Best hosting provider on Reddit

176 reviews from r/webhosting, r/webdev, r/dotnet and 22 more subreddits

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Hostinger

4.5

(10)

"I second Hostinger; a year in with no issues whatsoever."

"Hostinger is way cheaper and reliable. That's what I would go with."

"Hostinger is the best, try it and you will not regret it."

"Hostinger is very cheap and has a user friendly cpanel."

"Hostinger. I’ve been using it for myself and my clients."

"It will better to go with Hostinger."

"Hostinger and Bluehost are great. STAY AWAY FROM GODADDY."

"Of those three, the only decent option is Hostinger."

"Https://hostinger.com"

"I ended up going with hostinger, hopefully i made the right choice."

Cloudflare

4.7

(9)

"Cloudflare R2 global object storage could be the solution for you."

"Go with Cloudflare R2. good for storage"

"I highly recommend using Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages for hosting."

"Cloudflare Pages"

"Cloudflare pages. You can deploy right from ghub and they have a super generous free tier."

"We typically deploy the frontend on Cloudflare Pages."

"Cloudflare might be your only good choice."

"You can probably use Cloudflare to cache your website if the caching is the problem."

Hetzner

4.7

(7)

"You can get a pretty beefy machine on Hetzner for $40/month."

"I would recommend Hetzner anytime. Been using it for years."

"I moved to Hetzner with their server auction."

"I would recommend Hetzner anytime. Been using it for years."

"Have you checked out https://docs.hetzner.com/konsoleh/server-management/resellers/resellerpackages/"

"Hetzner, seems not first time I've heard about them."

AWS

4.2

(6)

"I would recommend you spin up a machine on AWS."

"I'd recommend: AWS Lightsail Contabo"

"It's essentially free for a basic site plus whatever the domain costs unless you start getting insane volume."

"My clients use AWS + Vercel."

"I do still rate AWS."

"S3 Bucket / cloud front for front end app, aws Lambda webapi project for backend."

Azure

4.0

(6)

"Have you tried azure ? You can host your application there using azure app service."

"I hosted my static website on Azure+Github repo connected its free :) i dont know the limits but 20-30 visits must be free for a loooong time"

"Azure is great for supporting multiple regions and data protection."

"Pay $12 a month for Azure DB's and blob storage."

"I would talk to your developers and have them setup something in Azure."

"Azure"

Cloudways

4.4

(5)

"Cloudways - Great for those who want flexibility and speed without breaking the bank."

"Cloudways managed hosting has been super reliable for me."

"Cloudways"

"I'm a big fan of Cloudways. The server cost isn't that expensive, and a lot of their built-in tools like backups, staging, transferring, etc, all end up saving a lot of time."

"I like Cloudways Digital Ocean VPS. I've been using them since 2016 for many of my sites."

DigitalOcean

4.2

(5)

"Digital Ocean is great!"

"I got a vps from DigitalOcean and setup caprover. works fine for my nodejs app."

"Still in the building stages, but I plan on using Digital Ocean."

"Get a droplet from -> [https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets]"

"None of these provide windows hosting, and all of them suck except for DigitalOcean and MAYBE A2."

Digital Ocean

5.0

(4)

"Digital ocean app platform."

"I actually am happily using DigitalOcean App Platform for my blog."

"I've had solid experiences with Digital Ocean."

"I use digital ocean it's very good."

Vercel

4.8

(4)

"Vercel or Netlify"

"Vercel"

"I think you can host on Vercel and still use custom domain?"

#10

WPengine

4.8

(4)

"I suggest WPEngine. The cost is well worth the quality and support."

"If I was launching a WooCommerce site, I’d go straight to WPEngine."

"I highly recommend WPEngine. I also chose Bluehost when I first started and it was a nightmare."

"If this is something that makes you a lot of money, you probably can't go wrong with WPengine, with the understanding it is VERY expensive."

#11

DreamHost

3.8

(4)

"Kinsta and Dreamhost are both good options."

"Dreamhost is good, I used their hosting for a year."

"DreamHost provides a user-friendly experience and good support."

"Have you looked at other providers such as Dreamhost and knownhost?"

#12

Namecheap

5.0

(3)

"Buy domain from any cheap place like Namecheap or ionos, deploy app on Vercel, connect the domain you bought."

"Buy a cheap domain on namecheap or something and host in on a free instance of Netlify or Vercel and connect the domain."

"I personally use this, one year is 15USD and you get free domain too. I build woocommerce store in there and still no technical problems."

#13

Netlify

5.0

(3)

"I use Netlify for my portfolio site, which is just a React front-end."

"Netlify, Vercel, or Cloudflare"

"Just use netlify or vercel, you can easily connect your github repo and deploy."

#14

Nixihost

5.0

(3)

"I had a seamless experience with the Nixihost support team when they moved my websites."

"You can pick a shared hosting environment, just drop all the files into a folder and have the website displayed right away, you also get secondary features like emails, ftp and SSL included."

"Nixihost is a fantastic option for your hosting needs!"

#15

BlueHost

3.3

(4)

"BlueHost is fine."

"I actually used Bluehost for a while."

"I’d definitely recommend this👍🏼"

"BlueHost bad."

#16

Fly.io

4.3

(3)

"Fly.io is run from some super great people and can do Rails apps and so much more."

"I use fly.io. Looks like it now costs minimum of $5 per month."

"Fly.io lets you deploy Docker containers easily."

#17

Kinsta

4.3

(3)

"These are the mostly the more serious hosts with quality support."

"Kinsta and Dreamhost are both good options."

"Another to consider, Kinsta."

#18

Render

3.7

(3)

"Onrender.com netlify.com"

"I recently got to use render to host an app built for the ruby on rails hotwire hackathon, so I could suggest that one."

"Best I could find as an alternative is render.com."

#19

PythonAnywhere

5.0

(2)

"It works great 👍"

"I like www.PythonAnywhere.com: simple and with a generous free tier."

#20

Linode

3.3

(3)

"Linode."

"Decent picks for unmanaged VPS services."

"If you are not tech savvy, it can be an issue setting up backups, CDNs, firewalls and other operational things."

#21

Contabo

5.0

(2)

"I've been very pleased with their offerings and competitive prices."

"Contabo is also way cheaper"

#22

Oracle

5.0

(2)

"Oracle Cloud offers a powerful free option with 24GB of RAM."

"Oracle's free tier is extremely generous with about 8 vCPUs and 24GB of RAM."

#23

Microsoft

5.0

(2)

"We are on Azure and totally satisfied with it"

"Azure app service is free."

#24

cPanel

4.5

(2)

"CPanel is very straightforward and not overwhelming, with a lot of guides available."

"Shared hosting providers with cPanel are usually the go-to."

#25

SiteGround

4.5

(2)

"Siteground"

"SiteGround."

#26

SetraHost

4.5

(2)

"For the price point, I’d suggest SetraHost. Use it for a lot of clients and never had any issues."

"My 2 gotos these days are SetraHost and NameCrane. Both great providers, but I find SetraHost’s support to be faster and more detailed."

#27

ionos

4.5

(2)

"Always use and recommend ionos to my customers. My customers get the best results with ionos and the support is quite good."

"I work for IONOs feel free to reach out with any questions."

#28

Railway

4.0

(2)

"Railway.app is pretty good, i have just deployed sideprojects tho."

"Have you looked into Railway? Extremely simple to deploy and manage env variables."

#29

Vultr

4.0

(2)

"Maybe you could try something like Vultr, they have a very affordable $2.50 plan."

"If you want to manage the VPS instances I use Vultr and I love them."

#30

HosterPk

4.0

(2)

"[HosterPk] is best and providing cheap hosting plans right now."

"Hosterpk"

#31

Hatchbox

3.0

(2)

"Hatchbox.io maybe?"

"Hatchbox isn't free. It is $14/month."

#32

Firebase

5.0

(1)

"Firebase hosting has a great free tier and simple to connect to a custom domain"

#33

Vapour Host

5.0

(1)

"Currently I am using Vapour Host and it provides excellent customer support."

#34

Himalaya Cloud

5.0

(1)

"I am hosting my django application at himalaya.cloud, I am satisfied with the service."

#35

1and1

5.0

(1)

"I have had a VPS through 1and1 and I have never had any problems, never had any down time."

#36

A2 Hosting

5.0

(1)

"A2 Hosting offer shared Linux hosting which should meet your needs."

#37

Web Hosting

5.0

(1)

"These guys are the best I've seen for real-life testing of hosting plans."

#38

GitHub

5.0

(1)

"GitHub Pages is nice if you like to have version control."

#39

Flight Control

5.0

(1)

"Provides a great developer experience with dedicated AWS infrastructure."

#40

KernelHost

5.0

(1)

"I can recommend the dedicated servers from KernelHost; renting a server for 2 years and never had an issue."

#41

Amazon

5.0

(1)

"You can get everything for free for 1 year from AWS using their AWS EB or AWS LightSail."

#42

Hostvio

5.0

(1)

"For a small $1.80 more, you could get a 4GB VPS from Hostvio where you can host your bot, web panel, and more."

#43

MonsterASP

5.0

(1)

"Great for development, testing, and hobbies."

#44

HostingAdvice.com

5.0

(1)

"It's a website that provides in-depth, unbiased hosting provider comparisons across a wide range of criteria."

#45

Hostneva

5.0

(1)

"Is cheap and fast alternative. I love their UI."

#46

SmarterASP.net

5.0

(1)

"Free for 2 months with no credit card required."

#47

Google Cloud

5.0

(1)

"It's a good deal with a free month and low costs."

#48

bytehosting.cloud

5.0

(1)

"Amazing pricing and only good experience so far."

#50

Flywheel

5.0

(1)

"Great support and tools if you’re a freelancer or small agency."

#51

Strato

5.0

(1)

"Always use and recommend Strato to my customers. My customers get the best results with Strato and the support is quite good."

#52

Kamatera

5.0

(1)

"Kamatera is a reliable web hosting provider for setting up Windows servers."

#53

InterServer

5.0

(1)

"InterServer offers excellent support for Windows server setups."

#54

OVHCloud

5.0

(1)

"OVHCloud provides robust solutions for Windows server hosting."

#55

Cloudflare Pages

5.0

(1)

"Cloudflare pages"

#56

GoDaddy

1.0

(4)

"Avoid Godaddy and any hosting company owned by EIG."

"Avoid GoDaddy."

"Avoid Godaddy and EIG provider."

"Avoid GoDaddy and all other EIG/Newfold Digital companies like Hostgator, etc."

#57

Racknerd

4.0

(1)

"Racknerd, greencloudvps - google for vps sales they always do them."

#58

Yotta

4.0

(1)

"Try yotta and inmotion hosting."

#59

Oracle Cloud

4.0

(1)

"Might also consider Oracle cloud."

#60

DigitalOcean App Platform

4.0

(1)

"Currently using Digital Ocean App Platform. Haven't had any issues yet."

#61

Hustly

4.0

(1)

"Fits your budget, and has all the modern features like SSD, CDN, Cloud backups etc."

#62

Better Developer Docs

4.0

(1)

"You can search around here for hosting plans which include most of the plans from the recommended hosts."

#63

AccuWebHosting

4.0

(1)

"Reliable Windows hosting with good performance."

#64

Foxxl

4.0

(1)

"Customizable Windows ASP.NET hosting solutions."

#65

Fozzy

4.0

(1)

"Affordable shared ASP.NET hosting options available."

#66

GitHub Pages

4.0

(1)

"GitHub Pages allows free static website hosting."

#67

unitehost

4.0

(1)

"They charge $0.50, which is cheap."

#68

Bunny

4.0

(1)

"Moving images onto a CDN like Bunny is recommended."

#69

B2

4.0

(1)

"Using B2 with an output via Cloudflare is a good option."

#70

Krystal

4.0

(1)

"The sidebar has some good hosts like Krystal."

#71

nearlyfreespeech.net

4.0

(1)

"Is almost free."

#72

YouStable

4.0

(1)

"YouStable offers budget-friendly plans with good performance."

#73

HostNext

4.0

(1)

"Hostnext"

#74

Scaleway

4.0

(1)

"Decent picks for unmanaged VPS services."

#75

Blogger

4.0

(1)

"Blogger is a classic."

#76

Gmail

4.0

(1)

"Gmail is a good option for alias domains."

#77

Zoho

4.0

(1)

"Zoho is likely a close fit for your needs."

#78

Billigerhost

4.0

(1)

"Its cheap, fast, and the support is decent"

#79

DigitalOcean VPS

4.0

(1)

"If you want to do it yourself, look up tutorials on how to setup wordpress on VPS and use digitalocean, hetzner etc."

#80

Cloud Storage

4.0

(1)

"I recommend looking into hosting providers that specialize in cloud storage or VPS solutions."

#81

Moodle

4.0

(1)

"For LMS moodle is good option."

#82

Euronodes

4.0

(1)

"A good alternative recommended very good prices."

#83

DeepInfra

4.0

(1)

"Anyone use deepinfra? Considering them over together.ai because of better rate limits - 200 concurrent requests."

#84

Watch-list

3.0

(1)

"A simple test Rails 7 application."

#85

The Quest

3.0

(1)

"A fun little old school text-based adventure game."

#86

HostISO

3.0

(1)

"They were meh, okay."

#87

eHost

3.0

(1)