4 Best HTTPS Hosting Providers (SSL) -

In this article, we’re going to take a look at some of the best hosting providers that offer HTTPS with their hosting packages.

If you’re hosting with a company that doesn’t provide an HTTPS (either free of charge or for a small monthly fee) it’s imperative for the well-being of your website that you switch to a different provider.

What is HTTPS?

We just told you that it’s imperative to host your website with a company that provides HTTPS. To understand why it’s important you first have to understand the crucial role HTTPS plays in the security of both your information and the information of anyone visiting your website.

HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. Here are a couple of things to remember when hunting for an HTTPS hosting provider…

Make sure you’re getting an HTTPS and not just an HTTP which is the unsecured version of HTTPS.

HTTPS allows information to be transferred to your website from a web browser. It encrypts all of this information, hence the S in the acronym standing for Secure.

It’s also worthy of mentioning that if your website doesn’t come with an HTTPS, Google and other web browsers will issue a warning to your visitors letting them know that your site is not secure and that they shouldn’t enter their information into the website.

So suffice to say, if your site doesn’t have an HTTPS it won’t have many visitors either.

1. Squarespace

If you like to keep things simple while still getting a good deal on your hosting plan we would suggest hosting your website with Squarespace.

Squarespace has a wide variety of free templates for you to choose from when building your website. Because their templates are all ‘drag and drop’ styles they’re very easy to customize, pulse each one of them looks both modern and professional.

Before you decide that Squarespace sounds like the perfect HTTPS hosting option for you, here are a few things to consider…

While the templates they offer are fairly easy to customize they can only be altered to a certain degree. It’s best to familiarize yourself with a template before using it to build your website.
You need to pay yearly instead of monthly if you want the best deal on pricing.
You don’t have different hosting options as you do with WordPress, because Squarespace is an all-in-one provider. That means they provide everything you need to run the website. They even provide professional email services through Google.
Email campaigns will cost you extra.

While its templates are all very simple, we would advise you to check the template you choose carefully before you decide to use it on the website you’ll be paying for.

Certain templates lack features that you may need depending on what you’re going to be using your website for. You’re unable to add any functions that aren’t already within the template’s features, at least not without the help of a professional programmer.

They have four plans that you can pick from:

Personal
Business
Basic Commerce
Advanced Commerce

If you buy your domain name from SquareSpace you’re automatically guaranteed a free HTTPS and SSL. Like most domain registrars, the cost of your domain name will vary depending on whether you chose the typical ‘.com’ or go with something else.

Personal Plan: This plan includes one website, SSL security, unlimited bandwidth and storage, free website templates, domain name, two contributors, and a professional Gmail account. The cost is $12/month.

Business Plan: This plan includes one website, SSL security, unlimited bandwidth and storage, free website templates, domain name, unlimited contributors, a professional Gmail account, and complete customization. The cost is $18/month.

Basic Commerce: This plan includes one website, SSL security, unlimited bandwidth and storage, free website templates, domain name, unlimited contributors, a professional Gmail account, complete customization, and some e-commerce features. The cost is $26/month.

Advanced Commerce: This plan includes one website, SSL security, unlimited bandwidth and storage, free website templates, domain name, unlimited contributors, a professional Gmail account, complete customization, and all e-commerce features. The cost is $40/month.

2. Host Gator

There are two main reasons you would probably be inclined to go with Hostgator as your HTTPS hosting provider.

The first reason is the flexibility of their plans. You can choose whichever plan you want and then pay a fee for additional add ons to make up for any areas you feel your plan is lacking in.

The other reason you may choose HostGator is that it’s a fairly affordable HTTPS hosting provider that is compatible with the WordPress website builder.

Before you decide to go with HostGator though, there are a few things you should remember while looking through their hosting plans…

The cheapest plan that they offer is good for a personal website or something small, but if you end up wanting or needing add-ons they can be a little expensive.
The cheapest-priced package begins at $2.64 but renews at $6.95/month when you sign up, which is a bit cheaper than some of their competitors.
HostGator will provide you a free email and a free domain name for the first year only, then you’ll have to pay the regular price.
The website builder that comes with HostGator requires a fee if you want to use it.

The features and tools that your website will have access to are of course going to be based on what plan you purchase…

Hatchling Plan
Baby Plan
Business Plan

HostGator offers a lot of different hosting plans for both personal and business websites. Again, your ideal package will depend a lot on what features and benefits you want for your website.

Hatchling Plan: This plan includes one website, unmetered bandwidth, and storage, and unlimited email accounts. Renews at $6.95/month.

Baby Plan: This plan includes unlimited websites and email accounts, unmetered bandwidth and storage, and unlimited add-on domains. Renews at $9.95/month

Business Plan: This plan includes unlimited websites and email accounts, unmetered bandwidth and storage, dedicated IP, free positive SSL, and free SEO tools. Renews at $15.19/month

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3. Bluehost

When you take a general vote for what company people think provides the best hosting the usual answer you get is ‘Bluehost’ and there are a lot of good reasons why.

Bluehost offers fantastic HTTPS hosting for every single one of their plans and they are one of the main hosting providers that WordPress advises using with their website building tools.

While it’s true that Bluehost has both good prices and service, there are a few things to keep in mind while looking at their packages to see if this is the right HTTPS hosting provider for you.

No matter what plan you choose, the sign-up discount only lasts until renewal, then you’ll have to pay the regular price.
If you purchase a professional email, domain name, or use WordPress with your Bluehost account it will cost extra.
You need to sign up for three years so that your discount prices will last longer.

Bluehost offers several different types of plans, all with several layers to them, but here are four of the cheapest ones they offer:

Basic Plan
Plus Plan
Choice Plan
Pro Plan

Bluehost is also a good option for anyone who wants to build a website but doesn’t have a lot of technical knowledge. It also has a lot of add ons for you to work with, even when using one of their cheaper plans.

Basic Plan: This plan includes one website, unmetered bandwidth, 50 GB of storage, and 5 email accounts. Renews at $8.99/month.

Plus Plan: This plan includes unlimited websites and email accounts, unmetered storage and

bandwidth, and Spam Expert. Renews at $11.99/month.

Choice Plus Plan: This plan includes unlimited websites and email accounts, unmetered storage and bandwidth, and the Spam Expert, Domain Privacy and Protection, and Codeguard Basic. Renews at $16.99/month.

Pro Plan: This plan includes unlimited websites and email accounts, unmetered storage and bandwidth, and Spam Expert, Domain Privacy and Protection, Codeguard Basic, and a Dedicated IP. Renews at $26.99/month.

4. Hostinger

Hostinginger is one of the cheapest high-quality HTTPS hosting providers that you’ll be able to find. Because of their low costs, we would strongly recommend that they be on the top of your list if you’re concerned about your budget.

While looking at their prices and plans, here are a few things to keep in mind before deciding whether or not Hostinger is the right HTTPS hosting provider for you.

You won’t get daily backups with the Shared Single Hosting plan. If you want daily backups you’ll need to either buy one of Hosinger’s more expensive packages that include it or host with someone else.
You’ll need to account for additional fees for a website builder. Hostinger gives you the choice between WordPress and Zyro.

Now, just because Hostinger is cheap doesn’t mean that their service is poor or even mediocre. The fact is that Hostinger has incredibly fast loading speeds that can stand toe to toe with all the other big hosting companies like Bluehost and HostGator.

They offer different types of hosting, but like all other hosting companies their shared hosting option is their cheapest. You’ll still have great HTTPS hosting whether you with the lowest shared hosting plan or the business option.

Shared Single Hosting
Shared Premium Hosting
Shared Business Hosting

They still offer other types of hosting if you don’t want to go with one of their shared options, but just like any other hosting provider, the non-shared hosting plans will be more expensive.

No matter what plan you choose, make sure you sign up for the longest term available. You can sign up for most of them for three years, and when you do your renewal rates will be a lot less than what they would have been if you only sign up for one year.

Shared Single Hosting: This package includes one website, 30GB of storage, 100GB bandwidth, free SSL, and one email account. Renews at $2.99/month if you sign up for four years

Shared premium Hosting: This package includes 100 websites, 100GB of storage, unlimited bandwidth, free SSL, free domain name, and unlimited email accounts. Renews at $4.99/month if you sign up for four years.

Shared Business Hosting: this package includes: This package includes 100 websites, 100GB of storage, unlimited bandwidth, free SSL, free domain name, and unlimited email accounts. Renews at $8.99/month.

Our Verdict

Now that we’re reviewed four of the best HTTPS hosting providers we’ll give you our final verdict on which of them excel in what areas.

Best in Show for Transparent Pricing: Squarespace

As usual, Squarespace wins the transparency award, at least in comparison with the other three HTTPS hosting providers we’ve reviewed. Unlike most of the big names in the domain name and web hosting industries Squarespace doesn’t offer an incredibly low discounted price only to have it shoot back up after renewal, and they have absolutely no hidden fees.

Best in Show for WordPress Compatibility: BlueHost

Blue Host is undeniably one of the largest and most successful HTTPS hosting providers that are WordPress Compatible. Since you may specifically want to use WordPress to build your new website (or if you already have one that you want to switch over) Bluehost will be your best bet.

Best in Show for Cheap Hosting: Hostinger

Once again the low-priced plans offered by Hostinger have earned them the title of the cheapest hosting option. While other hosting companies charge a little lower than Hostinger they also generally have fewer perks and features. For as low as hosting charges for most of their plans and services they have great speeds and security, so if you’re trying to save as much as you can we would suggest going with them.

Best in Show for Plan and AddOn Diversity: HostGator

HostGator isn’t the cheapest option by any means, but the diversity they allow within their plans makes up for some of their prices as long as you’re willing to pay a little more for the add ons.