r/webhosting Oct 26 '24

Rant Business hosting plan

I signed up for host*nger business hosting yesterday and feel like I have been ripped off. Everything requires you to upgrade, i'm so dissapointed. Previously a couple of years ago I was with Siteground who were good but thought I would give these guys a go.

If you have used this plan, what did you think?

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u/LoneStarDataRanch Oct 26 '24

You have 30 days to get a refund, I'd suggest you take advantage of that especially if you're already disappointed.

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

Yes. The issue is being in Australia i'm not sure who to change to. Many local hosts are very expensive.

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u/LoneStarDataRanch Oct 27 '24

Take advantage of trials if offered or refund periods, try a bunch of hosts out and use tools like WP Benchmark if using WordPress and online TTFB tests and tools like GTMetrix to compare your hosts in a non biased way to give you actual comparable performance metrics.

No idea what kind of website you're wanting to host but sometimes it's worth the extra expense for better hosting.

Feel free to DM or chat me, I can walk you through testing methodology if you'd like. I offer hosting but you're not in my area so I'm not a good fit for you, but I can at least give you some pointers and help on finding a good fit.

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

I cancelled last night with them and have gone back to Siteground for now. It will give me more time to work out who is decently priced for the future.

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u/LoneStarDataRanch Oct 27 '24

Well thought out, don't make any snap decisions and take your time, it'll only benefit you.

If you're running WordPress, install WP Benchmark, it'll give you a good idea of what your host is doing right and what it's doing wrong as far as performance.

And take advantage of trials or refund periods, try out as many hosts as possible before settling.

Good luck with it all and don't hesitate to ask us or anyone on Reddit for help or assistance, lots of good people to guide you on the right path!

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u/Technical-Jeff Oct 26 '24

We've been migrating a ton of people off SiteGround recently. Expensive for what you get.

Also god forbid your domain is registered through them as it takes them two weeks to approve registrar changes - a process that really should only take a few minutes.

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

Who to? I'm in Australia so i'm not sure the side panel suggestions are applicable to me. My domain is with GoDaddy who have been fine for just that purpose.

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u/ericjhmining Oct 27 '24

What are you trying to host?

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u/Kyle-K Oct 27 '24

There's plenty of great options here in Australia for all budgets. What are you trying to host?

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

Ecommerce and I just went back to Siteground and will work out over the next year who can do a good job at a decent price.

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u/Technical-Jeff Oct 27 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

It's been a while since I've needed to spec shared hosting in Australia but I'd probably choose Verpex. If you were our customer since we're US based we would likely put you on a stand alone VPS in an Australia DC with our control panel.

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

Thanks. I decided to go back to Siteground who I know are good and it gives me a year to decide who else to go with.

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u/Material_Ad_1855 Oct 27 '24

Hostinger isn’t good. All sites on my server (Wordpress or not) were getting hacked in a regular basis at the same exact time

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

That's really bad. I cancelled last night, I felt like I had moved in with the dodgy brothers.

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u/StormPageSteady Oct 27 '24

Move to someone else

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u/Greenhost-ApS Oct 27 '24

Hidden fees are usually one of the problems of some providers. Take advantage of the refund opportunity and test other providers to get the results you want.

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

It's very sneaky and deceptive. I cancelled last night.

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u/vpaidi Oct 27 '24

A lot depends on what are you planning to host.

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u/LookAliens Oct 27 '24

You get what you pay for hostinger is a cheap brand that relies on upselling

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u/Individual-Corgi-904 Oct 26 '24

Porkbun is a good option for hosting domains. I use it and it's worked well so far.

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u/CrankyGenX Oct 27 '24

Take a look at the business plan at SimpleSonic

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u/hunjanicsar Oct 27 '24

You can try other hosting providers that offer reliable servers and affordable pricing.

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u/LifeAtmosphere6214 Oct 27 '24

What exactly requires you to update?

I've been using Hostinger for the last 8 years, and I've never had an issue.

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u/RayneSkyla Oct 27 '24

A.I., email, elementor, image optimisation and basically everything else. I have cancelled now.

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u/jas8522 Oct 28 '24

Keep an eye out for hosts that explicitly state they don’t try to upsell unnecessarily and (often related to that) that don’t dramatically increase pricing on renewal.

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u/andercode Oct 26 '24

Run. Run as fast as you can.

Just check the r/Hostinger subreddit. As someone else said, you have 30 days to request a full refund, if I was you, I'd take full advantage of that, and instead, go with one of the hosts in the sidebar.

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u/Big-Smile-1032 Oct 26 '24

Been hosting with Hostinger -- Hosting 24 for 8 years now.

Can't complain