Best Linux web hosting services of 2019
Summary
If your hosting needs are simple, youll probably choose an account based on the allocated web space, bandwidth and similar features – the operating system is so far down most peoples priority list that often its not even mentioned in comparison tables. Hosts may throw in all kinds of goodies to get you started – a firewall, mail server, private DNS – and offer quality support to keep your site up and running. Optional self-managed cloud VPS hosting – from $5 (£3.9) a month for the initial term – gives you a choice of OS and a firewall, but after that, youre able to install, optimize and configure the server however you like. If the companys standard hosting products arent enough, it can build enterprise-level solutions from scratch, and SiteGrounds website lists some of the technologies it supports: custom private clouds, smart use of Linux containers, replication between databases, and in-depth expertise in WordPress, Drupal, Nginx, Apache, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, Solr, Memcached and more. If the company doesnt respond to an initial helpdesk ticket within 30 minutes, youll be credited with 10 times the amount they missed it by, and there are similar clauses to cover you for power outages, network failure and more.