Our methodology
We evaluate every provider in our catalog using the same core criteria, so ratings stay comparable across shared hosting, VPS, managed WordPress, and cloud categories.
What we evaluate
- Pricing transparency — introductory vs. renewal pricing, and how clearly it's disclosed at checkout
- Plan specifications — published CPU, RAM, storage, and bandwidth allocations, checked against the provider's current pricing pages
- Feature set — backups, staging environments, security tooling, and control panel quality
- Support model — available channels (chat, ticket, phone) and whether support is included or an upsell
- Reputation — publicly available track record on uptime, billing practices, and cancellation/refund policies
How ratings are calculated
Each provider receives a 1–5 rating based on a weighted assessment of the criteria above. We revisit ratings when a provider changes pricing, discontinues a plan, or when new public information changes our assessment.
Keeping ratings current
We monitor provider pricing pages and public terms on a regular basis and update our catalog when they change. If you notice pricing or specs that are out of date, let us know — see the Contact page.
What this page is not
This is a research-based methodology: we verify specs and pricing against providers' own published information and public track record. We don't claim to have provisioned and lab-benchmarked every plan listed here.