WinhostReviews of winhost.com

I choose Winhost for the features I needed, and a reasonably priced plan for the size of site that I was transferring from a prior host. I was pleased with the very knowledgeable support, and rather amazed at how quickly I received responses to my tickets at startup for my account. Winhost set up a second domain pointer forwarded to my base site. They diagnosed a "Site under construction" error and provided clear directions for the fix. That included Webdeploy publish setting guidance. And support patiently re-sent a verification email for an SSL cert I was setting up when I didn't have the admin mailbox ready in time. I felt the startup process went very smoothly for a relatively inexperienced person like me. My only request is for the account user-name, which is a number that I don't remember. I can't yet find a way to change it to a friendlier name that will stick in my mind.

It is one of the best sites for getting windows..Net Core up in running. They know windows and have helped fix the few problems/questions I had. However, it is too slow as my page reads and displays from database files and creates new pages each time. If you have a normal simple text with photos as long as your not loading a ton of photos it will be fine for 99% of the page most people write. I may have to move to a provider with a virtual server as I do not believe Winhost offers a faster private server plan.

Easy to set up and start development.

I’ve been using hosting services from WinHost for about 3.5 months now. More specifically I host a sophisticated online commerce platform built on Asp.NET Core. Actually the site is now running on Asp.NET 6. I couldn’t be happier with their services. They are such a breath of fresh air. Prior to switching to WinHost I had tried one of their competitors that promised better service and hyped their money back guarantee a bit more than WinHost does. But once using that competitor I realized that their control panel was not modern and they had some architecture issues that were less than ideal. So I canceled my hosting with that other company and found out that their money back guarantee which they so hyped had lots of loop holes in the T’s and C’s and in the end I did not get a full refund. So I went into the Winhost relationship a bit leery. In hindsight, I sooooo wish I had gone with WinHost in the first place! One of the things I love about WinHost is that they use separate servers for their web servers vs their database servicers. This greatly increases security. While this sort of architecture is kinda a security 101 kind of thing, that other competitor of theirs puts everything on the same box claiming it’s faster. And it might be marginally faster but it sure isn’t as secure as the approach that WinHost uses. WinHost does it right. On top of that, that other competitor’s portal is archaic, whereas WinHost has a very modern looking portal for managing the website. The other company didn’t provide a way to see the account billing in the portal, but WinHost makes it easy to see all your billing statements in the portal. But even if none of those other differences existed, and those are all BIG differences, I’d still rate WinHost as one of the best hosting companies out there because their support staff is the best I’ve worked with at a hosting company ever. And that’s quite a statement given I have more than 20 years website development experience and just as many years hosting with different hosting providers. WinHost tech support staff is such a breath of fresh air. Every person I have interacted with on a help ticket has been outstanding. They are absolutely first class troubleshooters and know the technologies they are hosting extremely well. In summary: I love them. I’m very happy I gave them a try. They really are outstanding.

Very easy to set up my site and start Development! I am very happy with the support and tools provided. Excellent!

I contacted Winhost about migrating my website from another host, and they guided me through the process nicely. I am a web developer so the process was simple enough for me. Their prices are good, and it was stated that there will be no surprise increases after a period of time. There is not an incentive price, which is what my last host had. That is the reason I migrated to Winhost. I am holding off on giving 5 stars until I assess performance of the new site and future support from Winhost.

Winhost is a trusted member of our team. More than two decades ago now, we brought our hosting needs to Winhost and we have never had a need to look back. Their service at every level, has been beyond expectations. We have enjoyed 100% reliability every day of every year. We, like most clients, have our own nuanced needs, and I know that in any situation, when our needs are a little off standard, there is going to be someone at Winhost with a suggestion or solution to do what we need to do. Response time on those requests has been measurable in minutes every time. Their customer service is the best in the industry. There have been a few times when our own tinkering has created problems... but whatever it was, a damaged database, permission issues, coding errors.... within minutes a member of their support team was working with me and going above and beyond what they needed to do to fix our problem. We were with other hosts before Winhost, and there is just no comparison when it it comes to a quality experience. Winhost wins hands down. Their control panel configuration gives us every tool we need to do everything we want with a few clicks. It allows us to make customer requested changes near instantaneously while the customer is still on the phone. We look like the heroes because Winhost never fails to makes us look good. Their servers are fast, modern, up to date, feature packed and as I said above, 100% reliable. Winhost truly is a valued member of our team, and I look forward to another two decades with them. If you're looking for a reliable, customer centered, dedicated web host, look no further. Winhost is where you want to be. Jon

After years of struggling with other web hosts (since the mid 1990's) I finally found Winhost around 2012 and have never looked back. My primary needs have always been a Windows based environment and since the early 2000's specifically Microsoft development / database products. Winhost has always just been seamlessly easy compared to the days of begging hosts for read/write permissions in directories like cgi-bin and trying to connect one dev product to another companies database product. Not only have had many domains hosted for testing or developing databased web applications but have recommended customers to use Winhost if they want my services. Rarely, if ever have I had any issues with their services, they deliver what they say they will and that part of it seems to always work. I have had issues that were actually caused by the way I was trying to use their services and their tech support has always been helpful in looking into the problems, making sure it wasn't originating with them and usually pointing me in the right direction as to where I could look to resolve issues I had caused. Their support staff has a wide variety of knowledge, even with the frameworks they support and have often taken the time refer the appropriate support staff to help where they can, even though 'technically' the development part of things really isn't their problem. Support is reasonably responsive (yes, they go home to their families and live real lives too) and most issues I have ever had have been resolved within 24 hours, sometimes after someone almost immediately reviews my issues and then if need be, pass it off to a staff member more specialized in a particular issue. Winhost has always kept their frameworks up to date, whether it be SQL Server, MVC, CORE or now even .Net 6 quite quickly after the necessary implementation testing. I have always used Google Mail or a third party autoresonder like AWeber as I find that the big boys out there like Comcast, Wow, Google, Yahoo ect tend to generically send small shared server emails into oblivion, not even the spam or trash so if you can't beat them, join them. Winhost is the most affordable and well operating Windows Hosting service for small companies and individuals I can find. All of my customers are in the United States with customers in the United States or Canada who don't really need servers around the globe such as Azure offers. Here's my thanks to Winhost and their staff for a decade of fine service!