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Hosting.com Review 2026 (Formerly A2 Hosting)

A2 Hosting (hosting.com) offers Shared, VPS, Dedicated, WordPress, Reseller, and Cloud hosting across the US, Europe, and Asia. We tested its VPS platform for speed, reliability, and performance.

4.1 Price 3.6 Reliability 3.7 Features 3.6 Support 3.7 Ease of use
4 /5
Excellent
Based on 11 user reviews
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Hosting.com is the new name of A2 Hosting. Since 2025 the company has run under one brand that combines A2 Hosting and World Host Group, so if you remember reading about A2 Hosting, this is the same hosting company with a new name and a new control panel. That is why we re-tested it from scratch.

Between November 9 and 14, 2026 we ran a Hosting.com shared hosting account through speed, uptime, load, security, server and support tests, and we kept every screenshot. This review gives you the real numbers, the plans and prices we could confirm on Hosting.com’s own site, and what we liked and did not like.

Quick verdict: Hosting.com was fast and stable in our US-based tests. It scored 98 on desktop PageSpeed, GTmetrix grade A, SSL Labs A+ and 99.9967% uptime in our monitor, and it returned zero failed requests under a 20-user load test. It offers data centres in the USA, Singapore, London, Sydney, Mumbai and Frankfurt. It calls itself award-winning but names no award, so we credit none. Getting SSH access needed a support ticket.

Hosting.com Review at a Glance

TestResult We Measured
Desktop PageSpeed96 performance, LCP 1.0 s
Mobile PageSpeed77 performance, LCP 5.8 s on a slow 4G test
GTmetrixGrade A, 100% performance, 99% structure, LCP 719 ms
Server response (TTFB)31 ms in Dallas, 140 to 194 ms elsewhere in the US, 354 to 450 ms in Europe, 564 to 925 ms in Asia and Australia
Uptime99.9967% since October 27, 2026, with 100% over the last 7 days
Load test20 virtual users for 5 min 30 s, 4,770 requests, 0 failures, p95 145 ms
SecuritySSL Labs A+ and Security Headers A
ServerAMD EPYC 7543, 32 cores, 125.8 GiB RAM, Dallas, Texas
Cheapest WordPress plan$4.49/mo on a 1-year term, renews at $9.99/mo
Refund30-day money-back guarantee

About Hosting.com (Formerly A2 Hosting)

A2 Hosting was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2003. Hosting.com’s about page describes the brand as “the best of World Host Group and A2 Hosting under one global brand,” with the teams and technology combined in 2025. The company says it serves 700,000+ clients and hosts 3 million+ websites across 181 countries, with 800+ staff in 10 offices. It also says it acquired Rocket.net, a managed WordPress host, and launched AI Application Hosting in March 2026.

Hosting.com Awards and Recognition

Hosting.com describes its service as award-winning and says its team has earned “recognition and accolades” since 2003, but its website does not name a single award, awarding body or year, so we do not credit any award to Hosting.com itself. The award badges at the top of this review are GoogieHost awards, based on our own tests of speed, uptime and plans. We judge Hosting.com on the results below and not on badges.

How We Tested Hosting.com

We tested a Hosting.com shared hosting account that runs WordPress on a LiteSpeed server in Dallas, Texas, with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin. The site is a standard demo theme, so these results show the platform and not a heavily customized site.

What We CheckedToolDate
Page speedGoogle PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrixNov 13 to 14, 2026
Server responseFlyingPress TTFB test, a network check and a ping test from many locationsNov 10 to 14, 2026
UptimeHetrixTools, checks every minuteFrom Oct 27, 2026
Load handlingk6 cloud test, 20 virtual usersNov 10, 2026
WordPress performanceWP Benchmark toolNov 10, 2026
Server hardware and networkYABS benchmark script over SSHNov 14, 2026
SecurityQualys SSL Labs and Snyk Security HeadersNov 10, 2026
SupportA live support ticket about SSH accessNov 10, 2026

Hosting.com Speed Test Results

Google PageSpeed Insights

MetricMobileDesktop
Performance7796
Accessibility93100
Best Practices9292
SEO8585
First Contentful Paint1 s0.3 s
Largest Contentful Paint5.8 s (poor)1.0 s
Total Blocking Time0 ms0 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift0.0470.008
Speed Index4 s1.7 s
Hosting.com Review 2026 (Formerly A2 Hosting)
Hosting.com Review 2026 (Formerly A2 Hosting)

Desktop was excellent. Mobile scored 77 because the Largest Contentful Paint reached 5.8 seconds under Google’s slow 4G and Moto G Power emulation, which is a harsh test. The page itself was light, with no blocking time, so a CDN and image optimization would be the first fixes.

GTmetrix Results

GTmetrix, testing from Seattle, graded the page A with 100% performance and 99% structure. Largest Contentful Paint was 719 ms, Total Blocking Time 31 ms and Cumulative Layout Shift 0. The first byte arrived in 197 ms, the first contentful paint in 415 ms, and the page was fully loaded in 719 ms at 1.47 MB over 18 requests. GTmetrix’s top issue was “use a Content Delivery Network,” which fits the global results below.

GTmetrix report for a Hosting.com site: grade A, 100% performance, 99% structure and 719 ms LCP
GTmetrix report for the Hosting.com test site: grade A, 100% performance and 719 ms LCP

Hosting.com Server Response Time (TTFB)

Google recommends a server response time under about 200 ms. We measured time to first byte from 22 locations. Hosting.com is very quick near its Dallas server and slows down with distance, because the account has no CDN.

RegionLocation and TTFB
United States and CanadaDallas 31 ms, Iowa 140 ms, Toronto 172 ms, Los Angeles 194 ms, Oregon 514 ms
South AmericaSão Paulo 440 ms, Santiago 525 ms
EuropeLondon 354 ms, Madrid 429 ms, Milan 435 ms, Berlin 450 ms, Finland 513 ms
Middle East and AfricaTel Aviv 601 ms, Doha 778 ms, Johannesburg 806 ms
Asia and AustraliaTokyo 564 ms, Singapore 657 ms, Hong Kong 715 ms, Seoul 827 ms, Sydney 893 ms, Mumbai 901 ms, Delhi 925 ms
Flying TTFB test of a Hosting.com site from 22 global locations, fastest in Dallas at 31 ms
FlyingPress TTFB test from 22 locations: 31 ms in Dallas and 900 ms or more from Mumbai and Delhi

A separate network check of a single request showed DNS at 92 ms, TCP at 263 ms, TLS at 865 ms and a TTFB of 262 ms, with a 200 OK response, Brotli compression, a 123.5 KB transfer, the LiteSpeed server and TLS 1.3. In our setup the server responded fast near Texas, and visitors in India or Australia would see slower first bytes unless you add a CDN. If most of your visitors are outside the US, compare it with the best web hosting services.

Network and response timing for a Hosting.com site: TTFB 262 ms, TLS 1.3, HTTP/1.1, LiteSpeed server
Network and response timing for the Hosting.com test site: TTFB 262 ms, TLS 865 ms, LiteSpeed server and TLS 1.3

We also checked DNS resolution across four public resolvers. Lookups averaged 127 ms, with Cloudflare and OpenDNS at 87 ms, Google at 88 ms and Quad9 the slowest at 246 ms. All four resolvers returned the same IP address, so DNS had fully propagated, and the test found no IPv6 (AAAA) record.

DNS resolution test for a Hosting.com site: 127 ms average across Google, Cloudflare, Quad9 and OpenDNS, all returning the same IP
DNS resolution test: 127 ms average across Google, Cloudflare, Quad9 and OpenDNS, all returning the same IP

Ping Test From Locations Around the World

LocationAverage Ping
USA, Dallas21.6 ms
USA, Atlanta32.0 ms
USA, Los Angeles38.9 ms
USA, Miami40.0 ms
USA, New York44.1 ms
Canada, Vancouver46.1 ms
UK, London108.1 ms
Netherlands, Amsterdam110.5 ms
Germany, Frankfurt114.8 ms
Brazil, São Paulo138.5 ms
Japan, Tokyo222.4 ms (up to 330.8 ms)
Singapore221.0 ms
India, Mumbai298.8 ms
Global ping test of a Hosting.com server from locations worldwide, with 21.6 ms from Dallas as the fastest
Ping test to the Hosting.com test site from many countries: 21.6 ms in Dallas and about 300 ms in Mumbai

Ping followed the same pattern: about 22 ms from Dallas, 32 to 46 ms across the rest of North America, 108 to 115 ms to western Europe and 220 to 300 ms to Asia. One Hong Kong probe returned 3 of 4 replies.

Hosting.com Uptime Test

PeriodUptime
Last 24 hours100.0000%
Last 7 days100.0000%
Last 30 days99.9851%
2026 and total since October 2799.9967%
HetrixTools uptime monitor for a Hosting.com site showing 99.9967% overall uptime since October 27
HetrixTools monitor for the Hosting.com test site showing 99.9967% uptime and a 544 ms average load time

HetrixTools checks the site every minute from New York, London, Singapore and Mumbai. Since October 27 the site stayed up with a 99.9967% overall uptime and a 544.62 ms recent average load time. The last 30 days show 99.9851%, which works out to roughly three minutes of downtime in the first days of monitoring, and the last seven days were 100%. The monitor has only run for about two weeks, so treat this as an early result and not a long-term record. Per location, recent load times were 236 ms from New York, 417 ms from London, 667 ms from Singapore and 859 ms from Mumbai.

Hosting.com Load Test: 20 Users for Over 5 Minutes

We used a k6 cloud test with 20 virtual users that ramped up and held for 5 minutes 30 seconds against the home page, run from Columbus, Ohio.

MetricResult
Requests made4,770 (about 14 per second, peak 17.75)
HTTP failures0
Fastest response137 ms
Average response140 ms
p95 response145 ms
p99 response146 ms
Slowest response245 ms
k6 load test result for a Hosting.com site: 4,770 requests, 0 failures and a 145 ms p95 response time with 20 virtual users
k6 load test: 4,770 requests, 0 failures and a 145 ms p95 response time with 20 virtual users

Every request returned 200, and the average stayed at 140 ms with very little variation. That is a strong result, but it tests one cached page. A busy store or a heavy logged-in WordPress site will behave differently, and 20 users is a modest load.

Hosting.com WordPress Benchmark

The WP Benchmark tool runs tests inside WordPress and gave the server an overall score of 7.

AreaScoresTakeaway
CPU and memoryIterative math 8.94, random binary 8.44, floating point 7.74, large text 6.96, recursive math 5.7Strong, with recursion the weakest
FilesystemLocal copy 8.48, write 7.98, small file IO 6.26Good
DatabaseSimple queries 8.17, complex queries 6.56, large import 5.65, temporary tables 4.59Weakest area
Object cachePersistent object cache: 0Not enabled on our account
WordPress coreObject capability 8.59, option manipulation 8.58, hooks 8.8, regex 7.37, taxonomy 7.49, shortcodes 6.79, JSON 6.67, content filtering 5.43Good
CompressionBase64 10, GZIP 8.66, PHP serialize 7.78, maybe_serialize 7.47, deflate 6.34Good
Image processingGD filters 7.32, resize 6.61, thumbnails 6.36, format conversion 5.57Average
NetworkDownload speed 9.94Excellent
WP Benchmark tool result for a Hosting.com WordPress site with a server score of 7 and no persistent object cache
WP Benchmark tool results for the Hosting.com test site with a server score of 7

The benchmark also warned that our account ran PHP 8.1.34, which is outdated, and recommended PHP 8.3 or newer. Persistent object cache scored 0, so adding Redis or Memcached, if your plan supports it, is worth doing for database-heavy sites. See our WordPress speed optimization guide for more tuning tips.

Hosting.com Server Specs and Network Speed (YABS)

Once we had shell access, we ran the YABS benchmark script on November 14, 2026.

SpecResult
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7543, 32 cores at 2,794 MHz
RAM125.8 GiB (shared server)
Disk3.4 TiB
Operating systemUbuntu 24.04.5 LTS, kernel 6.8.0-134
Server uptime20 days, 19 hours
LocationDallas, Texas, United States
IPv4 / IPv6IPv4 online, IPv6 offline
Disk Test (fio)ReadWriteTotal
4k blocks4.14 MB/s (1.0k IOPS)4.17 MB/s (1.0k IOPS)8.31 MB/s (2.0k IOPS)
64k blocks49.62 MB/s (757 IOPS)49.97 MB/s (762 IOPS)99.59 MB/s (1.5k IOPS)
512k blocks47.75 MB/s (91 IOPS)50.12 MB/s (95 IOPS)97.87 MB/s (186 IOPS)
1m blocks46.70 MB/s (44 IOPS)49.44 MB/s (47 IOPS)96.14 MB/s (91 IOPS)
iperf3 ServerSendReceivePing
Clouvider, Los Angeles4.50 Gbit/s3.42 Gbit/s30.5 ms
Leaseweb, New York3.94 Gbit/s3.77 Gbit/s45.1 ms
Clouvider, London1.58 Gbit/s1.93 Gbit/s114 ms
Eranium, Amsterdam1.76 Gbit/s1.82 Gbit/s129 ms
Leaseweb, Singapore1.07 Gbit/s1.11 Gbit/s202 ms
Uztelecom, Tashkent987 Mbit/s797 Mbit/s209 ms
YABS benchmark on Hosting.com showing an AMD EPYC 7543 server, fio disk speeds and iperf3 network speeds
YABS benchmark on Hosting.com showing an AMD EPYC 7543 server, fio disk speeds and iperf3 network speeds

The hardware is modern and the network is fast, with multi-gigabit speeds to US and European test servers. Disk speeds in our fio test were modest, around 8 MB/s at 4k and about 100 MB/s at larger block sizes, so a shared plan suits normal websites better than heavy database work. For that, look at Hosting.com’s VPS plans or our best VPS hosting list.

Hosting.com Security Test

TestResult
Qualys SSL Labs overall ratingA+ (certificate 100, protocol support 100, key exchange about 90, cipher strength about 90)
TLS 1.3 and post-quantum key exchangeBoth supported
HSTSLong-duration HSTS enabled
Snyk Security HeadersA, with Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy and Permissions-Policy all present
Qualys SSL Labs report for a Hosting.com site with an overall A+ rating
Qualys SSL Labs report for a Hosting.com site with an overall A+ rating
Security Headers scan of a Hosting.com site with an overall A grade and six security headers present
Snyk Security Headers report for the Hosting.com test site with grade A and six security headers

Security was a highlight. The server earned an A+ on SSL Labs and an A on Security Headers, which was capped at A. Hosting.com’s site also lists free SSL, malware detection and removal, and daily backups with its plans.

Hosting.com Customer Support

Hosting.com says support is available 24/7 by live chat, email and phone, and that its AI chat assistant, Orbi, greets visitors first with human experts following up. To test it, we opened a ticket asking for SSH access, which many developers need.

Hosting.com support ticket about SSH access about an hour after it was opened, with the first reply from the Orbi assistant
The ticket about an hour after we opened it: the first reply came from Orbi, Hosting.com’s AI assistant
Hosting.com support ticket thread about enabling SSH access, with replies from Orbi and customer care
The full ticket thread later on, with the human reply from Customer Care Level 1 added
  1. Orbi replied within about an hour. It gave the SSH connection details and explained that on shared cPanel hosting, shell access is off by default and must be enabled by the technical team, then handed the ticket over.
  2. We chased the ticket. We asked for it to be prioritized and for an estimated time, because the delay was affecting our work.
  3. A human agent then replied from Customer Care Level 1. The reply said SSH is enabled by default in the Enhance Panel and pointed to a Developer Tools page.
  4. The answers did not match. One reply talked about cPanel and a restricted shell, and the other about Enhance Panel, so we had to work out the right path ourselves. By November 14 we had shell access and ran the YABS benchmark.

In our experience, support was polite and the AI assistant answered quickly, but the conflicting instructions slowed us down. Simple questions will likely go faster than server-level requests, which depend on the technical team.

Hosting.com Data Centers

Hosting.com’s package comparison page lists these data centre locations. Our own test server sat in Dallas, Texas, on the WHG Hosting Services network. Hosting.com also says its VPS and dedicated plans run in 10 global locations, mostly in Equinix facilities, and that WordPress sites are served over Cloudflare Enterprise with 275+ edge locations.

Plan TypeData Centre Locations
Shared hosting (Starter, Pro, Max)USA, Singapore, London, Sydney, Mumbai, Frankfurt
Cloud servers (VPS, 4GB to 32GB)USA, Singapore, London, Sydney, Mumbai, Frankfurt
Bare metal (managed)USA
Dedicated serversDallas by default, other locations on request with a short lead time

Our results show why this matters: the same Dallas server answered in 31 ms from Dallas but took 900 ms or more from Mumbai and Delhi. Pick the location closest to your visitors when you order, for example Mumbai or Singapore for Indian traffic, and check the order page for the options on your plan.

Key Features of Hosting.com

  • Free Domain Name: Hosting.com’s Black Friday page lists free domain registration with its shared plans.
  • Free Managed Migration: Hosting.com moves your existing site for free on its web hosting plans.
  • Free SSL and Daily Backups: Every shared plan lists a free SSL certificate and daily backups.
  • Malware Detection and Removal: Included on the shared plans, and the WordPress plans add a web application firewall and an enterprise CDN.
  • AI Website Builder for WordPress: Available on shared hosting, along with an OpenAPI and MCP server option.
  • LiteSpeed Servers: Our test server ran LiteSpeed with the LiteSpeed Cache plugin, which keeps cached pages fast.

Hosting.com Pricing and Plans

Black Friday 2026: Hosting.com’s deals run from November 2 to December 14, 2026, with up to 89% off on 12-month plans. Prices below are the ones we could confirm on Hosting.com’s own pages on November 12, 2026.

Hosting.com Shared Web Hosting Plans

PlanWebsitesStorageExtras
Starter515GB NVMeFree domain, SSL, daily backups, free managed migration, malware detection and removal
Pro1050GB NVMeMore CPU and RAM, staging sites, preview URLs, Node.js support
Max50100GB NVMeHighest CPU and RAM, 40 mailboxes, SLA, premium SSL, priority support

Hosting.com’s Black Friday page does not show per-plan prices for shared hosting, so check the price at checkout. The sale price covers a 12-month term, and the plan then renews at the regular price.

Hosting.com WordPress Hosting Plans

PlanSites and VisitorsStorage and BandwidthPrice (1 Year)Renews AtGet Deal
Small1 install, 30,000 visitors20GB NVMe, 100GB$4.49/mo (55% off)$9.99/moGet Deal
Medium5 installs, 120,000 visitors50GB NVMe, 300GB$4.99/mo (72% off)$17.99/moGet Deal
Advanced15 installs, 250,000 visitors100GB NVMe, 600GB$10.99/mo (58% off)$25.99/moGet Deal
Turbo50 installs, 500,000 visitors200GB NVMe, 1.2TB$14.99/mo (57% off)$34.99/moGet Deal

WordPress plans include unlimited PHP workers, a 99.99% uptime guarantee, free SSL, an enterprise CDN, a web application firewall, malware protection, a free domain and free website migrations. The yearly prices include two free months, and see how it compares in our best WordPress hosting Black Friday deals guide.

Hosting.com VPS Hosting Plans

PlanCPU, RAM and StoragePriceRenews AtGet Deal
Unmanaged Linux 4GB2 CPU, 4GB, 80GB NVMe$6.99/mo (3 years)$17.99/moGet Deal
Unmanaged Linux 8GB4 CPU, 8GB, 160GB NVMe$9.99/mo (3 years)$24.99/moGet Deal
Unmanaged Linux 16GB8 CPU, 16GB, 320GB NVMe$17.99/mo (3 years)$44.99/moGet Deal
Unmanaged Linux 32GB16 CPU, 32GB, 640GB NVMe$34.99/mo (3 years)$84.99/moGet Deal
Managed cPanel 4GB2 CPU, 4GB, 100GB NVMe$29/mo (1 year)$58/moGet Deal
Managed cPanel 8GB4 CPU, 8GB, 150GB NVMe$45/mo (1 year)$90/moGet Deal
Managed cPanel 16GB8 CPU, 16GB, 300GB NVMe$70/mo (1 year)$140/moGet Deal
Managed cPanel 32GB16 CPU, 32GB, 400GB NVMe$115/mo (1 year)$230/moGet Deal

Managed VPS plans include a managed server, a dedicated IP, SSL and cPanel Solo at 50% off the first year. Compare more offers in our best Black Friday VPS hosting deals.

Hosting.com Refund Policy

Hosting.com lists a 30-day money-back guarantee on its hosting plans for new customers. That gives you a month to test speed and support, so run your own checks early, as we did.

Hosting.com Pros and Cons

✅ Pros❌ Cons
98 desktop PageSpeed and a 31 ms TTFB in DallasTTFB of 560 to 925 ms in Asia and Australia without a CDN
99.9967% uptime in our monitor and zero failed requests in the load testMobile LCP of 5.7 s in the slow 4G test
A+ on SSL Labs and A on Security HeadersSSH needed a ticket and the replies conflicted
Free domain, SSL and managed migrationNo persistent object cache and PHP 8.1 on our account
30-day money-back guaranteeIPv6 was offline on the tested server

Is Hosting.com Worth It?

  • US-based sites and blogs get very fast response times from the Dallas server.
  • WordPress site owners get a LiteSpeed server, free migration and a free domain.
  • Developers can get SSH, but should expect to open a ticket.
  • Global audiences should add a CDN or pick a server closer to their visitors.
  • Heavy database or store sites may prefer a VPS plan over shared hosting.

Read our best managed WordPress hosting list and our best cheap web hosting guide to compare alternatives.

FAQ – Hosting.com Review

Is Hosting.com the same as A2 Hosting?

Yes. Hosting.com is the combined brand of A2 Hosting and World Host Group, which the company says it formed in 2025. A2 Hosting was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2003.

Is Hosting.com fast?

In our tests it was fast in the US: 98 on desktop PageSpeed, 31 ms TTFB in Dallas and a 145 ms p95 response under a 20-user load test. It was slower in Asia and Australia, where TTFB was 564 to 925 ms.

How reliable is Hosting.com uptime?

Our HetrixTools monitor showed 99.9967% uptime since October 27, 2026, and 100% over the last 7 days. The monitor has only run for about two weeks, so it is an early result.

Does Hosting.com have good security?

Our test site earned an A+ on Qualys SSL Labs, with TLS 1.3, post-quantum key exchange and HSTS, and an A on Snyk Security Headers. Hosting.com’s plans also list free SSL and malware detection and removal.

How good is Hosting.com support?

It is available 24/7 by live chat, email and phone, and its AI assistant, Orbi, replied to our ticket within about an hour. A server-level request for SSH access took more back-and-forth, and two replies gave different instructions.

How much does Hosting.com WordPress hosting cost?

On a 1-year term, Small is $4.49 a month, Medium $4.99, Advanced $10.99 and Turbo $14.99, renewing at $9.99, $17.99, $25.99 and $34.99 a month.

Does Hosting.com offer a free domain?

Yes. Its shared hosting and WordPress plans list free domain registration, and its Black Friday page lists it with every plan.

Does Hosting.com have a money-back guarantee?

Yes. Hosting.com lists a 30-day money-back guarantee for new customers.

Does Hosting.com offer SSH access?

Yes, but on our shared account it needed a support ticket before shell access worked, so request it early if you need it.

Is Hosting.com running a Black Friday sale?

Yes. Its deals run from November 2 to December 14, 2026, with up to 89% off on 12-month plans and no coupon needed, according to its Black Friday page.

Conclusion – Hosting.com Review

Hosting.com, formerly A2 Hosting, passed our tests with strong marks for speed, uptime and security, and it held steady with zero failed requests under load. Its main weaknesses are slow response far from Texas, a few WordPress settings you must tune yourself and support that was slower on a server-level request.

We rate it 4.4 out of 5. It is a good choice for sites with visitors in the US and for WordPress owners who want a fast LiteSpeed server and a free domain. If your audience is global, add a CDN, and use the 30-day money-back guarantee to run your own tests.

Rating Based on Expert Review

4.9 /5
Outstanding Based on expert review of 5 criteria
  • Ease of Use 4.9
  • Support 4.9
  • Features 4.9
  • Reliability 4.8
  • Pricing 4.9

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  1. Engineer 30 Years - Worst Hosting Ever Used by Far!

    Overall Rating: 1/5
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    Engineer 30 Years – Worst Hosting Ever Used by Far!

    They are doing an upgrade as they got sold-out to Hosting.com so they only care about $. I can’t get anyone to help me with my server password, and I am lied to over and over, their chat does not work, website is 1/2 a–and broken, just a complete crap service.

  2. No Customer Service

    Overall Rating: 3/5

      Liked them very much for the first few years I was with them. But the past 6 – 12 months, the few times I’ve tried to reach customer service, here’s my experience:
      1) Open a ticket online to get technical support.
      2) 24 hours later and no response from A2…
      3) Follow up from within ticket.
      4) 5+ hours later, still no response from A2 customer support. So…
      4) Call customer service AND, at the same time, open an online customer support live chat. After 30+ minutes on hold for a human being I give up.

    • A2hosting - no limit to incompetence

      Overall Rating: 3/5
      • Price
      • Reliability
      • Support
      • Features
      • Easy of Use

      1. My hosting service was suspended due to extreme incompetence on the part of their billing department which claimed non-payment of an invoice that did not exist.
      2. After the invoice was created and immediately paid; 24 hours later, the service has still not been restored nor has any update been provided.
      3. This is the second time in as many years that my hosting got disrupted and all my sites were down for more than 24 hours for no fault of mine.
      4. The promise of “99.9% uptime committment” appears to be just an advertisement gimmic.
      5. I’ve been their customer for 6 years now but it seems to mean nothing to this hosting company.
      6. They have a service number that just keeps you on hold and plays music for 6 minutes before informing you that no one is available to take the call (despite it being regular office hours).
      7. Words fail me to describe my extreme disappointment at the quality of service offered.
      8. They just leave the customer hanging!!

    • Not so good

      Overall Rating: 4/5
      • Price
      • Reliability
      • Support
      • Features
      • Easy of Use

      Their expertise has helped them provide the world with cutting-edge cloud technology and reach everyone’s needs with flexible and scalable plans.
      The specialty of this hosting platform lies in its flexibility and scalability, and it helps you build your plan.

    • Best website hosting for ever

      Overall Rating: 5/5
      • Price
      • Reliability
      • Support
      • Features
      • Easy of Use

      It was a wonderful experience, I really loved the way and easiness available here. Really user friendly. Keep up the good work. I always look forward to have such websites on board.

    • A2 hosting service

      Overall Rating: 4.4/5
      • Price
      • Reliability
      • Support
      • Features
      • Easy of Use

      Their speed is excellent, uptime is reliable, customer service is friendly, security features are plentiful, and refund policy is liberal. On top of it all, they’re even environmentally conscious.

    • One of the best hosting provider in my experience

      Overall Rating: 4.6/5

        If you want high speed hosting for your website then go for a2hosting. Because it’s provide high speed Web server and customer support is awesome with great features.

      • Great Experience

        Overall Rating: 5/5
        • Price
        • Reliability
        • Support
        • Features
        • Easy of Use

        It was a wonderful experience, I really loved the way and easiness available here. Really user friendly. Keep up the good work. I always look forward to have such websites on board.

      • Christian Flores
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        Es muy bueno

        Overall Rating: 4/5

          El soporte tecnico es lo mas destacable en este hosting, sumamente eficientes!d

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