Simple Checklist To Compare Website Hosting Companies

Simple Checklist To Compare Website Hosting Companies

It is imperative for any company to consider at least half a dozen website hosting companies, their plans and services to figure out the better among the best. Assessment of the propositions including the terms and conditions followed by an objective comparison would be at the crux of getting a good deal. Since the process can get complicated and often become exhaustively detailed, here is a simple checklist to compare website hosting plans and the companies offering the services.

• Start with the credibility of the host. There are many webhosts operating today that don’t deliver what they promise. Sadly, many among them don’t even have the intent to deliver. They make claims and hype them up for the sake of marketing. The impact gets the hosts leads and new clients. You should delve into the credibility of a webhost more than anything else. Read reviews of webhosts before anything. Online reviews and paid trials with money back guarantee or free trials, all are useful and shall help you to assess the credibility of a hosting company.

• Do not compare plans out of context. Make a detailed note of what your needs are. Compare plans of hosting companies accordingly. The number of websites you need to host, is it one domain or several, do you need emails and if so how many, how many visitors are you expecting a month as this will determine the bandwidth, do you need cloud hosting, support for different content management systems and what kind of uptime will work for you? These are some of the questions you need to ask yourself. Focus on uptime, bandwidth, storage, support and then the price. Do consider the ad credits, search engine optimization, social media integration, ecommerce support and other necessary features. Do not go for very cheap plans as they are often worthless. Be reasonable with your expectations and you will find credible companies. Look for everything under the sun at a very low cost and you would be in for a shock.

• Scalability, security, website design, email hosting, dedicated or managed servers and the kind of support offered are quintessential elements you need to focus on. Far too many people get drawn in with bandwidth and free domain that they forget to consider the kind of servers they would get access to, whether or not the company will offer any human intervention for support and if there is any security at all.