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Hostwinds Reviews: 4.9/5 — Highly Rated

Hostwinds Overview
What is Hostwinds?

Hostwinds VPS is an unmanaged virtual private server hosting platform for system administrators, developers, and IT businesses to host, customize and manage Linux and Windows servers. Hostwinds provides a Cloud Control Portal that lets clients perform tasks, set up firewall requirements, maintain snapshot backups, and more. It also provides real-time monitoring services that can detect incoming traffic threats.

Company Hostwinds LLC
Year founded 2010
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, United States
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Hostwinds Product Details
Capabilities
API
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Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux, On-Premise Windows
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Hostwinds Features
Backup and Restore
Bandwidth Allocation
CDN Integration
CMS Integration
Caching Options
Control Panel Integration
Cron Job Scheduling
Custom Error Pages
Customer Support
DNS Management
Data Center Locations
Database Support
Developer Tools
Domain Registration
E-commerce Capabilities
Email Hosting
FTP Access
Multi-domain Hosting
Resource Monitoring
SSH Access
SSL Certificates
Scalability Options
Security Features
Server Configuration Options
Site Migration Assistance
Staging Environment
Storage Space
Subdomain Management
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438 Hostwinds Reviews
4.9 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
KG
Kyriakos G.
Founder
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"Top hosting and customer support."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Top hosting and customer support. I have been a customer at Hostwinds for almost 5 years now, and never had any reason to complain.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

I have no problems to talk about and I like them.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

Answering questions and processing efficiency is very fast.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 31, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AA
Armand A.
Founder
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"Excellent, please don't change."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Excellent, please don't change. I tried quite a few providers, I am very happy to end up with Hostwinds !!! Competitive pricing for fast and reliable hosting, many thanks from a happy customer!

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

I can't say that I dislike anything at them.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

Love them, this is the best service I have ever tried.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 25, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
BB
Bartholomaus B.
Founder
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"Great hosting service."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Impressed! The knowledge base has enough information for someone like myself to get to grips with things, while their customer service is so good at times I almost feel spoilt, having always been fast in response and informative with problems being resolved in a short time. No prepayments, no credit cards are asked for. I found Hostwinds to be a great hosting service.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

Hostwinds known to be a little pricier than other providers perhaps, but I switched to them from a lower-priced provider so I could get honest feedback about my site and about my business.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

Te service is not costly. Support is online any time I contact them.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 23, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
FD
Flip D.
Founder
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"Excellent hosting service."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Excellent hosting service, it's really hard to find stability and security all in one. And Hostwinds is the right place to have all these things at once.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

Using their services I dare say that they work good for me and smoothly.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have succeeded in running my IT business due to their full-featured plans.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 13, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
DK
Duygu K.
Founder
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"Good hosting for Blgging"
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Good experience dealing with Hostwinds. Their customer support is very quick in addressing concerns. They are not just knowledgeable but they treat us customers nicely. The site builder tool they have is such a big help.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

There are no complications in building my site, in a matter of minutes, my site is up and running.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

All the trouble I was facing solved within several minutes. Thanks for the helping hand.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 11, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
SK
Siemowit K.
Founder
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"For a WordPress site, it's a smooth experience."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

It's fast. It's effective. Just works. For a WordPress site, it's a smooth experience.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

I would like to state that this hosting company works veru well for me.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hostwinds is the best.... no question about it! BRAVO to all at Hostwinds!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 02, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
MH
Maynard H.
Founder
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"I highly recommend them as a hosting provider."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Hostwinds was highly responsive during the second migration of a site I host with them. They reply promptly and are very polite and extremely helpful with all the questions that I have had. This is my third interaction with them, and I have not yet been disappointed. I highly recommend them as a hosting provider.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

I have no issues using their services for a long time.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hostwinds consistently delivers excellent support and performance.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 29, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
WB
Wilhelmus B.
Founder
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"Great provider."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Look no further, Hostwinds is great provider. The main thing that stand out for me with them is the support, its as I have added perfection. I'm fairly new to ffmpeg and the support staff helped me come to terms on how to use it. I use them for 5 different sites on one account and everyone of them run flawlessly.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

If you're looking for reliable low cost hosting for your site, this is the option.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

Contacting their support I always get quick and polite responses on the high professional level.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 22, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
MM
Miguelito M.
Founder
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"Nice to be their client."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

They answered my all of my questions quickly and walked me through the steps needed. Integration is also easy and fast and prices are quite affordable for me. Uptime is high too.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

Having a deal with this hosting provider, I'd like to say that I have never faced any serious issues.

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

They are knowledgeable, efficient and courteous.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 19, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
YC
Yun C.
Founder
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"Good host for wordpress blog."
What do you like best about Hostwinds?

Problems are always addressed quickly. Reliable servers, great software, perfect for shared hosting. Hostwinds ROCKS! We host our gamer magazine with them cause the servers are super fast. The Windows managed vps hosting gets 5 stars from us! My site has been up from the very beginning, and never had any problems.

What do you dislike about Hostwinds?

I run a wordpress blog on it and I didn't expect a host to be that fast. Recommended!

What problems is Hostwinds solving and how is that benefiting you?

They have excellent support, and prices are good.