About Alex
From 2008 I spent about five years at a domain and hosting company, selling hosting plans. Since 2014 I have been the customer, buying hosting for my own sites and writing about it.
Pen name Alex is the name I write under on this site.
Some links on this site earn me a commission if you buy. It never changes your price. How this works
What selling hosting taught me
When you sell hosting, you see how the price is built. The first-term price is there to close the sale. The renewal price is where the hosting company makes its money, and it is often more than double.
So when I started buying hosting for my own sites in 2014, I always read the renewal line first. I started this site in 2017, and that line is on every page of it.
I also know what it feels like on the other side. This website was hosted on GoDaddy for close to ten years, and every renewal was a heavier bill. In 2026 I moved it to Hostinger, and I wrote about both, with my real invoices.
The sale price gets you in. The renewal price is what you pay for years.
From the sales desk to my own servers
- 2008
Started selling hosting
Joined a domain and hosting company and sold hosting plans for about five years.
- 2014
Became the customer
Began buying hosting for my own websites and writing about it.
- 2017
Launched this site
alexwebhosting.com went live, hosted on GoDaddy’s Ultimate plan.
- 2026
Moved from GoDaddy to Hostinger
Four years on Hostinger cost me less than one year of my GoDaddy renewal. See the bills
- NowWhat I’m working on
VPS and AI agent hosting
Servers for n8n and AI agents, starting with the free trials you can test them on. Start here
What every page here follows
Three rules, for every host, including the ones that pay me.
The renewal price is always shown
Every price here has two numbers, the one you pay today and the one you pay after the first term. If a host hides the renewal price, I say so.
Real data or no number
Every number comes from my own invoices, the host’s own website, a speed test on live websites or a sales chat I did myself. If a test is not finished, the page says so.
Downsides are always listed
Every review has a section on what I didn’t like. GoDaddy pays me commission, and I still gave it 5.5 out of 10 and moved my own site away.
How this site makes money
- 01You click a host linkThe “Visit” buttons and host links on my pages.
- 02You buy a planOn the host’s own site, at their price.
- 03The host pays meA commission for sending a new customer.
- 04Your price stays the same$0 extra for you
Hosts that have paid me commission include these three. I also write about hosts that pay me nothing, like DigitalOcean and Oracle Cloud, and they can still be my pick.