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Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points
Posted by Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points

Hosting Options

Hey Everyone, I know of several hosting services out there, but without me mentioning any I know I was wondering if anyone had personal recommendations and experience. I'm just starting out so nothing too complicated or expensive.

2 Answers

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points
Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

For just playing around on, try Namecheap's shared Value plan - use them for domains too if you want. Hosting is cheap, decent management interface and tools, no problems for me so far. Cheers.

Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points
Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points

Cool, I checked it out and it is definitely one of the most nice not the best option! I appreciate the suggestion. Is their any others or that you or anyone would suggest to keep my options open to.

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

Haha, yes Namecheap is a nice "not the best" option. I've heard decent things about Hostgator too, but I haven't used them personally. And even though lots of people think badly of GoDaddy, most of my experience using them has been fine. I used Dreamhost for something and didn't enjoy them as much, but I can't pinpoint exactly why; others may like them.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

I've used hostgator in the long long past, they were fine, very inexpensive. If you're shopping for a budget host, they're all pretty much the same. I don't know about hostgator today.

Another one to check out though, is A Small Orange, I've heard great things about them.

Personally now, I don't use any of them. I primarily use Heroku or Digital Ocean, but those take a bit to set up yourself before you get it going, so may not be what you're looking for today.