Web Hosting
Honest tests of hosting providers — uptime, speed, support, and what they cost in year two.
All Web Hosting reviews
Cloudways Review
Managed cloud hosting on DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and GCP — fast, scalable, and developer-friendly.
Namecheap Review
Cheap domains, free WhoisGuard, and solid shared hosting — a reliable budget pick for indie builders.
DigitalOcean review: predictable cloud for developers who like control
DigitalOcean strikes the best balance between AWS-grade capability and human-scale pricing. Droplets are still the easiest VPS you'll ever rent.
Fly.io review: full-stack apps deployed close to your users
Fly runs full VMs in 35+ regions and bills by the second. Excellent for apps that need state and global presence — bumpy if you want hand-holding.
Kinsta review: premium managed WordPress that justifies the price
Kinsta runs WordPress on Google Cloud's premium tier with the best support in the business. It costs more than the bargain hosts and it's worth it.
Netlify review: the original Jamstack platform, still going strong
Netlify pioneered git-push static hosting and the platform still excels at it. Vercel has taken the lead on Next.js, but for everything else, Netlify holds up.
Render review: the Heroku replacement that stuck the landing
Render does what Heroku did, at a better price, with newer infrastructure. For long-running web services, background workers, and managed Postgres, it's our default.
SiteGround review: solid managed WordPress with caveats
SiteGround sits between Bluehost and Kinsta — better performance than the budget hosts, better price than the premium ones. The renewal pricing is the catch.
Vercel review: still the gold standard for Next.js
If you're shipping Next.js, Vercel is the obvious answer. Outside that, the value gets harder to justify against Cloudflare and Netlify.
Cloudflare Pages review: free, fast, global edge hosting
Cloudflare Pages remains the most generous free tier in static hosting, with edge functions that genuinely work at the edge.
Bluehost Review 2026: The Honest Take
Cheap year one, painful renewal — but the easiest WordPress install in the business.
Hostinger Review 2026: Fast and Cheap, with a Catch
The best-priced shared host in the category — if you can live without phone support.