Best Hosting Providers | Startups

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BlueHost

Tonnes of storage even with the lower payment tiers
High-performance servers for quick website loading time
Excellent integrations including WordPress for blogging, and BigCommerce for selling online
Range of pricing plans makes scaling easy

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Inmotion Hosting

Offers all 6 main hosting options: shared, VPS, dedicated, cloud, reseller, and WordPress
Great security features including a free SSL and DDoS protection
Good support team with 24/7 availability
Slower serves can make website load times long

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HostGator

Our top-rated server for website load time
Incredibly easy-to-use platform
Comes with a specialist setup tool, QuickInstall
Plans can get pricey quickly, so it’s not great for scaling businesses

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Hostinger

Most affordable hosting service
User-friendly system is great for beginners
30-day money back guarantee
Poor help and support tools

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A2 Hosting

Environmentally-friendly company
Free SSL certificate
Offers all 6 hosting types
Limited feature list compared to competitors

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Written and Researched by:

Natasha Willett BSc,

Researcher (MMRS)

Henry Williams

Content Manager

How we create our scores

Our hosting provider recommendations are based on independent tests and user feedback. The performance of your website matters, so we ensure our hosting results table is based on rigorous user testing and assessments.

Our final scores are based on analysis of the following areas:

Types of Hosting
How many hosting types the provider offers, e.g. Dedicated, shared, VPS, etc.

Help and Support
A score based on the quality of customer service and user support offered by the hosting provider

Features
Reflecting how feature-rich the hosting provider offering is.This can be based on things such as the number of available domains and subdomains, the amount of bandwidth, and mobile apps.

Value for Money
How fair is the price point in light of the quality/offering of the hosting service?

Up Time Performance
A crucial measure of system reliability, expressed as the percentage of time the provider server is up and running, i.e the percentage of time your site is up and serving users!