — no online configurator
- Ticket/email support only — no live chat, phone or published response times
- VPS bandwidth limits and port speeds are not published upfront
Timeweb- Shared hosting from 180 ₽/mo with unlimited traffic and daily backups
- 10-day free trial + free site migration + free .RU/.РФ domain on yearly plans
- Premium line with isolated resources for 1C-Bitrix (1Сайт / Eterno / Premium)
- 160+ ready dedicated configs from 7,270 ₽/mo across 10 data centers
- NVMe VDS from 711 ₽/mo with daily billing and a 1 Gbps port
- Free Let's Encrypt SSL, free DNS hosting and email on every plan
- Best promos require a 3-year commitment (monthly rates are 2-3× higher)
- Support and documentation are Russian-first; English site is limited
- No money-back guarantee — a 10-day trial instead
- Only 2 dedicated GPU configs (Tesla T4 / A2)
- International data centers cover a small slice of the catalog
- Hourly cloud billing lives on a separate Timeweb Cloud platform
The Verdict
On the data we track, Timeweb wins more rows in the comparison table above (2 vs 1). That said, the right pick depends on which rows matter most for your use case — price, uptime, datacenters or backups.
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FAQ
Right now DotMoose has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, DotMoose had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.