Web Hosting Providers

Discussions revolve around experiences, recommendations, pros/cons, and alternatives for various web hosting providers like GoDaddy, Linode, NearlyFreeSpeech, and HostGator.

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rochers Mar 26, 2008 View on HN

Has anyone used this for hosting? Can you give some pros/cons?

gcp Jan 31, 2012 View on HN

Feel free to mention the name of your hoster.

rejectfinite Apr 1, 2023 View on HN

Looks like they can also be used as a normal hosting company...?

JeremyMorgan May 10, 2013 View on HN

they should get some better web hosting!

ajitgoel Feb 9, 2021 View on HN

What would be a good "no support hosting" alternative be for this provider?

detaro Jan 31, 2021 View on HN

Please don't, it's way to nice to be bound to a single hosting provider.

rexreed Oct 30, 2023 View on HN

Heck even shared hosting for $3/mo works just fine

mslev Sep 1, 2016 View on HN

I use nearlyfreespeech for most of my hosting.

abigail95 Jun 17, 2025 View on HN

interesting choice of hosting provider...

svantana Apr 9, 2025 View on HN

cheap hosting services do that, don't they?