AWS hosting or change?

[Syndicate]

Thinking of changing host!

We have been using AWS hosting for the past couple of years. I don't have anything bad to say other than AWS takes a lot of understanding and it is a bit pricey!

I rarely see members of this forum using AWS, so i wanted to ask your thoughts on changing host. We are just about (today/tomorrow) to replace the old Laravel site with a Wordpress (just easier for us) version, so it's like a now or never!

As with that US TV show - what would you do?


Grateful for any thoughts!

[elegancedesign.net]

If you go with Wordpress we always recommend our customers using WP Engine.

They benefit with - premium WP support, easy dev>staging>production environments management/deployment, CDN, cache, others

They're not the cheapest web out there (compared to SG, GOdaddy,etc), but are really the best one in my opinion.

With AWS all the deployments are pain in the *ss, technical support almost 0.

Good luck!

[chaumi]

WPX. Migrated from SG about 3 weeks ago (they did the migration), it halved the speed, they include their own CDN, set up other optimization stuff etc

Support on a few problems (that I caused ) has been fast and precise. There's possibly something not good somewhere, but not found it yet!

[Syndicate]

Thanks - not an alternative i had considered. I'm assuming no problems with gambling, and easy to upgrade?

If you go with Wordpress we always recommend our customers using WP Engine.

They benefit with - premium WP support, easy dev>staging>production environments management/deployment, CDN, cache, others

They're not the cheapest web out there (compared to SG, GOdaddy,etc), but are really the best one in my opinion.

With AWS all the deployments are pain in the *ss, technical support almost 0.

Good luck!

[Syndicate]

Interesting that you migrated from SG because on earlier threads that hosting appears to be preferred by many.

WPX. Migrated from SG about 3 weeks ago (they did the migration), it halved the speed, they include their own CDN, set up other optimization stuff etc

Support on a few problems (that I caused ) has been fast and precise. There's possibly something not good somewhere, but not found it yet!

[AussieDave]

A few years back now, but when I offered my services to speed up WP sites, I'd always recommend SG (siteground) as a decent, fast shared-hosting option. IDK what's happened over there, but SG doesn't seem to be performing as well as it used to.

I'm with knownhost.com been with them since 2016.

Have a gutsy VPS (SSD), which also runs litespeed.

Support tickets are answered within minutes. Can't complain, Known Host are top notch, with fast speeds, and fair pricing.

[Syndicate]

Thanks for sharing!

I was looking through a few old posts and noticed you had mentioned SG, but like with this business thing's are constantly changing and that's why i thought it wise to ask!

A few years back now, but when I offered my services to speed up WP sites, I'd always recommend SG (siteground) as a decent, fast shared-hosting option. IDK what's happened over there, but SG doesn't seem to be performing as well as it used to.

I'm with knownhost.com been with them since 2016.

Have a gutsy VPS (SSD), which also runs litespeed.

Support tickets are answered within minutes. Can't complain, Known Host are top notch, with fast speeds, and fair pricing.

[chaumi]

Yes SG were highly rated....but gone downhill (especially from server side speed perspective). And that's mega important, it it hadn't been for that I wouldn't have switched.

And to illustrate how bad it was....I had just paid 3 years in advance before I realised the speed their end was no good!! And when I questioned it with support they just blamed my theme/code.

You'll be able to find a number of hosting reviews that will show how far they've dropped compared to others. WPX was/is close to the top of the list of who's good now (but of course there are others).

[PromoteCasino]

I am on SG too and have noticed that I am getting a whole lot of page speed errors that I had not seen before. Time to look at other hosting solutions so appreciate this thread.

[petimi]

If you are on SiteGround it's worth looking into configuring their SG Optimizer plugin very well (it's their own caching, JS/CSS minimizer etc. solution). It can provide 2x/3x speed improvement if it's setup well and you can get rid of many third party caching plugins.
I have 3 hosting packages with them, the GoGeek package still beats most other host's value/performance ratio. Although there are faster ones out there for sure but it can be more pricey.

If someone is a bit more technical and familiar with terminal commands, SSH - DigitalOcean VPS $10/month droplet + ServerPilot control panel combo is a very good choice. The performance / price ratio is unbeatable and with the Serverpilot config you have email support at hand and the latest server updates always applied to your environment automatically, optimized for Wordpress.

[hcasinos]

Siteground is decent but pricey in my opinion. I got hooked with the 50% off for the first year.