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Portugal
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June 19, 2022

Be mindful when creating servers. Created two Unmanaged VPS server, one by mistake, paid only for the one I wanted using paypal and somehow was charged for both. Their return policy was fair (72h) but it seemed kind of strange how I managed to accomplish that.
I also changed my shopping experience from 4 stars to 3 stars due to the fact that reviewing needs a title and description

Date of experience: May 20, 2022
Georgia
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Had three websites migrated to Hostwinds. After four months of countless support tickets, the websites never worked correctly. Frustrated with their hack attempts, I moved to Hostinger. Using the same backup files as provided to Hostwinds, migration with Hostinger was seamless and absolutely no issues using Wordpress. The difference in speed was dramatic. I requested a prorated refund from Hostwinds. Buyer beware. They only offer a credit on additional services. A gimmick. Who would want to remain with a provider after such a deplorable experience. In my view, this gimmick is tantamount to coercion to trade up and double down on a pathetic experience. I have no idea how many sales were lost using Hostwinds but thankfully, Hostinger had my sites up and running smoothly with the added advantage of very fast Wordpress editing online. If using Wordpress, I would strongly recommend avoiding Hostwinds. Their technical staff is underwhelming.

Date of experience: May 27, 2023
Texas
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I was really impressed by service quality of Hostwinds.
My websites and databases are performing fast and stable.
Support guys can help with even dumbest question in a polite manner.
Price is reasonable and I am thankful for their cool service.

Date of experience: April 6, 2017
Wisconsin
1 review
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Scammed $49 From Me!
February 2, 2023

I signed up for hosting and they provided no service. Just kept creating support tickets passed on in an endless circle! I finally canceled and expected a refund but they refused. Even putting my account into collections even though they owe me! Beware of these people!

Date of experience: February 2, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Great experience
June 9, 2022
Updated review

I made a couple mistakes during the setup process of my Wordpress site. Hostwinds support assisted me with every request I had that day. I had probably 5 or 6 requests before I was finished and all setup on my blog.

Date of experience: June 9, 2022

I googled "Unlimited Storage Wordpress Hosting" and...
June 9, 2022
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I googled "Unlimited Storage Wordpress Hosting" and found this hosting plan on a website with a list of the best hosts.

Date of experience: June 9, 2022
Philippines
1 review
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I wanna say that Hostwinds has some of the best customer service I have experienced in a long time. Prior to using their cloud web hosting, I had a website running on their shared hosting. When I had problems with their service and posted a video about it online, Hostwinds themselves reached out to me even though I didn't even ask for it. Now I am happy!

Date of experience: July 6, 2018
RU
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Thank you!
May 16, 2019

I called Hostwinds one day about issues I was having with my site. Seriously, I was having the worst day of my life; everything seemed to be going wrong. After talking to one of their support staff members I felt so much better - they where so polite and understanding it just made my day. It didn't feel scripted at all, it felt like a positive conservation and it was great feeling. Thank you!

Date of experience: May 16, 2019
Texas
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Solid company for 10 years
May 13, 2021

I've used Hostwinds for about 10 years. They are a solid company. They have live chat support with techs that are almost immediately there. I have used companies that it took 30-60 min or longer waiting in a queue before you get to chat with someone. I much appreciate how fast they pick up chat. That's a winner in my book, especially when you have a problem.

Date of experience: May 13, 2021
Brazil
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Best web hosting provider
December 25, 2018

Best web host! Hostwinds offer nice 1-click installer and also free website builder (i've built 3 websites (joomla, wordress and opencart). Their rates are competitive, but better yet, their email support is unbeatable. Friendly, knowledgeable, and best of all, FAST!

Date of experience: December 25, 2018
Mexico
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Support is always helpful, fast and thorough. They have been good at being very clear on their instructions. I am super impressed with Hostwinds as I have worked with many other hosts.
I recently upgraded my account and it went smooth. I have referred people and they are happy too!

Date of experience: September 17, 2019
Colorado
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Order challenges
March 25, 2020
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I appreciate the updates after ordering. The ordering process took a while. I ended up having to do it twice and the second time through cost a few bucks more for the same thing. I'd tried a few months ago to get a similar set-up, but there was no availability. Other than that, I was happy with the chat support during the order. It was fast! I also appreciate the updates on how close we are to setting up. I look forward to working with Hostwinds!

Hostwinds attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: March 25, 2020

My programmer recommended it
June 12, 2020
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My programmer recommended it

Date of experience: March 25, 2020
Netherlands
1 review
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Hostwinds services are really great. Pricing is average and support team works quick and they are responsive and helpful. Their servers have no downtime and it's easy to run the web site due to the resources they provide in their plans. Nice start for a successful business.

Date of experience: February 2, 2017
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Pleasant to deal with, great 24/7 support services and very professionals. One of those rare hosting providers that puts customer service as a top priority. The rep who assisted me was pleasant, professional and eager to answer my questions. I really like the fact that hostwinds has an international focus.
Great service, features and prices.

If you need really professional host with high end servers, can recommend hostwinds ssd Litespeed host.

Date of experience: November 19, 2016
Hawaii
1 review
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Very professional and advanced dashboard, latest cPanel, impressive support, reasonable price, and very efficient servers. Hostwinds is a good host, and I've recommended them to several people who now also use them and are impressed with their uptime and website speeds. I had no hesitation in recommending Hostwinds to my boss for one of our clients through work. Will continue to use their hosting service for as long as physically possible.

Date of experience: March 21, 2017
Connecticut
2 reviews
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Consistently slow setup experience
January 31, 2022
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I am already a hostwinds dedicated server customer, adding a bigger server. The hosting service itself is pretty good. The setup process is, in my opinion, unnecessarily slow. I got a message eight hours ago that the setup was complete, just need to activate windows. Then crickets.

Date of experience: January 1, 2022

Upgrade from smaller server
December 31, 2021
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Upgrade from smaller server

Date of experience: December 31, 2021
California
1 review
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I can honestly say I am fully satisfied with the quality of their services. Recommend Hostwinds to others. A really big Thank You to all Hostwinds staff! Lots of features, very knowledgeable fast and friendly support and the price is reasonable. The speed of my sites is great, I have only positive feedback from my visitors about the work of my site.

Date of experience: May 7, 2019
Australia
1 review
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Not really as simple as they say
October 14, 2023
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Am looking at needing hosting for more websites and registration of domain names and not sure if I'll stick with these guys just went with them cause they were recommended and they do adult xxx site hosting

Date of experience: September 14, 2023

Cheap adult hosting
September 13, 2023
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Cheap adult hosting

Date of experience: September 13, 2023
Czechia
1 review
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Hostwinds offer really great services. I had been using their services for more than 3 months and was really happy with them.
Their VPS servers are offered for a cheap price. But the VPS servers work fast and are reliable. Servers respond fast, and ive never experienced down time. Features are very good and they increased everyone's bandwidth for free a while ago.
Highly recommend them.

Date of experience: October 4, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Great so far!
February 12, 2020
Updated review

It was very easy to purchase hosting at a great introductory rate, and the yearly renewal rate is still extremely competitive. I was previously with another host for the past two years and so already had my domain and website built. Hostwing's technical staff was extremely fast in getting my site migrated and making sure I stayed online the whole time! I expect this time next year I'll be happy to renew!

Date of experience: February 12, 2020
Peter H. Hostwinds Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for this thoughtful and thorough review! We are elated to know that you are having a great hosting experience! Please let us know if you need any help at all moving forward. Have a good one!


Reviews of excellent reliability and speed, and good...
February 11, 2020
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Reviews of excellent reliability and speed, and good suite of options.

Date of experience: February 11, 2020
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I signed with Hostwinds as it was the only hosting I could find at the time that supported postgresql. Ever since I've been using them and I have nothing but great things to say about the level of their service and professionalism to suit my changing needs.

Date of experience: March 25, 2019

Overview

Hostwinds has a rating of 4.1 stars from 681 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Hostwinds most frequently mention customer service, support team and top notch. Hostwinds ranks 5th among Web Hosting sites.

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