With so many web hosting companies to choose from, it can be mind-boggling to sort out the differences among them and figure out if you’re getting the best that’s available.
Over the years I’ve worked with a lot of different web hosts, and I’ve developed a short list of ‘faves’, based upon a number of features. Let me begin by listing the must-have features that I look for in a web hosting company:
- Disk space – lots of it
- Bandwidth – as much as possible
- Unlimited domains
- Unlimited SQL databases
- CPanel administrative interface
- Fantastico
- 24/7 support
- At least 99% uptime
- Reasonably priced
Based on these features, these are the web hosting companies that are on my ‘short’ list:
1. HostGator
2. HostMonster
3. BlueHost
I’ve worked with all three of these hosting companies, and all of them meet my ‘minimum features’ list. I’ve been very satisfied with all of them.
My top pick right now? HostGator is my top choice, and it’s where this website is hosted. I have the ‘Baby Croc’ plan, which includes 600GB of web space and 6000GB of bandwidth (file transfer).
For the price, services, and reliability, it’s unbeatable.
If a site goes down, you get them on live chat support and they fix it within minutes…and they almost never go down.
You can try HostGator out for a full month for just one cent.
