Web hosting recommendations

[ecommerce84]

Hi all,

I’ve finally had enough with Tsohost (SlowHost would be more apt) after hanging in from the old Compila days so I’m looking for recommendations on who I could switch too.

I currently have about 10 parked domain names and 2 websites, each running Wordpress and Woocommerce. Traffic is currently very light. I don’t have a strict budget so am open to various options. I’m looking for good value rather than the cheapest.

Any thoughts folks?

Thanks,
ec84

 

[UKSBD]

I'm slowly moving more and more of my stuff to GURU - https://www.guru.co.uk/

Support (when required) has been excellent and not had any problems since initial set up.

One nice feature (not sure if just a gimic or if all hosts do it) is the fact if you have got multiple sites in a package you can give particular ones boosts of extra resources if required.

 

[TheoNe]

I can recommend SiteGround - https://www.siteground.com/

Reliable service that supports both WordPress and Woocommerce platforms. They run backups daily so you never loose any data even if your own backups fail - which can happen every now and then. Check them out!

I hope this helps.

 

[Digital Oriented]

SiteGround is a good choice.

There are also smaller hosting companies on this forum worth looking at.

 

[Ecomccountant]

I went with Siteground after choosing a rubbish hoster initially. Really improved my website rating/speed.

 

[merchado]

Kinsta is where I put most Wordpress/Woocommerce sites.

Their support is nothing short of superb. Running on Google Cloud infrastructure with underlying CDN options, it’s proven to be blazingly fast and stable over the last year or so.

Their control panel is also both comprehensive and idiot-proof

 

[ecommerce84]

Thank you all - all 3 you’ve recommended look far superior to Tsohost so it should be easier than I thought to find one one decent and switch!

 

[Darren_Ssc]

Siteground is a good budget option with some useful features. Kinsta, obviously, if you have more money to play with.

20i also worth a look.

 

[arnydnxluk]

I would recommend (and use, for managed services) Freethought Internet.

Small provider, performance as expected, good support, excellent ethics policy:

https://www.freethought-internet.co.uk/about/Freethought-Ethical-and-Environmental-Policy.pdf

 

[Glen Wheeler]

Cyber Host Pro have come a ridiculous long way in the last few years. Their servers are incredibly fast even on the lower plans

 

[Fredrik]

Depends on your technical knowledge and what you are after, personally i am moving all my stuff directly to AWS.

 

[Glen Wheeler]

Depends on your technical knowledge and what you are after, personally i am moving all my stuff directly to AWS.

You're absolutely right, however for things like basic blogging or information sites that have low traffic wouldn't make sense being on something such as AWS

 

[andygambles]

Depends on your technical knowledge and what you are after, personally i am moving all my stuff directly to AWS.

Very easy to misconfigure AWS and leave it extremely vulnerable if you are not fully up on how it all works and what all the options are.

 

[ecommerce84]

Thanks for the extra replies.

I’m a bit of an oddball in that I don’t use Amazon or any of their products so AWS isn’t an option.

 

[HostXNow]

A lot of those are way overpriced and support is not the best.

I prefer better value for money and more personal support myself. Best long-term.

 

[arnydnxluk]

A lot of those are way overpriced and support is not the best.

I prefer better value for money and more personal support myself. Best long-term.

Who do you use for shared hosting then?

 

[HostOX]

Well it is rude to recommend our own Business, so I have a good one that I have used for near 10 years - Mostly for our Corporate servers only.

pcsmartgroup / pcsmarthosting - They use the same datacenter as us, but boy in all the years I have maybe had 1-3 reboots / outages lasting less than 5 minutes, in terms of reliability they are it.

Can't say much on speed on their shared plans.

 

[antropy]

Tsohost (SlowHost would be more apt)

They seem to be really going off the boil at the moment, had quite a few people switch to our hosting from Tsohost recently and every single person had nothing but bad things to say about their service... Alex

 

[HostOX]

They seem to be really going off the boil at the moment, had quite a few people switch to our hosting from Tsohost recently and every single person had nothing but bad things to say about their service... Alex

They are old school, I use to work for a similar Company in Sheffield and their control panels are just god, help!

 

[EddyRock]

I will recommend you to use VPS for your web server. It's much better than shared hosting. The best VPS provider I have used is Vultr.

 

[webhostuk]

Thanks for the extra replies.

I’m a bit of an oddball in that I don’t use Amazon or any of their products so AWS isn’t an option.

TSOHost you might be using Cpanel hosting, are you looking for dedicated or shared hosting? Other things are quit possible including migration. Most of the host provide 30 days moneyback, best would be shortlist few host, check there reviews, try to contact support to get the anwers you are willing to get. Once you are satisfied you can select the best option that fits your requirement.

 

[arnydnxluk]

I will recommend you to use VPS for your web server. It's much better than shared hosting. The best VPS provider I have used is Vultr.

In contrast I would strongly recommend the OP does not run their production websites on unmanaged servers unless they:

• have experience in web server administration;
• are comfortable setting up suitable monitoring;
  
• are happy to respond to potential issues 24/7/365;
• are comfortable creating and testing suitable backup procedures; and
• are willing to spend more time on their hosting set up, rather than working on their core business.

To name just a few important differences between a managed and unmanaged service.

If shared hosting is not good enough (and there are fair reasons to avoid shared hosting) then I would recommend a fully managed server from a managed service provider.

 

[Elle Rish]

If you are to use VPS, I can also recommend you IOZOOM. Cheap VPS starting at $5 for high availability and automatic failover. Ranked one of the best cloud SSD VPS hosting provider.

 

[fisicx]

Ranked one of the best cloud SSD VPS hosting provider.

Not according to all the comparisons I've just looked at.

 

[AllUpHere]

Not according to all the comparisons I've just looked at.

Well if you are going to let facts get in the way, we may as well all leave this forum now.

 

[Jacky Nikson]

There are several hosting providers created exactly for WordPress and WooCommerce:

• Bluehost
• DreamHost
• Kinsta
• WP Engine

 

[crackerjackcommerce]

Hi, we use Simple Servers for main sites and Vultr for custom play projects. Simple Servers customer support and uptime is very good IMHO.

Recently we have been recommended both: Green Geeks and Stable Host (we have not used them ourselves).

Bluehost I am also aware of as it appears to come up on lots of blogs relating to WordPress.

 

[arnydnxluk]

If you need to host a static website (I use it for affiliate pages) - it's nothing better than AWS. You can host all your 10 domains for $1/year or something. But you can host Wordpress also, but it will cost more.

AWS can make even the simplest tasks complicated to perform, it's a whole new platform to learn. A better solution if you only want to host static websites and need something very low cost is Netlify. Uses AWS infrastructure, costs nothing and can be as simple as dragging and dropping your website onto the Netlify tab in your browser.