Cloud web hosting is a great way to provides flexibility to your website and it is generally used by users who have their site stored on multiple servers which allows them to collect resources from various places. This makes it an optimum choice for websites that experience highs and lows in traffic. Payment for these hosting is done based on resources consumption for each month. In other words, you only pay for the resources that you utilize and nothing extra. There are dozens of hosting providers in the market and choosing the right one can be a hectic task. In this article, we will discuss 5 cloud web hosting services. Before we study in detail, let us have a crisp review of these cloud hosting services and how one is different from others.

1. Dream host:  popular for cheapest cloud hosting
2. Site ground: popular for the strong uptime guarantee
3. In motion:  popular for shared and VPS hosting
4. Hostgator:  provides unlimited storage
5. A2 Hosting: best for cloud hosting

Dream Host

As most of the cloud hosting provider often come with high price packages and not all the users can afford it. In that case Dream Host is the best option for you. It’s pricing starts from $4.50- $90, storage up to 100 GB, unmetered bandwidth and free backups for WordPress. As I mentioned earlier, it is cheap so there are certain features that you may not find satisfying. But overall it is a best and cheap deal for you.

Pros

1. Budget-friendly.
2. Unmetered bandwidth up to 16 GB of RAM.
3. Free SSL certificate.
4. Provides root access to the site for control.

Cons

1. It doesn’t provide a free domain name.
2. No live chat and support.
3. No money-back guarantee.
4. 100 GB storage unit, which will be less in the long run.

Siteground

Siteground is known for its very strong uptime guarantee of 99.8% and excellent help and support. Its pricing starts from $80- $240, 5TB bandwidth, storage up to 120 GB and provides free backups for your site as well. It has a limitation on storage limit just like Dream host.

Pros

1. Excellent technical support via phone, email and live chat.
2.  15 days money-back guarantee.
3. Free backups for your site.
4. 99.98% uptime guarantee, which is very strong.

Cons

1. Storage limit up to 120 GB, so hinders websites growth chances.
2. Slightly overpriced for newbies.
3. No root access for the website.
4. No free domain name, you have to buy it additionally.

InMotion

Inmotion is popular for shared and VPS hosting. Moreover, it is also preferred for its customer services with 24×7 chat and phone support. Its pricing starts from $34.99-$ 114.99 which is cheaper than Siteground. It also comes with 4TB- 86TB of bandwidth, storage up to 260 GB, free site backups and 30-day money-back guarantee (for 6+ month plans).

Pros

1. 24×7 customer support.
2. Excellent shared and VPS hosting.
3. Free site backups.
4. A free domain name for 6 to 12-month plans.
5. Provides root access to the site.

Cons

1. Low RAM up to 8GB only.
2. Limited bandwidth which may slow your site if it faces high traffic.

Hostgator

It is also one of the cheapest cloud hostings provides with its price starting from $ 12.95- $19.95. It is more pocket friendly than any other hosting provider on the list. It offers a 99.99% uptime guarantee which is more than Siteground but there is only a slight difference so both lie in the same category in that parameter. It comes with unmetered storage which is great for large websites with quality images and webpages.

Pros

1. Unmetered Bandwidth for traffic fluctuation.
2. Affordable plans.
3. 99.99% uptime guarantee, which is super fast.
4. 45-days money-back guarantee.

Cons

1. No free domain name.
2. No root access to the site.
3. No dedicated solution for backups.

A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting is unbeatable when it comes to cloud hosting. Its package starts from $5 to $ 311, storage up to 250 GB, 2TB – 9TB of bandwidth, free backups and anytime money-back guarantee.

Pros

1. Anytime money-back guarantee, which is not given by other providers.
2. Not too expensive, starting from $5.
3. 250 GB storage with 12 CPU cores and 32 GB of RAM.
4. It offers unlimited website hosting, which makes it best in its type.

Cons

1. 99.95% uptime which is not best in comparison to its other features.
2. Paid SSL certificates.
3. No free domain.

But compared to its price, it isn’t a bad deal.

To conclude, out of all the cloud hosting services A2 Hosting stands first when it comes to overall site performance, affordable packages, the value of money, unlimited web hosting and Yes! its money-back guarantee. But that doesn’t mean others are not good, all the mentioned cloud hosting services are popular for their features. All you need to do is to compare then choose your plan.