I'm changing web host providers, any suggestions on what I should choose?
Last year my hosting provider, startlogic, charged me almost $200 to host my websites and projects. What I am paying startlogic now is more than twice what I was paying some 10 years ago, and quite frankly it isn't worth it. You would think that with Moore's laws that prices would be going down, not up. I have about 3-4 months left with startlogic, and I been looking at the competition. Indeed their reviews kind of suck now https://webhostinggeeks.com/providers/startlogic .
I was originally planning for hostgator. The rates seemed pretty good, swagbucks was offering a bonus for a contract so that made it look that much better. But then then I see that the the prices are just promotional prices and they that aren't upfront about what they really charge. Then I see the customer reviews about performance ( https://hostingfacts.com/hosting-reviews/hostgator/ ), billing, and customer service....well I am not sure that hostgator is the solution I am looking for https://webhostinggeeks.com/providers/hostgator .
Presently I am looking at greengeek. I know nothing about them, and I guess they use wind energy to power their server farms. They claim to have rates at $3.95 a month for 3 years, but normally are $9.95/month. So basically I can have a spot to house my projects for 3 years as part of a promo for less than the cost of renewing a contract with startlogic. On top of being dirt cheap, their reviews seem pretty good. Unlike the other companies named, they seem to be growing https://webhostinggeeks.com/providers/greengeeks .
I am not looking for just American companies because, if become an expatriate, I really don't want the US claiming jurisdiction over me. I am wondering what other people use and what they would recommend, regardless of what country it is based out of. What I need is http (preferably free https, but not close enough to a marketing phase to really care), mysql, php, and cgi.
MonsterMegs! I pay $5.56 a month, they accept bitcoin, and they include SSL certs for free. I've been using them for almost five years now mainly for WordPress blogs; my websites have never gone down, their customer support is always very fast, and they've never raised their prices on me! They are US-based (out of Wisconsin I think) which I agree is a con, but they haven't given me any other reason to switch just yet.
I don't even have an affiliate link for them so you know it's a legit recommendation :P
But that's just for blogs. If you're hosting your own projects, maybe something like DigitalOcean or Heroku? Some of these new cloud-based VPS hosts that are designed specifically for web apps are pretty cool.
Upvoted, followed, and best of luck in your search.
Thank you. It does look like monstermegs supports cgi-perl, mysql, and php. And they do claim to offer free https. They also claim to have unlimited sql. It also looks like they are having some kind of sale, but the link isn't loading for me to see what exactly it is. They seem to be quite limited in storage space and bandwidth. I read somewhere that they don't accept refunds on bitcoin payments-not an issue for me. On the reviews, I see a few people complaining about 403 errors/server resources related. On trying to go back to their website, I am getting this error message, "This site can’t be reached www.monstermegs.com took too long to respond." If not for the system resource issue, they would probably be good for most normal/small users. Maybe the down time is just temporary, so I'll explore it some more later.
I kind of looked at the other two. They don't seem as direct as to what they are offering [to me] as monstermegs did when it loaded.
seems to be up again
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