Buying Advice
Static HTML Site Hosting — what actually matters
Written for builders of hand-coded and generated static sites — the criteria that matter, the trap to avoid, and where we'd honestly point you.
The short answer
If you only read one paragraph: the right pick is a Launch plan serving static files over LiteSpeed with free SSL — deployment by SFTP or Git, speed by physics, cost by pocket change.
Everything below unpacks that recommendation — the judging criteria, the classic mistake, and how to verify any of it yourself before spending a pound.
NVMe
SSD storage
Free
Domain, first year
99.9%
Uptime commitment
Flat
Renewal pricing
Most advice on this topic is a ranking table funded by referral fees. This page takes a different approach: name the buyer (builders of hand-coded and generated static sites), name the criteria, name the trap, and make a recommendation we're happy to defend.
One market fact frames everything here: static files on a LiteSpeed NVMe stack serve about as fast as web content can — the static-hosting startups' pitch is workflow sugar on performance that classic hosting already delivers.
The four tests that matter
Judge every candidate against these, in order:
Raw serving speed for files that need no computation.
Deployment ergonomics — SFTP, Git or rsync to taste.
The extras statics still need: SSL, redirects, custom errors, forms handling.
Cost floor for sites that ask almost nothing.
Read this before comparing prices
Assuming static needs 'special' JAMstack platforms — classic hosting serves static brilliantly with fewer moving parts and no vendor grammar.
The pattern survives because its cost lands later — at renewal, at migration, or at the worst possible moment of growth. The antidote is boring arithmetic: total cost over two or three years, with every 'extra' you'd actually need included.
What we'd choose in your position
A Launch plan serving static files over LiteSpeed with free SSL — deployment by SFTP or Git, speed by physics, cost by pocket change.
On our platform that maps to the Launch plan — with free SSL, migration and email included, flat renewals, and an upgrade path that means the choice never has to be re-made from scratch.
Support is answered by real people around the clock — including the questions other hosts call out of scope.
How to verify this yourself
Run the same tests on us as on anyone: message support before paying and see who answers, compare the renewal price to the signup price, read the refund terms end to end, and look the company up — ours is Bohzo Ltd, registered in England and Wales, and the record is public.
The refund window then covers the rest — move a real site (the free migration makes that painless), live with it for a fortnight, and let the daily experience make the decision the marketing pages can't.
Why our advice can afford to be honest
Most 'best hosting' content is paid ranking. Ours has a simpler incentive: we recommend the setup we'd sell you anyway, and we say so — which frees the rest of the page to be actually useful.
Business email on your own domain is included, not sold back as an add-on.
- Criteria you can test yourself
- Renewal prices printed, not footnoted
- Free migration makes trials painless
- A refund policy without traps
Why HostingAlly
What you get with every plan
A real upgrade ladder
Shared to VPS to dedicated under one roof — the choice you make today never boxes you in.
The essentials included
SSL, migration, backups and email ship with every plan instead of appearing at checkout as extras.
A refund policy without a gauntlet
If it doesn't fit, leaving is a request — which is exactly why we're comfortable being tested.
Verifiable company
Bohzo Ltd, registered in England and Wales — a host you can look up before you trust.
Support you can pre-test
Ask us something hard before you pay — pre-sales behaviour is the ceiling of post-sales support.
Flat, honest pricing
The signup price is the renewal price — the comparison that matters is the one we win by default.
Getting Started
How to get going
- 1
Define the requirement in one sentence
Write down what the site must do and for whom — for builders of hand-coded and generated static sites, that sentence usually settles half the plan choice by itself.
- 2
Price year two, not year one
Teaser rates are this market's favourite trick — compare hosts on what year two costs and the field reorders itself instantly.
- 3
Test inside the refund window
A live trial with your actual site answers what no review can — and our free migration plus refund policy make the trial genuinely risk-free.
Included
What's covered on our plans
- cPanel — the industry-standard control panel
- Free SSL certificate on every plan, renewed automatically
- No setup fees, ever
- Renewal prices that match signup prices
- Free domain for the first year on annual plans
- Email accounts on your own domain
- DDoS protection at the network level
- 24/7 support from real people
- SSH, Git and Composer access on developer-friendly plans
- One-click installer for WordPress and 400+ apps
FAQ
Your questions, answered
Why choose classic hosting over static-site platforms?
Fewer proprietary layers — no build-minute quotas, bandwidth tiers or platform grammar. Plus the things statics eventually want (forms endpoints, a contact script, email) live naturally here.
Can I deploy from a static site generator?
Yes — build locally or in CI, then rsync/SFTP/Git-pull the output. Hugo, Eleventy, Astro and friends are all just producing files; files are what hosting serves best.
Is there a money-back guarantee?
Yes — try the hosting properly and if it doesn't fit, the refund process is a request, not a retention gauntlet. Domain registrations are the one standard carve-out, since registries make those non-refundable the moment they're placed.
How long does it take to get started?
Minutes — hosting activates on payment, the domain (free for year one on annual plans) connects immediately, and one-click installers put WordPress or 400+ other apps live the same sitting. If you have an existing site, our team migrates it free, usually within 24 hours.
Do prices go up at renewal?
No — the price you sign up at is the price you renew at. We don't run teaser-rate economics, so there's no year-two ambush to plan around, and your bookkeeping can rely on the number staying put.
What happens if I outgrow my plan?
You upgrade in place — plan changes apply from your client area without migrations or downtime, and our range runs from small shared plans through VPS to dedicated servers, so growth is an account change rather than a new-host project.
Can I host more than one website on a plan?
On the Pro tier and above, yes — multiple sites with their own domains, email and SSL under one account. If the extra sites belong to clients rather than you, reseller hosting gives each one proper isolation instead.
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