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Roundups·Jul 26, 2026·8 min read·Gautam Khorana

The Best Web Hosting for Freelancers

The best web hosting for freelancers separates client sites cleanly, scales without drama and never traps you in bloated bundles you don't need.

Roundups·Jul 25, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

The Best Web Hosting for Musicians and Artists

The best web hosting for musicians balances media bandwidth, e-commerce tools and reliability, without forcing you into an expensive plan you…

Guides·Jul 25, 2026·6 min read·Gautam Khorana

How To Research A Hosting Company Before You Sign Up

A practical guide to checking a host's founder, real reviews, HRI score and disclosure practices before you commit your site to them.

Roundups·Jul 24, 2026·8 min read·Gautam Khorana

The Best Web Hosting for Photographers

Hosting for photographers: the storage, built-in CDN and image handling a portfolio really needs, and the providers that do it for sensible money.

Guides·Jul 24, 2026·5 min read·Gautam Khorana

Managed IT vs Break-Fix vs Co-Managed Explained

A clear breakdown of break-fix, fully managed and co-managed IT support, with the questions to ask before you sign a contract.

Roundups·Jul 24, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

Free Web App Hosting: The Real Options That Work

Free web app hosting is real but limited. Here's which platforms actually work, what breaks, and when to pay for a VPS instead.

Guides·Jul 23, 2026·8 min read·Gautam Khorana

How to Host Your Own Web Server at Home

Running a web server at home: the hardware, networking and security it takes, what it teaches you, and when a hosted plan is the wiser call.

Industry & Use-Case·Jul 23, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

MSP Ranking Index Explained: Trust, Not Performance

How HostList's MRI scores managed service providers on Trust, Completeness and Freshness, and why performance metrics don't apply.

Guides·Jul 22, 2026·8 min read·Gautam Khorana

Dedicated IP Web Hosting: When You Actually Need One

What a dedicated IP address in web hosting is for, the email and SSL cases where one genuinely helps, and when shared IPs are perfectly fine.

Guides·Jul 22, 2026·9 min read·Gautam Khorana

Edge Web Hosting Explained: Speed at the Network Edge

Edge hosting runs your site in cities near your visitors instead of one data centre. How it cuts latency, what it costs and who actually needs it.

Guides·Jul 22, 2026·5 min read·Gautam Khorana

How to Choose a Managed Service Provider

A practical checklist for choosing a managed service provider, covering coverage area, real services, verified reviews, response models and contract…

Guides·Jul 21, 2026·6 min read·Gautam Khorana

Secure WordPress Hosting: What Actually Protects You

What secure WordPress hosting actually covers in 2026, what it does not, and how Patchstack-style mitigation rules close the plugin vulnerability gap.

Guides·Jul 21, 2026·8 min read·Gautam Khorana

Java Web Hosting: Free and Paid Options Compared

Java web hosting means a server configured to run a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) with an application server like Tomcat, so your Spring Boot or Jakarta EE…

Guides·Jul 20, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

GoDaddy Microsoft 365 Alternatives for Personal Domains

Paying GoDaddy reseller rates for Microsoft 365 on a personal domain rarely makes sense. The cheaper moves: Fastmail, Zoho, Migadu or direct.

Roundups·Jul 20, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

Python Web Hosting: Django and Flask Options That Work

Where Django and Flask apps run well: managed platforms against a VPS, WSGI and ASGI basics, and the hosts that support Python properly.

Guides·Jul 20, 2026·8 min read·Gautam Khorana

Web Hosting with SSH Access: A Developer Guide

SSH access on web hosting: what a secure shell lets you automate, which plan tiers include it and the hosts that do it properly for developers.

Industry & Use-Case·Jul 19, 2026·6 min read·Gautam Khorana

Web Hosting Statistics 2026: The Industry in Numbers

HostList tracks 7,281 web hosting companies across 87 countries. First-party 2026 data on HRI scores, 164,559 reviews, median prices, and field speed.

Guides·Jul 19, 2026·6 min read·Gautam Khorana

How Much Does Web Hosting Really Cost?

Shared hosting's median is $6.81/mo, VPS $20, dedicated $149 in real HostList data. The renewal price, not the signup teaser, is what really costs you.

Guides·Jul 19, 2026·9 min read·Gautam Khorana

24/7 Web Hosting Support: Who Actually Delivers

What round-the-clock hosting support really means, how to test it before you pay, and which hosts still put a human on chat at 3am on a Sunday.

Industry & Use-Case·Jul 18, 2026·6 min read·Gautam Khorana

The Fastest Web Hosting, Measured With Real User Data

We ranked hosts by real Chrome-user TTFB across each provider's entire customer fleet. Seravo and One.com lead June 2026 under 600ms.

Guides·Jul 18, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

Web Hosting Backups: How to Never Lose Your Site

A web hosting backup is an automatic, off-site copy of your site's files and database that lets you restore everything after a disaster.

Industry & Use-Case·Jul 18, 2026·7 min read·Gautam Khorana

Who Actually Owns Your Web Host?

Many hosting brands sold as independent share one parent. A neutral ownership map from HostList, the directory of 28,000+ hosts, with no paid placements.