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Compare hosts on real features and documented facts — then use the free tools to find out what is actually slowing your site down.
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Every list is generated from the provider database, so a change to the underlying facts updates the ranking — not the other way round.
Best overall
Our all-round picks for a UK audience
7 providers compared
Best cheap hosting
Low cost without a brutal renewal
6 providers compared
Best for WordPress
Tuned for the software you actually run
8 providers compared
Best managed WordPress
Someone else handles the plumbing
2 providers compared
Best for ecommerce
For shops that cannot afford to fall over
2 providers compared
Best VPS hosting
Room to grow, and root if you want it
1 provider compared
Best for beginners
Gentle learning curve, real support
7 providers compared
Best for developers
Git, SSH, staging, no fighting the panel
5 providers compared
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Tools that tell you the truth about your site
Built because we needed them. Every result explains what was measured, what was detected, and what we could not determine.
Who Hosts This Site?
Host, ASN, nameservers, mail provider, CDN and SSL issuer for any domain.
Website Health Check
Security headers, SEO basics, redirects, compression and hosting response.
Website Speed Test
Core Web Vitals explained in language that suggests what to fix.
DNS Lookup
A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS records as they resolve right now.
SSL Checker
Issuer, validity window, days remaining and which hostnames are covered.
Technology Checker
CMS, ecommerce platform, frameworks and analytics, with confidence levels.
The database
19 hosts, compared on the same criteria
Facts are recorded with a source and a date checked. Where something has not been verified yet, we say so rather than guessing.
UK-owned hosting running on renewable energy
Developer-friendly shared hosting with tuned "Turbo" tiers
Mass-market shared hosting with WordPress bundling
Guides
Answers to the questions that actually get asked
What is a CDN, and do you need one?
A CDN moves your files closer to your visitors. Whether that helps depends entirely on where your visitors are.
3 min read
How to choose a web host
Most hosting advice is a list of features. Here is a way of deciding which of those features you actually need.
3 min read
What is TTFB, and why does it matter?
Time to first byte is the one metric that separates "my hosting is slow" from "my website is heavy".
3 min read
Would rather someone else just fixed it?
Migrations, WordPress speed work, hosting setup and DNS untangling. Tell us what is wrong and you will get a straight answer about whether it is worth paying anyone to fix.