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Discussion on: What shared hosting providers have you tried?

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Caleb Weeks

I have used Bluehost, HostGator, and a short stint with FastComet before landing on A2hosting. Don't use FastComet. A WordPress plugin that I installed from their marketplace included a cryptocurrency mining hijacking script and FastComet locked my account. When I asked for help to remove it, they said I had to pay for premium support and kept locking me out of my account.

I'm using a reseller account on A2hosting because I build a lot of small personal and business/organization websites. Lots of people are flocking to containers or serverless, but it's hard to beat $3 a month for shared hosting. Granted, the sites I build don't need to handle a ton of traffic.

A2hosting supports NodeJS, Python, and Ruby and gives you access to a full shell. I've had no complaints with them so far. (Actually, there is one issue: seems like they store your master password in plaintext because they display it to you on the dashboard)

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Camilo Caquimbo Tabares

I think also that A2 Hosting is a great option, as you say support more than LAMP stack and their cost, speed and service is good. It's the most friendly for developers shared hosting.