I'm looking for the best hosting websites to put a Laravel website online, maybe a lower - mid price range? This is to show a client so they can decide which one they want to use. This is my first time investigating on this since usually I use the company dedicated server so I don't know what the best ones out there are.
@msslgomez laravel doesn’t really need anything special to run it. For your specific requirements this will depend on how much performance you need for your app.
I do most of my companies hosting using a reseller hosting package from Krystal in the UK
https://krystal.uk/pci-compliant-hosting
Would be helpful to know where you are, how many concurrent users you are expecting to visit your site and also what the service is you are offering as that will give a better idea of what spec you need.
You may already know that shared hosting is not recommended at all, but in any case you decide to go that way for any particular reason I can give you my experience with 2 of them, GoDaddy and Hostgator.
Choose a host with a presence near your customer's users.
Decide who will manage the server (operating system patches and security). If your client is not able to do that for themselves then you need a managed option.
Have a look at the Fortrabbit site for a breakdown of reasons you might pick one type of hosting over another
I personally like to use Laravel Vapor with a server of Digital Ocean. You will invest a bit more then the cheapest host, but do get bang for your bucks.
@automica This is for a small ecommerce store website, honestly I don't expect that many visitors. It's a new business so maybe it would grow in the future but for the moment it's a small store.
@marianomoreyra which one would you suggest for a small ecommerce store, it's a new business so for the moment it doesn't have any clients, so it would start out really small
@jlrdw which one would you recommend for a first time user? both me and the client this page would be for are new how this works, at my job I use the company's dedicated server so I've never had to use this option.
@snapey looking at the website you provided could you explain the difference between the shared hosting and vps, a lot of people are suggesting DigitalOcean which is vps however looking at the comparison table either GoDaddy or HostGator seems more beginner friendly. I'm also unsure what the Developer Features, Deployment workflows, Operating system or Security really mean or entail on my part as the developer.
@drehimself I watch your YouTube channel! What would you recommend for a small ecommerce website in terms of Standard Droplets from the DigitalOcean? In the other comments I mention that this is for a small business like a mini-mart which is a startup so for the moment there aren't going to be a lot of customers or users. It is going to have pictures I'm sure that would affect the monthly plan to pick.
@msslgomez A $5 /month droplet can go a long way especially if there isn't much traffic. I'd probably do a $10 droplet to be safe. DigitalOcean has a nice dashboard where you can monitor the server load so you can see if you're approaching your limits. You can even offload and store the images on an image hosting service like Cloudinary (I do this).
@msslgomez if you decide to go with the shared option, I'd go with GoDaddy.
With HostGator you won't be able to configure Queues...with GoDaddy you have to do some extra work as you can't use Supervisor to keep your queue running.
I know you may never need queues, but it's good to know you have the option available in case that changes.
Also, if you are planning to do some more projects for other clients, or even some side projects for yourself, you can go with the Deluxe plan for $7.99 /mo the first month, and you'll have unlimited websites and unlimited storage with up to 25 databases...so, plenty of room for small projects there.
