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Choosing and running managed hosting for WordPress, WooCommerce, agencies and modern PHP applications.
Review
Cloudways review: what $200 a month actually buys
I run multiple production sites on Cloudways and pay roughly $200 a month for the privilege. What the money buys, where the service earns it, and the parts that still annoy me after living in the panel every week.
3 March 2026Comparison
A2 Hosting vs Bluehost
4 November 2026Comparison
A2 Hosting vs DreamHost
4 November 2026Comparison
A2 Hosting vs Hostinger
A budget cross-shop with a provenance wrinkle: a2hosting.com now redirects to hosting.com, so the A2 side here is the hosting.com catalogue captured under that slug. A2's cards state visit caps of 50,000 to 500,000 per tier with unlimited transfer on one-year Black Friday terms; Hostinger publishes no visit figures at all, grading by websites, storage and RAM on 48-month intro terms. Pricing clocks, metering honesty, server lines and where each one fits.
4 November 2026
Comparison
A2 Hosting vs SiteGround
A rare pairing where both hosts publish a monthly traffic figure for every shared tier: A2 Hosting, audited through hosting.com after a redirect from a2hosting.com, prices in dollars with unlimited transfer; SiteGround prices in pounds ex VAT with unmetered transfer and a 30-day money-back. Staging gates, backup trade-offs and where each ladder's ceiling sits, from both hosts' captured plan and feature pages.
4 November 2026Comparison
AWS vs DigitalOcean
The hyperscaler against the specialist, on their own published pages: Lightsail's $5 to $44 bundles versus Droplets' $4 to $24 Basic line with per-second billing, EC2's custom-priced ceiling above them both, and support ladders running from free tickets to $50,000 a month. Where each shape fits, and the unmanaged gaps both share.
4 November 2026
Comparison
AWS vs Linode
Two raw-cloud menus that open at the same $5: Lightsail bundles memory, storage and a stated transfer allowance into flat monthly prices, while Linode (Akamai) publishes wider instance families with an hourly rate beside every monthly one. Where each shape fits, from both providers' captured pricing pages.
4 November 2026Comparison
Amazon Web Services vs Vultr
Two unmanaged cloud menus priced in different units: Amazon Lightsail bundles a month of computing into one price from $5, while Vultr publishes hourly-billed instances from $2.50 IPv6-only with its safety nets priced as add-ons. Compared on floor price, billing unit, add-on economics, support tiers and region counts from both vendors' captured pricing and product pages.
4 November 2026
Comparison
Bluehost vs DreamHost
Two long-standing shared hosts whose entry tiers nearly rhyme, then diverge at the till: Bluehost sells site-graded plans on 36-month introductory terms with unpriced High Performance tiers above, while DreamHost publishes visit-graded plans with monthly billing, unmetered transfer wording and a fully captured DreamPress ladder above them.
4 November 2026Comparison
Bluehost vs HostGator
Bluehost and HostGator meet at the same entry spec and price band but publish different things around it: HostGator states unmetered bandwidth, vCPU counts and itemised email, while Bluehost states no shared bandwidth at all and renews cheaper at matched specs. Both page sets disagree with themselves on uptime and backups. Researched from both hosts' captured pages, November 2026.
4 November 2026
Comparison
Bluehost vs Wix
Bluehost is the classic WordPress onramp, selling hosting tiers by websites, storage and ideal visit counts on 36-month introductory terms; Wix is a closed builder whose storage-graded plans fold the hosting in beneath a free tier. Pricing shapes, traffic honesty, backups and the exit question, from both providers' captured pages.
4 November 2026Comparison
Bluehost vs WP Engine
Bluehost sells a budget onramp into WordPress: shared tiers graded by websites, 36-month intro terms, renewal prices on every card. WP Engine sells a WordPress-only platform: Essential bundles from 1 to 30 sites, monthly billing, a published visit overage rate. What each model costs and who each one suits, from both hosts' captured pages.
4 November 2026
Comparison
DigitalOcean vs Kinsta
A $4 Droplet with published RAM, disk and per-second billing against a $35 managed WordPress floor graded by visits, with staging, CDN, backups and done-for-you migrations in the price. How each ladder climbs, what the raw server leaves to you, and which buyer each one fits, from both hosts' captured pricing and feature pages.
4 November 2026Comparison
DigitalOcean vs Linode
The long-running unmanaged VPS duel, read from both providers' captured pricing, product and support pages: Droplets from $4 with per-second billing against Linode's $5 Nanode, phone support on every account and a $100 per instance managed add-on, plus the staging and managed WordPress gaps both captures share.
4 November 2026
Comparison
DigitalOcean vs SiteGround
One rents unmanaged Linux servers from $4 with RAM-graded tiers, root access and support sold as paid plans; the other sells visit-graded GBP packages bundling daily backups, CDN, email and migrations. What each approach includes, what it leaves unsaid, and where each fits, drawn from each host's captured pricing and feature pages.
4 November 2026Comparison
DigitalOcean vs Vultr
Two unmanaged cloud floors that start within cents of each other: Vultr publishes a $2.50 IPv6-only tier and a $3.50 dual-stack one, DigitalOcean opens at $4 with IPv4 included and per-second billing. Where the real distance sits, in support pricing, add-on economics and the gaps both audits share, from both hosts' captured pages.
4 November 2026
Comparison
DreamHost vs Hostinger
Two budget hosts whose renewal prices sit about a dollar apart while the contracts underneath them do not. DreamHost bills monthly, publishes estimated visits per tier and shows renewals upfront; Hostinger grades by websites, storage and RAM on 48-month intro terms and states no visit figure at all. Where each one fits, from both hosts' captured pricing and plan pages.
4 November 2026Comparison
DreamHost vs SiteGround
DreamHost and SiteGround both grade their shared tiers by estimated monthly visits and back every plan with a 30-day window, but their price columns refuse to merge: USD with monthly billing on one side, GBP ex VAT on 12-month prepay on the other. Where staging, panels, support channels and bundled extras actually sit.
4 November 2026
Comparison
GoDaddy vs Bluehost
The two biggest names in entry hosting compared on what their pages publish today: GoDaddy's site-and-storage tiers with a priced guaranteed-RAM ladder above them, against Bluehost's visit-graded bundles and an unpriced High Performance set. Where each one fits, and the traffic question neither host answers.
4 November 2026Comparison
GoDaddy vs HostGator
Two legacy generalist hosts whose shared ladders count different things: HostGator grades its tiers by stated monthly visits, GoDaddy by websites and storage with a RAM-guaranteed performance line above them. How the two ranges fit, from both hosts' captured pricing and plan pages.
4 November 2026