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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✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

A lot of issues with Godaddy and no response r/webhosting - 3 upvotes, 14 comments Recently I had a problem with GoDaddy's website whenever I try access the manage page of any service the page does not loaded when i tried an American VPN it did not work but when I tried an Asian VPN the website work

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Any one else seeing GoDaddy Shared Hosting outages? Go Daddy hosting down? Current outages and problems | Downdetector EDIT: Added Link

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

My experience with Linode at withfriends.co today. They performed an emergency maintenance action without notification to us. They did not backup our server

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Other✓ GoodFri, 17 Jul 2026

Anyone got experience with Linode/Akamai or. They all should work fine. Linode's servers are so good. availability zones ?

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Other✓ GoodFri, 17 Jul 2026

My overall experience with Linode has been great. Moving from shared web hosting to a VPS had a learning curve, but the guides provided by Linode along with

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

My experience with Linode at withfriends.co today, so I would recomment not using them. They performed an emergency maintenance action without notification to

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SwitchedOther✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Switched my Linode's over to Digital Ocean... and no issues so far, and we're getting better performance overall at about the same pricing

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SwitchedOther✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Akamai is acquiring hosting platform Linode for $900 million. I switched to Linode because those went downhill :(

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SwitchedOther✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

I use Vultr personally, switched to it from Linode years ago now due to constant network/downtime issues. Have had almost zero problems or

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SwitchedOther• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

I switched from Linode to Ionos for a Bare Metal Server as I needed more memory and it was cheaper to go Bare metal than upgrade my cloud server

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SwitchedOther✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Well, We switched from linode to Vultr because we needed all VPS to talk to each other. Linode VPSes can talk to each other in the same data center via

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

On a shared hosting plan. It looks like my site ip was also blacklisted for spam as I haven't been able to deliver email messages properly, or

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Hostwinds blows! I would not recommend this company. Hostwinds fault. Millions of domains are registered through hosts and the vast majority

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

They suffered a massive network outage/intermittent problems between July 29 and Aug 2. Effectively dropping their uptime to 99.99%.

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

I've boiled my web hosting options down to 2, HostGator vs. Hostwinds. Does anyone have any positive or negative feedback on the 2?

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

I like Hostwinds' offerings but in my experience their support takes at least 24 hours to respond to tickets (even updates).

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

From what I've seen, people generally say Verpex is decent for starting out. Support is quick and uptime is fine, but as with any reseller host,

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

Verpex is one of the names that keep surfacing when searching for reseller hosting. The prices are reasonable and the specs look good, They clearly have

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

It looks like you can contact them through which is linked in their customer portal.

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Fair warning: Siteground Support has gone downhill in the last year, now has discontinued their live support (temporarily), and they are lying

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

January 21, 2025 - From shared hosting to bare metal servers, and everything in between. Post reviews of your current and past hosts, post questions to the community regarding your needs, or simply offer help to your fellow redditors. ... Ich arbeite mit etwa einem Dutzend Websites und habe mehrere

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

June 27, 2017 - Yeah reputation is hard to calculate. I have the same "being available all the time" reputation I try to uphold and it's insane. Might be wrecking me. Major outages for siteground seems abnormal enough and it sounds like that was a 50 minute downtime (mental math).

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SwitchedOther✓ GoodFri, 17 Jul 2026

hey guys. So I've recently switched to inter server vps and have had a good experience so far. What are your guys's experiences, did I make the right choice?

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

Recently, I've been meaning to switch from my current provider, Interserver, for personal political reasons. I tried AWS Lightsail, but quite

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Other• MixedFri, 17 Jul 2026

It may not be perfect for very large projects, but for personal blogs and small business websites, it seems like a decent option. If anyone is

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Other✓ GoodFri, 17 Jul 2026

Overall, I would recommend Bluehost services to anyone looking for web hosting service. They are easy to contact and quick to provide advice.

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

My Opinion Bluehost and or Sitelock are allowing hacking purposely having lax security or they themself are hacking sites. They are making a lot

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

Hostinger is THE WORST hosting platform. MY. GOD. There is no live support. Their stupid, obviously poorly programmed AI chatbot keeps

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Other✗ BadFri, 17 Jul 2026

You can't transfer it. Your options are to renew or rebuild your site completely on a new plan. I'd also advise taking this time to find a host

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Other✓ GoodFri, 17 Jul 2026

It's also fairly easy to move a site/domain from one account to another via backup/restore. Hostinger has a help document and a video on that.

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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.