Having problems with a hosting provider can mean slow response times, poor technical support, limited bandwidth, and various other inconveniences that come with living and working online.
That is why you start investigating, visiting blogs with better performance and considering switching your current hosting provider.
Then a new question arises: how can I find out where a particular website is hosted? At first it seems difficult to answer, but it is simpler than it looks.
Thanks to the internet and the many free tools available, it is possible to find out, in a fairly straightforward way, the hosting provider of a website so you can make the switch.
Below is a tool that is useful when a hosting company is causing problems. We will also cover some special cases where it may not display a name directly, and what you can do in those situations.
Tool for finding a website's hosting provider
Who is hosting is one of the first websites to offer data about the hosting of other pages. The results it provides are so good that other tools have been built based on it.
It has one of the best repositories because its databases are large and provide extra information even if the hosting company is not directly listed.
For our test, we will use the site survival-ecuador.com. This is a website hosted at Bacan and it will allow us to verify that the tool works correctly.
Who is hosting this
As mentioned, it is almost a benchmark on the internet. You can access it by clicking here. It has been providing hosting data for many years, so its database is enormous.
The interface is friendly and intuitive, with a search bar where you simply type the address of the website you want to examine. In this case, enter www.survival-ecuador.com.
The results show the name of the hosting provider (what we are looking for), the IP address, the Whois data (which, if clicked, shows specific details about domain management), and the DNS servers where the website is hosted.
Alternative to Who is hosting this
If you want a second opinion or simply want another tool that does the same thing, I can recommend a tool from Hostadvice, which you can access by clicking here.
It has a clean, intuitive interface, similar to Who is hosting. Testing it with www.survival-ecuador.com returns useful information such as: the provider name, the site's IP, the number of sites hosted on that IP, Whois information, DNS records, and a direct link to the hosting company's website.
Difference between a hosting company and a data center
This is an important distinction. All these tools provide clues about where your website is hosted, but they can also cause confusion if they indicate that your site is hosted by a company that is actually a data center. That is why it is important to look at your domain's DNS records. DNS records typically point to the company that actually sells you the hosting service.
Checking the PTR Record
A PTR record is linked to an IP address. It is always a name — specifically the name of the server hosting your website. You can check the PTR record of your domain's IP here: https://mxtoolbox.com/ReverseLookup.aspx
I still cannot find my hosting company!
In that case, write to us at ayuda@Bacan.com and we will try to find it for you. Our technicians have a great deal of experience and will shortly tell you where your domain is hosted.