How we rate hosting vendors

HorizonHost is a suggestion desk. Every search re-ranks the same 75-vendor catalogue. There is no live availability API. Scores are editorial composites on a 10-point scale, updated 2026-09-19.

What we publish on each vendor

• Support — tickets, docs, phone/chat and local-hours coverage. This is the vendor’s service desk, not HorizonHost analyst help.
• Quality — published stack, network class, storage (NVMe where listed) and product engineering.
• Experience — onboarding, control panel, migrations and day-two operations as buyers typically report them.
• Value — list price versus RAM/CPU class and what you actually get after intro discounts.
• Reliability — uptime reputation, ops maturity, NVMe and managed options as signals — not a measured SLA.
• Overall — the composite used to rank shortlists, also weighing location coverage and product fit.

How overall is weighted in search

• Value (20%) — published entry price versus RAM/CPU class.
• Location fit (15%) — does the host actually list your region?
• India billing (10%) — GST, INR, UPI or an India legal entity, when that search is relevant.
• Quality (15%) — stack and network reputation.
• Support (15%) — service desk quality.
• Experience (10%) — onboarding and day-two ops.
• Reliability (15%) — uptime reputation and ops maturity.

How HorizonHost support differs

Vendor support scores the company you would buy from. HorizonHost support is the suggestion layer: public methodology, compare filters, and location/product guides. We do not take tickets for a downed site.

What we are not

We are not WHTop, VPSBenchmarks or a paid placement chart. Those properties are cited as sources. Intro prices expire. Confirm on the provider.