Best Web Hosting Services 2017 (100% Real & Honest Reviews)

Hi 👋 I’m Lisa! I’m a freelance web developer travelling the world and I have been building websites (mostly WordPress powered ones like this one) for small business owners for the last 5 years or so.

Because every website needs web hosting I have come across many web hosting service providers over the years. Some have been good, most have been not so good and a few have been outright terrible.

This here website is a collection of my personal and honest reviews* of a couple of web hosts I have worked with the most, and have most experience dealing with. Namely Bluehost, InMotion Hosting and SiteGround.

* honest, unbiased and bull💩-free reviews of web hosting services I have actually used.

Best web hosting services 2017 reviewed

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SiteGround Review

Summary

I have rated SiteGround 5 out of 5. SiteGround should be your #1 choice of web host if you care about things like speed, performance, security and uptime, and you want solid technical features and excellent support at an affordable price. (FYI this website is hosted with SiteGround.)

Pros

Free site migration

Free daily website backups

Officially endorsed by WordPress

Managed WordPress hosting on all plans

Innovative speed technologies (SSD HTTP/2 PHP7 NGINX)

Free SSL certificate & CDN

30-day money-back guarantee

Cons

Limited data storage

Strict over-usage policy

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4.5

Solid

InMotion Hosting Review

Summary

I have rated InMotion Hosting 4.5 out of 5. InMotion Hosting is a stellar web hosting provider and an excellent choice to choose to host your site with. InMotion offers a perfect blend of low price and technical innovation, and you can expect excellent uptime, speed, performance and technical features.

Pros

Free website migration

Free daily site backups

SSD drives on all plans

Managed WordPress hosting on all plans

Innovative speed technologies (SSD PHP7 WP-CLI CloudLinux OptimumCache)

90-day money-back guarantee

Cons

No free CDN

Slow account setup due to manual phone verification

Somewhat misleading pricing information

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3.5

Good

Bluehost Review

Summary

I have rated Bluehost 3.5 out of 5. Bluehost is an all-round and good web host for beginners that comes with good features and extras, but there are better web hosts out there for the same price but with more resources and better technical features.

Pros

Free domain for one year

Unlimited traffic & disk space

Officialy recommended by WordPress

Easy WordPress installation

Free SSL & CloudFlare CDN

30-day money-back guarantee

Cons

Slow page loading times

No free site migration

No free daily site backups

No SSD drives

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Comments from Site Visitors

Heather

I really wish I had seen this review about Bluehost before I went and signed up with them a couple of months ago. I guess now it’s too late to get my money back :sadface. I guess I shouldn’t complain too much, so far BH has been good and I have had to ask support for help, but I’m worried what the future will bring. Lisa, what host would you use for a small blog?

Linda

I am much happier with Siteground after I moved my site over to them. Bluehost was good but when the site started to get some serious traffic I ran into more and more troubles with BH. This is a great site though, love the info and that you are honest about things (very refreshing compared to all the other “review” sites out there) / xoxo Linda

Allyson

Hi! Great review, especially since I am trying to figure out a good host for a blog I’m planning. Do you think SiteGround is still a good option for someone who is based in Canada? So far seems like a way better option than BlueHost (which I’m greatly considering even though I’ve read some terrible reviews).

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