Best Paid Hosting sells five kinds of hosting, and the honest answer to which one you want is that it depends on how much of a machine your site needs to itself. Everything below is priced from the store as this page loads.
What is on offer, and what it costs
| Plan type | What it is | Starts at |
|---|---|---|
| Shared hosting | Your site runs on a server it shares with other accounts, which is what keeps the price down. | $3.95/mo |
| Semi-dedicated hosting | Still a shared machine, divided between far fewer accounts, so the resources behind your site are more predictable. | $19.95/mo |
| OpenVZ VPS | A container with its own root access, running on the host machine’s kernel. | $15.95/mo |
| KVM VPS | A virtual machine with a kernel of its own, so the operating system is yours to choose. | $19.95/mo |
| Dedicated server | One physical machine, running nothing but what you put on it. | $59.95/mo |
Prices are read from the store when this page loads, and are the lowest monthly price in each category. What a particular plan includes is listed on its own page.
One control panel, whichever plan you pick
Every plan is administered through Hepsia, which handles files, databases, email, domains and one-click application installs from the same place. It is not cPanel, and that is worth knowing before you buy if you have used cPanel elsewhere and expect to find the same screens. You can open the live demo and click around before spending anything, or read how it compares with cPanel.
Where your site actually runs
Hosting is faster for visitors who are near it, so the facility your account sits in matters more than most specifications do. The data centers page lists the locations available and which plan types can be hosted in each. Pick the one closest to the people you expect to visit.
Domains and certificates
Domains can be registered or transferred in from the same account, and managed in the same control panel as the hosting, which is one fewer login and one fewer renewal date to lose track of. Current registration pricing is on the domains page, and SSL certificates are available for sites that need one issued to their name.
Getting hold of someone
Support runs through the ticketing system in your control panel, and there are published phone numbers for US +1-855-211-0932, UK +44-20-3695-1294, AU +61-2-8417-2372. Quote the store id, (ID:89755), when you call. The customer support page covers what to use when.
How to choose
Start on shared hosting unless you already know why you cannot. It is the cheapest way to find out what your site actually uses, and moving up later is a migration the support team does routinely. The signals that you have outgrown it are specific and recognizable, and they are covered in the guide to spotting them.
Buy the tier you need now rather than the one you expect to need in a year. Upgrading is easy and paying for idle capacity is money spent on nothing.