What is Media Fortress?
Web Hosting The servers on all web hosting plans come with a 99% up time guarantee. You can concentrate on your business and not issues with your website going down. Fast load speeds and one click installs for easy use.You can concentrate on your business and not issues with your website going down. Domain Names Free Domain checker and advice on how to choose the best domain name for your business. We provide affordable Domain registration that is easy to understand and simple to set up. You can concentrate on your business and not Our Melbourne based team will always have someone on call to help you at any time.
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Media Fortress Reviews (43)
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Review Summary
Generated using AI from real user reviews
Media Fortress is rated overwhelmingly positive across all 43 reviews, with 39 five-star ratings and only 4 four-star ratings, reflecting consistently strong satisfaction.
Users consistently praise responsive support and fast response times—many specify replies within an hour or same-day turnaround, even outside business hours. The Australian-based team is repeatedly valued for avoiding offshore time-zone delays and being accessible by phone. Customers highlight the team's technical expertise and willingness to go beyond standard support, helping with migrations, SSL setup, virus removal, spam filtering, and SEO advice without extra cost. The personal touch of speaking to the same support person—often named Stephen or Steve—appears across multiple reviews as meaningful to customers.
On reliability, users report excellent uptime and describe migrations as seamless and fast, often completed within hours. Pricing is noted as reasonable and flexible, with one customer reporting costs dropped from $500 to under $100 monthly after switching.
No significant criticisms emerge across the reviews. The only minor limitation mentioned implicitly is that the service suits users of varying technical skill levels—non-technical customers appreciate the patience and clear explanations, while developers value the technical depth. Long-term loyalty is common, with many customers reporting 2–10+ years of continued use.
★★★★★
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
“I recently transferred to Media Fortress from another web hosting…”
I recently transferred to Media Fortress from another web hosting provider. The process was simple. I called, asked a few questions and got some advice. I signed up and passed on my current hosts details. I rang the next day for an update and it had all been completed. I couldn't believe how fast they were. Support has been good too. They helped me create some new email accounts and sync them up to my gmail account. I hadn't done this before as my web designer had originally set these up. If you're looking for a good Australian web hosting provider then choose these guys.
★★★★★
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
“Awesome service. Pro-active management ensures extremely high percentage of up…”
Awesome service. Pro-active management ensures extremely high percentage of up time for sites hosted. Fast response to queries. Friendly, helpful service you can rely on.
★★★★★
Friday, December 16, 2016
“I just wanted to say thank you to the media…”
I just wanted to say thank you to the media fortress team. I contacted them after reading good reviews here. They cut my web hosting costs with previous provider from $500 per month to less than $100 per month. They also helped clean up the site and implement a new design after moving the site at no cost. Other support issues responded to in less than an hour. Very happy I found these guys, thanks serchen
★★★★★
Thursday, October 6, 2016
“Working with Media Fortress has been so easy, their customer…”
Working with Media Fortress has been so easy, their customer service and patience is amazing. I really have enjoyed the experience as I'm not a computer guy at all and they have helped me so much! I would recommend them to anyone who is in need of web hosting, advertising or website design. 5 Stars all the way!
★★★★★
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
“Great customer service, quick response times, even phone calls to…”
Great customer service, quick response times, even phone calls to confirm issues. We had to configure a clients website and found the environment was not configured to hold the latest version of the software. With some assistance from MediaFortress team we got it running. Thanks.
★★★★★
Monday, August 8, 2016
“We dealt with Steve at Media Fortress after reading some…”
We dealt with Steve at Media Fortress after reading some positive reviews here. Set up was straight forward, he helped us choose a package which wasn't the most expensive but most suitable, so already off to a good start. As advised we submitted our Cpanel login details after sign up and they transferred our site and emails across. We then got an email that we could update our name servers. I had no idea what these were so called again and it was done for me. Site appears to be running faster. I ran there antivirus tool and found a couple of viruses in my email which I was told were sent while on our old host. These were quarantined/deleted and we were shown how to set up spam assassin to help prevent these types of email in the future. Very happy with service so far
★★★★★
Thursday, July 21, 2016
“These guys rock! So happy we found the MF team.…”
These guys rock! So happy we found the MF team. I looked at most of the reviews on here but Media Fortress definitely take the cake for best Australian Web host. The support is amazingly fast, they went the extra mile to help us get our site online and transferred from the other host (whom I won't mention). If your website is crucial to your businesses success just go with these guys, you won't be sorry.
★★★★★
Monday, June 20, 2016
“Thanks guys great support as usual, the fast response was…”
Thanks guys great support as usual, the fast response was really appreciated.
★★★★★
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
“I have used Media Fortress for many years for several…”
I have used Media Fortress for many years for several websites and hosting. They are the only Web Hosting company I will recommend, their support is the best in the business. The guys there will help fix problems that are not even their fault! and their advice is always good.
★★★★★
Thursday, May 12, 2016
“We are using Webhsoting from Media Fortress and Currently we…”
We are using Webhsoting from Media Fortress and Currently we have 3500 traffic a day .No downtime.I loved there support..
