Since approximately 2010, I use TransIP. I really like them, but in August 2023, someone attended me to Hetzner, and the difference in price is considerable + their offer is wider. Maybe time for a comparison?
Criteria
- EU-based, so no US- or GB-based company
- Focused on high-level hosting. No entry-level hosting company
- Preferably based in The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia or Finland
- Preferably not based in France or Hungary.
Long list
| Provider
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First impression
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| Akamai (Linode)
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US company - Skip
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| Amazon
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- World's second largest provider, hosting 11% of all sites [1]
- I do not want to do business with them
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| Bluehost
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- 6th largest provider in the world, hosting 3.2% of all sites [2]
- US-based [3] ⇒ Skip
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| Cloudways
|
Appearantly, they have been bought by Digital Ocean, which is US-based ⇒ Skip
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| Digital Ocean
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- 9th largest provider in the world [4]
- US-based ⇒ Skip
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| GoDaddy
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- Biggest provider in the world, hosting 15.6% of all sites [5]
- They seem focused on the market's entry level - I don't think we would be a fit.
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| Google Cloud Platform
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- World third largest provider, hosting 7.9% of all sites
- I quite like Google, but not enough to do be willing to business with them, if I can avoid it.
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| Hetzner
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- 7th largest provider in the world, hosting 2.7% of all sites [6]
- German, wide range, much cheaper than TransIP, recommended by O.
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| HostGator
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US-based + entry-level focus ⇒ Skip
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| Hostinger
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Seems a fine hosting provider, but slightly at the lower side of the market: Mostly focused on shared hosting and WordPress hosting; No dedicated servers; Cloud servers are from Google and not their own:
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| IBM
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Just joking - I would never do business with such an old and very tired company. Do they still breath?
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| 1&1 Ionos
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- World fourth largest provider, hosting about 6.5% of all websites
- German
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| Liquid Web
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- 8th largest provider in the world
- US-based ⇒ Skip
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| Microsoft
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I'm not sure if they are actually a hosting provider, but I don't want to do business with them anyway, eventhough they might not be the nasty company anymore that they used to be - I remember last century still too well
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| OVHCloud
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- Big French provider [7]
- Unhappy customers? [8] - Maybe this is the legendary French unfriendliness? I think I rather choose a Dutch or German provider
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| TransIP
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- Very pleasant to do business with
- Dutch
- Limited offers
- Expensive
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Short list
| Provider
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Evaluation
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| Hetzner
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- Feels good
- Much cheaper than TransIP
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| 1&1 Ionos
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They meet the specs
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| TransIP
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- I really like them
- Expensive!
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