VIDEO: Best Web Hosting 2022 (25 Web Hosts COMPARED)
Intro to Best Web Hosting 2022
i love that intro what's up party people
my name is daryl wilson today this video
i'll be showing you all who is the
fastest web host and also who are the
slowest you ever asked someone about
what's the best web host and they just
recommended a company with no real proof
i wanted to fix that so what i've done
for this test i've recorded the
performance and up time of 25 different
web hosting companies for one whole year
and today in this video i'll show you my
results of companies that perform really
well and also companies that did not
perform well and don't worry i won't sit
here and say well all the hosting
companies are good like you've probably
seen on many blogs right no i want to
provide real value so i'll be showing
you companies that i recommend and also
companies to avoid now before we talk
about these results let me first explain
how i got these results and how i
monitored these web hosts for one year
i purchased web hosting accounts from
each of these companies and i installed
the same size wordpress theme and
starter website on each of these domains
to provide a fair and accurate reading i
then monitor the page speed and uptime
of each of these websites every 30
minutes for one whole year we also hired
someone to cache the websites weekly and
update the plugins and themes in order
to prevent outdated plug-ins or themes
that could cause conflict with the
websites i then recorded the uptime of
the server and recorded every time the
server went down for one year using
pingdom pingdom is a web hosting monitor
that records everything about your
website and is known to be the best
resource for monitoring web hosts
for this test i'll be breaking these web
hosts up by sections
the first section i'll be talking about
shared hosting the second i'll be
talking about cloud hosting and the
third we'll be talking about managed
cloud hosting
plus as a bonus i've also tested all of
the cloudways hosting providers and i'll
provide these results later in the video
now if you're not sure what these web
hosting types mean don't worry because i
have a full video explaining each type
of web hosting and i'll put that in the
description of this video for you to
watch later
for this test i'll be mainly focusing on
three specific categories page speed up
time and server response time page speed
is the time it takes for your website to
load the lower the number the faster the
server server uptime is the total time
that your server was online and running
properly it's used to measure the
reliability of your web hosting the
higher the uptime the more reliable the
web host is lastly server response time
this is the time it takes for a web
browser to receive a response from the
server the lower the number the faster
the server
so even with these results how do you
know if your web hosting is fast or
reliable
google recommends your website should be
loading at under 3 seconds anything
above this will cause you to lose
visitors have a high balance rate and
you can also lose seo rankings a study
done by dun and bradstreet suggests web
hosting companies on average should have
an annual uptime with at least
99.50 percent
anything below this is below average in
the web hosting industry and you should
probably change your web host and before
we begin i wanted to address a myth that
you will commonly see when shopping for
web hosting most companies today offer
various packages you'll see terms like
unlimited storage space or unmetered
bandwidth this is simply not true these
companies do have a limit when it comes
to web hosting you should always ask the
web hosting company how much bandwidth
or space is included in the package but
most of these companies offer a
reasonable amount of space and bandwidth
that's practical for all users
i'll also be talking about renewal fees
it's important to know that when you
sign up for a web hosting company you're
only paying for the first year sales
price then your platinum renews at a
higher cost now that's just something to
consider when you're shopping for web
hosting now this web hosting test costs
us about five thousand dollars to make
every year it's pretty expensive but we
do this because we want to provide real
value for the audience so if you guys do
decide to purchase from any of these web
hosting companies we have links and
discounts in the description below of
this video and if you guys do use our
links it does help us to continue to
make these videos for you all for free
Shared Web Hosting
all right enough talking let's go ahead
and take a look at our shared web
hosting
first up godaddy godaddy is probably the
largest web host in the world on average
their sites loaded at around 2.39
seconds with an annual uptime of 99.69
which ain't that bad i'll be honest this
company has definitely improved from
last year but it's still not one of my
favorites
next up a2 hosting
again another surprise for me a2 hosting
has dramatically increased performance
from last year with an average load time
of 1.17 seconds and an annual uptime of
99.97 percent good for them they're not
a bad option if you're looking for web
hosting to get started with wordpress
next up kenny cloud
cami cloud had a low time of 2.47
seconds with an annual uptime of 99.99
which is actually very impressive i'll
be honest with you guys i never really
use this company and i just kind of
threw them on the list to see what they
can do but they didn't do bad at all
next up is good old hostgator another
terrible web host if you see this
company run hostgator had an average
load time of 12.79 seconds which is
terrible but they did have an annual
uptime of
99.87 percent which isn't the worst
hostgator is owned by eig which is known
for buying small web hosting companies
watering them down in exchange to
appease their shareholders i would avoid
all companies managed by eig the service
always seems to decline with eig
companies
next up hostinger
hostinger had some great speeds with
their low time being around 938 ms which
is under one second
yet they did have an average uptime of
99.82 percent
i personally recommend this company on
my other youtube channels and the users
seem to love it they are the only
hosting company on this entire list that
offers 40 languages on their website
next up in motion i gotta be honest
inmotion just doesn't perform well in
motion had an average low time of 4.96
seconds with an annual uptime of 99.80
i really haven't seen this company
improve at all from last year and i just
couldn't find any reason to recommend it
next up green geeks
green geeks is definitely sporadic
sometimes they perform great others not
the best green geek had an average load
time of 4.08 seconds with an average
annual uptime of 99.95 percent this
company has mixed results but they do
have some good server response time to
make up for it
next up cyclone
cyclone has definitely raised some
controversy this year with some price
adjustments but they've changed their
plans back to normal pricing websites on
average load at around 1.65 seconds and
had an average up time of 99.62
although siteground did make some
questionable decisions this year
regarding their pricing plans i do think
they are on the road to improvements and
i do recommend them
next up is another really underrated web
host known host
known host websites on average load at
around 1.16 seconds with a 99.97 percent
of annual up time just one thing their
back end seemed a little outdated but
they have always seemed to be a very
legit web host
next host papa this one pains me host
papa on average had load times of around
3.66 seconds but they had a very low
annual up time with only 98.21
yikes i would have to say avoid this
hosting company
next ionis
this company has trouble with branding
last year they are more of that
corporate only approach trying to
attract large ticket clients and now
they're kind of geared for everybody or
that whole godaddy approach i'm not sure
what they're going to do next year they
had an average low time of 3.1 seconds
with an annual uptime of 99.98
not bad
next up fast comment
known for their dedicated hosting fast
comments shared servers performed pretty
well fast combat had an average load
time of 3.38 seconds with an average
annual uptime of 99.97 percent i've used
their service before for dedicated
hosting but not for shared but it
doesn't seem like a bad option here we
go another eig company bluehost bluehost
on average low time was 4.71 seconds
which is quite slow and an annual uptime
of only 99.42
the downtime alone with this company is
pretty bad and if you are with these
guys i would make the switch to pretty
much anybody
next on the list host armada a very
adequate company at best host armada's
website loaded at around 3.92 seconds
with an annual uptime of 99.91
not the best not the worst but they do
have some good server response time
yet another company to avoid dream host
i did have high hopes for this company
but sadly they just didn't perform well
dream host websites on average load at
around 5.02 seconds with an annual
uptime of 98.54
which is just terrible make sure to hide
from these guys
alright so that pretty much sums up the
shared hosting the companies i would
recommend on this list would have to be
a2hosting chemicloud known host cyclone
and my top pick would be hostinger i
have used this company a lot throughout
the year on my youtube channels and they
have a good history of being consistent
with their speeds and good pricing their
speeds are good and they can improve on
the uptime but overall i feel confident
recommending them
Cloud Web Hosting
next we'll be talking about cloud
hosting and i'll break this section down
into a little bit more detail but cloud
hosting i currently recommend over all
type of web hosting it's kind of really
affordable and it's actually really fast
so let's take a look at some of these
cloud hosting companies that we
monitored first up liquid web
this company recently had a merger with
a company called nexus which can lead to
a lot of confusion essentially they are
the same company so if you go to liquid
web you'll basically be referred to
nexus
liquid web had an average load time of
1.31 seconds and had an average annual
uptime of 99.99
i like the pricing plans at liquid web
because they're very diversified for
pretty much beginners all the way to the
end of people receiving millions of
visitors the most ideal plan is a
designer plan which can
host up to 10 websites with 4 terabytes
of bandwidth for around 50 bucks a month
they also do provide phone support which
is pretty cool their backend dashboard
is really easy to understand and you'll
see your invoices right away when you
log in overall i do like their dashboard
it's simple and easy to follow i do
think they need to clarify the
differences between nexus and liquidweb
or just completely change the website to
only one website
next up wpx hosting
wpx hosting had an average load time of
892 ms with an annual uptime of 99.85
percent which is not bad at all now due
to our technical problems we only
recorded up to the last four months but
that can still give you a general idea
of how their services are
now the only drawback with wpx is these
guys are very expensive their monthly
plans start around 25 dollars a month
and go all the way up to 100 bucks per
month the difference between the plans
is the number of websites you can
install on the basic plan you can have
five websites installed and on the elite
plan you can have up to 35 websites
installed
the space is also pretty limited with
wpx and they only give you 40 gigs on
the most expensive plan their backend
and login is custom made at first it can
be a little confusing but after you get
the hang of it you can install wordpress
pretty simply what's also really cool is
the company's involved with a website
called every dog matters which aims to
shelter dogs that are homeless and find
homes for them that's a pretty cool
project and i like what they're doing
over there overall it's not a bad web
host i do think the specs are a little
weak for the price you're paying but the
speed definitely makes up for it next up
name hero
this is my personal favorite on average
my websites load at around 770 ms with
an annual uptime of 99.99
which is very very impressive this is
the hosting company that i personally
recommend on my own youtube channel and
also for all of my wordpress tutorials
and users seem to love it i randomly
stumbled on this company a few years ago
when they only sold reseller hosting
they have now switched their model to
cloud hosting primarily and it's working
really well for them
what i like most about name hero is the
prices now these are special promo
prices that are only available through
my link and the owner gave me this
discount exclusively for my viewers the
starter cloud plan starts around two
dollars and forty cents and their
business cloud plan goes up to nine
dollars i think the turbo cloud is the
best deal because you get access to the
new nvme storage and you can also host
unlimited websites for just around six
bucks a month
and for just a hundred dollars a year i
think that's probably one of the best
deals on the internet
they've also dramatically improved their
back end and customer portal from their
outdated one it's really easy to see
your domains your plans and your billing
information
name hero also does have a very easy
setup wizard with a quick install for
wordpress you simply go get your domain
you press quick install and you'll have
your website up and running and a few
clicks
they also do have tons of five star
positive reviews which you can simply
find anywhere on the internet
the owner ryan gray is pretty involved
with the community and with his company
and you can usually find them on youtube
creating tutorials to streamline the
hosting process
i got a lot of requests to do the
hosting or cloud so i decided to give it
a try the speed of hosting your cloud on
average they had a low time of 1.68
seconds and their average up time was
around 99.99
however these results are only for 30
days due to some technical problems but
that still gives you a general idea
what i like most is the plans here you
pay for what you get for the cloud
professional plan you get up to four
cpus six gigs of ram and you can host
quite a bit of websites for just
nineteen dollars a month the only
drawback here is the renewal fee is a
little high
i also do like their backend interface
it's really easy to understand it's
quick and if you're new to cloud web
hosting you shouldn't have too many
problems
now that pretty much sums it up for
cloud web hosting and if you're gonna
ask me who'd i recommend on that list it
would have to go to name hero they have
great speeds really good uptime and they
are the most affordable company uh on
that whole list i do have an exclusive
discount for name hero and i'll leave
that in the description below of this
video
Manage Web Hosting
and lastly let's talk about
managed web hosting now i've been
getting a lot of requests to do manage
web hosting so what i did was i tested a
lot of the big brands including
cloudaways and all of the hosting
platforms that cloudways has to offer
now one quick note if you're a beginner
with web hosting i do not recommend
managed web hosting you'll have to point
your own name servers and also migrate
your own websites because these
companies do not sell domains however if
you are a beginner i would definitely go
with something like name hero they're
fast and reliable but if you're looking
to upgrade from your traditional like
shared hosting or something like that to
managed it's definitely worth it so
let's take a look at my results for the
manage web hosting
first up kiensta
kinsa has been around for quite some
time their average low time was 1.34
seconds and a annual uptime of 99.99
the only drawback with kinsta is they
are probably the most expensive hosting
provider on this entire list for 100 a
month you can host up to five wordpress
installs you get around 30 gigs of disk
space however they've always maintained
a good reputation in the hosting
industry they're not a bad option if you
can afford it
next up wp engine
another reputable web hosting company
that's been around for quite some time
wp engine had an average load time of
849 ms and an annual uptime of 99.99
wp engine now offers four different
plans and to be honest i'm not really
sure the differences between these
hosting plans
for this specific test i just use the
managed hosting
the plans start at 25 a month and go up
the best deal would probably be the
growth plan which allows you to host up
to 10 websites for around 95 a month if
you do go with wp engine i would contact
them first and find out the differences
between each plan just to make sure you
pick the right hosting for your website
now this is a long awaited test and i've
gotten tons of requests to do this so
i'm really excited to bring you guys
these results so next up cloudways
now just to be clear cloudways is more
of a portal to hosting your website on
large-scale platforms that are too
technical for the average user basically
cloudaway simplifies the process of
managing the hosting for you and you
pick the provider you'd like to be
hosted on
also note that we purchased the base or
lowest plan of every provider to provide
the most accurate test possible
cloudaways offers five different hosting
providers digitalocean lenode vulture
amazon aws and also the google cloud
i'll first go through each individual
hosting provider and then give you a
table so you can compare each hosting
provider side by side
one quick note our hosting monitor only
recorded up to the last four months
because we recently added them but that
still gives you a good idea of the speed
and reliability
so first up digital ocean digital ocean
had an average load time of 664 ms with
zero downtime very impressive we chose
the digital ocean premium which
essentially just uses cpus with more
speed their plans are actually pretty
well priced you can get hosting for as
little as 12 dollars a month and they
have plans for just about everybody
their base plan is still pretty good
offering 25 gigs of storage and one
terabyte of bandwidth
you can host as many wordpress website
you want with these plans just as long
as you don't exhaust the monthly
resources
overall digitalocean is a solid pick to
go with
next up lenode strangely they perform
probably the worst on my list with an
average load time of 2.96 seconds
however they also did have 100 uptime
quite honestly i'm not sure why the load
time is so high but we triple checked
the website and everything seemed to be
running just fine on our ends their
plans are similar to digital ocean and
also the specs are pretty much the same
next up vulture
this is probably the most requested
hosting company that my viewers asked me
to monitor and they did not disappoint
vulture had an average low time of 704
ms and an average uptime of 100 percent
the results are pretty much identical to
digital oceans
the pricing is also identical to digital
oceans and they have the same exact
pricing
however vulture does have the advantage
here because they offer 50 percent more
storage on every plan than digital ocean
overall i think the pricing the speed
the bandwidth with vulture is just an
amazing deal
next up amazon aws
amazon aws had an average load time of
1.46 seconds and they also had 100
uptime over the last four months the
only drawback with amazon is they're a
lot more expensive than the other plans
however their top plans do have the most
specs out of all the servers but i think
that's a little overkill and really not
for everybody
amazon aws does have a good reputation
with solid web hosting but i think you
could find better prices with vulture or
digitalocean
and lastly google cloud
google had an average load time of 1.58
seconds with 100 uptime as well
the pricing for google cloud has been a
little bit more pricey personally i've
never really been a fan of google cloud
i just feel like you can get better
performance somewhere else the results
aren't bad so it's really all about your
preference
now these are the five hosting providers
that i monitored with cloudways i think
all five of them are pretty good with
100 uptime and they do vary between
price and speed
i think the clear winners here are
digitalocean and vulture the price is
very affordable the results are great
the amount of storage is reasonable and
the bandwidth makes it an ideal pick for
any type of wordpress website we do have
a 20 discount code in the description of
this video for any of these hosting
plans and if you guys do decide to use
our link in the description it does help
us to continue to create these web
hosting tests for free now out of these
five web hosting providers one i
recommend is are you ready
vulture
the speed is great and the uptime is
even better and they do give you a good
amount of storage basically you can't go
wrong with this company however
digitalocean was just as good so i do
think they deserve some recognition as
the best runner-up because remember we
are comparing milliseconds here and we
would never see the speed difference
with the human eye so let's take a look
at the hosting companies i recommend so
if you're on a very small budget i would
recommend shared hosting with host
singer if you want fast performance out
of budget i would definitely go with
name hero they are the ones i currently
recommend on my youtube channel and if
you want to go with managed hosting i
would definitely go with cloudaway's
vulture high frequency plan or even the
digital ocean plan those are my top
picks for the best web hosting this year
now i do have an exclusive discount for
cloudways as well if you guys use the
coupon code daryl you guys will save 20
off at checkout when you purchase any of
their hosting packages all right party
people i hope you guys enjoyed this
video you know this video took a year to
make and i should probably have like a
behind the scenes of how we did this but
i had to pay someone to constantly cash
the websites and to make sure they're up
it was a very big project and i'm just
really excited to bring this test to you
guys also feel free to share this video
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kind of give them that value saying hey
this guy tested it and uh he can
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forget to like this video my name is
daryl wilson and i will see all of you
party people in the next video take care
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