Not a top-10 list of affiliate links. A framework for figuring out which host actually fits your website, written by a Bangladeshi host that's aware it's not neutral, so read the criteria and check any provider, including us, against them.
A personal blog, a small business site, and an agency managing a dozen client projects need different things from a host. A blog barely touches its resource limits. A business site handling online orders needs uptime it can rely on. An agency cares more about how many sites one account supports and how fast a migration actually goes. If you're not sure which category you're in, our guide on choosing between shared and VPS hosting walks through the signs you've outgrown the entry-level option.
bKash and Nagad support at official checkout matters more than it sounds. Without it, you're either using an international card (not every bank issues one that works smoothly online) or going through a third-party reseller who converts your BDT to USD, usually with a markup on top.
A host based in California answers tickets on California time. If something breaks at 8 PM Dhaka time, the difference between a 5-minute reply and a 12-hour wait usually comes down to whether the support team is actually awake in your timezone, not how good their help articles are.
Almost every host advertises its lowest possible rate, usually tied to prepaying multiple years upfront. What that plan actually costs on renewal, after the discount period ends, is the number that matters for a website you plan to keep running. Ask directly, or find the pricing page's fine print, before signing up anywhere.
"99.9% uptime" printed on a homepage is a marketing claim until it's backed by an actual policy: what happens if it's missed, and how you'd know. A published SLA with defined service credits is a meaningfully different promise than a percentage with nothing behind it.
Free SSL and free migration are standard at this point, not premium add-ons, and a host that still charges extra for either is worth a second look. Check the full checkout flow, not just the plan comparison table, since that's where optional extras tend to get pre-checked.
If your audience is mostly in Bangladesh or South Asia, a server geographically closer to that audience generally means lower latency than one on the other side of the world, though a good CDN can narrow that gap. Ask where the actual server sits, not just where the company is headquartered.
30 days is close to an industry standard at this point. Shorter than that is a signal worth noticing; anything that excludes domain and add-on costs from the refund is normal and worth reading closely rather than assuming.
Direct at checkout, no reseller markup involved.
Phone support during Bangladesh business hours, tickets monitored around the clock.
Fair monthly and yearly pricing, renewal cost shown upfront on the pricing page.
99.9% uptime with documented service credits — see the full SLA.
Comparing against a specific competitor? See how this holds up in HostyXo vs Hostinger.