The best web hosting providers in the world are deliciously fast, reliable and offer top-tier tech support and features. Here are 7 outstanding hosts that are worth their asking price.
Our research reveals Hostinger, with fast response times powered by LiteSpeed, and 10 strategically located data centers to help your site load quickly from anywhere.
We own over 45 web hosting accounts and have built over 95 test sites to measure their uptime and server speed. Today, we’ve handpicked the top 7 web hosts based on performance and service (all averaging less than 180 ms), just for you!
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By the end of this article, you’ll be able to make an informed decision on which web host is best for your website.
Here are some things we always look for in an outstanding web host:
At Bitcatcha, we’ve been testing web hosts since 2014. We manage a whopping total of 95+ test sites hosted across plans from 45+ different web hosts.
We then use our Bitcatcha Speed Test Tool (as seen on LifeHack and HuffPost) to analyze each hosts’ server speed, and employ uptime trackers to monitor server uptime. These results are then used to produce data-driven host reviews and comparisons.
For a more detailed breakdown of how we write our web hosting reviews, head to our article on “How We Review Our Web hosts”.
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Hosting Plan
Premium Shared
Avg. Global Speed
136 ms
Price (USD)
$2.99 /mo
Key Features
“Hostinger is a brilliantly well-balanced web host, offering high-level performance and support at great prices.”
With 95+ test sites created (so far!), you might guess that our Bitcatcha team knows a thing or two about web hosting. We love watching hosts evolve, and Hostinger is a brand that’s come a long way.
In fact – we recently conducted some brand research and found Hostinger to be the most sought-after web host of 2020 (Read the full report here).
Why all the hype? We can take a guess: Hostinger is proving themselves more and more to be a very well-balanced host. They’ve grown to provide premium-level performance and support at prices that are surprisingly affordable.
Pros
Cons
Hostinger passed our own performance tests with flying colors. We built 3 different test sites specifically to host on Hostinger and ran them through our server speed test tool.
Here are the results from their US datacenter from their Premium Shared hosting plan.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | Sao Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 ms | 21 ms | 92 ms | 244 ms | 136 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
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| 211 ms | 265 ms | 172 ms | 37 ms | 107 ms |
The numbers don’t lie – Hostinger’s speed test results were very impressive. With a global average server speed of only 136 ms, Hostinger gets itself a solid A+ ranking!
They’re particularly speedy in the USA, London, Canada and Germany, with expected slowdowns in locations further away from the data center, like Bangalore and Singapore. The great thing is that they have a grand total of 10 data centres strategically placed around the world. Pick the closest one to your target audience and you’ll enjoy the very best speeds!
Hostinger’s plans come with further features to boost that site load speed. To name a few, there’s their very own Cache Manager, LiteSpeed cache, NGINX caching, PHP7 support and WordPress optimisation.
In fact – all of Hostinger’s plans come packed with plenty of premium features, and start at a very low introductory price if you opt for their longer plans.
For our tests, we opted for the Premium Shared plan that starts at $2.99/mo for a 48 month plan.
Hostinger doesn’t offer free daily backups, which isn’t that surprising given the price point. They do include free weekly backups, which serves our needs just fine.
Hostinger’s support is a huge part of what makes them great. They offer helpful support 24/7 over live chat, and from our experience, the team responds almost instantaneously.
They currently run 4 support centres that serve over 20 countries in their native languages – something that goes above and beyond most hosts we’ve seen, and suggests they truly do care about communicating with their clients. The only caveat is that they don’t currently offer phone support, which may be important to some users.
Overall, with their impressive features, global presence and wallet-friendly pricing, we think Hostinger’s place as the #1 best web host is well earned.
Hosting Plan
Shared Unlimited
Avg. Global Speed
118.4 ms
Price (USD)
$2.95 /mo
Key Features
“Affordable and high-performance hosting optimized for WordPress and perfect for beginners”
DreamHost almost needs no introduction – they’ve been around since 1997 and are one of the most recognizable names in the industry.
Still, the REAL reason we’re putting them #2 is for the value they bring for all aspiring WordPress website owners. DreamHost and WordPress run together like… well, a dream. It’s little wonder they’ve earned an official WordPress endorsement from the big guys themselves.
We think they’re especially ideal for beginners or anyone who needs a simple solution, as they have plenty of foolproof features to help your site up and running fast.
Pros
Cons
Their server speeds blew us away. When running our 2 DreamHost test sites through our speed test tool, DreamHost actually emerged as THE fastest host on this entire list, scoring an A+ grade. Perhaps, since they utilize SSD servers – said to be x2 as fast as traditional HDD servers.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
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| 70 ms | 2 ms | 77 ms | 242 ms | 117 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 ms | 210 ms | 169 ms | 16 ms | 87 ms |
DreamHost’s server speeds are especially zippy around the US region where their 2 data centers are located, which makes them perfect for anyone with audiences in this part of the world!
The downside? Because they don’t have any data centres outside the US, this means slightly slower speeds for anyone accessing your site from Asia or Oceania. However, their average worldwide speed is still great at 118.4ms!
All DreamHost shared hosting plans come with unlimited bandwidth, a user-friendly interface, an easy drag-and-drop website builder, and hundreds of professional templates to help you build and launch your site quickly. In all – you’re all set and optimized to untap the full potential of WordPress.
They have two tiers of plans – we’d recommend the Shared Unlimited if you want more resources to play with – like unlimited websites and emails.
| Specifications | Shared Starter | Shared Unlimited |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.59/mo | $3.95/mo |
| Renews at | $5.99/mo | $10.99/mo |
| Storage | 50 GB | Unlimited |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| SSL certificate | Free | Free |
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What’s also definitely worth mentioning is their money back guarantee. Whilst most hosts offer a standard 30-day money back guarantee, DreamHost takes it to the next level by extending it up to 97 days! You even get the rare option to pay on a monthly basis. Don’t expect to unlock the cheapest prices this way, but you may appreciate the flexibility.
In all, we think DreamHost offers everything that a WordPress site owner could ask for, especially for beginners or those who just want a great and fast website up, ASAP.
DreamHost offers in- house customer support via Live Chat and ticketing, and from our own trials, they responded within minutes. But on top of having access to a team of WordPress experts, you can also make use of their active forum and their pretty sweet knowledgebase.
There are some limits though. Live Chat support is limited to 5:30AM – 9.30PM Pacific Time, so if working overseas and in another timezone, you may need to sometimes rely on their ticketing system.
There’s also no free telephone support, but you can request a call-back if you don’t mind paying $9.95 per call.
Hosting Plan
Starter Hosting
Avg. Global Speed
121.7 ms
Price (USD)
$3.95 /mo
Key Features
“Best independent, eco-friendly web hosting that’s really easy to use! Suitable for beginners and small businesses.”
Coming in next is Canada’s very own big daddy of web hosting, HostPapa!
As well as offering great hosting performance and support, one of HostPapa’s big pluses is that they power their data centers and office spaces with 100% green renewable energy!
Pros
Cons
HostPapa might be considered a small, independent company but don’t let that fool you – their performance in terms of speed gives the big boys a good run for their money.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 ms | 28 ms | 80 ms | 231 ms | 132 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 ms | 203 ms | 173 ms | 8 ms | 95 ms |
On their Canadian data center, HostPapa scored a global average of a hot 121.7 ms, which is faster / as fast as most top rated web hosts available out there! They’re obviously fastest in Canada at 8ms, but they’re lightning quick in Germany, London, and the USA too.
We do wish they had better coverage across Asia and Oceania as they only currently have servers within Europe and North America. That said – even their slowest location isn’t all that slow, coming in at 231 ms all the way from Singapore. With that, HostPapa is an A+ ranked host.
Feature-wise, what HostPapa offers ain’t too shabby.
Their cheapest $3.95 plan works well for small single sites, but their Business Plan is where things really ramp up. For $4.95 a month, you’ll unlock unlimited websites, a free domain, unlimited SSD storage, unlimited emails, free SSL and free Cloudflare.
That said, the lack of free automatic backups is also a little bit of a letdown, and their uptime guarantee can be a little suspect.
They may not have as many frills as some of the other hosts on this list, but they have leaned into what they do best – providing a great user experience with solid basic services.
HostPapa’s customer service team is fondly referred to as the ‘PapaSquad’, and they do do a fantastic job. We never had to wait very long on live chat, with replies consistently coming in less than a minute.
Their interface is very well thought out and their knowledgebase is full of handy videos and tutorials. If you’re having any trouble getting started, or just want to ask someone any questions about hosting or setting up a website, you can even get a one-on-one video/phone session with them! We haven’t seen that offered with many other hosts, and could definitely come in handy for beginners.
Hosting Plan
Basic
Avg. Global Speed
153 ms
Price (USD)
$2.95 /mo
Key Features
“Endorsed by WordPress, amazing value, paired with decent speeds - Bluehost is best for WordPress blogs and small business sites!”
As another web host officially recommended by WordPress, Bluehost has more than 19 years of experience in the hosting industry. They understand what people are looking for when it comes to web hosting – speed and reliability!
They currently offer most services under the hosting umbrella, including Shared Hosting, WP, VPS, dedicated, reseller, and cloud hosting.
Pros
Cons
We purchased their Basic plan and set up a grand total of 6 test sites to host on Bluehost.
Turns out their servers were excellent, providing lightning quick response times across the board in our server speed tests.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 ms | 78 ms | 183 ms | 193 ms | 164 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
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| 330 ms | 168 ms | 125 ms | 92 ms | 174 ms |
With a global average of 153 ms, Bluehost proves their mettle as an A+ ranked web host, performing incredibly well in the West US (23 ms), East US (78 ms) and Canada (92 ms).
Their response times in the other locations aren’t too shabby either, mostly scoring below 180 ms, with the slowest location all the way in Bangalore at 330 ms.
Bluehost has only 1 datacenter, which is based in the USA. Although they’re generally really fast, nothing beats proximity to the target audience, and them only having one datacenter means those targeting people located further away would be at a disadvantage.
Also, do note that they don’t have an uptime guarantee.
Bluehost’s many tiers are a great choice for small blogs and online businesses on WordPress.
Features offered by them are quite solid, with 10GB of SSD storage, free SSL, SEO services and a free domain included in their Basic plan. Not bad at all, considering the low entry price of only $2.95 a month (with 12-month plan).
That said, the amount of storage offered at each price point isn’t quite as much as you’d get from several of the other hosts on this list. On top of that, renewal prices do jump up quite significantly.
If you feel that you need a boost of speed, you’ll be glad to learn that they’ve got a free CDN built directly into the account, available at just a click.
Bluehost outsources their support team to India and currently offers support via Live Chat and phone. We did run into some hiccups and unhelpful trainees when we first started using Bluehost, but things do seem much better now. They also have a pretty robust knowledge-base filled with useful tutorials and guides.
Hosting Plan
Starter
Avg. Global Speed
179.5 ms
Price (USD)
$35 /mo
Key Features
“Managed WordPress hosting built on Google Cloud Architecture! Best for SMEs and sites with high traffic.”
Kinsta is a lean, mean, hosting machine. Powered by the Google Cloud gods themselves, Kinsta is able to leverage on their space-age tech to provide users with high quality web hosting.
Kinsta has spent the past 15 years focusing exclusively on Managed WordPress hosting. In other words – these guys know WordPress like the back of their hands.
They recently expanded their host plans to application and database hosting, but are still continuing to release and improve their Managed WordPress offerings.
Pros
Cons
Many of Kinsta’s core strengths come from it being hosted on Google Cloud’s Premium Tier. This not only gives you access to 29 data centers around the world – but unlocks uber-fast speeds and scalability.
The numbers speak for themselves – check out the results from our server speed test below.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 ms | 95 ms | 10 ms | 287 ms | 203 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 487 ms | 266 ms | 221 ms | 83 ms | 13 ms |
Since the datacenter for this test site is located in Europe, Kinsta’s response times from London and Germany are lightning-fast at 10 ms and 13 ms.
Signs of sluggishness started showing the further away the locations are, with Japan at 221 ms, Sydney 266 ms, Singapore 287 ms and Bangalore at 487 ms. Regardless, Kinsta still scored a global average of 179.5 ms which earns them a coveted A+ rank! Select the data center closest to your customers and you should be all set.
It’s a great choice for larger WordPress eCommerce sites, or anyone expecting a spike in traffic – Kinsta’s cloud-based infrastructure can easily scale upwards to keep your site online no matter what.
With more than 10 years worth of experience with WordPress, Kinsta easily provides one of the best Managed WordPress Hosting solutions in the scene. Sign up, build your site, and let the Kinsta team take over from there. You practically won’t have to worry about a thing as they manage your site for you – looking after things like automated updates, and monitoring for security flaws.
Features are plentiful, you get daily backups, your uptime is guaranteed, and you get software to turbo-charge your site. We’re talking KeyCDN, NGINX, MariaDB, the works.
That said – Kinsta is a premium WordPress host. And that comes with premium pricing.
$35 a month (with a 12-month plan) is significantly more expensive than the other hosts on this list. You’re gonna want to make sure that there’s a solid return on your investment. Also, they lack email hosting and phone support, so keep that in mind if those things matter to you.
That said, if you sign up or upgrade to an annual plan – you do get 2 months for free.
Kinsta offers 24/7 support via the Intercom widget. But more importantly – their support team is amazing. It’s composed entirely of veteran WordPress developers and Linux hosting engineers, so the level of tech support is pretty hard to match. You won’t be bouncing between level 1 or level 2 support reps – you’ll always be talking to real experts. From direct experience, every query we sent was replied to in under 3 minutes.
Hosting Plan
GrowBig
Avg. Global Speed
136.9 ms
Price (USD)
$6.69 /mo
Key Features
“Excellent premium web hosting that’s ideal for businesses - with fast speeds and secure servers!”
In 2004, SiteGround was a small enterprise freshly founded by a few friends in their uni dorms in Bulgaria. Today, SiteGround competes with the giants of the hosting world – they have datacenters in 6 countries and service over 2.8 million domains! Phwoar.
Officially WordPress-endorsed and built on the Google Cloud Platform, SiteGround definitely deserves all the recognition they’re getting.
Pros
Cons
We actually have multiple accounts with SiteGround for testing purposes, but we’ll be having a look at their entry-level GrowBig plan.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 ms | 33 ms | 96 ms | 233 ms | 181 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 ms | 203 ms | 165 ms | 29 ms | 118 ms |
Speedwise, our test site proves that SiteGround’s servers are speedy as hell with a global average of 136.9 ms, earning them an A+ ranking!
If you’re in need of even faster speeds, no probs. Cloudflare is integrated into the system, and all you have to do is enable it to get your minds blown.
With 6 data centers strategically spread out across the globe (all on the Google Cloud Platform), all you need to do is pick the closest one to your audience and let SiteGround work its magic.
And if you’re in the market for cloud hosting, we performed a test on SiteGround’s cloud hosting plan as well and the results were pretty good!
SiteGround offers a range of plans for a range of users.
The GrowBig plan is fairly priced at only $6.69 a month, and comes packed with a bunch of little goodies, which doesn’t just boost your server speed, but overall efficiency as well. Their SuperCacher boosts site load speed up to 4x quicker, you get to enjoy free daily backups, free priority support and free restores!
The downside? Obviously, price. SiteGround’s renewal prices can get expensive. Be mentally prepared to pay more than double the introductory prices to renew the contract. Is it worth it? For the service you’re getting – we think so.
SiteGround offers support via 24/7 Live Chat, ticketing, and also the phone. We’ve consistently found SiteGround’s team to be extremely capable, and used their Live Chat extensively. The wait is never long, and our problems were usually resolved very quickly.
When calling them on the phone, we never needed to wait longer than 5 minutes to connect, and our experiences with their ticketing system usually got a reply within 10 minutes.
If you’re getting their GrowBig plan or above, you get access to their 30-day priority support – where your tickets get replied to within minutes!
Hosting Plan
Start
Avg. Global Speed
151.7 ms
Price (USD)
$8.95 /mo
Key Features
“Powerful servers with great features! Their SPanel provides users with a fantastic experience, and is compatible with cPanel!”
ScalaHosting is one of the OGs of web hosting, and they’ve obviously put all the experience they’ve accumulated into good use.
They’ve been consistently improving their services throughout the years, and now their data centers have joined the BDC, or the Best Data center Club(™).
Pros
Cons
While their shared hosting plan is decent, they really shine with their Managed VPS plan, which gave us one of the best user experiences so far.
| US (W) | US (E) | London | Singapore | São Paulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 ms | 120 ms | 45 ms | 165 ms | 232 ms |
| Bangalore | Sydney | Japan | Canada | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 ms | 285 ms | 202 ms | 116 ms | 30 ms |
We ran a speed test on their Europe server and discovered that their response times are real hot in Germany and London, at 30 ms and 45 ms respectively. The slowest location would be in Sydney at 285 ms, but that’s expected given the distance.
With a global average of 151.7 ms, ScalaHosting packs a real mean punch when it comes to speed, earning them an A+ ranking.
Feature-wise, the web hosting provider made great effort in making the customer feel like they’re getting plenty of value.
Even their cheaper plans provide a whole host of unlimited goodness, such as websites, storage, bandwidth. They then throw in freebies like free migrations, free domains, free SSL and free CDN. If those aren’t enough for you, ScalaHosting decided to sweeten the deal by throwing in a free 7-day automatic backup too!
On top of all that, you’ll be able to enjoy their critically acclaimed SPanel, which is ScalaHosting’s very own control panel. It’s one of the best control panels we’ve had the pleasure of using. Very user-friendly and fully compatible with cPanel!
At only $29.95 a month for their 3-year contract of Managed VPS hosting (and $3.95 / mo for their mini shared hosting plans). ScalaHosting provides a whole host of generous resources with their quality servers that won’t let you down. Great for WordPress sites and small business users!
However, ScalaHosting unfortunately is late to the SSD game – they only offer SSD storage on mechanical drives, unless you’re willing to splurge on their VPS plans.
ScalaHosting offers award-winning 24/7 support via Live Chat and ticketing. They claim that that’s why their customers stay with them for 7 years on average!
If you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, take a look at these additional web hosting companies:
If you are looking for specialty hosting, here are some best host lists that you might find handy.
Core Web Vitals will soon be used as part of Google’s ranking criteria. It focuses on 3 different aspects of page experience – Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay , and Cumulative Layout Shift.
Out of the 3, the first 2 are highly dependent on speed!
Think with Google also mentioned that you’ll want your site to load under 1 second because the probability of users bouncing when site load speed takes 1 – 3 second is a whopping 32%!
In other words, people won’t just leave your site if it takes too long to load – it might lose out in ranking compared to faster loading sites!
This is why you shouldn’t just be looking at cheap web hosting – you may save more on expenses but you’ll be losing out in thousands of missed sales opportunities.
Here’s a few more things you should know about our testing methodology:
This might all sound mundane, technical and even boring, but believe me it’s highly important. If you select the wrong type of hosting service, you probably won’t realize it until much later when your site starts picking up traffic.
Then, you’ll realize that you’ll need different sorts of resources for your website, but it’s too late to back out and you’re stuck paying for a service that doesn’t quite do your business justice.
Take it from us, because we’ve made that mistake before.
Let’s jump in and have a look at the different types of web hosting services available, so you don’t make the same mistake we did.
Shared web hosting is exactly what it sounds like. You’ll be sharing server space with a bunch of other users on the same server, with the resources split evenly among everyone.
This is by far our most recommended web hosting type, as it’s great for general purpose use, and actually performs surprisingly well if you go for a reliable brand that takes no nonsense from errant users.
It’s simple, uncomplicated, perfect for first timers thinking about dipping their feet in building a website. Most of them are really quite affordable too, which is always a plus in our books.
The only problem with shared web hosting is that rogue users might (intentionally or not) take up too much resources, causing slowdowns for everyone else sharing that same server.
However, as mentioned earlier, pick a reliable brand that takes no nonsense from their users (like Hostinger), and you’ll be fine!
While shared web hosting hosts multiple websites on a single server, with cloud web hosting, your website will exist across multiple servers – a cluster of servers, to be exact, in the cloud.
This means that the provider can literally choose other servers to load up your site from, if a particular one is under stress or is facing performance issues, which ensures stable, consistent, site load speeds!
Users usually upgrade from shared hosting to cloud hosting once they feel that their website has outgrown the resources that shared web hosting provides.
How would you know if it’s time to upgrade?
Well, when your allocated bandwidth is constantly being used up due to heavy traffic, or if your web hosting provider straight up complains and TELLS you to do it, then yeah it’s time to upgrade.
Aside from its obvious speed benefits, cloud web hosting provides users with a whole lot more features than shared hosting, such as balanced load, better security and easy scalability.
However, the downside is the price. Good things don’t come cheap, and cloud web hosting is unmistakably, good.
VPS servers, otherwise known as Virtual Private Servers, are actually quite similar to the abovementioned cloud hosting.
The key difference between these two is that while cloud hosting utilizes several different machines on the cloud, VPS hosting uses one massive physical server which is then partitioned into several different servers.
Each one of these partitions act as a dedicated server on its own with its own resources, but at a much larger scale than what a shared hosting server would provide.
Faster and highly reliable compared to shared hosting servers, VPS hosting is typically very customizable, easily upgradable, and the partitions can be configured however you want to suit your needs.
Since each partition acts as a dedicated server, you’ll enjoy greater privacy and security – you won’t have to worry about resource hogging, traffic surges or privacy breaches from other users.
If you’re experiencing heavy traffic spikes on your ecommerce site, or if the website you’re running is particularly resource heavy, you should consider upgrading to a VPS account from your shared hosting server.
You’ll have to pay quite a bit more, but we personally feel that the damage to the wallet is actually worth the trade off in performance, stability, security and resources.
For those of you looking for complete control over your servers, or if you just have deep pockets and a deep dislike for sharing, you might want to look into dedicated hosting plans.
With dedicated web hosting, you’ll practically be renting an entire server with ALL of its resources, dedicated just for you or your business. That’s the equivalent of booking out an entire restaurant or movie theatre, just for a date.
Better make damn sure that date is worth it!
Best suited for large enterprises or successful sites with consistently high daily traffic, dedicated web hosting users will have full access to the server, with the ability to configure it to support the exact amount of web traffic required to keep the site running.
Its uses include being able to install alternative operating systems for the webserver, or running performance-enhancing utilities like advanced page caching systems which require specific server hardware that only dedicated servers can provide.
With its superior speeds, reliability, resources, and most importantly, customizability, they are typically used to support extremely high levels of traffic for ecommerce, media, or publishing sites.
However, be prepared to get your kidney familiar with the black market to pay for its services. Dedicated Web Hosting does not come cheap and rightly so, considering you’re literally renting out an entire server for yourself.
It might even come with unexpected expenses too, such as licensing for software that are required to get the server running, i.e. Windows, or maybe even cPanel.
Managed WordPress hosting is just the bees knees of… well, hosting WordPress sites.
If you’re running an enterprise site based on WordPress (and if your wallets are deep enough) we’d always recommend using managed WordPress hosting services.
It has all the benefits of WordPress Hosting, but MANAGED!
Okay, I realize that doesn’t say much. Let me elaborate.
First up, Managed WordPress Hosting isn’t all that much different from regular shared hosting, except that you’ll get to enjoy all of the perks and none of the drawbacks – always fast, backed up, and secured!
All you have to do is sort out the initial set up, and since it’s literally managed, you can just kick back and sip on a cocktail while the experts work on keeping your site well oiled and running smoothly.
You won’t need to worry about WordPress updates, because they’ll manage that for you. Security concerns are forgotten because, well, they’ll manage all your security updates. You won’t even need to lose sleep over optimizing your site because it’s… managed!
If something goes wrong, don’t panic – these services usually will have WordPress experts as support to sort everything out for you because… managed!
You get the idea by now.
The only note about managed WordPress hosting is that you might not be able to install the plugins you want, and it’s kinda damaging to the ol’ wallet.
So, we’ve covered how to determine a good web hosting service, the types of web hosting available, and the benefits of picking a provider with a data center close to your target audience.
Before you go bragging to all your friends about your newfound expertise in web hosting, let us do you the favour of stopping you right there, cause we’ve yet to talk about which type of web hosting is suitable for YOUR website.
First up, you’re going to need to know what kind of website you’re looking to build. By doing so, you’ll know what sort of features you’ll need, the amount of resources required, and all the little extras that are required to run your website.
Decide if the website you want is going to be a:
So, which type of web hosting is best for you?
Quite frankly, we don’t have the answer to that. Each one of these services serve a different purpose, and there really is no “best” web hosting service, only the one that works better for your business or website.
For those that are just starting out or are looking for an affordable option to host your website, you just can’t go wrong with a shared web hosting plan. Just make sure that the service comes with good features, knowledgeable support, and is able to handle the traffic you’re expecting for your site.
If you ask us which web hosting is best for your company, the honest answer is that there’s no one best provider out there. There’s only the one that best serves your needs.
Having said that, it’s important to note that all the hosts that made an appearance on this list are ranked A+. That means they’re all great, with tried-and-tested awesome speeds. Select any one of these and you shouldn’t be disappointed!
Obviously, our choice for the very BEST web hosting provider for 2022 goes to Hostinger, thanks to their amazing performance, affordable prices and their dedication to constantly improving the hosting experience for customers.
Their server speeds are fantastic; globally fast, even in locations further away from their data center. In fact – they’ve got a bucketload of speed-enhancing features, including:
They have 10 strategically-located data centers to provide a wide coverage area for their users. But more than that – they also offer local versions of websites and support staff!
It’s little wonder that Hostinger emerged as the fastest-growing web host in 2020.
Web hosting is a service provided by a company that allocates space on a server for a website to store data. Everything that makes up a website comprises data, which needs to be stored on physical servers. Web hosts provide users with that space and makes the website accessible to visitors.
Web hosting allows your website to be accessible by others. Website builders allow you to build and design a website, from how it looks to how it flows, in a user-friendly manner. Most website builder services also include web hosting services as well.
With the right server software, hardware and technical expertise, yes you can. Though your website performance will most likely be nowhere as reliable as those hosted on professional web hosting services. Hosting your own website is generally not worth the effort for the average user, and you’ll be better off just hosting your site through web hosting providers.
Yes. There are plenty of free web hosting services around that you can utilize for your website. However, they come with performance restrictions, handicaps, and ads displayed on your website (which you have no control over). If you’re looking to actually build traffic and generate revenue through your site, we would strongly advise against going for these free services.
Shared web hosting can cost $12 to $420 per year – excluding domain and SSL. Domains would typically cost you $10 – $20 a year, while SSL can cost anything from as little as $8 up to $1000 per annum. These can build up to cost quite a bit, so we highly recommend a web hosting service that offers both domain AND SSL for free, like Hostinger.
Figure out the purpose of your website, and find out which kind of web hosting would be best to fulfil that purpose. Generally, for small business or personal sites, shared web hosting should be enough to cover all the bases. If it’s for a large to medium website, best not cheap out – go for something that provides you with more resources like VPS hosting.
If you’re building a WordPress site targeting the USA, Bluehost would be the preferred web hosting choice. If it’s a non-WordPress site with a global audience, it’s better to pick GoDaddy. Note that Hostinger would be a great choice for both. They’re optimized for WordPress and have data centers worldwide.
SSL is an acronym for Secure Sockets Layer. It keeps a website secure, allowing visitors to freely browse, shop, and provide information to the website securely. It’s considered to be highly beneficial and is essential for every website. Providers like Hostinger and DreamHost offer free SSL certificates!
A data center is a building that houses groups of servers that store website data. By picking a data center that is close to your target audience geographically speaking, you’ll be able to ensure optimum website performance for your visitors! Hostinger and Kinsta provide great global coverage of data centers.
