Verdict
hosting.de appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | German-based hosting provider offering GDPR-compliant webhosting, domain registration, VPS/cloud servers and managed Nextcloud with pricing, support contacts, legal pages and customer testimonials. Commercial service site with subscription-based monetization. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | Not availableNo registration record was returned | Noted |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is a German commercial hosting provider presenting web hosting, domain registration, DNS and email services, VPS and cloud infrastructure, SSL services, and managed Nextcloud offerings. Its apparent business model is subscription-based service provision supported by published pricing, customer support, legal information, and account-management functions.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent hosting-services business rather than a financial, cryptocurrency, or investment proposition, with detailed service categories, pricing, support facilities, and legal links. A standard login and registration surface is present, but automated review found no hidden forms, credential-routing anomalies, wallet activity, cloaking, or brand-impersonation indicators. Limited automated observation of external requests was treated as non-conclusive and did not correspond with a high-risk abuse pattern. External reputation checks found no malicious or suspicious detections, and the site has an established global traffic presence. The available evidence is therefore consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website, while the real-world operator identity remains independently unverified.
- The homepage describes web hosting, domains, VPS/cloud services, SSL, email, and managed Nextcloud, with no identified fraud indicators.
- The homepage contains three forms classified as login, registration, and contact/search; no untrusted form destination or hidden sensitive form was detected.
- Automated behavior testing recorded two successful runs, no cloaking, no wallet activity, no clipboard manipulation, no password submission to external forms, and no hidden forms.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections; the site was ranked 22148 in the observed global traffic dataset.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides legal pages, support contacts, customer-facing pricing, and service descriptions, which is consistent with a mature commercial SaaS provider. Its claims of GDPR-compliant hosting and German data-protection positioning are on-site commercial representations rather than independently verified regulatory findings. No regulated financial-service license is claimed or evidenced in the supplied content; for this hosting business model, that is a disclosure point to assess only if a particular service or jurisdiction makes licensing relevant. The operator’s real-world identity is not independently verified, so the on-site presentation should not be treated as conclusive proof of corporate identity. No separate broker-reputation match was identified.
- The homepage provides pricing for domain services and describes hosting, server, security, support, and managed-service offerings.
- The site includes legal and contact links and customer testimonials, according to the page content.
- Hosted on AS48823 (Hosting.de GmbH, Germany).
- TLS certificate issued by YR1 (DV), valid to 2026-10-12.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an organization should independently confirm the contracting entity named in the legal materials, review the applicable service terms, cancellation and refund provisions, and confirm that the payment method provides appropriate dispute and recovery protections. Where a regulated service is being considered, the relevant national registry should be checked for that specific activity; ordinary hosting subscriptions should be assessed against the provider’s published commercial terms instead. Official support and contact channels should also be confirmed through an independent route before sensitive account changes are requested.
- The site exposes login and registration functionality, making confirmation of the contracting entity and account-recovery process relevant before account use.
- The homepage supplies service pricing, support information, and legal links for comparison with any invoice or contract received.
- The site’s stated business model is subscription-based hosting and managed services, so cancellation, renewal, and payment-protection terms are material verification points.
Summary Verdict
The website presents a high-trust, low-risk posture with no observed phishing, impersonation, blacklist, or other contradictory signals. Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate service provider, although the operator’s real-world identity is not independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
CDN/WAF protection is present, providing a mitigating layer against routine network exposure, while observed edge servers include 2001:8d8:100f:f000::200 and 217.160.0.167 on AS8560. The resolved infrastructure also includes potential origin candidates, so the protective network arrangement should be viewed as risk reduction rather than proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary service evaluation is reasonable, subject to independent confirmation of the contracting entity, applicable terms, and payment protections before credentials or funds are committed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of hosting.de.
- The request stayed on hosting.de. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by 30.178 2a03:2900:3:1:0:0:0:2, across 3 name servers. Noted
- It is hosted on AS48823, from a server in DE. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Not available |
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| Hosting | AS48823 - Hosting.de GmbH, DE |
| Country | DE |
| Server IP | 2a03:2900:200::161 |
| Name servers | ns1.hosting.de 134.0.30.178 2a03:2900:3:1:0:0:0:2, ns2.hosting.de 194.50.113.2 2001:4d8f:2:0:0:0:0:2, ns3.hosting.de 194.126.196.2 2a03:2902:3:1:0:0:0:2 |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-12 |
| Domain age | Not available (no registration date was returned) |
| Domain expiry | Not available |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about hosting.de at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.