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Hostwinds
Configurable cloud and VPS
Hostwinds excels at configurable VPS and cloud servers with hourly billing, snapshots, and a level of customization usually reserved for hyperscalers — without the operational overhead.
Where Hostwinds actually fits
Hostwinds is best understood as a vps host built for developers needing vps or cloud control. Plans start at $5.24/mo and are backed by a money-back on shared plans only window, which gives you a realistic runway to test under your own traffic before committing to a renewal. Support is handled via 24/7 chat, phone, email — a detail that matters far more once something breaks at 2 a.m. than it does on the day you sign up.
On performance, our composite Perf Index puts Hostwinds at 100/100 across 10 data-center regions. Readiness for modern workloads breaks down as strong for SaaS and limited for AI-adjacent workloads — numbers we re-check quarterly rather than inherit from a brochure.
Our take: Best VPS flexibility for technical operators.
The specs that matter
- Uptime
- 99.9999% SLA
- Support
- 24/7 chat, phone, email
- Refund window
- Money-back on shared plans only
- Starts at
- $5.24/mo
- Perf Index
- 100/100
- Data center regions
- 10
- SaaS-ready
- Strong
- AI workload-ready
- Limited
Perf Index is Hostilo’s composite of TTFB, sustained uptime, and median support response — scored 0–100. See our methodology for the full weighting.
- Industry-leading uptime SLA
- Highly configurable VPS
- Hourly billing on cloud
- Strong support reputation
- Pricing and specific plan details not found on this page.
- Refund policy for services not detailed.
- Uptime guarantee information is missing.
What you get
Hostwinds intro vs. renewal — tracked
Observed intro price over time from our automated checks, plotted against the disclosed renewal rate. Hover any point for the source and date.
Every point is an observed intro price from our automated checks against Hostwinds’s public pricing page. The dashed line is the disclosed renewal price.
Hourly or monthly billing.
Available via cPanel or self-managed on VPS.
We’d revise Hostwinds’s score if…
- Price: If the starting shared hosting price exceeds $10/month, we would re-evaluate.
- Uptime: If the published uptime SLA falls below 99.9%, we would re-evaluate.
- Support: If 24/7 chat, phone, and email support is no longer offered, we would re-evaluate.
- Refund: If a clear refund policy (e.g., 30-day money-back) is not present, we would re-evaluate.
- Features: If essential features like free SSL or daily backups are removed from entry plans, we would re-evaluate.
Every revision is logged on the public corrections log. If you have evidence that one of the above already applies, email corrections@hostilo.net.
What's actually changed at Hostwinds
Every price move, outage, policy change, and ownership shift we’ve verified — chronological, sourced where possible. This is the record behind the score.
- PolicyAuto-verified
Score-revision criteria updated
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Hostwinds.
Source ↗ - SupportAuto-verified
Support channels updated: "24/7 chat, ticket, and phone" → "24/7 chat, phone, email"
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Hostwinds.
Source ↗ - SupportAuto-verified
Support channels updated: "24/7 chat, ticket, and phone" → "24/7 chat, phone, email"
Detected during automated Q3 2026 audit of Hostwinds.
Source ↗ - FeatureEditorial
Added 2 new data center regions (Amsterdam, Singapore)
Brings total to 10 global regions.
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