Hostwinds
Hostwinds is a web hosting provider based in Seattle, USA, founded in 2010. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 91/100, an exceptional signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Hostwinds is a web hosting company offering shared, VPS, dedicated, cloud, WordPress, and reseller hosting. It is known for its reasonably priced plans and excellent customer service. Hostwinds aims to provide high-quality hosting services without middlemen. Hostwinds explicitly permits legal adult-oriented content under its adult-content policy, subject to US law and its terms of service.
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What Hostwinds Discloses
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27 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
3 of 30 applicable facts disclosed. Hosts control this section. HostList verifies every entry and never charges for it.
What Customers Say About Hostwinds
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Hostwinds holds 43U across 4 racks, leading 1 of them. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
- Windows VPS Hosting16U · held 33+ days
- Cheap VPS Hosting10U · held 33+ days
- RDP Hosting10U · held 33+ days
- Joomla Hosting7U · held 18 days
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<a href="https://hostlist.io/server-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://hostlist.io/api/server-room/badge?slug=hostwinds-seattle-usa" alt="Hostwinds holds 43U in the HostList Server Room" width="340" height="80" loading="lazy"></a>Longest hold: Windows VPS Hosting, held 33+ days. The wall moves on the nightly HRI recompute, never on payment.
Where Hostwinds Ranks
Live positions across the HostList Best rankings, by HRI™. Positions are earned, never bought.
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Is Hostwinds a good web hosting company?
Hostwinds has a HRI™ of 91/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4.1/5 from 124 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 90+ indicates an exceptional, highly verified provider.
What type of hosting company is Hostwinds?
Hostwinds is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Hostwinds.
Where is Hostwinds based?
Hostwinds is headquartered in Seattle, USA. Hosting companies based in USA are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/usa.
How does Hostwinds compare to other web hosting companies?
Hostwinds can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Hostwinds has a current HRI of 91/100.
Does Hostwinds offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
Hostwinds has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
- HostList verified Server stack profile for Hostwinds from hostwinds.com
- Hostwinds HRI 87 to 91, Performance up 4
- Hostwinds HRI 83 to 87, Trust up 4
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How Hostwinds's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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