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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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Filter: X Reddit Instagram TikTok Other✓ Good✗ Bad• Mixed
SwitchedOther✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

I switched my site to siteground a couple of months ago and don't miss the crap HG downtime, constant malware infections, and gaslighting

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Other✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

Straight up fraudulent. I was also getting regular downtime that could last hours. The shared server I was on was going down. Yet they gave

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Other✓ GoodFri, 24 Jul 2026

When HostGator was owned/operated in Texas, we saw downtime maybe once a year, and only for short periods. People enjoyed working there, and were always quick

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Other✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

If your hostgator website is down, After downtime of more than two weeks, We're now dealing with a over a week and 3 days outage impacting: 13 businesses 10+

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Other✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

I'm with Host Gator right now where I host a news website, but I'm moving into print on demand. Host Gator's woocommerce plan is as much as Shopify. Hostinger

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Instagram• MixedFri, 24 Jul 2026

Same hosting plan. Year one vs year two. Most hosts double or triple the price on renewal. A few price-lock instead, so year two costs

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Other• MixedFri, 24 Jul 2026

HostGator offers 3 plans (Hatchling, Baby, Business) while bluehost has 2 (Standard and the Pro Plan which is not published on the site).

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Other✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

Please avoid Hostgator. It would be a massive downgrade from Siteground. If you have multiple sites to host, Hustly should work out cheaper than both.

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Other✓ GoodFri, 24 Jul 2026

The largest site had a total of 9 minutes of downtime in 2024, and most of that was planned maintenance.

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Other• MixedFri, 24 Jul 2026

First of all, just to clear the air immediately, I am not affiliated with either company in this stupid fight and I am not being paid or persuaded in any

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Other✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

control panel. I moved to a service that cost me less for two years than what I paid WPE for one month, and they’re faster and have had zero issues. I also had to rely on backups and they worked too. WPE was great in theory a few years ago, but then they acquired a few other companies and added too

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Other✗ BadFri, 24 Jul 2026

Moved to WP Engine and things were very good for a while. a ton of 502 errors, the back-end is incredibly slow, the wp-content/uploads folder

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

Advertise unlimited file size in "Ours vs. Theirs" comparison, in fact limit is 1GB. How good is

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

From the reading I've done, TMDHosting is my current first ... TMD Hosting or Siteground? r/webhosting. • 3y ago. TMD Hosting or Siteground?

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

Comparison of Hostinger and TMDHosting. Clear search. Ask. Comparison ... vs gain of slightly more flexibility. Reputable web hosts like

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

大家好,我需要一個網頁代管服務來放很多 WordPress 網站。我以前試過 HostGator,經驗超爛。TMD Hosting 和 Siteground

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

I had a website that was live 2018-2021 and I have email trails from TMD Hosting for these years. ... My server on (The.hosting) went down.

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

They were pretty good. Though i remember a couple issues with downtime. Whats weird, is I don't understand why they offer different time based

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

I needed to change hosts after more downtime problems with DreamHost, and I thought I picked a good option with TMD Hosting.

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

I have three instances in Vultr's Tokyo datacenter that have been down since yesterday at 18:16. It is now 10:58 the next day, so we are already at 16 hours and

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

Vultr Tokyo outage: 3 instances down for 16+ hours, no ETA r/Vultr - 7 upvotes, 5 comments I have three instances in Vultr's Tokyo datacenter that have been down since yesterday at 18:16. It is now 10:58 the next day, so we are already at 16 hours and 42 minutes of downtime, and there is still no ET

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

instance being down for nearly 10 hours, the issue was with the new KVM version and Bare Metal Instance

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

Warning: Vultr (a major cloud provider) is now claiming full perpetual commercial rights over all hosted content r/selfhosted - 1775 upvotes, 436 comments If you've got any servers running on Vultr, you may not want to accept the new terms of service. Vultr's new agreement requires its customers to

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

We had been running our websites for quite a while on Pressable after we moved away from the useless Elementor hosting and the Elementor Pro plugin. As part of the Pressable hosting, and whether you want it or not, they give you a Jetpack Security license for each website you host. The plugin can be

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Other✓ GoodThu, 23 Jul 2026

Pressable is a very good Wordpress webhost and may be the best managed host for the money - that's debatable but their offering is very strong.

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Other✓ GoodThu, 23 Jul 2026

I have a client that's currently on IONOS cloud (someone else set them up there) that's considering moving to Pressable. I've heard great things

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Other✓ GoodThu, 23 Jul 2026

I've used and tested Pressable for years. They are consistently performing pretty well. For a basic site, they might be a bit pricey starting

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Other• MixedThu, 23 Jul 2026

Performance is good, uptime perfect. It's too costly for a personal website or a blog. The support service may not be as good and you may have

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

I recently migrated to a Liquid Web dedicated server, and ever since the move, I've been dealing with serious performance issues that I

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Other✗ BadThu, 23 Jul 2026

Move from LiquidWeb. Advice Needed. Have an old VPS account with 5 domains and 25 user accounts. Sites are basic small biz pages with low

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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.