Best Magento Hosting Providers (On-Going Case Study)

Whilst Hostinger may be considered a cheap web hosting provider, they do offer very good hosting packages across the board. Their Magento hosting is no different, starting from £7.99 per month with no limit to the number of websites you can host.

All of Hostinger’s Magento hosting plans include unlimited bandwidth, a free domain, free dedicated IP, and a free SSL certificate. Hostinger doesn’t just offer cheap hosting without thinking about their customers, they also consider the features that individuals and businesses require for different types of hosting.

If you’re creating a Magento-based online store, you’ll benefit hugely from Hostinger’s choice of data centers, located across the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Lithuania, Singapore, Brazil, Indonesia.

Hostinger’s Magento servers come with the latest PHP, MySQL updates, and Litespeed cache to ensure fast speeds and better user experience. And, if you run into any trouble, Hostinger’s experts are on hand 24/7.

Pros:

• 24/7 Support
• 30 Day Money back guarantee
• CloudFlare protection
• Server-side cache
• Unlimited bandwidth
• Multiple worldwide data centers
• Magento optimized servers

Cons:

• RAM is limited on the Startup plan

Founded in 2004, SiteGround is a well-established web host. They have a focus on performance and security, which is something that you’ll need for your online store. You can deploy your Magento store with Softaculious inside a few minutes.

In 2023 you only have a few seconds to grab your visitor’s attention. So it is extremely important that your online store is as fast as possible. Pages load within milliseconds with SiteGround, so this is a great feature for a Magento hosting provider.

The one-click installation is available on the SiteGround shared hosting packages, so if you’re just starting out with Magento, then shared hosting will be fine. Once your site takes off you can easily upgrade to a dedicated server or cloud VPS.

SiteGround offers flexible hosting plans that can be upgraded or downgraded at any point. Therefore you can start at a lower level plan and upgrade as your Magento store becomes more popular.

The fact that they offer cost-effective shared hosting that is Magento specific is something that puts SiteGround firmly in second place for us.

Pros:

• 24/7 Support
• 30 Day Money back guarantee
• Servers optimized for speed and performance
• Free CDN and SSL Certificate
• Three different server locations
• Server-level security patches
• Magento optimized servers

Cons:

• There are cheaper options

iPage offer a wealth of great features that make them great as your chosen Magento host. Not least the fact that they offer cost-effective hosting and 1-click installation for Magento. Paypal integration is also really easy with iPage.

You’ll snag a free SSL certificate and free domain transfer. Basically everything that you need to get your Magento website up and running is available from iPage. You can upgrade to VPS or dedicated server hosting with iPage when you are ready to scale up.

One great thing about iPage that we mentioned before in our detailed review is their monitoring tool. This tool monitors the percentage uptime and during our tests, the uptime was normally 100%.

Pros:

• FREE tools to build your site or online store
• Green hosting certified
• 1-click installs for Magento
• Advanced security features
• Site builder tool for customization
• FREE domain name
• 30-day money-back guarantee
• Free SSL certificate
• Free listing on Yellow pages website
• $200 worth of FREE ad credits

Cons:

• Prices displayed are for the first term only and will rise later on
• Prices displayed exclude VAT

If you’re looking to host with a well-established host that has been around (almost) since the internet began then Bluehost is a good choice. Established in 1996, Bluehost has evolved into a massive reliable web host that runs over 2 million websites. Bluehost has plans to suit every situation, including Magento stores.

Bluehost offers free tutorials on all aspects of hosting with them. That way you are in complete control and can manage your server. If you get stuck then you can easily contact customer support via email, live chat, or phone.

Bluehost servers are extremely fast and boast load times of 38ms to 2 seconds. The load times are really important for online stores, so for this reason alone, Bluehost is a good choice.

Bluehost offers a wide range of packages, however, they do charge annually, which could be a drawback for some people. They do offer a one-click installation for your Magento hosting, which makes life easier. Bluehost offers a wide range of packages which makes them an ideal host if you are looking to grow your online business.

Pros:

• No hidden charges
• Free SSL certificate
• 30 Day money-back guarantee
• 24/7 support
• Flexibility to move up plans
• Well established host
• Free domain name on sign up

Cons:

• Aggressive upsell process
• You need to pay for a year upfront (no monthly plans)
• Initial term of 36 months for displayed pricing

InMotion has been around for almost 2 decades, founded in 2001 in the USA. If you’re looking for a US-based host with US customer support then InMotion could be the host for you. You’ll get great flexibility from InMotion to grow your business in your own time and upgrade accordingly. InMotion offers the Softaculious one-click installation for Magento, making setup a breeze.

InMotion is a blazingly fast web host, and for this reason, alone I’d suggest going with them for your Magento hosting. InMotion has invested in the latest SSD storage and has optimized its servers for speed and performance, offering a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

As with the other hosts we have covered so far InMotion offers the full gamut of hosting services, from shared to dedicate and everything in between – *VPS & Cloud*. They also offer fully managed hosting, where you can have a more hands-off approach and have your server professionally managed.

InMotion has three basic plans for its shared hosting, which are best suited for small businesses. “Launch” gets you 25 subdomains and offers unlimited storage and bandwidth. “Power” is an upgrade of Launch and it allows up to six websites with 50 databases. They then have the” Pro plan”, which is the plan for fast-growing businesses.

Pros:

• 24/7 customer support
• US-based support team
• Free SSL certificate
• Control panel
• Easy to manage servers
• Generous 90-Day Money back guarantee
• Free website transfer
• Choose your server location
• High-quality SSD drives on all servers

Cons:

• Phone verification required
• No Monthly Billing
• Quite expensive for what you are getting

Getting started with Magento with Hostgator is as simple as the click of a button. Hostgator offers easy one-click installation for Magento. Furthermore, Hostgator is a popular host that houses more than 8 million websites, which is pretty impressive. Hostgator seems to have a good eye for ensuring that their servers are optimized for Magento, a bonus.

One really nice feature that you’ll get with Hostgator (with their “Business Package”) is the addition of a free phone number for customers to get in touch 24/7. This will increase trust and conversions with your online store. You’ll also get an SSL certificate that is needed for processing payments online and a dedicated IP address. You’ll also get a dashboard that overviews the key statistics for your website.

HostGator has all of the bases covered – they offer unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage, cPanel, unlimited email addresses, and unlimited subdomains. Offering you the ultimate freedom to design your online user experience exactly as you imagine, even providing a free $100 Google Adwords voucher for you to advertise your website. Their packages are optimized for Magento and start at just $3.95 (£3.17) per month.

Pros:

• $100 Google adwords voucher
• 99.9% uptime guarantee
• Off-site backups as standard
• 45-day money-back guarantee
• 24/7 support
• Unrestricted bandwidth
• cPanel
• Web Hosting Features
• Unlimited email accounts
• Unlimited subdomains
• Free Magento transfer from another host

Cons:

• Quite expensive

If you are just looking to get started in the online space – Web Hosting Hub is a great choice. Their plans are tailored to fit the needs of people who want to get started with limited resources and no technical experience. You can also manage your website with cPanel, the industry leader. More suited to smaller businesses as they don’t offer the flexibility to upgrade to higher plans like a VPS or dedicated server.  Again, you’ll get the 1-click installation tool, to allow you to set up your Magento instance in minutes.

There are several reasons to go with Web Hosting Hub – their cheap pricing is very accessible and they offer unlimited bandwidth and storage. They also offer an eCommerce tool to make working with your Magento store as easy as possible.  For the complete beginner who wants to keep costs as low as possible while they find their feet – Web Hosting Hub is perfect.

You’ll also benefit from great features with Web Hosting Hub such as a free (for life) domain and the ability to select the most appropriate server location. They also offer free website transfers with zero downtime, so you can move your site over to Web Hosting Hub without your site going down, which is a great feature to offer.

Web Hosting Hub is really easy to use and offers three pricing plans called Spark, Nitro, and Dynamo. The introductory plan is Spark and that is just $4.99 per month, which is perfect – making eCommerce stores simple and affordable. However, it is now quite a lot more expensive than other leading hosting providers.

With Web Hosting Hub you’ll benefit from a number of free bonus tools to enhance your store. These include a website builder to customize the appearance of your store, the ability to add blogs, and forums as well as creating eye-catching photo galleries.

Pros:

• 1-click installation
• Generous 90-day money-back guarantee
• Free (for life) domain name
• cPanel
• Unlimited features
• Award-winning 24/7 support
• Backup wizard
• eCommerce optimized hosting

Cons:

• No VPS or Dedicated server options
• Not for large eCommerce stores

Founded back in 1997, GoDaddy is a household name in the hosting space. They are the largest domain name host and also offer some great website hosting packages perfect for Magento websites.

You get a free domain name with annual plans and you can also use the easy one-click installation. I love the daily backups that GoDaddy offers, giving you peace of mind that your store can be restored if it gets hacked.

GoDaddy offers a wide range of packages to suit all sizes of online stores. They offer three shared hosting plans are Economy Plan, Deluxe Plan, and Ultimate Plan. With all of them, you get unlimited bandwidth and a free domain name.

The Economy plan is the entry-level package that is tailored to offer an online store for the complete beginner. You also get a free SSL certificate and once click installation, so you can get up and running within minutes.

Pros:

• 30-day money-back guarantee
• Optimized for Magento websites
• 24/7 customer support
• Monthly billing option available, making the service more accessible to those just starting out

Cons:

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