Unlimited Inodes Hosting

WP Engine, Kinsta and Infomaniak publish no inode limit for their hosting, and Cloudways servers have no account inode quota at all, only the inode count of the server's own disk. Infomaniak is the only one that puts it in writing: "no limit on the number of files per hosting account".

Most website hosting plans, including the “unlimited” ones, have a specific Inode limit. On most shared plans the cap sits roughly between 200,000 and 600,000, and entry plans often stop at 200,000 or 250,000; this is sufficient for smaller websites or newly launched websites.

But when you have multiple websites hosted on your account or one large website that continues to grow, having restricted Inodes can cause issues. So, it is better to choose a hosting plan that offers unlimited or high Inode limits.

In this article, we will discuss the top hosting providers that offer high or unlimited Inodes. New to inodes? The explanation of the cPanel inode limit is below the provider lists.

4 Best Unlimited Inodes Hosting Providers

1. WP Engine (No Published Inode Limit)

WP Engine is a reliable managed WordPress hosting provider with no published inode or file-count limit. Its plans are metered on storage, bandwidth and monthly visits instead, and fair use still applies to how you use the server. However, it is expensive compared with shared hosting.

The Essential plan starts at $28/month billed annually ($336 upfront) and includes 75 GB of bandwidth, daily automated backups and free SSL and SSH. Storage starts at 10 GB and can go up to 50 GB on the same plan, which is the limit to watch if you store a very large number of files.

• Inodes: No published limit (fair use applies)
• Number of sites allowed: Starting from 1 website
• Disk Storage: 10 GB to 50 GB on the Essential plan
• Bandwidth: 75 GB on the Essential plan
• Free Migration: Yes
• Starting Price: $28/month (billed annually)
• Money-back Guarantee: 60 days

2. Kinsta (No Published Inode Limit)

Kinsta provides powerful managed WordPress hosting and is one of the best choices for managed hosting. Its pricing and documentation publish no inode limit, so the number of files, folders and emails is not capped by a fixed figure. What Kinsta meters is storage and bandwidth, and fair use applies.

The Single 20GB plan costs $35/month, or $30/month billed annually, and the first month is free. It covers 1 WordPress install, 10 GB of storage, 20 GB of server bandwidth and 125 GB of CDN bandwidth per month. Extra disk space costs $20/month per 20 GB, and plans for multiple sites are available.

• Inodes: No published limit (fair use applies)
• Number of sites allowed: 1 WordPress install on the Single plan; multi-site plans available
• Disk Storage: 10 GB on the Single plan (more as a paid add-on)
• Bandwidth: 20 GB server bandwidth + 125 GB CDN bandwidth per month
• Free Migration: Yes; unlimited
• Starting Price: $35/month, or $30/month billed annually
• Money-back Guarantee: 30 days

3. Infomaniak (No Limit on the Number of Files)

Infomaniak is a Swiss host and the clearest case on this list. Its help center lists the limits for each hosting type, and the files (inodes) row reads "no limit on the number of files per hosting account". That puts its shared Web Hosting in the same group as the managed WordPress hosts, at a lower price.

The plan is generous for a shared account: 250 GB of SSD space and 20 websites are included, and both can be extended (up to 650 GB and 100 sites). Traffic is unlimited, and you get SSH access, free SSL and a free WordPress migration. The real limits are the PHP and Apache settings per site, such as a 1,280 MB memory ceiling on shared hosting.

• Inodes: No limit on the number of files per hosting account
• Number of sites allowed: 20 websites included, up to 100
• Disk Storage: 250 GB SSD, up to 650 GB
• Bandwidth: Unlimited traffic
• Free Migration: Yes; for WordPress
• Starting Price: CHF 10.91/month (excl. VAT, billed annually by default)
• Money-back Guarantee: 30 days, plus a 30-day free trial (credit card required)

I would pick Infomaniak if you want shared-hosting simplicity without an inode cap, for example for a large email archive or a site with thousands of cached pages. The 250 GB disk is what you are more likely to run out of first.

4. Cloudways (No Account Inode Quota)

Cloudways is different from the hosts above: it is managed cloud VPS hosting, so you get a whole server on DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud instead of an account on a shared machine. There is no inode quota per account. Its support article says the number of inodes depends on the disk size, and you can see the exact figure with df -i over SSH.

The cheapest Flexible server (DigitalOcean Premium) costs $14/month, billed hourly at $0.0208, with 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM, 25 GB of NVMe storage and 1 TB of transfer. With ext4 defaults of one inode per 16 KB, a 25 GB disk works out to roughly 1.6 million inodes, and a bigger server gives you more. If the disk runs out of inodes, no new files can be created, so larger file collections need a larger disk.

• Inodes: No account quota; the count depends on the server's disk size
• Number of sites allowed: Unlimited (limited by server resources)
• Disk Storage: 25 GB NVMe on the entry server, more on larger servers (160 GB on the Large size)
• Bandwidth: 1 TB to 5 TB transfer
• Free Migration: Yes
• Starting Price: $14/month (billed hourly)
• Free Trial: 3 days, no credit card required

WP Engine and Kinsta cost more than shared hosting, but they add managed WordPress features, support and server performance without a published file-count cap. Infomaniak and Cloudways are the cheaper ways to avoid an inode quota, as shared hosting and as a managed VPS.

Affordable Shared Hosting Plans with High Inodes Limit

In this section, we will discuss some of the top hosting providers that offer exceptionally high Inodes limits with shared hosting plans.

1. DreamHost (Up to 1 Million Inodes)

DreamHost used to be one of the few shared hosts without an inode limit, but its current Launch, Growth and Scale plans have one. Its help center lists 250,000 inodes on Launch, 500,000 on Growth and 1,000,000 on Scale, which is still high for shared hosting.

If you go over the limit, DreamHost keeps the site online, but uploads, plugin installs and other new file writes fail until you delete files or upgrade. The Launch plan starts at $2.89/month for the first year and renews at $10.99/month.

• Inodes: 250,000 (Launch), 500,000 (Growth), and 1,000,000 (Scale)
• Number of sites allowed: 25, 50, or 100 websites
• Disk Storage: 25 GB to 100 GB NVMe
• Bandwidth: Unlimited traffic
• Free Migration: Yes; for WordPress
• Starting Price: $2.89/month for the first year (renews at $10.99)
• Money-back Guarantee: 30 days

2. BlackHost (16 Million Free Inodes on the Server)

BlackHOST offers unmetered shared hosting, powered by cPanel. Their hosting plans are priced at a low price and offer many unique features. BlackHost offers ImunifyAV with all its shared hosting plans that ensure a great high-end security for your websites.

After an email exchange in which BlackHOST's team invited me to compare for myself, I opened an account, connected to it and typed df -i: the filesystem holding the home directories reported 16,659,222 free inodes.

Keep in mind what that figure measures. It is the number of new files the entire disk could still hold for every account on the server, so it is not a quota tied to your plan, and it can change as other customers add files.

• Inodes: 16,659,222 free on the server's shared disk in my df -i test (not a per-plan quota)
• Number of sites allowed: Supports 1 to unlimited websites
• Disk Storage: 10 GB to 50 GB
• Bandwidth: Fair usage (Unmetered)
• Free Migration: 1 website transfer with any plan
• Starting Price: $1.95/month
• Money-back Guarantee: 2 Days

3. SiteGround

SiteGround is one of the top-recommended shared hosting providers, excelling in server performance, faster website load times, and excellent customer support. The prices are also competitive. More importantly, they offer a higher Inodes limit than most shared hosts, up to 600,000 on the GoGeek plan.

• Inodes: 200,000 (StartUp), 400,000 (GrowBig), and 600,000 (GoGeek)
• Number of sites allowed: Starting from 1 to unlimited website hosting
• Disk Storage: 10 GB to 100 GB
• Bandwidth: Unmetered
• Free Migration: Yes
• Starting Price: $2.99/month (12 months prepaid, renews at $17.99)
• Money-back Guarantee: 30 days

4. Hostinger

If you are looking for an affordable shared hosting plan that offers high Inodes limit, Hostinger is one of the best options for you. You get features like a free SSL certificate, LiteSpeed Cache with WordPress acceleration, and many more with any web hosting plan you choose. They also offer extremely high Inodes limit with their cloud hosting plans.

• Inodes: 400,000 (Premium) and 600,000 (Unlimited) for web hosting plans. Cloud hosting plans support between 2,000,000 (Cloud Startup) and 5,000,000 (Cloud Enterprise Plus) inodes.
• Number of sites allowed: 3 websites on Premium, unlimited on Unlimited and Cloud
• Disk Storage: 20 GB to 400 GB
• Bandwidth: Unlimited
• Free Migration: Yes
• Starting Price: $2.49/month on a 48-month term (renews at $10.99)
• Money-back Guarantee: 30 days

5. HostArmada

HostArmada lists its inode limit as a "Files Count" in each plan's resource quotas: 250,000 on Start Dock, 350,000 on Web Warp and 500,000 on Speed Reaper. All three plans use NVMe storage, include cPanel and daily backups, and come with a 45-day money-back guarantee.

HostArmada also says in its own blog that it never suspends an account just for reaching the inode limit. You still need to clean up or upgrade once you hit it, because new files can't be created past the cap.

• Inodes: 250,000 (Start Dock), 350,000 (Web Warp), and 500,000 (Speed Reaper)
• Number of sites allowed: 1 website on Start Dock, unlimited on the other plans
• Disk Storage: 15 GB to 40 GB NVMe
• Bandwidth: Acceptable usage (unmetered)
• Free Migration: 1 to 5 website transfers, depending on the plan
• Starting Price: $2.15/month (renews at $11.95)
• Money-back Guarantee: 45 days

VPS Hosting With High Inodes Limit

A VPS gives you your own file system and root access, so there is no hosting-account inode quota like the one on shared hosting. The practical ceiling is the inode count of the server's disk, which grows with the storage size. These four VPS providers are worth a look:

1. Impreza

Impreza Host shows how much the rules change when you move from shared hosting to a VPS. Its terms cap web hosting accounts at 100,000 files, but they also state that VPS and dedicated servers "are not subject to these shared-resource limits."

Impreza doesn't publish an inode number for its KVM VPS, because the count depends on how the disk's filesystem was created, not on an account quota. With ext4's default of one inode per 16 KB of disk, a 40 GB disk gets roughly 2.6 million inodes, and XFS allocates inodes as needed. Run df -i after deployment to see the exact figure.

The KVM VPS plans are available in 9 countries, including Romania, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, the USA, and Hong Kong. The entry plan has 1 CPU core, 1 GB of RAM, and 20 GB of SSD storage, which fits smaller sites. A large file collection will need one of the bigger disks.

• Inodes: Set by the disk's filesystem (roughly 2.6 million on a 40 GB ext4 disk; check with df -i)
• Number of sites allowed: No set limit (depends on server resources)
• Disk Storage: 20 GB to 60 GB SSD
• Bandwidth: 5 TB
• Starting Price: $9/month

2. Hostinger VPS

Hostinger sets no account inode cap on its four KVM VPS plans, while its web hosting plans stop at 400,000 or 600,000. As on any VPS, the number of files you can store comes from the filesystem on the NVMe disk. With ext4 defaults, the 50 GB disk of KVM 1 has roughly 3.2 million inodes, and df -i shows the exact number.

The plans use KVM virtualization and NVMe storage and include free weekly backups. The entry KVM 1 plan has 1 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM, and 50 GB of NVMe storage. Its starting price requires a 24-month term, and the plan renews at $11.99/month.

• Inodes: No account cap (set by the disk's filesystem, roughly 3.2 million on 50 GB with ext4)
• Number of sites allowed: No set limit (depends on server resources)
• Disk Storage: 50 GB to 400 GB NVMe
• Bandwidth: 4 TB to 32 TB
• Starting Price: $6.49/month (24-month term)
• Money-back Guarantee: 30 days

3. InterServer

InterServer sells KVM VPS in "slices," so you can start small and add disk space as your file count grows. One slice costs $3/month and includes 1 CPU core, 2 GB of RAM, 40 GB of SSD storage, and 2 TB of transfer. Every extra slice adds another 40 GB, up to 1,280 GB on a 32-slice server.

InterServer does not publish an inode limit for its VPS. As with other root-access servers, the number of files you can store depends on the disk's file system, which makes storage size the deciding factor. The servers are in New York City, Dallas, and Los Angeles, and managed support is included from 8 slices.

• Inodes: No published limit (set by the VPS file system)
• Number of sites allowed: No set limit (depends on server resources)
• Disk Storage: 40 GB to 1,280 GB SSD (RAID-10)
• Bandwidth: 2 TB to 64 TB monthly transfer
• Starting Price: $3/month
• Money-back Guarantee: None on VPS hosting

4. Contabo

Contabo is the pick when you want the biggest disk for the money, and on a VPS a bigger disk means more inodes. Contabo sets no inode quota on its Cloud VPS. The count depends on the disk's filesystem: with ext4 defaults, the 100 GB disk of the entry plan has roughly 6.5 million inodes, and df -i shows the exact figure after setup.

The entry Cloud VPS 4 has 4 vCPU cores, 8 GB of RAM, 100 GB of SSD storage, a 200 Mbit/s port and unlimited traffic under a fair usage policy. It costs $6.60/month, or $5.28/month for the first 24 months on the current offer. The larger plans go up to 600 GB SSD (or 300 GB NVMe), and Contabo has 11 locations in 9 regions.

• Inodes: No account cap (set by the disk's filesystem, roughly 6.5 million on 100 GB with ext4)
• Number of sites allowed: No set limit (depends on server resources)
• Disk Storage: 100 GB to 600 GB SSD (or 100 GB to 300 GB NVMe)
• Bandwidth: Unlimited traffic (fair usage policy)
• Starting Price: $6.60/month ($5.28/month for the first 24 months)

These are some of the best hosting providers that offer unlimited or high Inode limit to meet your fast-growing website needs.

In the next section, we will provide information on some of the most commonly asked questions regarding website hosting Inode limit.

What Is Inode Limit On cPanel?

When hosting providers say “unlimited storage”, it does not necessarily imply that you can host unlimited files. Where’s the hidden catch? It’s Inodes.

An inode is a data structure in the Linux file system that stores a file's details, such as its owner, permissions, timestamps and where its data sits on the disk. Every file, folder and stored email message uses one inode. In cPanel, it is referred to as “ File Usage Limit ” or “ Inodes Usage ”. That means the Inodes limit defines the number of files, folders, and emails that you can store in your hosting account.

Most shared hosting plans set an inode limit for your account. If your usage reaches that limit, new files can't be created, and many hosts send a warning first.

Depending on the host, your hosting account may also be suspended. Therefore, it is recommended to keep your storage data low or use a hosting that offers unlimited or very high Inodes limits.

Unlimited Inode is where there is no limit on the number of files, folders, or emails you can host. However, unlimited Inode hosting is primarily available for managed or cloud services.

There are a few shared hosting providers that offer unlimited or very high Inode limits that are enough to host large volumes of data.

What happens when Inode is full?

Your website is continuously executing tasks for serving content to visitors. Many of these tasks include the creation and deletion of files on your server.

When you reach the Inode limit according to your website hosting plan:

• You will be unable to create a new folder or store more files.
• You also won’t be able to receive any new emails.
• Uploads and plugin or theme updates will fail, and your cache plugin won’t be able to create new caching files.
• Many hosting providers send a warning message stating that the Inode limit has been reached. Depending on the host, the account may be suspended if the usage stays over the limit, while others, such as DreamHost and HostArmada, keep the site online and only block new files.

How many Inodes will I need for my website?

The required Inodes count will depend on the type of website you have. For instance, a new WordPress website with limited content and files will need approximately 5,000 Inodes, whereas a bigger website with a large media library and cache folders can pass 100,000 Inodes.

However, as your website grows and you start adding more plugins, files, folders, and emails, the Inode requirement will increase. Every uploaded image also creates several thumbnail files, which count too.

How to Check Inode Usage in Your cPanel Account?

The Process to check your Inode usage directly from your cPanel account:

Step 1: Login to your cPanel account.

Step 2: On the right side of the account page, you will find the menu “ Statistics ”. Under it, you will find the option “ File Usage ”. You can see the Inode Value or used Inode from here.

Step 3: If you want to have a detailed view of Inodes usage, navigate to the “ Files ” menu and click the option “ Inode Usage ”.

Step 4: When you click on “ Inode Usage ”, you will find the Top 10 Inode folders and their corresponding Inode count.

How do You Reduce Inode Usage?

Exceeding the Inode usage limit that your hosting plan provides stops uploads, updates and new emails, and some hosts may suspend the account. To prevent this, you should take necessary steps like deleting the files and folders you do not require anymore. You can also delete unnecessary emails and remove plugins that you do not use.

If you check your website data, you will also find several empty directories, which you can remove to reduce Inode usage. For data backups, you can create a zip file and store all information in a compressed format. This will further help decrease your Inode usage.

Follow these measures periodically and check Inode usage on a regular basis to keep your website working normally and avoid hitting the limit.

Conclusion

If you want to host multiple websites or have a large web portal that continues to grow, it's important to choose a plan with unlimited or very high Inode limits, such as WP Engine, Kinsta or Infomaniak.

Depending on your hosting requirements, you can choose between Managed WordPress, Virtual Private Server, and Shared hosting plans discussed above.

However, not all of them provide unlimited hosting but have the highest Inode limits in the industry today. These are great hosting options and also have attractive prices. If you want to add anything to the information covered in this review, you can mention it in the comments section below.