Looking for a reliable hosting

[Trent1000]

Hi guys

I'm looking for a reliable hosting service that has:
- Unlimited websites option
- Let's encrypt free SSL
- and preferably, classic cPanel

All of these were available at Siteground's Growbig account, which I've used for 2 years, and were absolutely satisfied, however they having a tendency of increasing their renewals year by year some significant amount of money, which I can't tolerate anymore.

I tried Hostinger's premium account the last few days, and I've already issued a refund. They are beyond terrible.

So I would ask you guys, if you know anything close those above requirements, please share with me.

Thanks
Kris

 

[Yad123]

Read this article about free ssl
https://support.hostgator.com/articles/ssl-certificates/hostgator-free-ssl

 

[Trent1000]

If you are looking to keep your sites as fast as possible, it's important to have SSD storage. A lot of the cheapest ones don't have SSD.

That's a rather good advice I wasn't considering. I've just done the SSD conversion on my laptop so I can see why it worth it. Will keep it mind for sure.

 

[JayT]

Yea, the HD is the slowest link in any system/network.

 

[blank]

The best I found so far:
https://www.cloudways.com/en/?id=51227
(includes affiliate link - use promo code WOBLOGGER to get free credit & try it)

Works best in conjunction with Google cloud (quite expensive) or Vultr (quite cheap).
You can't really beat their speed and ease of use.

 

[webhostuk]

That's a rather good advice I wasn't considering. I've just done the SSD conversion on my laptop so I can see why it worth it. Will keep it mind for sure.

Yes SSD does improves your speed. Can share you budget and how many website are you willing to host?

 

[Trent1000]

Yes SSD does improves your speed. Can share you budget and how many website are you willing to host?

My budget is $200. I would migrate about 5 websites, and I constantly building new sites for myself, one of my goals this year to have about 30 websites done by the end of this year. So calculate with about 20 as a realistic number.

At this point I'm being spoiled for choice, so many great recommendations.

 

[webhostuk]

At this point I'm being spoiled for choice, so many great recommendations.

Hahaha just check for option with good support and someone who will help you with migration and other things.

 

[eurorealtor]

I am using VodaHost. Great customer service. $95 per year, but another $100 per year for SSL certificate (including install). They'll give you about $40 break for multiple SSL per each. Good luck.

 

[DotKing]

I was happy with A2hosting, Turbo package (all you need), nice performance and good support

 

[Trent1000]

The one thing I took away from my own research was to avoid services operated by Endurance International at all cost. BlueHost, Host Gator etc. They have a shoddy history.

Kind of like NetworkSolutions in domaining? Because then I gladly take your advice.

 

[iAchilles]

Kind of like NetworkSolutions in domaining? Because then I gladly take your advice.

A perfect analogy.

 

[frank-germany]

hostiso.com is your best bet. I use them. Little or no problem at all.

I ran away from Hostgator. To me, their services is horrible and expensive.

hostgator to me holds the record of the fastest solved support issue ever

 

[DotKing]

Kind of like NetworkSolutions in domaining? Because then I gladly take your advice.

Sounds dangerous, but I dont understand. What they do?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

This is not a recommendation as I have not used them, but does anyone have thoughts on one of the lifetime services? The idea of paying once is attractive and their 12 site plan would cover my intentions, but not familiar with company at all. They do include LetsEncrypt
https://lifetime.hosting/#1#page-pricing

 

[Trent1000]

Sounds dangerous, but I dont understand. What they do?

Google "network solutions" "namepros" or use namepros search, there are not one (unfortunately) instructive reads that could save you some hardcore headache.

 

[ikumar]

SiteGround works great for me
1) Let's see encryption
2) Quick Support
3) Multiple sites hosting (GrowBig Plan)
4) cPanel
5) Free site migration
https://www.siteground.com/web-hosting.htm

 

[ikumar]

Agree with you!

I will go through the comments.

Yes, secured for 3 years and will definitely have to migrate to something cheaper after that

 

[eurorealtor]

Results so far from the above recommendations just the summerize things up:

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HostPapa Business Pro ticks all requirements at the lowest price.
Bluehost's 60 month offer could be a great choice for securing up hosting for 5 years. (the most appealing even though it exceeds my budget)
Third is Hawk Host Professional

I left out cloud services from the list as I have no experience with those, and I affraid they would place me on a learning curve that would eat up more time and money than I'm willing to sacrifice.

Thank you very much everybody

VodaHost use cpanel

 

[Dondomainer]

My budget is $200. I would migrate about 5 websites, and I constantly building new sites for myself, one of my goals this year to have about 30 websites done by the end of this year. So calculate with about 20 as a realistic number.

At this point I'm being spoiled for choice, so many great recommendations.

Namecheap VPS and share to get free SSL.

VPS $51 mon/

Share : $11 a year.

My portfolio and forum at Forocom.com is on NC hosting now.

I use NGINX too

 

[Trent1000]

I should clarify, my budget is per year. Otherwise I wouldn't leave Siteground.

 

[poweredbyme]

I should clarify, my budget is per year. Otherwise I wouldn't leave Siteground.

$200 /year = $15 /month is still enough to rent an unmanaged kvm/cloud vps or shared hosting with dedicated resources or you can buy a reseller hosting package for $200 /year. Sometimes reseller hosting performs better especially if you have sites with different scripts, in other words if all of your sites are not wp. Because you can create separate cpanel account for each of your sites or each group of sites (e.g., combining all wp sites in 1 cpanel account, all drupal sites in another cpanel account)

 

[Yad123]

You can also check ifast net they offer

• Super fast SSD powered servers
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• Free SSL Certificates
• 1 Free Domain
• Latest cPanel with Softaculous

 

[Trent1000]

Hi guys

I'm looking for a reliable hosting service that has:
- Unlimited websites option
- Let's encrypt free SSL
- and preferably, classic cPanel

All of these were available at Siteground's Growbig account, which I've used for 2 years, and were absolutely satisfied, however they having a tendency of increasing their renewals year by year some significant amount of money, which I can't tolerate anymore.

I tried Hostinger's premium account the last few days, and I've already issued a refund. They are beyond terrible.

So I would ask you guys, if you know anything close those above requirements, please share with me.

Thanks
Kris

Went with HostPapa's premium for 3 years. So far so good.

 

[GoldenFlash]

If you have experience with hosting management, you can have a look at the DIY hostings like Linode/DO/Vultr + a paid or free control panel like cPanel or VPSrobots depends on your experience and needs. The best things about the combo are the dadicated server resources for your sites and fairly affordable price that you're after.