The Top 5 Cloud Website Hosting Solutions
If your site needs to be flexible and have the ability to scale to suit varying traffic levels, and wants more power and protection than traditional monoserver hosting, you are likely considering a cloud hosting solution. It is still growing in popularity and is becoming more and more suitable for businesses of all sizes. It allows you to make the most of other servers in order to prevent slow loading times (even during traffic spites) and can help to protect you against some hacking attacks. What’s more, in 2020, cloud packages aren’t as expensive as they used to be. Here are the top five options for hosting providers if you want to host your site in the cloud.
DreamHost
DreamHost offers a lot of security as well as instruments that help you to manage your domain to a better degree. It allows unlimited data transfer each month, and its cloud has a maximum RAM of 8GB. Its maximum storage available, however, goes up to 100GB, though this will be more than enough for most users. It gives users 24/7 support, with clear troubleshooting guides, and even includes a website builder for new webmasters.
IONOS by 1&1
IONOS by 1&1 is well known for its great 24/7 customer support. It has uptime that you can count on, and gives a wide degree of hosting packages. Its maximum cloud storage is 160GB and its maximum cloud RAM is 8GB. Like DreamHost, it offers unlimited monthly data transfers, and offers both Linux and Windows cloud servers. It also gives users good site-creation tools, and PCMag recommend it for large-scale cloud hosting. It has good uptime and cloud hosting speed, with affordable prices, too.
SiteGround
According to SiteGround reviews, SiteGround has excellent connectivity speeds and unparalleled uptime results that actually delivers on a 99.99% uptime guarantee. It also has quick, responsive customer service that offers live chat, ticketing system, and toll number options with support. Their maximum cloud RAM is high at 10GB, and their maximum storage is moderate at 120GB. They support Linux servers, but not Windows, and do not offer unlimited monthly data transfers.
HostGator
HostGator is great for new webmasters as it has pretty solid site-building software and good customer service. More experienced users will be impressed by its great uptime. It is simple to use, but its cloud solution has a strange discrepancy of a low maximum cloud RAM (6GB), but unlimited maximum cloud storage. It doesn’t offer Windows cloud servers but it does offer unlimited monthly data transfers, and, like all the others, 24/7 support. HostGator seems tailored more towards small businesses and consumers rather than corporations, but that’s not a bad feature.
Hostwinds
Hostwinds has very good uptime and customer service. It comes with site-building tools that can help you make good-looking websites that get the job done. Their maximum cloud RAM, however, is tiny at 4GB (not even big enough to host large Minecraft communities), as is their maximum cloud storage, which is the smallest on the list at 50GB. They don’t offer unlimited monthly data transfers or Windows cloud servers. It is more tailored for VPS hosting than cloud hosting, though, and is the least recommended option on the list.
