HostYD is a small hosting company that simply isn’t a match for big brands like Hostinger. The bigger hosting companies simply offer a better price for similar configuration.
HostYD was founded in Florida in 2012. It powers more than 17,000 websites around the world, and it claims that happy customers are its number one concern. HostYD’s modern website is in English.
Features and Ease of Use
HostYD offers shared hosting, VPS solutions, dedicated servers, and more. As standard, its shared hosting plans come with these core features:
99.99% uptime guarantee
Monthly automatic backups
Free domain with annual plans
Two to unlimited add-on domains
SSL certificates available
Up to unmetered disk space and bandwidth
Beginner webmasters can benefit from the free website transfer (except for the base plan) and the Softaculous one-click installer for 100 programs.
Developers benefit from the support for PHP, MySQL databases (including remote), and phpMyAdmin. The top tier plan also provides Node.js and SSH access.
You can choose to host your website on servers located in Secaucus, U.S. or London, U.K. The 99.99% uptime guarantee is higher than the industry average 99.9%, but it comes with certain terms and conditions.
Pricing and Support
The hosting plans are well-priced, but be sure to read the inclusions carefully before you buy. Many of the value-added extras are only available in the top tier plans that cost more money. Plans can be purchased on terms ranging from three months to three years, but there are no discounts for longer terms. Although you get a free domain and a 30-day money-back guarantee with an annual plan, you have to pay extra for an SSL certificate.
For self-support, HostYD’s well-stocked knowledge base contains around 50 articles. Alternatively, you can contact customer services via live chat, ticket, or a client area that requires users to log in. I tried the live chat channel a few times; each time an agent picked up immediately and helped me politely. One time, the agent even advised me about some promotional rates.
I have used HOSTYD for years and they have been pretty great! I wish that they would do promotions more often. They have helped me with some problems while others were too complex to figure out for the both of us. They have some weird downtimes at random points that confuse my staff and visitors. I hope it is fixed soon!
Everything went very well, I select Advanced plan of their hosting. The support was always helpful and fast and I will always use HostYD because of good support, website speed and free SSL which is without any setup. I recommend HostYD to all who is going to start a website.
HostYD offers an affordable set of hosting plans with a 99.99% uptime guarantee. If you want to benefit from all of the features, you’ll have to pick one of the higher plans.
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Pros
Well-priced plans
Efficient and effective live chat
99.99% uptime guarantee
Free domain name with annual plans
Cons
Some features only available with top tier plans
Money-back guarantee only available on annual plans
Gwen Rodgers
Gwen is a web developer and software engineer who loves to get lost in JavaScript (and a good book). She spends her free time teaching girls how to be coders, and doing yoga on her balcony in the sunshine.
