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SOCIAL NOISE

What real users are saying about hosting companies across X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and other public channels. Unfiltered. Unsponsored. Updated daily.

Every mention is auto-classified by sentiment and linked to the host's profile in our directory. No cherry-picking, we surface the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

Stop hosting multiple sites under the same account. Its standard policy to suspend the entire hosting package. · Don't build rubbish sites and

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

I switched one of my larger clients to SiteGround hoping that it would help with the overhead and security responsibility of running his site on

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

To be eligible for a domain transfer, you must have been with your current registrar for at least 60 days, since ICANN enforces a 60-day Change of Registrant

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

SG has site migrator plugin, plus tools to transfer client's site. Their support team will do transfer in few hours, my experience.

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Other✓ GoodFri, 13 Mar 2026

The quality of the server is 1000x better than reseller and much more easily scalable. I highly recommend trying to skip over Cloudflare and

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

You have to point the domain name servers or A record to your hosting account. Moving it to siteground will not automatically do this. They

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

Ionos has a product called Datacenter Designer very intuitive way to deploy servers and manage LANs. It's pretty slick and cost effective.

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

I've been with IONOS for ten years now. They're OKAY. For the price, they can't be beat. But wow do they nickel and dime you. Recently, they've

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

"The dashboard has been tested by our users to ensure an optimal experience. We are currently evaluating the results of those tests and are

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

20 votes, 19 comments. IONOS is the worst of the worst hosting you could use. I can explain: When I bought a domain from them which is £6 a

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

When you finally think, ok, Ionos will compensate for the downtime: yes, that happened to us exactly 1 time! There, a flat rate of €30 was

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

I am completely devastated by my experience with Ionos. Two days ago, Ionos experienced a major outage, and the speed of two of my websites dropped dramatically. I called Ionos immediately, and there was an automated message saying that "your website is experiencing issues, and we are dealing with t

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

I've had a couple of £1 Ionos VPSs for years, I don't think there's ever been downtime as far as I can remember. ... Once you cancel your ionos

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

IONOS downtime is frustrating, and most shared hosting do have such issues occasionally. On pricing, they are honestly not that expensive

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

They say as its internal so likely no downtime and no need to setup dns again (as its already in the domain). But they do say it could go down

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

They're worth it. I've been with them for around 5 years. I have had 0 downtime due to their infrastructure. EvergreenTech-. • 6y ago.

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

I've used Liquid Web for years for my hosting business. Have about ... downtime. I know you mentioned doing the management yourself and

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X✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

These attacks can cost $200,000 to $500,000 per incident, with downtime averaging $6,000 per minute. That's why our team at Liquid Web has

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X✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

Liquid Web (@LiquidWeb). 9 likes 329 views. Hosting issues are ... Downtime or server crashes: 48% Slow performance or latency

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

In 2021, Liquid Web achieved an annual uptime of 99.9992%, which equates to less than 5.5 minutes of downtime for the entire year. This is well

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

On 19th of February I've sent request to transfer some of my domains to separate accounts, and support has been awful. Image 6: u/Hetzner_OL avatar. I like Hetzner and use it for now but blocking server emails from being sent just to protect your ip reputation is drastic. Image 8: u/Hetzner_OL avata

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

Does Hetzner provide 24/7 phone and chat support for the managed plans? If so, how has your experience been with their support team?

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Other✓ GoodFri, 13 Mar 2026

I am an about 20 year hetzner customer. I've upgraded my server a couple times and had a couple hardware failures. The support is the best I can

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Other✓ GoodFri, 13 Mar 2026

For us support goes beyond tickets because great products deserve great support. Our in-house support teams, community, and chatbot are all here

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

Hetzner doesn't provide support for transferring the data or site over to them as far as I remember. You might buy remote hands and they might

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

My Hetzner auction server has been running for over 418 days straight without a single downtime. Solid uptime! r/hetzner - Hetzner auction

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Other• MixedFri, 13 Mar 2026

check their uptime dashboards, looks for the region that you're servers are in, if there's some maintenance they should have some info.

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

The last 24 hours we encountered downtime on multiple vps due to host issues. As it is something that had not happen before it is almost unbelievable that it

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

I'm running some instances on Hetzner Cloud, the oldest is ~5 years old, only recently had 2hr or so downtime, other than that - without any problems. And

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Other✗ BadFri, 13 Mar 2026

Previously, I had zero downtime on my dedicated server for six years. I have zero downtime on my 2 vps since january this year. Previously i had zero downtime on my dedicated server for 4 years. We experienced a few network downtimes (less than 30 minutes each), and once had a 4-hour downtime becaus

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Review Platforms

VERIFIED PLATFORM RATINGS

Real star ratings and review counts from Trustpilot and G2, not a language guess on a scraped post. Separate from the social feed above.

GoDaddy
4.4★ Trustpilot (139,968)3.9★ G2 (962)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Hostinger
4.7★ Trustpilot (69,710)4.4★ G2 (821)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
IONOS
4.6★ Trustpilot (43,253)
Trustpilot ↗
Bluehost
4.5★ Trustpilot (31,470)3.4★ G2 (280)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
SiteGround
4.9★ Trustpilot (29,497)4.2★ G2 (295)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
BisectHosting
4.8★ Trustpilot (26,178)
Trustpilot ↗
One.com
4.3★ Trustpilot (24,511)4.6★ G2 (601)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Namecheap
4.2★ Trustpilot (21,237)4.3★ G2
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Fasthosts
4.8★ Trustpilot (19,503)
Trustpilot ↗
Ataraxie
1.3★ Trustpilot (18,392)
Trustpilot ↗
HostGator
4.6★ Trustpilot (17,412)3.6★ G2 (258)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Tsohost
3.2★ Trustpilot (15,544)
Trustpilot ↗
Aruba SpA
4.6★ Trustpilot (10,588)3.7★ G2 (14)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Strato AG
4.2★ Trustpilot (10,257)
Trustpilot ↗
Shockbyte
3.8★ Trustpilot (10,225)
Trustpilot ↗
Host-Unlimited
4.9★ Trustpilot (9,986)
Trustpilot ↗
Simply.com
4.7★ Trustpilot (9,921)5.0★ G2 (1)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Contabo
4.5★ Trustpilot (9,801)2.2★ G2 (24)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
DreamHost
4.6★ Trustpilot (8,108)4.0★ G2 (152)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Apex Hosting
4.7★ Trustpilot (8,093)
Trustpilot ↗
OVHcloud
3.9★ Trustpilot (7,700)3.2★ G2
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Server Plan
4.9★ Trustpilot (6,768)
Trustpilot ↗
ForexVPS.net
4.9★ Trustpilot (6,617)4.0★ G2 (1)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
Hosting.com
4.7★ Trustpilot (5,933)4.4★ G2 (206)
Trustpilot ↗G2 ↗
How It Works

UNFILTERED SOCIAL PROOF

Most hosting review sites only show curated testimonials. We do the opposite, we scan public social media daily for real, unfiltered opinions about hosting companies. Every mention gets classified and added to the feed.

When you see a host mentioned, click their name to visit their full profile on Hostlist, including HRI, plans, and verified reviews.

Scan

We search X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and forums daily for hosting mentions

Classify

Each mention is tagged as Good, Bad, or Mixed based on language analysis

Link

Mentions are matched to host profiles in our 30,000+ company directory

Track

See sentiment trends over time for any hosting provider

FAQ

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is Social Noise?

Social Noise is our real-time feed of what people are publicly saying about web hosting companies across X (Twitter), Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, and other social platforms. We surface genuine user opinions, the good, the bad, and the ugly, so you can see unfiltered feedback before choosing a host.

How do you collect these mentions?

We use automated search tools to monitor social media platforms for posts mentioning hosting companies in our directory. Each mention is classified by sentiment (good, bad, or mixed) and linked back to the original post and the host's profile on Hostlist.

How is sentiment determined?

Each mention is read for its overall meaning, not just for negative or positive keywords, and classified as Good (a positive experience or recommendation, even one that mentions a past problem but concludes satisfied), Bad (a genuine complaint or negative experience), or Mixed/Ugly (a nuanced take with real pros and cons). Posts from a host's own account, and promotional or affiliate copy, are excluded entirely rather than scored.

How often is Social Noise updated?

Social Noise is refreshed daily. We scan for new mentions across all monitored platforms every 24 hours and add them to the feed. The page itself revalidates every 2 minutes to show the latest data.

Can I filter by platform or sentiment?

Yes. Use the filter pills at the top to narrow by platform (X, Instagram, TikTok, Other) or sentiment (Good, Bad, Mixed). Filters can be combined to see, for example, only negative mentions on X.