Cloud Hosting With All the Essentials Powered by AWS

TL; DR: Do you want to try out AWS but don’t have the resources to onboard it? ShriCloud offers a web hosting platform powered by AWS with more affordable prices and less technical responsibility. Its cloud hosting plans include an easy-to-use control panel, SSL certificates, and domain registration, among other features. We spoke with Shireesh Polkam, the Founder of ShriCloud, about the platform, its specialized WordPress Cloud, and upcoming AI solutions.

As a child of immigrant parents, I have seen firsthand the hard work it takes to break through barriers to achieve success. My parents came to the U.S. with my two sisters in the 1990s and worked numerous jobs to get where they are today.

The journey wasn’t without its challenges. But having connections and community helped them get over obstacles in their path and establish careers and new lives in the U.S.

In a similar way, joining a community with helpful resources can help entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground.

Before finding success, business owners face many barriers, from cost management to lack of experience or direction. But they can turn to platforms and solutions dedicated to assisting them along their journey.

ShriCloud is one of these resources. Shireesh Polkam, the Founder of ShriCloud, explained to us that he created his hosting company to help entrepreneurs across India host cloud servers regardless of their lack of technical expertise or funding.

“Right now, you see mostly corporate or enterprise-level businesses using cloud technology. But SMBs can’t have that access to AWS because of the cost. We take on the cost so our users can have pure, high-quality hosting for their end users,” said Shireesh.

ShriCloud provides fast, high-quality, and cost-efficient hosting powered by AWS servers. With data centers in Hyderabad and Mumbai regions, ShriCloud meets customers where they are in their business journey and delivers solutions to help them succeed online.

The team was recently recognized by Startup India, a flagship initiative of the government of India, for its success.

ShriCloud has come a long way since its launch. Some of that success can be attributed to the team’s willingness to meet customers halfway.

A seasoned full-stack developer, Shireesh worked with a variety of clients around the world doing web development projects. From this experience, he learned about customer interactions and how to best meet client needs.

As it happens, he brought that knowledge to ShriCloud. He knew he would have to meet customers where they were, instead of offering something overly complicated that didn’t match the demographic. And that’s what he took to his home country, India.

“There are a number of business people who are already doing well in their business here in India. However they don’t know much about technical things. But I knew if I provided regional language support to them, that would help,” said Shireesh.

India is a culturally diverse country that is home to more than 121 spoken languages, including one of the world’s oldest languages, Sanskrit. So Shireesh and the ShriCloud team decided to prioritize localization and set up regional language support to reach all kinds of customers.

The ShriCloud team provides 24/7 support via ticketing, live chat, and WhatsApp communication.

ShriCloud also solves a frequent problem Shireesh’s development clients encountered. He told us his clients often had difficulty finding a web host with powerful hosting and domain registration included. Faced with that dilemma, they would end up having to find separate providers for the two services.

This would lead to clients forgetting to renew their domains. ShriCloud provides a comprehensive hosting experience to customers. Users get everything from robust cloud hosting and servers to SSL certificates and domain services.

ShriCloud offers tailored hosting and web solutions for various needs, including:

• WordPress Cloud: WordPress-optimized with fast and reliable hosting, ensuring a seamless start with cloud hosting.
• Premium Cloud: Includes all essential features, making it ideal for top-tier web hosting.
• Elite Cloud: Tailored for eCommerce sites, high-traffic blogs, and PHP/NodeJS websites.
• Reseller Hosting: Empowers clients with unlimited scalability and maximizes earnings potential.
• Website Design: Customized WordPress website design tailored to your business needs.

“We’ve got very positive responses from our users. Currently, we have around a thousand plus clients who are already hosted with us and we have different kinds of audiences using ShriCloud without issues. We’re growing every day and looking forward to scaling across the globe,” said Shireesh.

ShriCloud is a cloud hosting provider. That means everything on its platform is cloud-based, including its WordPress hosting. Unlike a lot of other WordPress packages, ShriCloud skips the shared hosting and gives users access to a complete cloud network for better performance.

“Most of the hosting companies provide shared servers. But we chose to leverage cloud technology for our hosting company because of the current demand for technologies and website traffic is increasing for every business,” said Shireesh.

ShriCloud’s cloud hosting infrastructure is powered by AWS. The web host decided to partner with AWS to tap into its high-quality, reliable, and scalable services, which would be an excellent base for its WordPress hosting and other solutions.

Shireesh told us the WordPress Cloud solution is a user favorite. It’s a known fact that WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world, including India. And its low-code environment has made it extremely valuable for developers. This is why Shireesh created an optimized cloud offering for WordPress.

“Every plan comes with a unique RAM and Vcore CPU. We use a CloudLinux operating system to divide RAM into virtual machines. This way, we can improve speed, reliability, and security. We also bring it closer to the end user,” said Shireesh.

Besides its WordPress cloud, another highlight of its platform is its premium cloud offering. The ShriCloud team understands cost and technical knowledge can be barriers for businesses that want to adopt cloud hosting. ShriCloud makes cloud hosting accessible with its managed services and affordable pricing.

“For our premium cloud users, we’ll manage and take care of everything, included in every plan. We provide a free domain, free SSL certification, an easy-to-use control panel, and daily backups for up to ten days and weekly backups, which can be restored at any type of point in time,” said Shireesh.

ShriCloud introduced its Premium Cloud offerings to fill a need in the market. Its premium service enables shared hosting users who need more performance and security to access it without breaking the bank.

With Premium Cloud, ShriCloud bridges the gap between cost efficiency and high-quality hosting, outperforming shared hosting with up to 30 times faster speeds.

AI’s influence has reached every industry, including web hosting. Shireesh spoke to us about AI’s role in the hosting industry and in ShriCloud. He said tools that help users automate website design have become popular. But ShirCloud plans to take its AI integration in a different direction.

“In the next couple of months, we are going to launch a model for website owners who need basic content,” said Shireesh.

Shireesh said website owners love to DIY their website design, especially with popular no-code platforms, such as WordPress. But instead of watching a bunch of tutorials, users can look to its soon-to-be-released AI content model for assistance.

“Also for the developers, it will be great if we can reduce their work. So we’re providing a completely no-code dashboard and control panel with an integrated AI tool which will generate all the content for a website,” said Shireesh.

Shireesh said the team’s tool will be better for users than ChatGPT. He said people often run into issues with prompting ChatGPT because it can give them inaccurate responses. ShriCloud is developing its AI model to meet modifications and requirements down to the smallest nuances.

“If they give an image prompt, for example, it will generate very unique images which will not exist on Google itself. So no copyright issues, only images unique to you,” said Shireesh.

The ShriCloud team is also working on adding automation to the platform. It seeks to solve pain points and reduce workloads for developers and website owners.

How ShriCloud Is Planning for a Hosting Boom

There may be a major boom in hosting’s future. And Shireesh is positive about it. Shireesh told us more and more people are moving online, which means they will need web hosting services to reach their own unique audiences.

“At the end of the day, how we are executing and keeping up with the market will be very important in sustaining ourselves in this competitive market. My team and I will be following trends so we can update any time,” said Shireesh.

Shireesh said ShriCloud is a small team, but they are extremely passionate about technology and the hosting industry. The ShriCloud team hopes to use this passion to expand their business.

“Hopefully, ShriCloud will be a great organization in the future. We’re getting a huge response from our home country itself. So we’re looking forward to expanding in different countries mainly in the U.S. and the U.K. in the future,” said Shireesh.