In the web hosting service we define 4 very clear categories:
- Free hosting – Poor or average quality
- Free hosting – Good quality
- Paid hosting – Poor or average quality
- Paid hosting – Good quality
If your project is truly important to you, it is easy to conclude that two of these four types are of no interest to you: the companies that deliver poor service, whether free or paid. And needless to say, paying for a bad service is the worst of all scenarios.
What drives these two types of companies to offer poor service?
Generally, both aim to extract as much profit as possible without delivering fair value. They may oversaturate their servers to maximize earnings per dollar invested. These kinds of companies in fact appear and disappear suddenly, leaving their customers without a website and with a host of problems. There are thousands of documented cases like this. Be careful.
What do you actually need?
The same thing everyone who does business online needs. You need your website to work well and work reliably. Before deciding which type of hosting is right for your business, consider factors such as disk space, email accounts, and monthly transfer capacity. Also decide whether you want free hosting or are willing to pay — both options have their advantages and disadvantages.
With free hosting, the main advantage is that you pay nothing. However, there are several disadvantages to consider: there is no guarantee of anything — because the service is free, you cannot demand that it work perfectly every day, nor can you complain if the website simply stops working one day. Free software also cannot be required to always stay updated. Additionally, support is scarce or nonexistent and free hosts do not offer you backups. Weighing the pros and cons of free hosting, its disadvantages far outweigh its advantages.
Paid hosting has one main disadvantage: you have to spend money. But the truth is that nothing is free, and as the saying goes, cheap or free ends up being expensive. Setting aside that downside, here are some of the many advantages that paid hosting like ours can offer you:
- There is a guarantee that the service will work, with up to 365 days to get a refund if it does not meet your expectations.
- We offer efficient and unlimited data transfer.
- FTP accounts are also unlimited, as is disk space and subdomains.
- You can have as many email addresses as you need.
- We also guarantee that the service will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- And as if that were not enough, our hosting includes: automatic backups and a complimentary domain when you sign up.
In short, you can choose between a full guarantee and unlimited access to all services for a very small annual investment, or roll the dice with free hosting that offers no support or guarantee of any kind.