Josh is a longtime writer and editor with experience in everything from content writing and copywriting to screenwriting. He has an MBA and loves analyzing and overthinking everything. His passions include creative writing, film and TV, sports, spreadsheets, and most of all, spending time with friends and family by the lake. Josh grew up in Maine, lived in California for many years, and now calls jolly-old England home.

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Reviews

IDrive

IDrive is a great cloud backup for both personal and business use, and it offers a huge amount of storage for the price. You can connect an unlimited number of devices (or business users), and backing up and restoring files is easy.

4.6
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pCloud

pCloud is a cloud backup, a syncing service, and it gives you more ways to securely share your files than most of its competitors. You might have to pay more for its powerful add-ons and support may not be the best, but it’s a solid choice for online storage.

4.5
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Jottacloud

Jottacloud is a practical cloud storage and backup solution with state-of-the-art security policies and impressive storage capabilities. It has drawbacks, like unresponsive customer support, and lacks a few useful functionalities, but is budget-friendly and simple to use.

4.4
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CrashPlan

CrashPlan is a great cloud backup option for any small business with up to 199 employees. It’s secure, easy to use, and offers unlimited cloud backup for your entire company. Its fast, automatic backups set CrashPlan apart, but you have to pay per device and it does cost a bit more than some competitors.

4.4
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Carbonite

Carbonite is a reliable cloud backup solution that offers unlimited-data backup for a single computer. Its uploads can be slow, but it makes life easy with automatic backups and some great ease-of-use features. It has plans for home users and small businesses that provide good value for the money.

4.2
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Memopal

Memopal is a secure, easy to use online backup service that lets you access all your files from an unlimited number of devices. It doesn’t offer unlimited backup and its security could be better, but it has some great syncing, sharing, and versioning features.

4.1
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SpiderOak

“SpiderOak One sets the standard when it comes to security and privacy. It delivers reliable cloud backup for an unlimited number of devices, and once you get comfortable with the interface, backing up and restoring your files is a breeze.”

4.1
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Livedrive

“Livedrive is one of the easiest cloud backup solutions to install and use. It offers a unique combination of unlimited cloud backup and convenient storage options, with syncing, sharing, and file-editing abilities, making it more versatile than most cloud backups on the market.”

4.0
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Blog Posts

7 Best Unlimited-Bandwidth VPS Hosting Providers for 2024

Not many VPS hosting providers offer unlimited bandwidth, and many of the ones that do don’t offer very good value otherwise. This makes finding a decent bandwidth-unlimited VPS host like finding a needle in a haystack. At Website Planet, my colleagues and I have signed up for and tested all the most popular VPS hosts around the world. I’ve examined our results and there...

4.0
March 01, 2024
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8 VERY BEST Managed VPS Web Hosting Providers for 2024

A lot of web hosts offer managed VPS, but finding one that’s worth the upgrade in price from shared hosting or unmanaged VPS can be a challenge. There isn’t a host out there that gives you everything under the sun for a bargain-basement price, and not all hosts define “managed” in the same way. So how are you supposed to find one that’s right for you? At Website Planet,...

5.0
October 19, 2023
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How to Get Started with cPanel: Easy Beginner’s Guide [2024]

cPanel may seem intimidating at first, but it’s a lot easier to use than it looks. It’s not the only web hosting control panel you’ll come across, but it’s the most popular one. So it’s a good idea to understand how it works, and that’s what this article is all about. My colleagues and I have tested all the most popular web hosts in the world, so we’ve used cPanel a lot. I...

4.3
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GoDaddy Hosting Prices: Is It Still a Good Deal in 2024?

When our expert reviewers gave GoDaddy a test drive, its performance was underwhelming. And now that I’ve looked at each GoDaddy hosting plan and what it has to offer, I can confidently say that in most cases, you’ll get better value elsewhere (if you’re curious, you can jump straight to my recommendations). There are lots of hosting options on the GoDaddy menu, ranging...

4.0
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VPS vs Dedicated Hosting: Which Is Right for You? [2024]

So, your site has outgrown shared hosting, or you’re looking to set up a reseller operation, and you’re now trying to decide between a VPS or dedicated server. Both will give you dedicated resources and better performance than shared hosting, but there are some key differences you should consider. Most dedicated servers offer better performance than a VPS. They also usually...

5.0
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Bluehost Pricing: Are Its Low Prices REALLY Worth It? [2024]

You know that phrase: don't judge a book by its cover? That’s exactly the case with Bluehost. On the surface, you’ll see that prices are low – but if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find that you have to pay extra for a lot of things other hosts give you for free, like site-based security and automatic backups. In our tests of more than 3,500 shared hosting providers from...

4.7
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Pantheon Pricing: Is It REALLY Worth the High Price? [2024]

Pantheon markets its services as “elastic hosting” because it can scale up instantly if your site gets a surge in traffic. But marketing lingo aside, it’s a cloud hosting provider, and scaling to meet demand is what cloud hosting is for. Where Pantheon is different is that it is designed primarily as a collaborative platform for marketing and development teams to create...

4.3
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Scaleway Pricing: Is This Cheap Hosting Still Worth It in 2024?

Scaleway’s cloud hosting and dedicated server plan pricing starts so low, you might wonder if it’s legit. I can tell you, it is. When my colleague tested Scaleway, it delivered impressively-fast page loading speeds. But while Scaleway guarantees at least 99.9% uptime, I’ve seen quite a few reviews where users claim to have experienced extended downtime. Scaleway is best if...

4.0
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5 Best Microsoft Azure Cloud Hosting Alternatives for 2024

There’s a reason so many Fortune 500 companies use Microsoft Azure for their cloud hosting needs: Azure hosting is big, powerful, and syncs with other Microsoft Azure cloud services, some of which are always free. But Azure is not the most user-friendly cloud hosting provider. I’ve seen complaints about the difficulty level of various tasks, from connecting a domain to...

4.3
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Kamatera vs Linode: Which Is The Better VPS Host for 2024?

Kamatera and Linode are both cloud-based providers, but the only service they have in common is VPS hosting. And when it comes to VPS, Linode’s offerings are a bit confusing. You won’t find a hosting plan with “VPS” in the title on Linode’s website, even though an online search – and Linode support – tells you it has VPS plans. Instead, it provides Shared CPU and Dedicated...

4.0
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Kamatera vs UpCloud: Which Cloud Host to Choose in 2024?

Kamatera offers cloud hosting, using the resources of a cluster of servers rather than just a single instance to ensure peak reliability and performance for your website(s). UpCloud provides a similar form of cloud hosting. But while UpCloud is intended for small-to-medium-sized businesses, Kamatera is scalable for large enterprises too, and offers more flexibility...

4.7
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Kamatera vs Vultr: Which Is the Better Cloud Host in 2024?

You know the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover?” It applies very well to these vendors’ websites. Kamatera’s website isn’t sexy. It’s a lot of words – which means a lot of reading. But those words paint a clear picture of exactly what you get with its service, which is reliable VPS or dedicated cloud hosting with unrivaled flexibility and scalability. Vultr’s...

5.0
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6 Best WordPress Web Hosts for Startup Businesses in 2024

When you’re getting a new business going, you already have enough to worry about, so I’ve taken the stress out of finding the best WordPress hosting provider by doing it for you. My colleagues and I tested all the most popular web hosts on the planet, and I’ve examined our results and identified the top six WordPress hosts for startup companies. Some of these hosts offer...

4.0
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7 Best VPS Hosting Providers for Australian Websites in 2024

A web search for “best VPS Australia” will bring up a whole host of hosts: some Australian providers and some of the major global players, but look out, as not all of them are good options. Even some of the ones based in Oceania are lacking in regional performance. Our experts have tested the most popular VPS hosting services in Australia and around the world, and we’ve...

4.7
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8 Best Cloud Hosting for WordPress-Based Websites (In 2024)

As with many articles on WordPress hosting, I’m going to start by telling you that nearly half of all websites use the WordPress content management system (CMS) – but I must also warn you: most providers do not properly optimize their servers to run WordPress sites. If you want your WordPress site to load quickly – even during traffic surges – cloud hosting is a...

4.5
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