How to choose the best Hungarian web hosting for your company

A few years ago, Berlin, Paris, and London were the go-to destinations of choice for most European entrepreneurs looking to make their mark on the global stage.

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Today, Budapest – the Capital of Hungary – has nudged the two cities to become a vibrant startup hub with a huge appeal to tech-preneurs, post-Brexit.

And with close to 5.4 million Hungarians or 91% of adults preferring to shop online, the need for a website is inevitable.

However, for you to have a website you’ll need to choose a quality and reliable web hosting company. For beginners, this can be one challenging task.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Once you know the different web hosting options available, what you need, and the right questions to ask, you can sail through the waters of web hosting with no worries.

So, what are some of the considerations you should have in mind when choosing the best Hungarian web hosting provider for your business? Read on.

1.      Server Reliability and Uptime

Whenever we talk about server reliability, the first thing that comes to mind is performance and uptime. This two factors can impact your website either positively or negatively.

For one, slow servers and unsteady connections can push your site offline or lead to your website pages loading very sluggishly. This can lead to higher bounce rates, low conversion, and wasted SEO efforts.

While site speed can be affected by other factors such as image size, themes, and plugins, having a reliable web host with lightning fast servers and an uptime guarantee of at least 99% can play a crucial role in ensuring your business success.

2.      Security and Backups

Your website’s security should be one of the top priorities when picking a web host. While some security issues emanate from the administrator’s end – such as password strength, lack of SSL certificates and use of poorly coded themes and plugins – the hosting provider’s infrastructure can present the largest weakness. 

For this reason, ensure that your host provider’s servers are equipped with powerful firewalls, monitoring services, and other security add-ons. Also, look for a host that offers free SSL as part of the hosting plan.

An SSL certificate ensures that any data sent over your site is encrypted. So if you accept payments online through your website, an SSL is a must-have security tool.

Note also that, Google’s recent updates requite that sites must have an SSL certificate installed or you risk your site getting penalized by Google.

Last, you’ll want to go with a host that offers regular site backups. Sometimes even with all the security measures in place – your site could get compromised. With backups, you could get your site back up and running in no time.

Some reliable web hosting companies that offer automatic site backups include Bluehost and Hostgator. You can check an in-depth review of Bluehost vs. HostGator on Mamboserver. 

3.      Support

At times, you may run into some technical difficulties that you cannot fix from your dashboard. Naturally, your knee-jerk reaction will be to contact your hosting provider.

But how effective is the customer service and how knowledgeable is the technical support staff? Can you reach them any time of day via live chat, email, or phone?

With that in mind, consider working with a hosting provider with an in-house customer support department as opposed to outsourced customer support. An in-house support team will more likely than not assist you without too much delay.

4.      Website Building and Bundling Options

Next up, you need to decide on how you want to build your site. Do you want to build a custom website using a content management system such as WordPress or are you opting to use a DIY site builder such as Wix? 

Companies like Wix and Bluehost allow you to build your site using their advanced website builders and get hosting as part of the package. Bluehost, for example, allows you to use WordPress or Weebly to build your website, Wix, on the other hand, doesn’t have much flexibility when in terms of builder choice. You can read more on Bluehost vs Wix on this post.

5.      Scalability

Beyond reliability, support, choice of builder, you may want to choose a hosting provider that can scale performance in a snap when the demand is high and scale back when demand wanes.