Host for a hobby website sought

A.Baird3 · 11 Oct 2020 at 16:56

I'm looking for recommendations for inexpensive web hosting for a small hobby website I'd like to make. I've seen Tsohost and Krystal suggested elsewhere, but they seem a little more than I need. Hostinger have a plan for a few quid a month, are they any good? Mind it's just a hobby site, not a business or anything, so cheap and cheerful (but not crap) is fine. Something like £3-4 a month (or less?), or a yearly package deal.

I note on Hostinger's site there's a higher price listed for renewal, is this a renewal of a plan after a year or something? I'm uncertain. It would be nice to be able to migrate the wee site if that were the case.

Cpanel would be nice, but I'm familiar with ftp. Been years though.

andy_mk3 · 11 Oct 2020 at 17:04

Stablepoint for £39 a year.

https://stablepoint.com/cloud-hosting

gpuerrilla · 11 Oct 2020 at 17:49

Never explored it much myself but would Google Sites be worth a look?

A.Baird3 · 11 Oct 2020 at 18:19

Stablepoint looks alright, thanks for the link. One to consider for sure.

I don't know Google sites, but a cursory look says it's tied to a gmail account and with limited options, so not really what I have in mind.

MoX_Farrow · 12 Oct 2020 at 09:09

Are you just looking for easy hosting, or do you want full on cloud hosting?

If you want full on cloud servers then I'd recommend somewhere like DigitalOcean. Their cheapest option is $5/month and my company runs company websites on those with no issues whatsoever, so they're certainly powerful enough for basic sites.

A.Baird3 · 13 Oct 2020 at 02:34

I'm not looking anymore. I'm unsure their reputation, but I got a deal on Ionos (1&1), just a couple quid for first year and a new domain name thrown in. I'll cancel before the auto-renew.

Can't argue with under £3.

DireEmblem · 13 Oct 2020 at 23:33

Thats not a bad deal. Another option could be to host on a raspberry pi next year when you renew the url