Reviews
Payment Depot
Payment Depot initially appears way too good to be true, advertising savings that seem unmatched. Is it simply overzealous marketing? My research revealed otherwise. Payment Depot truly offers a great deal – though there are some minor drawbacks to be aware of.
20i
20i offers high-performance infrastructure with a beginner-friendly platform. At first glance, this host charges much less than other providers that employ a similar set of powerful tech. But is this simply too good to be true?
CreditCardProcessing.com
Can CreditCardProcessing.com’s marketing really be trusted? Or is it simply trying to hook you into a poor quality service? While my research found that it’s not the cheapest option out there, CreditCardProcessing.com offers great features – many of which you’ll struggle to find elsewhere.
Linode
Linode is cheaper than most other cloud services, and provides enterprise-level performance with its Shared CPU plans. That said, it has problems maintaining uptime, and it lacks responsive technical support options. But if you’re a developer on a budget willing to work with some uptime issues, you could still get some good value out of Linode.
Blog Posts
.org vs .com: Which Extension Is Better for Your Site? [2025]
So, you’ve gotten through the difficult task of coming up with a killer domain name – congratulations! But you aren’t done yet. Next, you’ll need to choose an appropriate extension. A domain name extension is the last few letters of your domain after the “dot.” This can be .com, .org, .info, and so on. It’s an important decision, as your choice of domain name extension can...
Liquid Web vs SiteGround: Which Is Better for Your Site? [2025]
Liquid Web is a premium web host with premium prices. So it’s no wonder people think they can get a better deal with SiteGround. However, you may be surprised to hear that once you consider SiteGround’s renewal prices, it’s honestly not that much cheaper. When a host is high-priced, it has a lot to prove, especially with so many powerful budget options readily available. Is...
How to Host a Website: Complete Beginner’s Guide in 2025
Creating a site for the first time can feel pretty overwhelming. You might have a killer idea for a site, but just the thought of trying to build one is preventing you from even starting. However, hosting a website doesn’t have to be difficult – in fact, it can be fairly easy. You might think that web design involves a lot of code-tinkering and whatnot. This may have been...
How To Cancel DigitalOcean + Get a Refund in 2025
DigitalOcean may not be perfect, but it’s easy to cancel if it’s not for you. The process was completely hassle-free, even though I had signed up for the cheapest plan. While DigitalOcean certainly offers a powerful cloud platform, you may have found that it wasn’t as customizable as you had first hoped, or perhaps you’re looking for a more helpful support team. Maybe you’re...
Bluehost vs WP Engine: Who Wins This Hosting Fight? [2025]
When it comes to price, these two hosts are on different ends of the spectrum. On one end you have Bluehost’s no frills, low-cost hosting plans with a few free perks thrown in for good measure. On the other end, there’s WP Engine and its much more expensive plans that offer value-added features and high performance suitable for websites of all types and sizes. Is it worth...
5 Best WordPress Accessibility Plugins: ADA Compliant in 2025
A good accessibility plugin is crucial to the success of your site. Without one, you won’t just be losing potential visitors, you’ll be opening yourself up to lawsuits. In recent years, there have been many successful legal claims against businesses with websites that were not accessibility-friendly. This doesn’t just hurt your business – it may harm the reputation of your...
6 Best Ruby on Rails Hosting Services – Most Reliable in 2025
It doesn’t matter how much time you spend painstakingly perfecting your code – if you end up choosing the wrong host for your Ruby on Rails (RoR) creation, your web app is going to be slow and unreliable. And we know what that means in terms of traffic and conversion. Ruby on Rails is a framework that uses a lot of resources. For starters, you’ll need a host that can...
6 Best Liquid Web Alternatives for VPS & Cloud in 2025
Liquid Web isn’t a bad host, but it definitely isn’t for everyone. It’s pretty expensive, and if you’re not specifically looking for advanced VPS hosting, you may end up paying a premium for features you don’t actually need. After all, Liquid Web has a heavy focus on providing extensive managed service, which is partly why its plans can be expensive. If you want to have...
6 Best Web Hosting Providers for Food Blogs [UPDATED 2025]
When you’re launching a food-related blog site, it’s easy to underestimate how important your choice of web host is. After all, as long as you have some delicious recipes with great-quality pictures, you’re all good… right? Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Look at it this way: if your blog takes too long to load, no one is going to hang around long enough to see those...
6 Best Drupal Hosting Services for Your Website in 2025
Many hosting providers focus on offering WordPress hosting, which makes sense – after all, WordPress is the most popular CMS (content management system) around. But if you use the more flexible and secure Drupal, it can be difficult to find a hosting solution that suits your particular needs. In fact, I came across this same problem recently. Although virtually all hosts...
How To Cancel Your DreamHost Account + Get a Refund [2025]
DreamHost may not be perfect, but it was true to its word and gave me a full refund when I cancelled my account. The process was completely hassle-free, even though I had signed up for the cheapest plan. DreamHost is a decent hosting provider that offers an easy-to-use platform for WordPress, but it isn’t without its downsides. Perhaps you’re looking to upgrade for better...
Amazon Web Services Pricing: Is it a Wise Investment? [2025]
As Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the top cloud hosting providers in the industry, your natural concern may be that it’s going to be very expensive. Further worries may arise about just how difficult it is to navigate AWS’s complex platform. I investigated whether this is really the case. In actuality, AWS offers high-performing cloud hosting for a wide range of...
How To Cancel Amazon AWS + Get a Refund in 2025
Amazon AWS may not be perfect, but it gave me a full refund when I cancelled my account. However, cancelling was harder than it needed to be – even though I had only signed up for a cheap EC2 instance. Like many cloud computing platforms, the range of hosting options from Amazon Web Services (AWS) is diverse and complex. I found Amazon’s service to be harder to navigate than...
How To Set Up a VPS With DigitalOcean [2025]
Setting up a virtual server with DigitalOcean can seem pretty daunting, especially if you’ve never used a cloud hosting provider before. You can’t rely on DigitalOcean’s support – agents take a long time to respond, and rarely provide useful answers. To make matters worse, much of DigitalOcean’s online documentation seems to be out of date. That said, setting up a VPS with...
8 Best Value SSD-Based VPS Hosting Providers in 2025
SSD-driven VPS hosting providers talk a big game. They often imply that their solid state drives are a guarantee of superior performance and reliability. However, simply replacing HDDs with SSDs is by no means a guarantee of top speeds and zero downtime. Sure, SSDs are a significant improvement in many ways over drives with failure-prone moving parts, but there’s so much...