Which Web Hosting Company Will You Recommend?

Over the last 10+ years, I’ve tried many web hosting solutions. Sadly, there’s not one that I can recommend 100%.

Out of all those that I’ve tried, there’s only one that I’ve stayed with from the start of my web project until now. That’s ICDSoft. I’ve been using their services for about 8 years or so now. Mind you, it’s not because they’re great or that they’re good value. Not at all. They’re reasonably priced and has decent features, but they’re not the cheapest nor are they feature-packed. However, one of the best things about them is that they’re quite reliable. Plus, the customer service folks are generally decent. So, even though I have contemplated on leaving them once a couple of years ago, I retracted because the place I was migrating my site to showed less-than-impressive service. I haven’t tried leaving them again since.

Having said that, I only have one site hosted with them. I have more than half a dozen web projects all over the place. Out of all those projects, I have about 3 other hosts I’m working with. 2 on shared servers and 1 on VPS. Out of those 3, I’m not keen on any of them for different reasons. The only reason I haven’t tried moving all of my sites is due to the difficulty of transferring sites to a new host smoothly.

Unfortunately, that kind of task is inevitable sometimes. I’m planning on dropping one of those hosts and moving my site to a different host soon. That’s why I’m on the lookout for a better web hosting solution. I’ve been doing more research lately, but haven’t really found anything that I find appealing enough (i.e., not too scary due to bad reviews I’ve encountered).

What about you? Do you have your own web host for your website or blog or e-commerce shop? What would you recommend — and why? How long have you been with your web host? What’s the best thing about them – and what’s the worst? I’d really love to hear/read your recommendations!