How to pick a good web hosting service?

JoshMarsh · Oct 4, 2016

With so many web hosting services to choose on the forum, I wanted to know which web hosting service provider would you recommend choosing. How to pick a good web hosting service? What is your experience on this?

LJSHost · Oct 4, 2016

Hi Josh,

You should think about what you need. Disk Space, Backups, Great Support, Cloud etc.
You never know how good your service will be until you start using it, many providers promise everything to get you to sign up and many sadly do not deliver.

As with will companies their is the good and the bad.

My advice to you would be contact some providers you like the look of and who's packages meet your needs and ask some question. It also give you a chance to see how they respond to support requests. Once you have picked a provider I would recommend one with monthly billing so you can get a good idea of what your service will be like with them over the long term before committing to an annual plan.

Hope this helps.

CyberHour · Oct 4, 2016

Apart from what LJSHost told you already, check the hosting provider location , bandwidth speed and security (if any), the location & bandwidth speed is the most important factor between fast & slow loading website. For example if your target visitors are from USA going with hosting provider from Europe/Asia wont be that good idea (except if you don't use CDN of course).

And finally , do yourself a favor.. don't go cheap

10gbps · Oct 5, 2016

Firstly you should check their reviews on review portals such as hostadvice.com, hostingadvice.com, trustpilot.com or just type the name of company to google search

Also try to consider their time on replying on your ticket. As suggested above just send them an email or start chat with them online (if they don't have online support at least 24/5 there is something wrong, go away from these kind of "providers")

Another great approach is if you are really interested in their service to ask them for a trial server (if they don't offer already). It shouldn't be problem for good provider

webhoster · Oct 6, 2016

Hi JoshMarsh,

When choosing a webhosting provider, some important things to check are uptime guarantee, money back guarantee, server location, ticket system for support, hosting space and bandwidth, number of websites/domains, type of hosting space (ssd or hdd), network speed, DDos protection, Backup.

If you have a different type of website (for example video/audio processing), you will need to check for webhosting server hardware details to know if your website can run on it.

amberhuntus · Oct 15, 2016

Its depends on requirements and what you from a web hosting provider but it is necessary to consider Bandwidth, Uptime, price, storage space, location of the server , type of hosting you need, back up services ,tech support also.

elinamitchell · Oct 19, 2016

Always go through the reviews of the uptime and downtime speed of the hosting provider. Also, other necessary considerations should be about Bandwidth, price, storage space, location of the server, back up services ,tech support also.

fwh · Oct 20, 2016

JoshMarsh said:
With so many web hosting services to choose on the forum, I wanted to know which web hosting service provider would you recommend choosing. How to pick a good web hosting service? What is your experience on this?

Yes you are right, there are many good web hosting providers on thsi forum and it's not easy to choose the best one. but it is easy to find some good providers on this forum section https://forumweb.hosting/131-vps-hosting-offers

For me, I would pick a hosting service which gives me fast support, good features and good price if possible

Other than that, you should contact directly web hosting providers to ask them which they will provide for your websites.

VeronicaSmith · Oct 20, 2016

Hi Josh,
There are many factors to consider when choosing a web hosting company like price, disk space, RAM, processing power, features/addons offered by them, technical support status, their customer reviews, uptime experiences etc. Before choosing znetlive I also did a lot of research from all point of views and I'm continuing with them happily :dans2:

noorucn · Oct 22, 2016

Depending on your needs create a short list of 5-6 web hosting companies that is suitable for your website. After that, try reading cross battle reviews from doing a quick searches such as Host A vs Host B. Once you read many reviews, I am sure you will have your web hosting company. Please note to read multiple review because many reviews nowadays are biased towards hosting company that provide higher affiliate payment.

AlinaStephan · Oct 25, 2016

Here are some considerable points you must follow to choose the best and reliable hosting providers.
How to find best Hosting Provider?

Explore the support options
Read reviews
Check how much storage the host provides
Compare bandwidth amounts between hosts
Test the connection speed
Pay attention to uptime claims
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