Thirty years of hosting.
One story.
Vanilla Gorilla Hosting is a Blue Banana Corp. company, based in Calgary, Alberta — hosting websites and email since 1995.
Before "the cloud" was a word.
Blue Banana Corp. started hosting websites in Calgary back when a modem handshake was still a sound you recognized. Small businesses needed somewhere to put their new website and their first email addresses — and someone to call when either one stopped working.
The technology changed. The phone number didn't.
Servers moved from a closet to real data centres. Dial-up became broadband became fibre. cPanel replaced hand-built control panels. Through all of it, the same idea held: a small business shouldn't need an IT department to keep its website and email running.
Still Canadian. Still Calgary. Still answering the phone.
Vanilla Gorilla Hosting runs on modern LiteSpeed infrastructure with SSD storage, daily backups and real security — the technical side has evolved considerably. What hasn't changed is who picks up when you call: a real person, in Calgary, who can actually fix the problem.
Why the name?
Hosting companies take themselves very seriously, usually right up until something breaks. We'd rather be memorable, a little strange, and completely dependable underneath. A technicolor gorilla is hard to forget. That's the point — so is the phone number that comes with it.
Don't take our word for it.
“I have had the privilege of working with Vanilla Gorilla Hosting since 2005. I find their honesty and integrity very refreshing.”
— Neil B., Allwest Refinishing“I am very satisfied with the support and customer service they provide. Thank you Vanilla Gorilla!”
— Sean M., ICoTA Canada“I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Extremely responsive, and they treat you like a person, not a ticket number.”
— Randy L., AE Security