HostBuddy Reviews

HostBuddy, legally registered as BusinessICS Intl Limited, is a web hosting company founded in 1999, positioning itself as a provider with over two decades of experience in the industry. They emphasize their debt-free status and ownership of all equipment, allowing them to pass savings onto customers. HostBuddy offers a range of hosting services primarily targeting individuals and small to medium-sized businesses. Their services include shared hosting (Linux and ASP.NET), WordPress optimized hosting, semi-dedicated hosting, managed hosting plans, VPS plans, and cloud hosting options. They highlight features like unlimited disk space and bandwidth on most plans, free SSL certificates, SSD cloud infrastructure for improved speed and reliability (claiming up to 300% speed boost and 99.9% uptime), and free site migration, particularly for WordPress. A unique offering is their proprietary 'Wordpress ProDesk' control panel designed specifically for managing WordPress sites, alongside providing SmarterMail Enterprise Edition for email services instead of standard cPanel email software. They operate multiple world-class data centers across the US (Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago) and Europe (Amsterdam), allowing customers to choose server locations. Their infrastructure boasts compliance with standards like PCI DSS and ISO, N+1 or 2N redundancy, advanced DDoS protection, and 24/7 technical support.