Our Philosophy

If you’ve ever tried to search for web hosting reviews before, I’m sure you have came across dozens of web hosting reviews websites that look just like this pattern: a grid of 10-20 of the same hosting companies with their basic hosting plans and features listed, a “rating” of 90-100% or 4-5 stars, and an editorial review.

You might have realized these are not genuine reviews. These hosting review websites are run by affiliate marketers, they are being paid directly by web hosting companies or indirectly through hosting affiliate referral programs. You can only see their own positive reviews of every host listed on their sites, without ever having an account with them nor using their hosting services. What they are doing is to write some inauthentic editorial reviews so that you will be encouraged to pick one of their listings and click through to the hosts to buy. When you do, they get paid for the referral.

Great Hosts is different. We believe the best way to choose the most suitable web hosting provider is to research them first, starting with what their customers are saying about them. All our web hosting reviews are submitted by our visitors, just like you, who want to share their experience with other visitors. You get both positive and negative experiences from real customers so that you can make your own decision more easily.
Hosts are Ordered by Customer Ratings

Most web hosting review site order their lists of hosts by how much each hosting referral pays to them to maximize their affiliate income. This means all their lists are almost identical, showing you the same hosting company again and again, even if this company provides unstable service, limited features and poor support.

At Great Hosts, our web hosting reviews are ordered by weighted customer rating from real visitors like you. That means a web host with a 5-star rating by only one reviewer won’t automatically go to the top of the provider list, but the one with numerous reviews well above the average will. The more reviews customers submit about a hosting provider, the more we trust its ratings to be accurate and allow it to move up automatically.
We Accept No Advertising

For the sake of fairness and to avoid being influenced by any web hosting service, Great Hosts accepts no advertising. No host company can pay us to have their site ranking higher, nor to remove negative reviews. We do add referral program to the links to the hosts’ official sites if the host has a referral program. This helps us to earn revenue to cover the development cost and maintain the website for you. However, we allow you to review whatever web hosting company you are using and have used, even if they don’t provide referral program.
Great Hosts Needs Your Support

Since Great Hosts isn’t run the same way most “web hosting reviews” sites are run, that heavily controlled by advertising partners to maximum their affiliate commissions, we can’t afford to pay $5 per click or more to advertise on search engines like they do. If you’ve found our site is useful, and want to help us out in honest return, tell your friends who are looking for hosting service about this site. Link to it on your blog or website, mention it on your social network pages, and recommend us whenever someone you know needs a decent web hosting. Thank you in advance for your support!