HostwindsReviews of hostwinds.com

Everything!

Solid and strait forward, low enough price without cheap tricks. Gained a bit of confidence right there.

it was a nice experience

Yes very good

Excellent provider with a very fast technical support. thank you.

Very nice!They give me detailed guide when I have some trouble connecting with the sever.

My overall experience with Hostwinds is very negative. First, there's the automatic renewal policy, that's fine-tuned to make money in a hurry, and - I'm sure - a lot of it. There's no way to turn it off; so you better remember when your subscription expires, and cancel at the very last moment! Second, I had a serious issue with their own dashboard a while ago. They offer a "fully automatic and safe!" update for WordPress sites. That's nice; but their junk crashed. I lost my entire website, one of them. No, I didn't have a backup. The website is a decade old, doesn't need updating at any time, and consequently the only backup had was a backup of all the files - minus the database. When I reported their own update app had caused this issue all they said was "we'll restore your backup, if you have one". No accountability for their own failures. Third, it's clear that there's a lot of unsavory emails and who knows what else activity that originates from their servers. Not by Hostwinds themselves; but some of their customers. I've been in this game long enough to know when I can't get email from point A to B, and get complaints from the big guys ("email rejected due to suspicious activity", etc.) that I need to find the source, so that "I" can get unblocked. In reality, the "complainants" simply block a wide swath of IP addresses to stop spam, etc. And since I use their servers too, for email, I get blocked as well, and my business emails get blocked, returned and refused or marked as spam. Then I have to contact Hostwinds, who then - after the facts - contacts the "complainant". If Hostwinds would monitor their outgoing traffic then I wouldn't have to do THEIR job! Fourth, I signed up years ago; but by now their prices are considerably higher than many competitors. Shop elsewhere. Fifth, they get you locked in for 3 years, easily; but this will be my last round with them. Sixth, they nickle and dime you for everything. Read the small print VERY carefully, or better yet: have a lawyer interpret it for you. Oh, and: their tech support is very quick to reply. With an automated answer. And then the next day saying: sorry, can't do that. Well, maybe... if you pay extra. Stay away.

best as always