The Big Mike is Tremhost’s largest shared hosting plan: 500 GB of NVMe storage, 2 TB of monthly bandwidth, LiteSpeed Enterprise, up to 1,000 mailboxes and Cloudflare Pro for your main domain, for $25 a month or $250 a year. It suits busy or media-heavy sites and businesses running several sites on one cPanel. If you need less than 250 GB and do not need Cloudflare Pro, the smaller Nyangani plan at $110 a year is the better buy.
What The Big Mike includes
- 500 GB NVMe storage for large sites, media libraries and several projects on one plan.
- 2 TB monthly bandwidth for traffic spikes, campaigns and seasonal peaks.
- LiteSpeed Enterprise with LSCache, an event-driven web server with built-in page caching for WordPress and other PHP sites.
- Cloudflare Pro for your main domain, configured through Tremhost Armor, adding managed firewall rules, bot controls and image optimisation in front of your main site.
- Up to 1,000 mailboxes on your own domains, managed in cPanel.
- 50 MySQL databases, enough to run several WordPress, WooCommerce or custom PHP sites side by side.
- Daily backups, so a bad update or deleted file can be put back.
- Free SSL, a web application firewall and DDoS protection.
- The standard platform: cPanel, CloudLinux, PHP-FPM, Node.js, DNS management, Imunify360, Softaculous and the AI Website Builder.
Price and renewal
The Big Mike costs $250 a year or $25 a month in US dollars, so paying yearly saves $50. Tremhost does not use introductory pricing, so the plan renews at the price you sign up at. Domain names are billed separately. The account is set up as soon as payment goes through, and you can pay by EcoCash, InnBucks, ZimSwitch, Omari, Visa, Mastercard, Bitcoin, Tron or Litecoin. First orders of web hosting have a 30-day refund.
The Big Mike or Nyangani?
Nyangani is Tremhost’s largest standard shared plan. The two compare like this:
- Price: Nyangani $110 a year or $10 a month; The Big Mike $250 a year or $25 a month.
- Storage: 250 GB NVMe against 500 GB NVMe.
- Bandwidth: 1 TB against 2 TB a month.
- Databases: 50 on both.
- Mailboxes: unlimited on Nyangani; up to 1,000 on The Big Mike.
- Web server: LiteSpeed on Nyangani; LiteSpeed Enterprise with LSCache on The Big Mike.
- Cloudflare Pro: not included on Nyangani; included for the main domain on The Big Mike.
The Big Mike costs $140 a year more. That difference is worth paying if you need the extra storage and bandwidth or want Cloudflare Pro’s firewall and bot controls in front of your main site. If you do not, Nyangani covers most business sites.
Who The Big Mike suits
- Media-rich sites with large image galleries, video or downloadable files.
- Organisations with many email users who want mail on their own domain without per-person fees.
- Businesses running several sites as addon domains on one cPanel, with one bill and one renewal date.
- Sites that attract bots or attacks and benefit from Cloudflare Pro’s managed rules on the main domain.
When another product fits better
- You would rather not look after WordPress yourself: managed WordPress from $15 a month includes updates tested on staging, malware removal and Cloudflare Pro on every site.
- Each client needs their own cPanel and invoice: reseller hosting from $7 a month.
- You need root access or custom server software: a KVM VPS from $15 a month.
- Your site is small: Himalaya at $30 a year or Bvumba at $50 a year.
Shared hosting limits to understand
The Big Mike is still shared hosting. Your account runs alongside others on the same server, with CloudLinux setting CPU and memory limits for each account so one busy neighbour has less effect on you. You manage your sites through cPanel; you do not get root access or the ability to install system software. Shared hosting runs on Tremhost servers in Europe and the USA. If you need a server in Johannesburg, or full control, a VPS is the right step.
Moving your sites to The Big Mike
Tremhost migrates cPanel sites free. You share access to your current host or a backup, Tremhost copies the files, databases and email, checks each site works, and switches your DNS only when the checks pass, usually within 24 hours. Your sites stay live on the old host until then. Hosting is covered by a 99.9% monthly availability target in Tremhost’s service level agreement, and support is by ticket, WhatsApp and booked call, Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00 CAT.
Frequently asked questions
Does Cloudflare Pro cover all my domains?
No. The Big Mike includes Cloudflare Pro for the main domain. Other domains can still use free SSL and the server’s firewall, and you can add Armor Guard (Cloudflare Pro) to other sites for $9 a month each.
Can I pay monthly?
Yes, $25 a month. Paying yearly costs $250, saving $50.
Can I start on a smaller plan and upgrade later?
Yes. Many sites start on Bvumba or Nyangani and upgrade within cPanel hosting as they grow, without rebuilding.
Is The Big Mike faster than a VPS?
Not necessarily. Speed depends on your site, caching and traffic. A VPS gives you dedicated cores and full control; The Big Mike gives you a managed shared environment with LiteSpeed Enterprise.
Next step
See the full feature list and the per-site calculator on The Big Mike page, or compare every plan on the web hosting page.
