Hosted in the UAE
Your website and its data sit in a UAE data centre. Pages load faster for visitors in the region, and your data stays in the country.
- Uptime
- 99%
- Managing websites in the UAE
- Since 2001
- Hosted in a UAE data centre
- Space reserved for GMI clients
- Direct support, no ticket queues
Local shared hosting in the UAE
Your website, hosted
here in the UAE
GMI shared hosting runs in a UAE data centre, in a space reserved for GMI clients. Your site stays fast, protected and looked after by a team you can call.
Where your website lives matters
Low-cost global hosts put your site on a server overseas, shared with thousands of other sites and supported through a ticket queue. Local hosting with GMI works differently.
Your visitor in Dubai Every page request travels to a server outside the UAE and back again. Every page request stays inside the country, close to your visitors.
Illustration, drawn to scale by distance.
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| Server location | Outside the UAE, often in the US or Europe | A data centre in the UAE |
|---|---|---|
| Who shares the server | Anyone who signs up | GMI clients only |
| Malicious files | Yours to find and fix | Scanned and cleaned by GMI |
| Support | Tickets, chatbots and queues | A direct line to the GMI team |
| UAE PASS | Not suited to UAE PASS sign-in | Ready for sites that use UAE PASS |
Local, private, protected and supported
Shared hosting is usually a trade-off between price and peace of mind. Ours is set up so you get both, on infrastructure we manage ourselves.
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Reserved for GMI Clients
The hosting space is used only by GMI clients. No unknown websites share your server, so another site's traffic spike or security problem won't drag yours down.
Scanned and Cleaned
We scan the server for malicious files and remove anything we find, before it can harm your site, your visitors or your search rankings.
Direct Support
Call or message the GMI team and speak to someone who knows your website. No ticket numbers and no waiting in a queue.
UAE PASS ready
UAE PASS needs UAE hosting. We have it.
UAE PASS is the national digital identity used by government and semi-government websites across the UAE, and by a growing number of private services. Integrating it requires the website to be hosted inside the country, which rules out most overseas hosting providers.
GMI hosting runs in a UAE data centre, so your site meets the hosting requirement from day one. If we are also building or updating your website, our developers can handle the UAE PASS integration as well.
Who it's for
- Government and semi-government entities
- Businesses that deliver services to government
- Healthcare, education and financial services
- Any website adding UAE PASS sign-in
Support with a name,
not a ticket number
With most hosting providers, a problem means opening a ticket and waiting for someone you have never spoken to. With GMI, you call or WhatsApp the team that looks after your website, and they already know how it is set up.
Our support team is available Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and we monitor the servers around the clock. Fixes are handled by GMI's own people, not passed on to a third party.
- A named contact you can call or WhatsApp
- Fixes handled by GMI's own team
- Server monitoring around the clock
Team on callMonday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
Servers watched24 hours a day, 7 days a week
The technical details, taken care of
Every GMI hosting account comes with the essentials set up and managed for you, so you can focus on your business rather than your server.
Platform
Windows or Linux Servers
Choose the platform your website is built on.
Platform
MySQL and MS-SQL Databases
Support for the databases most business websites run on.
Platform
DNS Management
We set up and manage your domain records, so your website and email point to the right place.
Protection
Server Hardening
Each server is configured for your website's needs, with unused services closed off.
Protection
Firewall Protection
Firewall rules block unwanted traffic before it reaches your site.
Reliability
RAID Data Redundancy
RAID 5 and RAID 10 storage keeps your data safe if a drive fails.
Reliability
Daily Backups
Your website is backed up every day, so it can be restored quickly if something goes wrong.
Reliability
99% Uptime
Your website stays online, with the server watched and maintained by our team.
From your current host
to GMI, free of charge
Already hosted somewhere else? We move your website, files, databases and settings at no extra cost, and time the switch so your visitors won't notice.
Your current host
Hosted in the UAE
- /01
Review
We look at your current hosting, website and email setup, and agree a date for the move.
- /02
Copy
We copy your files and databases to the GMI server and set everything up.
- /03
Test
We check the site on the new server before anything goes live.
- /04
Switch
We update your DNS and keep watch until the move is complete.
Looking after UAE websites since 2001
Global Media Insight was founded in the UAE in 2001 and is one of the region's longest-established digital agencies. We have built more than 1,200 websites, and we manage the servers many of them run on.
Because we design, develop and host websites under one roof, your hosting is looked after by people who understand how your website was built. When something needs fixing, there is no back and forth between your developer and your host.
- Founded in the UAE
- 2001
- Websites built
- 1,200+
- In-house specialists
- 120+
- Client retention
- 90%+
OfficesDubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and India
Good questions
to ask any host
Something we haven't covered? WhatsApp Us or call 050 535 6027.
Your website loads faster for visitors in the region, your data stays in the country, and you can use services such as UAE PASS that need local hosting.
The hosting space is shared only among websites GMI looks after. We know every site on the server, so an unknown website can't put yours at risk.
Yes. Our hosting runs in the UAE, which UAE PASS integration requires, and our developers can handle the integration for you.
Yes, free of charge. We move your files, databases and settings, test everything on the new server and switch over when it's ready.
We scan the server for malicious files and clean them. If something does get through, we remove it and restore your site from a backup where needed.
Call or WhatsApp the GMI team directly, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. There are no tickets or queues.
Shared hosting suits most company, brochure and small e-commerce websites. If your site needs more, we'll tell you honestly.
It depends on your website's size and needs. Share a few details through the form and we'll send a quote within one working day.