: Free webhosting Vs Paid webhosting Possible Duplicate: How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I would like to know the pros and cons of free webhosting vs paid webhosting.

@Steve110

I would say a major factor for me in paying for hosting is that I am a freelancer and use my hosting for hosting my clients sites. With free web hosting, this would be a bad idea, as the sites would be slow, I'd be limited in how many databases I could have, and no customer support. Also, free web hosts are allowed to go paid at anytime. If they do this and you don't notice it, your site could be lost forever with no hope of ever recovering it.

Also, many hosts offer coupons for the first year or so that make it really affordable (Sometimes under ) and give you a free domain. Do some research on finding a decent paid host that gives you:


Unlimited traffic
Unlimited domains
Unlimited storage and MySQL databases
One click installs of popular software
SSH/SFTP access
A decent control panel (cPanel or something custom)


Word to the wise: I'd avoid GoDaddy for anything hosting related. In my personal experience, they are overpriced and have a bad control panel.

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@Shanna517

If you want to run a commercial site or a site otherwise tied to your professional career (e.g. a professional portfolio), then it pays to create a professional website. This means:


your own domain
(good) paid hosting
professional design
professional CMS (at least something like Wordpress)


If someone isn't willing to invest a few thousand dollars in their company website or spend /month to host their professional portfolio, then what does that say about this person's commitment or valuation of their own business/career? Would you invest 00 in that person's product or services? I wouldn't; I'd question whether they're serious about their career or if their business is floundering (0/year should not be a big expenditure for a healthy business).

Heck, these days people buy paid hosting even just for their personal sites. High school students are using paid hosting for their gaming clan websites or their garage bands. So unless you are destitute or not sure if you want/need a website, then there's no reason not to get paid hosting.

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@Miguel251

Compared to some years ago, hosting is become really cheap. Today you can buy an affordable hosting service for - per year.

Paid hosting usually offer additional reliability compared to free hosting. Also, you don't need to agree with all the limitation free hosting usually impose you such as:


ads
limited resources
no customer support

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