Hosting providers
Each provider is profiled from its own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
Frontend and serverless
AWS AmplifyAWS service for hosting full-stack web applications with a Git-based continuous deployment workflow, server-side rendering support, and delivery via the AWS content delivery network.Cloudflare PagesStatic and full-stack site hosting on Cloudflare's network, billed together with Workers compute.NetlifyPlatform for building and deploying web projects from Git to a global CDN, with serverless and edge functions.VercelFrontend cloud platform for modern web applications, with Git-driven deployments and a framework-aware CDN.
VPS and cloud
DigitalOceanCloud infrastructure provider offering Linux virtual machines, managed databases, object storage and an app platform across global datacenter regions.HetznerGerman hosting company providing cloud virtual machines and dedicated servers from datacenter locations in Europe, the US and Singapore.Hostinger VPSKVM virtual servers with full root access, sold on prepaid multi-year terms, with a one-click catalog of Docker applications and weekly backups included.Linode (Akamai Cloud)Akamai's cloud computing platform, formerly Linode, offering shared and dedicated CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, and block and object storage.VultrCloud provider offering virtual machines, bare metal servers, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, block and object storage, and a CDN across global data center locations.
Application platforms
Fly.ioRuns Docker images as lightweight VMs in chosen regions, billed on provisioned resources rather than plan tiers.HerokuManaged application platform that runs apps in containers called dynos, deployed from Git or Docker images, with add-on services such as Heroku Postgres.RailwayApplication platform that builds services from a repository or Dockerfile and bills plan fees that include usage credits.RenderManaged cloud platform that builds and runs web services, background workers, static sites and databases from Git repositories or Docker images.
Mass-market hosting
HostingerShared web hosting sold on prepaid multi-year terms and managed through the hPanel control panel, with data centers in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.SiteGroundShared web hosting managed through the Site Tools control panel, sold on prepaid annual terms, with eleven data center locations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Managed hosting
KinstaManaged WordPress hosting that runs each site in an isolated Linux container, with a Cloudflare-powered CDN and a choice of 30 data center locations.WP EngineManaged WordPress hosting with SSH-based Git push deployment, plan-tiered site and visit allowances, and origin data centers on Google Cloud, AWS and Azure.
