Your needs change as you grow
Many Kenyan business owners set up hosting once and forget it. A growing site needs more, though, and once you have outgrown your Kenyan web hosting, staying put is like running a Nairobi CBD supermarket on a kiosk generator: eventually something gives.
Ten signs you should upgrade or change host
1. Pages take longer than 5 seconds to load
Speed depends heavily on hosting. If caching and image optimisation have not cured the slowness, the server is to blame.
2. "503 Service Unavailable" errors keep appearing
Your server is overwhelmed, a textbook sign of outgrown shared hosting.
3. You get emails about "resource overuse"
This is your host telling you that you have exceeded your plan's resources.
4. The site goes down every payday
If traffic spikes knock you offline, you need more resources or a CDN.
5. Backups are missing or limited
Good hosting includes regular automatic backups; if yours does not, upgrade. SiteBoma keeps backups for 7 days.
6. Support is not based in Kenya
An overseas call centre at 3 AM, while your site is down, is no help. SiteBoma's support team is in Nairobi.
7. SSL costs extra
In 2026, a host without free SSL has fallen behind. Every SiteBoma plan includes a free Let's Encrypt certificate.
8. You cannot install the tools you need
Need Node.js, Python or a particular PHP version? That takes VPS access.
9. M-Pesa is not an option
Paying for hosting with a USD credit card is needlessly awkward. SiteBoma charges in KES, by M-Pesa or card on Paystack's secure checkout.
10. Outages are common and help is slow
If replies from your host take days, switch to SiteBoma.
Moving to SiteBoma
Free help with migration, support based in Nairobi, M-Pesa billing and uptime you can check yourself. Make the move and notice the change.