I've used Hostwinds for nearly 2 years and they have been excellent during my stay. However, I am looking at leaving because they have IP issues, mainly, some of the major (Gmail, Outlook, MSN, etc) ISP's block email traffic,... More claiming it's SPAM. Apparently, they have some SPAMMERS on their servers and some IP blocks are blacklisted. I have been forced to get a Gmail account so I can send outbound emails, which is a major pain. I've raised this issue with tech support too many times to count but the problem persists. I'd love to stay with them but I have to move on. Less
Hostwinds vs Host Expert

Compared options | Visit Hostwinds | Visit Host Expert |
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Pricing | 37 hosting plans | 13 hosting plans |
Starting price | $4.99 / month | $3.25 / month |
Free domain | Yes | No |
Coupons | 2 coupons | No |
User Ratings | 4.7 | 4.9 |
Reliability | 4.5 | 5.0 |
Pricing | 4.5 | 5.0 |
User Friendly | 4.5 | 5.0 |
Support | 4.5 | 5.0 |
Features | 4.5 | 5.0 |
User Reviews | 1155 reviews | 44 reviews |
Latest positive review | | i have around 13 VPS that i use for my job , the support is incredible , especially Valentine who always replies within 3 hours and is always available to change the PTR when i need it |
Latest negative review | Terrible hosting. Even one Wordpress site does not work on the "Ultimate Business" tariff plan!!! The support service does not solve the problem! When I don't use the site, the RAM is not used. As soon as I work with the site... More , I do elementary things: creating a new Wordpress page, adding a product, then the RAM is working at maximum and the site gives a 503 error. This can't be on a simple Wordpress site. Your hosting works disgusting! Less | No reviews yet |
Shared Hosting | 9 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 | No |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | Basic
| No |
Over $10 | No | |
VPS | 17 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 | 6 plans from $3.25 to $259.95 |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | Unmanaged Linux VPS Hosting 1
| Server virtual dedicat(VDS) 2vCPU 2GB RAM 80GB
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Over $10 | Fully Managed Linux VPS Hosting 1
| Server virtual dedicat(VDS) 4vCPU 4GB RAM 160GB
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Dedicated Server | 1 plan from $4.99 to $328.99 | 5 plans from $3.25 to $259.95 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | Server dedicat HP DL380 Gen9 15LFF, 2 x E5-2690v4, 4 x 16GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T-R, 2 x 500W
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Cloud Hosting | 4 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 | No |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
Resellers | 4 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 | No |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
SSL | 2 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 | No |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | No | |
DDoS Protection Services | No | 2 plans from $3.25 to $259.95 |
Under $4 | No | Anti DDOS protection for VDS / IP
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Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | No | Anti DDOS protection for Dedicated Server / IP
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Data Centers | 2 of 6 | 1 of 6 |
North America | Yes | No |
Europe | Yes | Yes |
Asia | No | No |
Oceânia | No | No |
South America | No | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 4 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | No | No |
Video guides | No | No |
Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes |
CMS support | 4 of 6 | 5 of 6 |
WordPress | Yes | Yes |
Joomla | Yes | Yes |
Drupal | Yes | Yes |
Magento | Yes | Yes |
Softaculous | No | No |
PrestaShop | No | Yes |
OS Support | 2 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | Yes |
Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 4 of 8 | 1 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | Yes |
Java | No | No |
Python | Yes | No |
Node.js | No | No |
Django | Yes | No |
Perl | No | No |
Ruby on Rails | No | No |
ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Database Support | 3 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
MongoDB | Yes | No |
MySQL | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | Yes | No |
Payment Types Support | 3 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | Yes |
Credit Card | Yes | Yes |
Moneybookers | Yes | No |
Wire Transfer | No | Yes |
Webmoney | No | No |
Bitcoin | No | No |
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