Hostwinds Reviews 721

VPS was fired up and operational in a short time after my order. Super satisfied with everything so far.

Support people have to read the entire sequence of tickets associated with a particular problem. More than 20 emails relating to the same request which is a VERY straight forward request, install Plesk. Lookiing at history does not seem to occur and support people are unaware of what has been done (or not done) so far. In some cases they may have to reach out directly to the customer. Just because things work for the support person doesn't mean it is working under the conditions of the customer. I keep getting the same response and respond to it and then get the same response again, appear to ignore whatever I said. Nothing gets resolved. Had a problem with remote desktop and upgrading my server which neither appears to have been resolved (I have the email with the error messages on trying to upgrade). I solved my remote desktop problem after NO recommendations from the support people. There is NO documentation about when plesk needs to be installed and there is buried documentation on what server size is needed. But the most import thing here is support people need to (RTP) read the problem and sometime will need to reach out to the customer in direct dialogue. Dialogue means everything.

I tried to cancel my service but the cancel button was greyed out so i couldn't. Went around in circles with tickets but gave up. Fortunately my credit card is frozen so i havent lost any money. It doesnt stop them from trying to charge every single day. I blocked their emails at this point since i got so frustrated with going around in circles

Edit after response. Where can I send the copies of the multiple tickets and your automated responses? Your comments below are just not true. I will attempt to call and also go in and cancel again

Well, I had my precious service renewed and as well made a successful purchase of a new service. Most likely I feel better I had all that done. thanks.

Signed up and had three sites migrated. Continual technical issues from day one. Large number of support tickets. Each time they stated fixed, only to have additional issues. Finally cancelled after four months and requested a pro rated refund. Was told would only issue a credit. Laughable to think I would accept a credit and remain with Hostwinds. I signed with Hostinger and site migration was fast, seamless and without issues. Nice to no longer hassle with negligent tech specialists who are woefully deficient in wordpress. Noting the huge difference in the two providers, I contacted Hostwinds several additional times for a pro rated refund. Basically, they told me it is not possible. I think a pro rated refund is reasonable, particularly based on the sales my firm lost in site defects caused by incompetent, careless migration. Not happy with the outcome from Hostwinds. Since when is a credit considered a refund??? Very happy I went with Hostinger... What a profound difference. No more worries.

Best support ever, and so realiable service. %100 suggested. 10/10 from me.

Signed up for service, provided necessary documents(Drivers licences, credit card, info, etc...) My Administrative assistant signed the form and submitted. Tech support responded that the signature did not match up with my drivers license, which is correct I had my Assistant sign it for me, I do own my own company. Resubmitted the form with my correct signature only to be turned down for fraud.

Very good website.hosting , shared and business.

Moved my site from Hostgator because of their constant annoying spam re selling Sitelock etc.

After the move my site slowed so much as to be unusable. Page loads of 7s or longer when the same pages loaded in under 2s at Hostgator. Tried to get support to help, but they would look for the first reason not to delve any deeper. Told me it was my theme or a plugin ( WP). Removed all plugins and changed the theme, same result. So i gave up on wasting my time and moved to Bluehost. Since moving they have been great.

I hosted my few sites in the past years in Hostwinds. The hosting speed and support is great too. I rate this but it could have been more improvement and also the price, I think I save the price. For unlimited sites, you can really save at least 50$ per year.

Everything!

Solid and strait forward, low enough price without cheap tricks. Gained a bit of confidence right there.

Excellent provider with a very fast technical support. thank you.

Very nice!They give me detailed guide when I have some trouble connecting with the sever.

My overall experience with Hostwinds is very negative.

First, there's the automatic renewal policy, that's fine-tuned to make money in a hurry, and - I'm sure - a lot of it. There's no way to turn it off; so you better remember when your subscription expires, and cancel at the very last moment!

Second, I had a serious issue with their own dashboard a while ago. They offer a "fully automatic and safe!" update for WordPress sites. That's nice; but their junk crashed. I lost my entire website, one of them. No, I didn't have a backup. The website is a decade old, doesn't need updating at any time, and consequently the only backup had was a backup of all the files - minus the database. When I reported their own update app had caused this issue all they said was "we'll restore your backup, if you have one". No accountability for their own failures.

Third, it's clear that there's a lot of unsavory emails and who knows what else activity that originates from their servers. Not by Hostwinds themselves; but some of their customers. I've been in this game long enough to know when I can't get email from point A to B, and get complaints from the big guys ("email rejected due to suspicious activity", etc.) that I need to find the source, so that "I" can get unblocked. In reality, the "complainants" simply block a wide swath of IP addresses to stop spam, etc. And since I use their servers too, for email, I get blocked as well, and my business emails get blocked, returned and refused or marked as spam. Then I have to contact Hostwinds, who then - after the facts - contacts the "complainant". If Hostwinds would monitor their outgoing traffic then I wouldn't have to do THEIR job!

Fourth, I signed up years ago; but by now their prices are considerably higher than many competitors. Shop elsewhere.

Fifth, they get you locked in for 3 years, easily; but this will be my last round with them.

Sixth, they nickle and dime you for everything. Read the small print VERY carefully, or better yet: have a lawyer interpret it for you.

Oh, and: their tech support is very quick to reply. With an automated answer. And then the next day saying: sorry, can't do that. Well, maybe... if you pay extra.

Stay away.

Nice web hosting. Recommended.

Good price, nice service

In fact, I really want to use the server here, but the ip is always blocked by China