How to Choose a Reliable Web Hosting Provider
We always feel the need to rely on someone who would understand the need as much we ourselves and comprehend with honesty and the best of facilities.
Who is a Reliable Web Hosting Provider?
A reliable web hosting provider is the one who cares about the quality of service, seals the best deal and above all, it is completely open about the functioning of the service and everything that comes along with it.
When you take a run in the market you meet tons of sellers with zillion claims and lucrative advertisements. As you take another step, you would always find another one. Ultimately, it is your sensibility and knowledge which helps you figure out the best service provider amongst all of them.
So, here we present to you some quick points you need to measure while hunting for the most reliable web hosting provider. Remember, it is going to be a long term tie and thus require a detailed analysis and introspection:
Price in Exchange of Service
A lot of Web Hosting Providers will give you attractive discounts to woo your willingness and when the discount would become invalid the prices will rise like never before. It happens when you are not careful enough to read the whole provision.
So one advice would be to go through the whole price catalogue, take a detailed inspection of what it actually is and then go ahead with other things.
The prices should sound realistic, by that we mean that it should not soar really high, neither should it be too grounded. A cheap deal is a good one but it should not come at a rate of quality and facilities provided.
Do a research on price and compare it with every other provider, the quality and the facility provided before you take any major decision.
Feedback and Review is a Must
Today, while transactions are conducted online, it is very important to take a note of the advices from people who have experienced the service before.
Sometimes, everything appears to be fine in the beginning but as you deal with it in time, it starts to show certain unexpected problems. These unexpected problems can be figured on time when you read the reviews and feedbacks of the service.
Not only does it gives you a note of technological aspects but also gives you an overview of the service provided manually.
All you need to do is to visit the site and check in the review column where early buyers have given their opinion.
All these are not entitled to be a cent percent correct but it can pave the way for a topic which can be enquired.
Features of the Hosting
Exceptionally, this point will give you a complete introspection of all the availabilities in terms of your actual service. There are a lot of sub-topics which can be studied in this heading:
Security of the Website
Internet has more chances of theft and robbery than the real world. Just like you lock the door of your house, you have to take measures similar to that with your virtual office.
Thing you need to look for is, a free SSL certificate. Now, SSL stands for Secure sockets layer. This thrust will create a security backup which is properly authenticated and encrypted.
It should have measures against online attacks like DDoS (.Distributed Denial of service).
Further, it should have a good hardware which is shock resistant and good back-up plans.
There should be a reminder notification and better update system to keep it away from piracy and phishing.
cPanel Backend
A cPanel back-up will make a separate copy of your documents, mails and database files. This will ensure more security of your data. A cPanel Back-up is a must to ensure a good Back-up plan.
This back-up needs to be generated by you once you start the operation. You basically take your data and save it into a place other than your server which is the cPanel.
Free email Service
The importance of email for a website is ambiguous. Your Web Host Provider should give you an option for free email generation.
Your free email account could be a Gmail, Zoho, Mail.com, ProtonMail and etc. Although it is not a very major issue to look into but you still can.
Storage and Unmetered Bandwidth
For storage look for an SSD derive, that is, a solid-state-drive. This is the best one in the market as of now and probably more conductive towards hardware shocks and malfunctions.
For Bandwidth, you need to consider the type of hosting you want. The speed should be good which means that it should take a lot of time to load your page on the web-site and you should not go offline on wrong timings. If you are purchasing a shared hosting plan, look for the number of hosting, the server is providing. It should have a 99.9% up-time.
It should offer you a good amount of space and pace of the runtime.
If your server response time is less than 0.2 to 0.5 seconds, it is not fast enough!
A Good Customer Support
No matter how technical you go, you would always need manual support. When the manual service is ready to resolve and take proper charge, a minute problem can be put on halt and taken inconsiderate.
You Web host Provider should have a good considerate support and route to connect in needful hours. They should be able to resolve in less timings and quality repair.
These were a few tips to measure your Web Hosting Reliability.
Conclusion
At VNET we have vowed to keep a good service a top priority. We understand that the only way to long-term and quality success is through customer satisfaction and a good service.
We offer you everything that we have mentioned above, from a 99.9% uptime, free SSL, SSD storage, cPalnel backup to all of them.
We are available 24*7 to offer the service.
Above all, we know how important it is to research and we never convince you to blind-trust.
So, do your research, click out the mentions and get yourself the best deal!
VNET wishes you a happy and healthy Hosting plan.