How to choose the right host provider in 2023
When it comes time to choose a host provider, we must take into account several key factors such as Price, Support, Security, Usage and Space.
These components are very necessary to satisfy a customer or user. From a professional point of view, not everyone knows hosts that have complicated cpanel. Therefore, in most cases, many customers remain unsatisfied and change companies. But a big problem that arises with changing hosts are the servers. If the servers go down, problems arise for both parties, both for the company and for the clients. Meanwhile, measures have been taken for a long time to make the servers very powerful. Fortunately, this time has come.
Let’s discuss from the users’ side the main factors that make us a convenient and useful host.
The price.
The price certainly gets about 50% of the customers’ attention as it is not only about companies, but also about individuals. And on their part, individuals are inclined not to play too much, even the opposite. And if we see in marketing for a long time some companies like Namecheap and Hostinger are trying to attract their customers by setting the most affordable prices.
While when it comes to business or company, the issue of prices takes a second place.
Support.
One of the problems that almost the majority of host provider companies have is support. If we as users communicate with them, we will notice that in addition to the time spent as users, we will also receive frustration as a “trophy”. If before, when companies were growing, they tried to help their customers, today unfortunately they either do nothing or simply direct them to developers or web developers. This is something I have personally experienced. However, for general issues, in most cases the company will help you. The problem is really complicated and specific. An example is web migration and when we accidentally delete or modify any file.
In these cases, from my experience, the smaller the company, the greater the help.
Security.
The security aspect in the year 2022 was a key point. After the war between Russia and Ukraine, there were concerns among some companies and many individuals. We don’t know why, but it was the first time that many individuals were targeted by hackers. The intentions are not really understood, but it was obvious that the attacks were very organized. Despite the cyber security departments, he also added the international one (specifically the American one) threatening to retaliate if the unjustified attacks do not stop.
Fortunately, the organized attacks stopped. Then the situation returned to normal. But from the professional side, the “data thieves” did their thing. So the usual attacks continue today, but companies offer many techniques to protect their customers as much as possible. Many updates have been made to help us. The companies Google, Azure, Microsoft have been stable. And no concerns have been reported.
Usage.
The point where all companies differ from one another is the construction of the panels. Usually, non-expert or semi-expert users find it difficult to change the interface or the location of the options by themselves. For those who are sufficiently prepared, it seems funny, but this is a phenomenon that usually happens. For companies that bring innovations and changes to the main panels, it is a plus, but not for individual customers. For them, updates have historically been a headache. They naturally feel bad after losing the so-called comfort zone. Ease of use naturally leads to productivity. And the changes bring a completely different situation. But even in this case there is a solution. Tutorials on YouTube and other platforms on Google.
Last but not least Space.
Otherwise called memory is a very important part of service provision. If you have many applications in use, you are in big trouble. It is known that you have to upgrade and pay more. So, keep in mind that when you choose a host provider, you are also interested in the spaces they offer. If your number of applications is low, memory is not a problem, on the contrary…
Make sure your provider definitely offers cloud services. Because as we insist, they are very important, efficient and solve most of the problems related to memory and space.