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Web Hosting Companies: Explore Providers, Plans & Pricing

Learn more about web hosting companies and finding the right one for your project. Explore in-depth reviews, comparisons, guides, rankings & alternatives.

DreamHost Hosting Review: Pros, Cons & Comparisons

Nate Shivar Updated May 31, 2019 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

DreamHost Hosting Review_ Pros, Cons & Comparisons

DreamHost is one of the largest and most established hosting companies online. They have been operating since 1997 (positively ancient by digital standards) and have grown to serve more than 1.5 million websites and 400,000 customers across the globe.

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They are independent and employee owned (ie, they aren’t another Endurance International or GoDaddy brand). They are also one of the longest supporters of open source and community built software (ie, WordPress, etc).

DreamHost offers a full-spectrum of hosting solutions from Shared (most common) to VPS to Cloud – and even a specialized WordPress offering along with complementary services like email and domain management.

But older and employee-owned doesn’t mean they are a best fit for everyone. While moving one of my side projects off an old HostGator VPS, I took the opportunity to give DreamHost’s shared hosting plan a try.

Here’s my DreamHost Hosting review – structured with the pros, cons and direct comparisons to competitors based on my experience as a customer.

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DreamHost

DreamHost is an established, respected independent hosting company founded in 1997. DreamHost has good performance, and solid value for pricing and great customer support.

Price: 2.59

Price Currency: USD

Operating System: All

Application Category: Web Hosting

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FastComet Hosting Review: Pros and Cons of Using FastComet

Nate Shivar Updated May 13, 2019 By Nate Shivar

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FastComet Hosting

FastComet is a 9 year old independent web hosting company headquartered in San Francisco, USA. Their team and services span the entire globe. They focus on shared & cloud hosting services with a focus on predictable pricing & fast customer support.

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FastComet has been in the hosting business for over 9 years, first providing professional services to private and business clients before launching their own public cloud hosting service in 2013. Their core offering is an SSD Cloud Hosting solution that is “one of the most accessible and affordable on the Web Hosting Market”, and are backed by a 24/7 support team of real people.

Due to their pricing and rapid growth, I’ve had a few readers asking what I thought of them, so while shopping for a new budget host for a side project, I decided to sign up and give them a try.

Here’s my FastComet Hosting review – structured with pros & cons based on my experience as a customer.

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FastComet

Good host that seems to still be establishing its business-model. Good for price-conscious, ex-US customers, and short-term projects. Others may want to look elsewhere.

Operating System: All

Application Category: Web Hosting

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What’s The Best VPS Hosting Provider for Your Project?

Nate Shivar Updated May 2, 2019 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

Best VPS Hosting

Choosing the best hosting for your website is a tough and often all too confusing process in general. It’s even tougher considering that when you are evaluating a VPS hosting provider. The fact that you are looking for VPS means that you’re already working with much higher traffic & data than most website owners. You likely know that there is no such thing as an absolute “best VPS hosting company” – there is only the hosting that is right for you considering all the tradeoffs – speed, bandwidth, service, customer support and of course – price.

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Web.com Hosting Review: Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Nate Shivar Updated April 28, 2019 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

Web.com Hosting Review_ Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Web.com is a web hosting & website builder brand owned by the Web.com Group. They are one of the largest and oldest brands in the industry. The Web.com Group also owns brands like Network Solutions, Register.com and 1ShoppingCart.

Along with Bluehost and GoDaddy, they have some of the highest brand recognition in the general public due to their huge investment TV, radio, billboard and traditional advertising. In Atlanta, I’m pretty sure they’ve bought a significant portion of the bus stop ads. They also sponsor the 2nd tier professional golf league in America.

Web.com Homepage

That kind of offline advertising plays to their core marketing message as the one place to get your website, online marketing and everything to go with it. Though technically speaking, Web.com offers only entry-level hosting & a DIY website builder application with upsell marketing services.

You can check out Web.com’s plans and pricing here.

Due to my skepticism from their offline ads, I’ve never previously tried Web.com. But after a friend asked about them, I decided to give them a try with a small trial website.

Here’s my Web.com Hosting review – structured with pros & cons based on my recent experience as a customer.

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Web.com

Web.com is one of the most recognized brands in the website building industry with lots of offline advertising. Web.com does not live up to the marketing and messaging. Their pricing, features and support make them a very poor long-term choice for a website builder or hosting company.

Operating System: All

Application Category: Web Hosting

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What’s The Best Blog Hosting for Your Project?

Nate Shivar Updated January 2, 2019 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

Best Blog Hosting

Choosing the best hosting for your blog is a tough and often all too confusing process in general. There are so many options, so many upsells and so many opinions based on anecdotes. And really, there is no such thing as an absolute “best blog hosting” – there is only the hosting that is right for you considering all the tradeoffs – speed, service, customer support and pricing (of course).

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What’s The Best Shared Web Hosting Provider for Your Website?

Nate Shivar Updated January 2, 2019 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

Best Shared Hosting

Figuring out how to choose the best shared web hosting for your website is a tough and often all too confusing process. It’s tough especially because there is no such thing as an absolute “best shared web hosting” There is only the web hosting that is right for you considering all the tradeoffs.

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What is Reseller Hosting?

Nate Shivar Updated June 19, 2018 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

What is Reseller Hosting (1)

Reseller Hosting is a hosting product that dedicates specific server resources to an administrator who can create shared hosting accounts. Reseller Hosting is typically used as a stable, affordable product for freelancers & agencies to provide to clients. It allows agencies & freelancers to generate recurring revenue via hosting, maintenance & turn-key solutions while providing clients with world-class infrastructure & technical expertise.

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What’s The Best Reseller Hosting for Web Designers?

Nate Shivar Updated March 5, 2018 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

Best Reseller Hosting

Choosing the best hosting for your own website is a tough and often all too confusing process in general. It’s even tougher considering that when you are evaluating a Reseller Hosting provider – a business that can directly affect your own clients (and your reputation). Plus – finding the best reseller hosting is important upfront because they are hard to leave once you’ve committed. And you likely know that there is no such thing as an absolute “best reseller hosting company” – there is only the hosting that is right for you and your clients considering all the tradeoffs – speed, bandwidth, service, customer support and of course – price.

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How To Move Your WordPress Website To A New Hosting Company

Nate Shivar Updated August 17, 2017 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

Move Your Website

Tired of your current hosting company and want to move?

A while back, I got really tired of GoDaddy hosting several of my small projects and decided to move many of my small websites over to HostGator*.

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GoDaddy Web Hosting Alternatives for Your Website

Nate Shivar Updated March 20, 2017 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

GoDaddy Hosting Alternatives

There has never been so many options for hosting a website or blog. And GoDaddy is possibly the most well-known brand in the website services industry. Although they began as a domain registrar, they have used their brand recognition and massive ad spend to become one of the largest hosting companies & website builder companies in the world.

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eHost Hosting Review: Pros, Cons & Comparisons

Nate Shivar Updated March 8, 2017 By Nate Shivar

Disclosure: ShivarWeb may receive a commission when you purchase from companies mentioned on this site. All data & opinions are based on our experience as customers or consultants to customers.

eHost Hosting Review_ Pros, Cons & Comparisons

eHost is a web hosting brand owned by Endurance International. They offer shared Linux hosting (what nearly all starter website owners need) in the form of single unlimited plan. They have been around for a while, but were only recently relaunched by their parent company.

Their datacenter is located in Houston, TX within (what appears to be) the same facilities as their sister brand HostGator. Like most shared hosting companies, eHost also provides email, a website builder, and various complementary services to web hosting.

You can check out eHost’s plan and current pricing here.

I’ve had several readers email to ask my opinion about eHost, so I decided to give them a shot in my recent shopping tour of entry-level web hosts.

Here’s my eHost Hosting review – structured with pros & cons based on my experience as a customer.

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eHost

eHost is a starter website hosting brand owned by Endurance International. eHost has excellent pricing, good support and a clean user experience. Performance is mediocre, but fine for a starter website.

Operating System: All

Application Category: Web Hosting

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