Cafe24

What Cafe24 Hosting is

Cafe24 Hosting is the hosting center of Cafe24 Corp., whose footer address is in Seoul. It is first a hosting provider, covering web hosting, VPS and server hosting, cloud, domains, SSL certificates and business mail. Its place in a no-code directory comes from the builder tools it now sells next to that hosting. The homepage promotes an AI homepage builder with the line "홈페이지 완성까지 4분 52초, AI 빌더 신청하기" (a finished homepage in 4 minutes 52 seconds, apply for the AI builder), and its business tools menu includes a no-code app tool, "노코드 앱 제작 도구".

The site is in Korean, and everything below is translated from it. It is written for small businesses and individuals who want a website, shop or app online and a single provider for the domain, server, mail and messaging around it. Family sites link it to Cafe24's store, design center, startup center, developer center, partner center and reseller program.

What you build and how

AI homepage builder. The product card reads "아이디어만 있으면 바로 시작되는 나만의 홈페이지" (your own homepage that starts as soon as you have an idea), with the tags AI automation, 5-minute completion, website building and free start, and a "무료로 시작" (start for free) button. You apply for it from the homepage, and it opens on its own page. A separate section, "간단히 만들 수 있는 웹사이트" (websites you can make simply), says you can pick a design that suits your brand and easily build a website and an online shop, with a path to "5분만에 웹사이트 만들기", making a website in 5 minutes.

AI Space. This is hosting for work made with AI: "AI로 만든 작품을 나만의 URL로 세상에 공개하는 AI 전용 호스팅" (AI-only hosting that publishes what you made with AI to the world at your own URL). Its tags are AI deployment, your own URL, free start and a .ai domain. It is listed from 4,900 won a month with a 14-day free start. Next to it sit an LLM Router, a single API that the company says routes automatically across 100 or more models such as Claude and Gemini by cost and speed, starting with free credits, and AI agent VPS plans named OpenClaw and Hermes Agent, with OpenClaw from 14,000 won a month for "나만의 AI에이전트" (your own AI agent).

No-code app tool (SmartMaker). The no-code page describes SmartMaker as an AI-based tool where you draw what you want in a graphic editor that is as easy as Word, and it produces the app program automatically. The company says about 2 hours of video learning is enough, that you do not need to learn C, Java or Python, and that one tool makes apps, web content and books for all kinds of devices under "One Source Multi Use." It also mentions server tooling for large online user services. The steps are download and install it on your PC with admin rights, watch the videos, build your content, then apply downloadable templates. The download is free.

The same page states that SmartMaker is a partner service provided by Softpower Co., Ltd., which signs the contracts and runs and manages it. Cafe24 gives only basic usage guidance and takes no responsibility for the service's quality or use. So this is a partner tool sold through the Cafe24 menu.

Web hosting and managed services. New Autobahn hosting, the entry web hosting line, is listed from 450 won a month and described as reasonable-value hosting for many needs. Standalone web hosting, which gives you the server's resources to yourself with the same management as web hosting, starts at 49,500 won a month, and a cloud version for heavy traffic that scales on demand at 39,600 won. For WordPress, the homepage lists WordPress VPS hosting on your own dedicated server from 36,000 won a month, and the menu adds New Managed WordPress hosting, which the company says handles automatic WordPress updates in a hardened security setup. The managed service pitch is that Cafe24's experts handle one-to-one server management from installation through operation, and that a server move is done quickly with minimal downtime.

Developer hosting. A VPS line for Python, Node.js and Java is described as "자동 구성은 PaaS처럼, 서버 권한은 VPS답게" (automatic configuration like a PaaS, server rights like a VPS), from 33,000 won a month. Quick Light-up Pro, a setup for development and test servers and homepages, starts at 90,000 won a month, EasyUp server hosting for large traffic at 14,900 won, and Cafe24 Cloud at 36 won an hour. The menu also lists Tomcat JSP, MS-SQL DB, image and video hosting, colocation and an ISMS hosting product for information security management systems.

Business tools. A bulk mail service lets you upload a large address book from an Excel file, handle unsubscribes automatically, link an external member database, personalize each message, read statistics on successes, failures, open rates and click rates, and send through a mail API. Kakao Alimtalk and SMS messaging starts at 13.2 won per message, and webmail on your own domain at 1,800 won a month. The menu adds groupware, a PC security solution, electronic tax invoices, a simple payment gateway service, a web log analytics tool, and domestic and overseas advertising run by Cafe24's online marketing experts.

What the pages state about plans and limits

Prices are in Korean won, and the homepage lists "from" prices rather than a full table; the ones shown are given above. Bulk email is the one product with a full price list. It costs 1 won per email, excluding VAT, billed only for emails that send successfully. Prepaid packs are 5,000 emails for 5,000 won, 10,000 for 10,000 won, 20,000 for 20,000 won, 30,000 for 30,000 won and 50,000 for 50,000 won. Larger packs add bonus emails: 100,000 emails come with 5,000 extra, 300,000 with 15,000 extra and 500,000 with 50,000 extra, at 1 won each. If you cancel mid-term, the remaining count is refunded at 1 won per email, bonus emails excluded.

The AI homepage builder is offered as a free start, and AI Space has a 14-day free start. Support runs through separate hosting and server hosting customer centers by phone, email, a 1:1 inquiry form, an FAQ and manuals, and you can request a quote online.

Who it suits and who it does not

Cafe24 Hosting suits a Korean-speaking owner who wants one account for hosting, a domain, an AI-built homepage or shop, mail and Kakao messaging. A developer who wants a Python, Node.js or Java server without configuring everything by hand is a second fit, and a person publishing an AI-made project at its own URL is a third. SmartMaker, with its free download, is for someone who prefers to make an app on a desktop tool rather than on the web.

It is a poor fit for an English-speaking team, since the pages, labels and support routes are in Korean. It is also not a single visual builder: the pieces are separate services, the app tool belongs to a partner, and each one carries its own terms and prices.