Matching display cabinet and sideboard. You didn’t even know what a sideboard was until two days ago, but in the rapture of a Furniture News reader, you’ve just spent €450 on one.

The TV cabinet, coffee table, dining table, designer chairs, sofa, a Mayan-inspired piece of furniture and a painting to match the oak tones of the furniture.

A decorative frenzy. A good stab at your bank account. And now the shop guys take it all to your windowless semi-basement that needs renovation, an urgent solution for the damp and its insulation is 100% asbestos. How about that?

Well, that’s what you’re doing if you have a brilliant idea, cutting-edge products, a luxury service and your website has a cheap hosting without many qualities or qualities. You are destined to screw it up, to throw it all down the toilet. Goodbye effort, goodbye investment.

So for you to start the house from the foundations, to do things well and in order, here we bring you the eleven best hosting for WordPress. Yes, eleven, we’re a bit sick of the Top-3, Top-5 and Top-10. Your website will look radiant, and setting it up won’t be like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube.

At the end you’ll find a summary table of what we’ve told you in the post. By the way, remember that this list is made with humility. We are human, we have our tastes, our preferences and it is only our opinion. If you prefer to listen to your brother-in-law, go ahead. But don’t come back crying. He’s your brother-in-law, you should know him by now.

11. Hostinger

I can already hear you, and no, you have nothing to fear. Just because Hostinger is 11th doesn’t mean it’s the worst on the list, far from it. It’s just that we can’t put them all in the number one spot. But if you read on, you’ll find that this hosting has a lot to offer.

Born in 2011, and with a non-stop growth, they have managed to offer some very good features at very affordable prices, and therein lies their success.

From 1,99€ (yes, you read that right but to avoid surprises read the Plans section) and the 30 days money back guarantee, they offer a good platform with automatic 1-click WordPress installation, automatic managed updates, 24/7 live chat, free migration and SSL among other things.

In addition, they offer geo-location specific hosting with a choice of 7 data centres in the US, Europe, Asia and South America. Hostinger serves more than 29 million users in 178 countries.

PLANS

Be careful with prices, and we are saying it now to avoid scares, confusion and accusations. Don’t shoot the messenger. Most hostings offer their prices without VAT and you have to be careful with the normal, offer and renewal prices.

The prices we are going to show you are those offered by the official website, with an offer that continues until the date of publication of this post. With that been said, let’s take a look at the features you will find regardless of the plan and which one best suits your needs.

Common features of all plans

• • 1-Click automatic WordPress installer
• • WordPress website acceleration
• • Free SSL Certificate
• • Git access
• • Cloudflare Nameservers Protection
• • 24/7 live chat support
• • Custom Panel. Instead of cPanel, it’s called hPanel and has all the common features you’ll find with cPanel hosting providers.

All its plans

-Simple: This simple shared hosting plan includes 1 website, 30 GB SSD storage, up to 10,000 monthly visitors with 100 GB bandwidth and 1 email account. Add to this all the common features mentioned above. All for €1.99/month with a renewal price of €2.79. Still an incredible price.

-Starter: For €2.99/month, and €5.99/month renewal price, this plan for those who have some experience but are looking for something more includes 100 websites, 100 GB of SSD storage, up to 25,000 visitors, domain and unlimited bandwidth. And that’s just to highlight a few features.

-Business: The name makes it clear who it is aimed at. For 3,99€/month, and three euros more in renewal price, we still have 100 websites but this time with 200 GB of storage, up to 100.000 monthly visits, Staging tool and Cloudflare CDN.

Suitable for small business websites, this plan includes 100 websites, 200 GB SSD storage and ~100.000 monthly visits. Includes free domain name, SSL, email and all other common features.

-Pro: Perfect for small to medium sized businesses but don’t let the name confuse you. As pro as it is, which it is, it will only cost you €9.99/month, €17.99/month on renewal. It comes with 300 websites, 200GB of storage, up to 200,000 visits and an extension of previous features such as 300 subdomains, instead of 100 on the previous plan.

In case you still have any doubts, here is the link to their website where they talk about all their plans and features.

General features

Installation

It has a one-click installation, so the process is quite easy. An interesting detail is that you can choose your server from eight locations around the world; USA, UK, Indonesia, India, Singapore, Brazil, Netherlands and Lithuania.

Once you have it, you can access the control panel and, with the wizard, you can choose from the themes offered by Hostinger.

Uptime

It offers an uptime of 99.9%. If we translate these figures over the course of a year we will spend between one and two hours of downtime.

General features

Some of its features, depending on the plan, include:

• • 24/7 WordPress support in over 20 languages.
• • One-click WordPress installation.
• • A free domain name.
• • Enhanced security features, such as daily backups and a free SSL certificate.
• • Virtually unlimited bandwidth.
• • Enough features to get you started smoothly at an affordable price.
• • A host of WordPress-specific tools.

Forget about maintenance. The vast majority of actions, such as core and plugin updates, are automated and managed by the hosting itself through LiteSpeed Cache.

Customer support

Support is available in over 20 languages 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The team that will lend you a hand, no matter what plan you have signed up for, is very helpful and you will get access to them quickly as the waiting time is not very long.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • Hosting at the lowest prices on the market.
• • Optimised performance.
• • Great customer support.
• • 1-click WordPress installation.
• • Free domain and SSL.
• • Free domain name.
• • Affordable pricing.
• • Good performance, mainly on US and UK servers.
• • Server status is publicly displayed.

Disadvantage

• • If we have to look for something bad, we could say that in the most basic plans the backups are not daily.

CONCLUSION

For both novices and experts, considering its features and high speed for the price it costs, it is an excellent value for money. It offers great, solid performance, which may experience some occasional glitches on sites with high traffic, but nothing really relevant.

It is perfect for beginners, because it doesn’t need a big investment, its control panel is very easy to use and understand. You can install any WordPress plugin, templates, drag and drop page builders. All in all, a great hosting for a small price.

10. InMotion

It has a dedicated server for WordPress, so you can rest assured that the loading times will be correct. For this reason the performance will be optimal in general terms. Let’s go through all the details and features we are interested in.

PLANS

It divides its plans into four and you can contract them for one or two years. The monthly option is only valid for the most complete plan; pro. In order to have a clear reference, we have chosen to show the monthly price with an annual plan. So these are the available options:

-WP Core: Priced at $4.49 per month, this plan gives you two websites, 100 GB of storage, 10 emails and, attention, unlimited bandwidth.

-WP Launch: This plan offers unlimited websites, bandwidth, storage and emails. UNLIMITED. In addition we have to add an advanced cache and the Jetpack add-on. All this for $8.99 per month.

-WP Power: For a limited time, we find this plan at exactly the same price as the previous one, $8.99 per month, with the particularity that adds the “Dedicated Opcode Cache Pool” which ensures that parts of the code of the web are stored to be rendered using those parts and not all the code. This makes the website faster.

-WP Pro: In addition to having the option to pay monthly, at a cost of $23.99 per month, this plan offers all the features of the previous plan plus a priority level of customer support and a dedicated IP. All for $16.99 per month.

Visit their website to discover more features and possibilities.

GENERAL FEATURES

General features at a glance

• • 99.9% uptime
• • Automatic WordPress updates.
• • Hacking and malware protection.
• • Free SSD storage.
• • Unlimited bandwidth.
• • Free WordPress themes.
• • Pre-installed WordPress.
• • BoldGrid drag-and-drop builder for most WordPress themes.
• • Each of the plans and installations is compatible with WP-CLI.

Security

SSL, DDoS protection, and malware protection. In addition to backups.

Customer Support

You have access to 24/7 support either by phone, live chat or email. They are quite fast and efficient.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • Good number of WordPress specific features for beginners.
• • Fast support team.
• • Fast page load times.
• • Competitive pricing with good plans.
• • 90 day money back.

Disadvantage

• • Lacking in advanced WordPress options.
• • Offers few features to improve performance.
• • High speed, but not spectacular.

CONCLUSION

It is a good and affordable option among the best WordPress hostings either to use one website or several.

9. A2 Hosting

This is one of the most expensive web hosts available for WordPress, but that doesn’t exclude it from our list. Despite not being well known, A2 Hosting stands out thanks to its speed and great support.

The main difference between this hosting and the others is the possibility of paying monthly instead of having to sign up for yearly or three-year plans. Another advantage is that you can cancel at any time.

PLANS

This hosting offers four plans for WordPress that can be contracted per month, per year or for three years. It also offers cancellations at any time. To get an idea of the average price, we will talk about the monthly fee for a full year.

-Run: Plan for beginners and those looking for a hobby. For 17,99€ they offer us a website, free migration, 50 GB of storage, DNS and an unlimited number of emails.

-Jump: Designed for professionals who, as the name says, want to take a leap further. It has up to 5 websites, 250 GB of storage and a Jetpack license for daily backup. Everything, and much more, for $22.99.

-Fly: For those who are already professionals and developers and want to keep growing. Both with unlimited number of websites and unlimited storage. In addition to Jetpack, it includes daily scanning against malware. Paying the annual format, it would cost $34.99 per month.

-Sell: For eCommerce professionals, with reinstalled and optimised WooCommerce. The best plan to create your online shop for $47.99 per month.

You can check all the options by visiting their website here.

GENERAL FEATURES

The main attraction of this hosting is the speed. And it is not just any aspect. It is one of the most important, if not the most important, because a higher loading speed translates into a lower bounce rate.

Installation

A2 Hosting provides a working WordPress installation right out of the box, optimised to maximise speed and security. Performance will not be a concern.

Uptime

A2 Hosting has a 99.9% uptime commitment. A 99.9% uptime means your site shouldn’t be down for more than nine hours a year, which is the industry standard.

General features at a glance

• • Free SSL Certificate
• • 24/7 customer support
• • Automatic WordPress configuration
• • Global servers
• • Pre-configurations for optimal speed and security
• • Turbo servers for WordPress performance up to 20 times higher than normal, depending on your website.
• • Free site migration

Security

Each plan comes with security features such as an SSL certificate, dual firewall and virus scanner. They also have an Immunify360 security suite and the Patchman enhanced security tool. The Fly and Sell plans also include daily automated malware scans.

Customer support

Their technical support department offers “Guru Crew Support 24/7”. At least that’s what they call themselves. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by phone, chat or email, the team of experts will help you solve any problem.

If you want to try your luck on your own first, you can also go to their knowledge base where you will find articles and guides explaining what to do for certain problems.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • SEO tools included.
• • Incredibly fast speeds.
• • Friendly, expert and fast support.
• • Free migration services.

Disadvantage

• • Slightly high but reasonable price.

CONCLUSION

Its reasonable price, although it might seem a bit high, and its very high speed with a very solid structure and multiple tools, make this hosting an excellent option to work with.

8. Flywheel

It is known for its set of tools for freelancers, designers, developers and agencies. This means that whatever our profile, we can use its intuitive panel at an affordable price.

PLANS

Flywheel gives us the option to hire their plans on a monthly or annual basis. As you may have noticed, the option of hiring plans on an annual basis and in a single payment is cheaper. Here we will give you the prices with the latter formula. By the way, the servers work with Google Cloud Platform.

-Tiny: For $13 per month, you can enjoy a website, up to 5,000 visits, 5 GB of storage and 20 bandwidth.

-Starter: A step further, we find this plan that for $25 a month still offers a single website, but with a considerable increase in visits, up to 25,000, storage, double, and bandwidth, with 50 GB.

-Freelance: For a start-up business with high aspirations, this plan offers up to 10 websites with 100,000 visits, 20 GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth for $96 per month.

-Agency: For those who don’t like all of the above, for $242 a month we have a plan that brings up to 30 websites, with 400,000 visitors, 50 GB of storage and 500 GB of bandwidth.

You also have the option to get a fully customised plan by contacting the company via email. Find out all the details of each plan or write to them by visiting this link.

GENERAL FEATURES

Offers an uptime of 99.99%, which is higher than the standard 99.9%. Translated into a year’s time, this means that we will only suffer one hour of downtime.

General features at a glance

• • Optimised control panel for WordPress sites.
• • One-click test sites.
• • Nightly backups.
• • Protection against malware and attacks by eliminating the need to install security plugins.
• • Blueprints tool packages some frequently used themes and plugins.
• • Comprehensive set of WordPress features.
• Staging.
• SFTP.
• • Free SSL certificate.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • Numerous options for WordPress, including security.
• • Great support service.
• • Fast and stable performance.
• • Multiple advanced features for freelancers and agencies.
• • Easy to use and administer.
• • Nightly backups.
• • Intuitive and easy control panel.

Disadvantage

• • High price, especially if you expect to have multiple sites.
• • No live chat.

CONCLUSION

It is certainly not the cheapest solution you can find on this list, or on the market, but you have to recognize the ease of use of the platform and the control panel. Everything is easy, intuitive and you can move around as you please.

7. HostGator

HostGator is one of the largest web hosting companies thanks to its affordable prices and good uptime records. Although it doesn’t offer many WordPress-specific features in its basic plans, it can be set up quite easily with just a click of a button.

PLANS

Let’s talk about the plans below, but there is one thing to note. HostGator does not give the renewal price if you want to check it in advance, it will only appear before you make the renewal.

-Starter: At $5.95 per month, HostGator’s basic plan includes a website for up to 25,000 monthly visitors and 50GB of storage. It’s ideal for casual blogs and small e-commerce or business websites.

-Standard: This plan starts at $7.95 per month to host two websites and 200,000 cumulative visitors per month. Modest service sites and online marketers can take advantage of the standard plan with 150 GB of disk space.

-Business: The Business plan is priced at $9.95 per month, and is suitable for large e-commerce sites and established organisations. You can use the plan to create up to three websites to accommodate 500,000 visitors per month with unlimited storage.

Feel free to take a look at their plans sections for more information.

GENERAL FEATURES

Installation

It has a one-click WordPress installation process, and offers a video tutorial in case you want help.

Uptime

HostGator has a 99.9% uptime guarantee, with an average of 99.92%. This means that your site shouldn’t be down for more than nine hours a year, which is the industry standard.

General features at a glance

• • Free WordPress migrations for any plan.
• • Multiple WordPress themes through Mojo Marketplace.
• • One-click restore services and automatic backups.
• • Free SSL Certificates
• • Free domain name
• • WordPress SuperCache plugin
• • Simplified control panel with easy configuration.

Security

HostGator plans include SSL certificates and DDoS protections. WordPress plans also come with automated CodeGuard backups and SiteLock Essential security features.

Customer support

Customers can contact HostGator customer support by chat, email, phone, and even Twitter 24 hours a day. They also have a database full of video tutorials, articles and guides. There may be a wait of several minutes for live contact.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantages

• • 99.92% activity. If you have inactivity below that, you will get one month’s credit back.
• • Flexible billing periods.
• • Free migration for the first 30 days.
• • One-click WordPress installation.
• • Automatic CodeGuard and SiteLock Essential backups.
• • Around-the-clock support.
• • Global CDN and a free SSL certificate.
• • It’s fast.
• • Free domain.
• • 45-day money back guarantee.

Disadvantages

• • Monthly prices are significantly higher than annual plans.
• • They use a somewhat aggressive upsell and options sale.
• • Renewal prices are not indicated.
• • WordPress features and resources not very abundant. Although it makes up for it with free resources, fast loading speed and high uptime.

CONCLUSION

With more than 2 million customers, it covers the needs of experts, agencies, freelancers and beginners. With easy tools and a great result.

6. DreamHost

DreamHost has 20 years of experience and more than 1.5 million customers so we can consider it a solid option in the hosting world. Backed by WordPress and a good performance, it has an easy to configure panel and an instant installation of WordPress with a single click.

PLANS

Before we start, we want to show you their website which is fully translated into English and gives a great breakdown of their plans. In addition to the three types, there are subtypes with modifications and extensions that you can add. A whole world of options.

-DreamPress: We will see the monthly prices, without having to contract the full year, as this first option is the cheapest. This standard plan costs 12$, has one website and up to 100,000 monthly visitors. It comes with a pre-installed SSL certificate, one-click installation, unlimited email accounts and daily backups. The most interesting thing might be the unlimited bandwidth offered from this first plan.

-DreamPress Plus: $24 per month which includes up to 300,000 monthly visitors, free WordPress migrations, 60 GB SSD storage, professional Jetpack and unlimited CDN.

-DreamPress Pro: Starting at $79.95 per month, this is the perfect plan for sites with more than one million monthly visitors. It includes everything from the Plus plan plus 120 GB SSD storage, priority support and DreamShield, among other features.

GENERAL FEATURES

General features at a glance

• • In-house WordPress support.
• • Free domain.
• • Free SSL certificates.
• • Automated backups.
• • Free email hosting.
• • Shared WordPress and managed WordPress.

Customer support

24/7 support with a team of professionals from the USA, hence their live chat is available from 5:30 am to 9:30 pm, although you can submit support tickets online at any time.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • Excellent overall performance.
• • Many WordPress-specific features.
• • Many custom tools and solutions to optimise your site.
• • Expert support.
• • Officially recommended by WordPress.
• • 1-click WordPress installation.
• • Free domain, SSL and privacy.
• • Daily automatic backups.
• • 97-day money back guarantee.
• • Month to month payment plans.
• • Unlimited bandwidth on any plan.

Disadvantage

• • No servers outside the United States.
• • Support is not immediate.

CONCLUSION

It has service and features optimized for WordPress and solid performance. Highly rated, fast and reliable. Although it may not be the best choice if you are just starting out and may need help from the beginning.

5. Kinsta

Kinsta is a slightly more expensive WordPress-specific hosting provider than its competitors. It is a cloud WordPress host, so it does not have its own data centre with its own servers. Instead, all of its plans are powered by the premium tier of Google Cloud Platform.

It has a very easy to use user panel that is not the traditional cPanel interface, but offers a custom panel that focuses on what’s important and hides the rest.

PLANS

If in the previous hosting we commented on the numerous options available in their plans, this hosting will make them seem few. If you go to their website and take a look, you will discover 10 possible options.

You can make monthly or annual payments. With this last payment method you get two months for free, so if you know this is the hosting for you, don’t hesitate and go for the whole year. Remember that you have 30 days money back.

As a starting point we have the Starter plan. This plan, for $35 per month, includes 25,000 visits on one website. It includes free migrations, SSL, CDN and Staging. This plan is followed by the Pro, Business from 1 to 4 and the Enterprise plans from 1 to 4. This last one has a monthly cost of $1,650 per month.

The higher you go up in the plan, the more websites, visitors and space you get. In addition, they offer higher options on demand. You have it all here.

GENERAL FEATURES

From installation, just by checking a box, you have an uptime of 99.48%.

General features at a glance

• • A customised control panel, with statistics and analytics.
• • Daily automatic backups.
• Staging.
• • Free migrations from hostings like WP Engine, SiteGround or Flywheel.
• • A free SSL certificate.
• • Google Cloud firewall.
• • Secure Shell access (SSH).
• • CDN bandwidth through KeyCDN.
• • With most of the tools you need to start building.

Customer support

Kinsta offers chat and ticket support, emails, 24 hours a day with a professional team.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • Wide range of basic and advanced features.
• • WordPress specific tools.
• • Powered by Google Cloud Platform premium level.
• • Many performance optimizations.
• • Many plans with many options.

Disadvantage

• • Even the Starter plan can be a bit expensive. Not for all budgets.

CONCLUSION

Even with a high price, it includes a lot of useful tools and options for WordPress. A more than recommendable option as long as your budget also agrees.

4. WP Engine

The great majority of hosting we have seen have as an added value their compatibility with WordPress. They also have other features and profiles. But WPEngine is different. What do you expect from a hosting that is called WP Engine? (which is WordPress engine)

It’s true that their price may not be the most attractive, but their exclusivity with WordPress makes them a company with a top-tier domain and you know exactly what their customers’ needs are.

PLANS

Although we are very nice and we leave you here the complete breakdown, very complete, of their plans, here we are going to give you a summary so that at a glance you know what each one can offer you.

-Startup: For 19€, you know they love to put the VAT on top, you can find a plan that offers you a website with a limit of 25,000 visitors per month. It also has 50 GB of bandwidth and 10 GB of storage.

-Professional: A step further towards professionalism is this plan which, for €37 per month, offers up to three websites with a traffic of 75,000 visitors. The storage space increases to 15 GB and the bandwidth to 125 GB.

-Growth: €71 will cost you 10 websites with a traffic of 100,000 visitors with its 20GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth. The price goes up.

-Scale: Here it gets pretty serious because we can count on more than 30 websites and 400,000 monthly visits. Its storage goes up to 50 GB and the bandwidth shoots up to 500 GB.

-Dedicated Custom: This last plan is totally customised. You can choose what you need and what you don’t need. You set the limits and they set the price. Sounds like a fair deal, doesn’t it?

GENERAL FEATURES

Installation

If you’ve read the principle of this hosting I think there will be no doubt that the installation process might be the smoothest of all. You don’t need to do any installation yourself, the WP Engine team takes care of everything. When you’re done, you simply receive an email with all the access keys and the most important data.

Another proof of its efficiency is the uptime it offers to its users; 99.99%.

General features at a glance

• • Free Secure Socket Layers (SSL) Certificate
• • Support for test websites.
• • Free and easy migrations.
• • Diagnostic tools and performance monitoring.
• • GeoTarget add-on.
• • Daily backups.

Security

It has the free SSL certificate and to ensure the exchange of information in a secure and dynamic way it has the SSH protocol.

Customer support

WP Engine is also known for the quality of its support. They offer fast and efficient support through their chat and phone support for premium plans.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantages

• • Perfect optimisation for WordPress.
• • Easy management.
• • Solid performance.
• • Expert support.

Disadvantages

• • Not the cheapest plans.
• • Only offers managed hosting on shared servers.
• • No domain or free email on basic plans.

CONCLUSION

The plans are not cheap but very worthwhile. A great variety of WordPress specific tools, great performance and a great help in the support. If your budget fits their plans, enjoy their security and great speed.

3. Raiola

Spanish pride. This hosting made in Spain has burst onto our list. With small but sure steps, it is establishing itself in the world of hosting. It is not yet a big company, but it is doing things well and since 2014 it has only grown. So we are going to break a spear on behalf of ours, because it is worth, and very much, to try and enjoy this hosting.

Their servers are very fast and both users and Google will thank you for it. And we all want Google to be happy and to look at us with good eyes. In Raiola they have taken good note. Here is their website if you want to take a look and see what they have to offer.

Planes

Before your eyes go to the plans and prices, take a look at this. All plans, ALL of them, include visitors and unlimited bandwidth. What do you think?

As usual, you can pay on a monthly basis, although not all offer this, and on a yearly basis. Obviously, the one-off annual payment is always a bit cheaper than the month-to-month one. Here you have their price plan with all the features but we will quickly tell you what you can find.

-Starter: For 8,95€ per month you get two domains, 10 GB of space, 100% CPU and unlimited emails. That’s not bad for a start.

-Base: For 9,95€ per month you have unlimited domains, two domains, 15 GB of space, 120% CPU and, of course, unlimited emails, which is the same as the rest of the plans.

-Medium: 25 GB of space, with 130% CPU, plus everything we have mentioned and what we explain below so that you don’t miss any detail. The price of this plan, which is for medium-sized businesses with experience, is €19.95.

-Pro: Raiola’s top plan comes with 50GB of storage, 150% CPU and costs €29.95. Sound expensive? Read on to see what’s included and if you still think so, you haven’t read the rest of the post and haven’t compared. These plans have a lot to tell you.

General features

Uptime

The company assures us 99% of uptime, that is to say, of its uptime. This is the industry average, which translates to 9 hours of downtime per year. Although this is the figure they offer as an assured guarantee. In reality, and according to our tests and users, this percentage is actually higher.

General features at a glance

• • Free migration.
• • Unlimited bandwidth.
• • Unlimited number of visitors.
• • 24/7 support.
• • 30-day trial.
• • One-click WordPress installation.
• • High level of security.
• • SSL certificate.
• • Spanish IP. Although you can hire servers in the Americas for a little more, the main servers are located in France but with Spanish IP.
• • Easy and intuitive cPanel.
• • Easy to use.
• • 3 DNS servers.

Security

It protects accounts against malware. Add DDoS protection, SSL certificate

Customer support

24-hour support by phone and email, also known as ticketing. They provide useful and efficient help to their customers. Missing is live chat, an aspect that their competitors do have.

ADVANTAGE vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantage

• • Very high uptime.
• • Very high protection.
• • Support and customer service.
• • Fast response speed, virtually always staying below 400ms.
• • High performance NVMe disks and LiteSpeed + Cache servers.
• • One-click installation.
• • Easy to use cPanel.
• • 30-day free trial.
• • Unlimited bandwidth.
• • Unlimited number of visitors.
• • Constant improvements in your conditions.

Disadvantage

• • Graphical interface which, although intuitive and easy to use, could give the impression of being somewhat outdated. It is a matter of taste rather than technique.
• • No live chat.
• • Experts may miss Staging.

Conclusion

Leaving aside the illusion of seeing a Spanish company in this competitive world, we have to say that we have seen a hosting with a great support, a very good speed and an uptime that makes it very competitive.

Details like the free migration, the SSL certificate and the 30 days money back guarantee only reinforce the idea that this hosting offers good plans with a lot to say. It’s not perfect, but it’s well worth giving it a try.

2. Blueshot

Also officially recommended by WordPress since 2005, this hosting started its journey in 1996 and since then it hasn’t stopped growing to become one of the favourite places to host small businesses on the net.

It is always in the top-3 of the best hostings, depending on where you read it will vary its place but it always appears at the top of the list. Overall because it is fast, regardless of traffic, has an affordable price and basic features that can meet the needs of more than one company.

It has easy navigation and a range of action that will please both casual users and business people.

PLANS

A very important aspect of this hosting is its plans. It is one of the few that does not offer monthly packages. The cost is reflected in months but we can only choose between purchasing it for twelve or thirty-six months. That is to say, the plan you choose will be either one year or three.

Before you panic, in case you are one of those people who shy away from commitment, you have nothing to worry about. They have a very good return policy.

With occasional offers and discounts, and watch out for prices that do not include VAT, you can start your project from the Basic plan for €2.82 per month, remember that it is the monthly price but you have to pay for a whole year, minimum. This makes it one of the cheapest and its value for money is something to take into account.

This basic plan includes a website, a free domain name, 10 GB of SSD storage, CDN and SSL. From here, and in ascending order, you will find the Plus, Choice Plus and Pro plans.

Take a look at their website to see what we’re talking about and find out which one suits you best. But remember to take a calculator and a pencil so that you don’t get the numbers wrong.

GENERAL FEATURES

Installation

MojoMarketplace is in charge of WordPress installations for Blueshot. Although comparisons are odious, it is not on the same level as SiteGround. And we don’t mean glamour, we mean simplicity and speed. It doesn’t let you know very well what’s going on at every point of the installation and you have to be careful not to install what you shouldn’t. It doesn’t go beyond occasional problems. It doesn’t go beyond occasional problems but it should be able to be easier.

Uptime

Blueshot offers an uptime of 99.99%, which is higher than the standard 99.9%. If we translate these figures over the course of a year, that’s where we can see the difference. That 0.09% difference means that instead of waiting around nine hours on average, we will spend only one hour of inactivity.

General features at a glance

• • Web design templates
• • Marketing tools
• • Analytics tools
• • Automated security updates
• • 24/7 customer support
• • Highly reliable
• • Standard cPanel control panel that is easy to use
• • No cloud hosting but stores data on multiple servers to avoid downtime
• • Free domain name for the first year.

Security

In order to protect us in the best way, Blushot has both free and paid SSL certificates ready, which include additional encryption. To ensure secure interactions, it uses Cloudflare’s content delivery network, CDN. This is in addition to SiteLock, which is paid for, and CSF, which is free for VPS.

Customer support

Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we find support for customers who need help. We have experts on hand to lend a helping hand, as well as tutorials, videos and guides. Phone, email and live chat are available as contact channels.

ADVANTAGES vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantages

• • Officially recommended by WordPress
• • 1-click WordPress installation
• • Reliable and with high uptime
• • Reliable and solid hardware
• 24 hours a day of WordPress support
• • Free domain.
• • Advanced security features
• • Free CDN and SSL
• • Each plan includes a free CDN setup
• • Reasonable prices, especially for first time users
• • 30-day money back guarantee on all plans
• • No billing surprises. You know what you are paying for

Disadvantages

• Loading times are not always the best
• Beware of the renewal price. Often higher than the original
• It attempts to sell you add-ons during registration. Easily deactivated though

CONCLUSION

To sum up, we are talking about a hosting that has an almost unbeatable quality-price ratio. It is not unknown, WordPress and millions of users endorse it and has many features to easily build your website. A safe bet, especially if you are just starting out.

1.SiteGround

Have you seen that advertisement for ceramic hobs that says, we recommend cleaning our hob only with Vitroclen. What do you think? My goodness, if the company officially only recommends this, it must be very good. Well, it’s something like that here.

SiteGround is one of the hosts that WordPress.org specifically recommends to use. There’s that. And it doesn’t do it to make itself look good, far from it. It does so because it is confident in its many benefits. It includes optimised servers and cheap WordPress hosting regardless of size or type.

It also has easy-to-use tools. This makes setting up any aspect of the platform simple and quick.

PLANS

We know what you came for. MONEY. Not to ask for it, but to check where you’re going to spend it. Here we’re going to break down the three options SiteGround offers. The plans vary depending on how long you sign up for; they can go from month to month, a year, two or three. Obviously, the more months the plan is, the cheaper it will be per month.

-StartUp: Starting at €12.99 per month, which can go up to €2.49, this plan is perfect for startups, small and medium sized businesses with a WordPress website with less than 10,000 monthly visitors. 10GB of web space, unmetered traffic, free domain and email are some of its features.

-GrowBig: The next step up is perfect for larger businesses with more than one website and around 100,000 visitors per month. It starts from €22.99, but if you do your research as well as you do, you’re sure to find deals from as little as €4.59. In addition to the features we have told you about before, but with double the web space, you can add other features such as; advanced backup, 30% faster PHP and Staging.

-GoGeek: From €34.99 per month although you can get it for as little as €6.99. The plan for large companies with multiple websites with more than 400,000 monthly visits and 40GB of web space. For added features, add to the above plan a higher level of resources, advanced priority support and free private DNS.

Each plan includes automatic WordPress installation and free site migration. It also includes automatic updates, so you can set your own update schedule once a new plugin or version is available.

From time to time they offer offers and discounts that are very worthwhile. In case you want to take a look at them, here are the official prices of the website although you can see all the possible options by scrolling here and there.

GENERAL FEATURES

Installation

In just a few clicks you have it all up and running. As easy as it sounds. During the process you can choose the server location. There are five locations in the United States, Asia and Europe.

Uptime

SiteGround has an uptime of 99.99%. This is not up to everyone’s standards, and if we translate it to a year as we have done with Blueshot, it means that we are looking at an uptime of around one hour.

General features at a glance

• • Easy WordPress installation
• • Free migration
• • WordPress SuperCacher to cache your website to improve load times
• • One-click WordPress staging to develop a staged copy of your website for editing before going live
• • SiteGround Optimizer plugin for superior WordPress optimisations and performance

Security

Each plan includes security features such as SSL certificates, daily backups, and a custom web application firewall. Plus, you can add additional protection by activating Cloudflare CDN functionality.

Customer support

SiteGround describes their support as “second to none” and, modesty aside, they’re right on target. Customer support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by phone, chat, ticketing or social media.

If you are intrepid and want to figure it out on your own, there are tutorials and support videos. But if you find that your knowledge is not enough, agents can access your account and, thanks to their experience, they can solve your problem even if it is not strictly hosting-related.

ADVANTAGES vs DISADVANTAGES

Advantages

• • They use the Google Cloud platform, one of the fastest platforms on the market.
• • 24/7 support.
• • Free Cloudflare CDN and SSL.
• • Multiple server locations.
• • Officially recommended by WordPress.
• • 1-click WordPress installation.
• • Backup.
• • Easy tools.
• • Free migration.
• Great WordPress-specific features.
• • Modern and reputable technology.
• • Good speed.
• • Competitive pricing.
• • Automatic WordPress updates.
• • Free business email accounts.

Disadvantages

• Some users have complained about a control panel that is too basic, although others see it as a good thing. We leave it up to you whether this is something to improve or keep.
• Offers. Calculate well how much your monthly plan will cost you and let the word offer be just a call to action. You can try it first and then, when it’s time to sign up, take a long term plan to be more economical.

CONCLUSION

You only have to compare the advantages with the disadvantages to get an idea of what we are going to say here. It’s fast, it’s safe and it’s reliable. It has great customer support in case you need it.

Their plans fit all budgets and projects. Overall a solid host that will make your website a very fast and reliable place.

If you think it is a very good hosting but you still have doubts and you are curious, click here to see the SiteGround website where they explain everything almost as well as we do.    

Here we leave you a summary table, very summarized, of our impressions on the subject. Remember, the one in sixth place is not necessarily better than the tenth. They are all great hostings and give fantastic results. It is something you should check for yourself, test and try to find out which one suits you and your needs best.

HOSTING	OUR MARK
SiteGround	5/5
Blueshot	5/5
Raiola	5/5
WP Engine	5/5
Kinsta	4/5
DreamHost	4/5
HostGator	4/5
Flywheel	4/5
A2 Hosting	4/5
InMotion	4/5
Hostinger	3,5/5