Any recommendations for hosting providers?
I'm just finishing up with my personal website and was going to use firebase to host it for free however I'd like to have a business email too so thought maybe Bluehost or Hostinger might be good options since I can start to host various projects up there and have emails for each. Otherwise I'll have to buy emails for each subsequent project I do. All the recommendations on google feel very sponsored so if anyone has any impartial recommendations I'd be very grateful.
Here is what I am currently trying
All are free for my simple needs, but my core need being a speedy light weight site
Improvmx looks awesome, thanks!
Yeah! Love it. Gotta try it out.
Netlify is awesome, I'm in love with it.
Thank you very much for the recommendations 👍
You can use https://www.peekhosting.com for LiteSpeed hosting with emails. No mail box counts.
Honestly, you should think about using 2 different providers for hosting applications and email. I think the options you listed (Bluehost, and Hostinger) are shared providers that will give you email + web hosting.
FastMail is a great option that lets you bring an unlimited number of custom domains. It starts at $5 per month.
What's your tech stack?
Hey, thank you very much for the reply. I've built the site in webflow but am going to export it to host elsewhere as webflow is a bit pricey for just one site when my plan is to create several projects and potentially have emails associated with each that I can reply to people from. I'm not very technical though and wouldn't consider myself a developer. Do you suggest 2 different providers for hosting and email for reasons of speed? Or some other issue? Does hosting with one of the all-in-one places make things load/run slower?
I host on cloudflare workers sites - $5/month, and you also get serverless js and key/value store, all super fast (runs on cf edge servers).
For mails I used to use mailgun to forward the emails, but that's not free anymore. So now I use https://forwardemail.net/ to forward emails into standard gmail inbox, and also set up gmail to send-email-as my domain (don't forget to set the default "from" address to be your branded email, and also to always reply from the address that received the email by default).
I use this setup to get multiple address get to the same inbox (hello@mydomain.com, support, gdpr and dan - the last being my default "from" address)
Thank you very much for this, great stuff!
Just throwing Vercel into the ring. Works great and is super fast!
Doesn’t help you with emails though, sorry :/. My previous strategy was to buy a single gsuite plan for $6/month and then you can have email aliases for different domains. It lets you receive and reply from a bunch of domains for relatively cheap.
I’m not sure what the limit on domain aliases per account is but I never hit it...
Thank you very much for the reply, I didn't know you could send and receive from an alias 👍
That's a question I answer on a daily basis, actually, haha. When we do WordPress maintenance for our customers, we usually use one of these guys:
Kinsta has a great way of explaining why it's the one you should choose, while WP Engine feels reaaally flexible with its multiple, concisely described tiers. If you're running a WordPress site, you can't go wrong with either of them.
Thank you very much for these 👍 I'm not using wordpress but building it in webflow and looking to export and host independently. I'll explore these options as well as the others suggested if you still think they're applicable given the lack of wordpress?
These are WP-focused services - although you can use them regardless, some of their features are dedicated to WordPress, so you might end up paying for features you'll never make use of.
Thank you for clarifying 👍
I have a WordPress website and use BlueHost - mainly bc there was a great deal through WPBeginnger with them.
I'm kind of a noob when it comes to this, but have had no problems with Bluehost so far. Apparently one thing to look out for is depending on what's going on your site, third party hosting can leave yourself vulnerable to slow load time, just an FYI.
Thank you very much for this, yes I was a bit concerned by things becoming slow if I add more sites over time but I guess things can always be moved. Have you found Bluehost slow?
No I actually think it's my WP site - way too many plug-ins, improper image formats and such. Don't think it's Bluehost's issue.
But again I really am a noob - that's the first website I've built so I'd wait for a more experienced person to comment here. and provide some insight.
BlueHost makes sure it gets noticed, that's why it features in all the "WP for beginners" guides. It's a good choice for small sites, but then again: most hosting services are. The real challenge is the flexibility it offers for when you want to develop it beyond a certain size and drive in more traffic than those couple of dozen people each week. Then BlueHost loses to other providers, two of which I mentioned in a comment slightly above this one - you might want to check that out.
One thing I've heard people complain about is BlueHost's tech support, which you definitely should look out for if you're just starting your WP journey.
As to your website's poor performance: drop a link by, and I'll take a look at it and give you a couple of suggestions :) I'll be happy to help.
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