Best Shared Hosting for 2017

Never hosted a website before? Shared Hosting is a perfect place to start. It's safe, secure, and relatively maintenance free as server is managed by the hosting provider.

A shared web hosting refers to hosting service where many websites reside's on one web server sharing the same resources. Don't worry, other users on the same server can't access your stuff, but you do share resources like physical hard drives and RAM.

Shared hosting is very popular as it is by far the most cheapest hosting option compared to a VPS or a dedicated servers. However, the cheap price comes with limitations, which we'll get to below in Pros and Cons. Since most hosting companies will offer the same amount of space and storage it's important to choose a company you can trust.

In Shared Hosting, each customer will usually have a limit on the total amount of server resources they can use, but this will be defined by your hosting package. It is advised not to host your business or ecommerce website on shared hosting account. Shared hosting allows small and medium sized businesses to build and manage a website without a detailed knowledge of servers, email, or databases.

Pros

• Shared hosting is by far the cheapest hosting option available. The Monthly cost of shared hosting ranges from $2.99 to $9.99.
• No need in-depth knowledge of server as the maintenance is taken care by the hosting provider. So it is also called hassle free hosting.

Cons

• Very limited resources are provided so not suited for business or ecommerce websites.  
• You do not have control over the server, so you can not install your own applications or make changes in server settings.