Best Web Hosting Services

There are a lot of ways to get a free online presence, but they tend to be very limited in their aesthetics and features. Anyone can start a blog on Blogger, but it’s always going to look like Blogger. Even free tiers on services like Wix tend to be pretty identifiable. InfinityFree lets you build a website from scratch, so you can make it look however you want.

Building a site from scratch does take some technical skill, but InfinityFree also offers a basic website builder for those who are new to web development.

InfinityFree gives you an awful lot for a free service, but it is a bit limited in terms of space and more advanced features. It also has a cap on how many hits you can get in a day. It does, however, give you the option to upgrade to a paid hosting plan from iFastNet, which will give you unlimited disk space, remove the cap on visits, and give you access to tech support and other normal features.

Pros:

• Completely free
• No ads
• Site.pro website builder

Cons:

• No eCommerce features
• No customer support

Squarespace has become fairly well-known in a short period of time due to its aggressive influencer marketing campaigns in places like YouTube. While there are a lot of other website builders out there, Squarespace is probably the easiest to use because of the huge number of templates and tools it offers and the number of tutorials and other helpful information you can find from its huge user base.

Unlike some other website builders, Squarespace doesn’t have a free tier, though its higher tiered plans are actually cheaper than those offered by a lot of similar services. Regardless, there are a lot of businesses and professionals using Squarespace, so it’s a great option for creating a professional-looking website without needing any web development skills.

Pros:

• Easy for newcomers
• eCommerce options
• Lots of tutorials

Cons:

• Higher monthly cost
• Limited to Squarespace tools

SuperWebHost offers cloud hosting at a lower price than many web hosts offer their basic shared hosting plans, so you’re getting a great deal. The biggest reason to choose its service, however, is the excellent customer support, which is incredibly quick and responsive.

Managed cloud hosting is a good choice for those with limited tech skills, since they take care of all the server admin, but it’s not quite as straightforward as building a Squarespace site. Fortunately, it offers the Weebly website builder as an optional add-on, as well as WordPress hosting.

Pros:

• Great customer support
• Low monthly cost
• Managed cloud hosting

Cons:

• More complicated for beginners

WordPress is the most used content management system on the internet and powers many of the biggest and most popular sites on the web. So while WordPress hosting might sound like a very particular niche, most people just end up installing WordPress anyway, even if they go with a more generic web host.

The advantage of going with Bluehost is that its servers are optimized for WordPress sites—and that’s also the primary expertise of its customer support team. It’s also recommended as the top choice by WordPress.org, so if you’re going to be making a WordPress site anyway, might as well go with the best in the business.

Pros:

• Easy to set up
• Expert WordPress support

Cons:

• Focused on WordPress

Shared hosting is the most basic hosting option, but it’s more than enough for personal sites and even a lot of small businesses. HostGator has fairly competitive prices on shared hosting, but often has some pretty steep discounts for new customers, making it a very accessible option for those making their first website. HostGator also offers a lot more than just shared hosting, so if your business outgrows the basic shared plan, you can upgrade to an eCommerce site, VPS, or even a dedicated server.

Like all basic hosting services, there’s not as much hand holding as you would get from a website builder, but HostGator does offer one-click WordPress installs, so while technical skills come in handy, you can still get by as a beginner.

Pros:

• Low monthly price
• Great intro discounts
• Upgrades for scalability

Cons:

• Shared resources
• More complicated for beginners