Social Signal

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• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

Domain.com vs Namecheap Domains. When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Namecheap Domains easier to use, set up, and administer.

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

Namecheap is significantly worse than Gandi and amongst the absolute bottom feeder domain providers. ... Namecheap's own VPN). The company rep's response

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

# Namecheap DNS is down : r/sysadmin. Sign UpSign up for RedditLog InLog in to Reddit. Image 1 Go to sysadmin. # Namecheap DNS is down. For anyone using namecheap as their DNS servers. They are under a DDOS at the moment and their records are NOT resolving. Image 3: Clickable image which will reveal

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

Our website (hosted at namecheap) is down as well . I hope our dns services are still running.

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

I had been with GreenGeeks on their eco starter plan for about 9 years (3 year billing, renewed twice plus initial term).

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

They have forced 2 server migrations to my reseller account in just 3 years, resulting in a new IP addresses. They notify customers 1 week in advance, and do

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Other✗ BadThu, 11 Jun 2026

I moved away because I had severe caching issues / couldn't bust cache and neither could support. Went a week with support tickets and just

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

I'm shifting hosts to green geek and they said that during migration they would need the log in details of my previous host, is this safe and a regular

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

GreenGeeks has really unhelpful and inconvenient policies/customer service and could care less about customer retention.

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Other✗ BadThu, 11 Jun 2026

GreenGeeks isn't horrible by any means. They do provide decent shared hosting, a nice user interface, and a green mission that at least has some evidence

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

Their service was fine - by which I mean not exceptionally good and not exceptionally bad. Support were responsive but I started to notice that

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

GreenGeeks does not directly power all its servers with renewable energy. Instead, it offsets the electricity consumption through renewable

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

Looks like Godaddy service is garbage in all possible products. I had very bad experience in domains, backorder, customer support and couple of other products.

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

“It's user‑friendly and straightforward, making it easy to create and manage a basic website quickly. While it lacks some advanced

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Instagram✓ GoodThu, 11 Jun 2026

GoDaddy's shared hosting plans are perfect for small websites that don't require ultimate server performance. In this type of hosting, you will be sharing your

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X• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

GoDaddy Help (@GoDaddyHelp) - Posts and Replies - All the tools and help you need to succeed online — including our team. 5 a.m. to midnight MST. Foll.

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Other✗ BadThu, 11 Jun 2026

Bottom line, the site is either horribly slow, or failing with 503 error. It started acting slow about a month ago, no changes done on my side.

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X• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

GoDaddy Help (@GoDaddyHelp) - Posts - All the tools and help you need to succeed online — including our team. 5 a.m. to midnight MST. Foll.

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Other• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

I have been in the web development business for over 20 years, and I can tell you that GoDaddy's support is getting worse and worse.

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Instagram• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

✨ Est. 1997 All the tools you need to succeed online ⭐️ Trustpilot 4.7 star rating #GrowWithDreamHost #DreamHostExperience.

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Instagram• MixedThu, 11 Jun 2026

Choose DreamHost for seamless, affordable web hosting. With its impressive features and commitment to customer satisfaction, DreamHost ensures your website

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Other✓ GoodThu, 11 Jun 2026

Extremely frustrating experience with DreamHost. I signed up for Google Workspace through them, used it for less than a week, and then things went downhill fast

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Other✓ GoodThu, 11 Jun 2026

Our custom control panel is easy to use and removes any headaches of managing your web hosting. We're fast, reliable, and full-featured. And our award-winning

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Files.comReddit• MixedWed, 10 Jun 2026

Hello, Im looking for a self-hosted open-source solution that lets me share files over my public domain. Key features I need: \- Ability to generate download links for individual files (no links) \- Ability to let links expire after some time automatically and automatically deletes files on…

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SquarespaceReddit• MixedWed, 10 Jun 2026

After getting another wildly expensive renewal increase, I'd like to finally move away from Wix. I created my small business website with them back in 2019, and I just don't get enough traffic to justify the cost. I like to think I'm fairly tech savvy, but all of the technical aspects of website hos…

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Reddit✓ GoodMon, 8 Jun 2026

I am going to start a hosting business soon. I was searching for reseller hosting and found this website. I like their prices a lot, both for cPanel and DirectAdmin. I was thinking about starting with DirectAdmin, and once I have sales, I'll add cPanel too. What's your experience with them? Should …

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ChemiCloudReddit✓ GoodMon, 8 Jun 2026

There are countless platforms where you can host a small business website with an online store. None of them is perfect and none works for everyone. Here are my two cents from my own experience: [Hostinger](https://www.hostingrep.net/red/smba-hostinger) has the cheapest website builder and hosting…

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ChemiCloudReddit✓ GoodMon, 8 Jun 2026

There are countless platforms where you can host a small business website with an online store. None of them is perfect and none works for everyone. Here are my two cents from my own experience: [Hostinger](https://www.hostingrep.net/red/smba-hostinger) has the cheapest website builder and hosting…

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ChemiCloudReddit✓ GoodMon, 8 Jun 2026

There are countless platforms where you can host a small business website with an online store. None of them is perfect and none works for everyone. Here are my two cents from my own experience: [Hostinger](https://www.hostingrep.net/red/smba-hostinger) has the cheapest website builder and hosting…

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Files.comReddit• MixedSun, 7 Jun 2026

​ Stack: \- Frontend: React \- Backend: Node.js + Express \- Database: MongoDB / Mongoose \- Authentication: JWT + refresh token cookie \- Email: Resend \- Images/videos: currently Cloudinary \- The app has cron jobs and an email queue \- It also has an admin panel, user roles, booki…

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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.