There are hundreds and thousands of webhosts out there around the world. Thousands for Europe, thousands for the United States, thousands for Asia — everywhere.
I have been through…let me count…7 different hosts. Oh wait, no 8 hosts. I’ve tried almost every kind of hosting option available. I tried the shared hosting, I tried the dedicated hosting, but I finally settled on managed dedicated hosting.
What are some of the problems I had with shared web hosting?
- Software versioning was not in my control
- Frequent downtime with no phone support for immediate tech support responses
- Limited httpd.conf accessibility and configuration
- Limited accounts and normally only add-on domains
What are some problems I had with dedicated hosting? (non-managed)
- Hosting provider did not even notice when my server was down
- Poor response time
- No phone support (more often than not)
So what did I have to do? I started looking for other options. I did some more research and finally stumbled on Liquid Web Inc. I started looking at their servers and seeing what was right for me. I finally picked one out and they had it up within 48 hours. So far so good. I’ve had three outages since starting with Liquid Web Inc. over a year ago.
Wait, that’s it? Three outages? Yup. One was a natural occurance (lightening attack on the datacenter), and the other two were planned upgrades on the kernel. I have been thoroughly impressed with how Liquid Web handles my servers.
I went with the managed option which happens to only be an additional $20 per month so it’s really an amazing deal. We’ve had some very specific needs for both cPanel, Apache, PHP, and MySQL. They’ve sat on the phone with us for up to 2 hours just so we could get exactly what we wanted setup on our server.
Liquid Web Inc. has met every request we’ve had and they have amazing 24/7 phone support. They don’t just do phone support, but they do phone support, ticket support, and monitor your server 24/7 if you opt for the managed solution. The phone support may have been the biggest winner for me, but their service has been top quality that I’ve seen anywhere in the industry.
This website is hosted on Liquid Web servers. Liquid Web is who I recommend to everyone. They have amazing support, amazing services, and they’re an amazing company. I believe they are only about 40 in size so they’re not a massive corporation and they keep it on a more personal level. I love Liquid Web Inc.
Current Server Uptime: 91 days, 13:20
