WinhostReviews of winhost.com

I have only been using Winhost for a few days but so far I am pretty impressed. I have a couple of old Classic ASP sites that were crippled by my old webhost. The sites don't get much traffic but they are a hobby for me and I wanted to get them running again... I found Winhost by searching for "Classic ASP hosting". They support the Persits suite of tools which is critical for me. Transferring my first site and database over was pretty painless. I will work on the other site in the near future. Their support is very quick to reply to email but there is no chat or phone option. I find their control panel to be utilitarian if not overly friendly. I believe they wrote their own control panel rather than use something like Plesk. So far, it has done just about everything I needed it to do although it just doesn't feel "friendly". If I was new to web hosting, I probably would feel lost but I have done this dance several times and I know what to look for... One potential gotcha: They do not include daily site backups as part of their plans. You have to pay a few dollars for it monthly. This is the first time I have seen a webhost charge for backups. By this point, I think most us take that for granted.

I'll write this initial review, but only give 4 stars, since I haven't actually had enough time to evaluate the services provided by WinHost. First, I'm happier with WinHost than I am with DigitalOcean because WinHost provides IIS hosting. I'm more knowledgeable in Windows Systems Engineering than I am in Linux, so I find it easier to spin up websites using IIS. Also, I believe this survey / review came to me because of my recent experience with Tech Support. It was very positive. Good response time and no ambiguity when it came to resolving the issue. I had a PHP error and they fixed it. That is how support should be. I don't do many complex things when spinning up websites, so I think that the few issues I may run into should be easily resolvable. I have also already had to use the backup service at least twice now (my error, not WinHost's) and it was flawless. Restore a full site with no issues. So far, I am very happy with the service provided by WinHost, but I am not so anxious to jump in and give them a 5 star just yet. I am going to continue to evaluate the full extent of their services and see how well it goes. Thank you

The time on answering issues is awesome. The up time and overall experience has been very good. The only short point is the documentation is not up to par. It is really sketchy in areas. Also, should include a way to put your site out there in test mode. I had to use IIS to exclude all users. This was annoying to have to reset everytime I deployed.

Hosting is good. Plans are competitively priced. Shared hosting can be a little slow at times, but that's not unexpected from a shared hosting plan. My only real complaint is that their admin utilities could be beefed up a bit. They are not always intuitive, and lack some of the fine grain controls that I would see on other hosts.

Stable hosting more than many companies that provide asp.net hosting. Very good control panel

Easy to configure, good cost and fast support response. I´m indicate to everyone.

I've been using Winhost for over 5 years with great success. Support is usually pretty good - though there are times they point the finger back to me, when it is really their problem.

I have been using Winhost for over 2 years and their online support is fantastic! I have always been impressed with their professionalism, technical knowledge and quick response times. Primarily, I use their services for hosting multiple ASP.Net websites, along with a Web API 2 service, SSL cert, email and multiple SQL Server databases. The only thing I've had friction on is the occasional request to recycle their web management service on a web server (which must be done by them) when my publish (from within Visual Studio) hangs. I definitely recommend Winhost to anybody wanting a big bang for their buck. Regards, Russ