For more than 15 years, I’ve been working as a Website Developer and System Administrator, and during this time, I’ve used many hosting companies. Unfortunately, many of these failed to meet their advertised promises, which prompted me to create a website solely dedicated to testing and evaluating different hosting providers.

I previously worked in several digital agencies and as a freelancer, which gave me a broad understanding of different hosting solutions and feedback from my clients. It became apparent that most providers do not deliver the performance or uptime that a website needs.

At HostingRevelations.com, I aim to educate site owners, webmasters, and bloggers with clear web hosting guides.

My goal is to share my knowledge and expertise with you through in-depth reviews. All web hosting reviews are based on extensive research and personal experience, so you can make a more informed decision when signing up with any hosting provider.

My Hosting Experience

I’ve worked as a web developer for more than 15 years. In that time I’ve built and looked after many kinds of websites, from simple showcase sites to ecommerce stores, with very different traffic volumes. That work has taken me through every type of hosting: shared, VPS, dedicated and cloud, both managed and unmanaged. It’s what gives me a clear, hands-on view of how each host actually behaves.

A few examples of the hosts I’ve worked with directly:

  • Hacked sites: I’ve cleaned hacked client websites, including malware removal on Bluehost, where I also found vulnerabilities on the host’s own servers.
  • SiteGround: many of my clients hosted their sites there.
  • GoDaddy: I handled many client sites on GoDaddy, ran into frequent problems, and moved most of them to other hosts.
  • Cloudways and Vultr: I run some of my own sites and client sites on Cloudways, including clients I moved from SiteGround because their sites kept hitting its resource limits. I’ve also worked directly on Vultr servers (migrations, server setup and web applications) and on Vultr through Cloudways, so I know both the managed and the self-managed side.
  • Dedicated servers: I’ve used dedicated servers, including at Scaleway.
  • Shared hosting: I’ve used shared plans from several providers, HostGator among them.

HostingRevelations itself has been hosted with several companies before I settled on the host it runs on today: a Hostinger Business shared hosting plan.

How I Test Hosts

When I review a host, I sign up the way any new customer would. I don’t ask providers for demo or review accounts, because a host that knows it’s being reviewed can boost that account’s resources or give it special treatment. Registering as a regular user shows me what you’ll really get: the sign-up process, the upsells, the performance and the support.

I take notes on what I find with each host, the good and the bad, and pass it on in my reviews so you can make a more informed decision.

Why I Started HostingRevelations

Working with clients, I kept seeing the same story. A business picked the wrong host, committed to it, and paid for it later with slow pages, downtime, lost sales and the cost of moving away. Many times I thought that if I had met them earlier and given them the right advice, they could have avoided all of it. HostingRevelations is my way of giving that advice before you commit to a host.

Our Team

I research and write the reviews and tutorials myself, but I don't do it alone. Behind the scenes, four people help me with editing, proofreading, and publishing, which makes HostingRevelations a team of five. Our shared focus is researching web hosting companies and finding solutions to common hosting problems, so the guides you read are accurate and easy to follow.

Our Review Process

I only recommend hosting and blogging services I've worked with directly or researched in depth, so my list may not include every available option. Before reviewing any web hosting companies, we always conduct thorough research and testing to ensure genuine results. For providers that are already established, we regularly perform routine tests.

Most of the sites behind my reviews are client sites I handle myself: the hosts my clients were on when I took over their projects, and the hosts I moved them to. For other hosts, reviews draw on the experiences of other site owners and on in-depth research across forums and communities to find where people are actually struggling.

When reviewing web hosting services, we consider various key factors, such as:

  • The reliability of the web host’s uptime guarantee
  • The ease of website or blog setup
  • Server response time
  • Reasonable pricing, with or without additional discounts
  • Customer support quality
  • Control panel usability
  • Free extras
  • Popularity in the industry
  • Backup timeliness
  • Premium security features offered by the host

If you have any further questions about web hosting, you can leave me a quick message in the contact form.