Choosing where to host your website is one of the most important decisions you will make from both a performance perspective and a ranking perspective. Google constantly talks about the fact that your website needs to be fast. If you choose the right hosting company that provides a fast server you will at least nail the effect this will have on your website. If you are an Australian business you will get a faster website if your server is based in Australia.
The next most important thing you need to check when choosing a hosting company is whether they are doing a daily backup and if you can quickly and easily get your website restored. If you or your web developer have stuffed something up on the website, just doing a restore can be the quickest and cheapest way to solve the problem. You would be shocked to find out how many of the well known global hosting companies don’t backup your website.
And finally – support. You need a company that provided 24/7 support and the more options the better. So your best option is a company that has a support ticket system, a live chat version and if possible phone support. Although phone support is pretty hard to find.
Check out the Comparison Table below of companies that are Australian and run Australian servers.
Monthly Cost
Domains Allowed
Emails
Storage
Backup
Restore
Cost
$5
1
100,000MB
Unlimited
1GB
24/7 Phone
& Chat
Yes – kept
30 Days
Free self
restore*
$20
10
Unlimited
Unlimited
10GB
24/7 Phone
& Chat
Yes – kept
30 Days
Free self
restore*
$19.90
10
Unlimited
Unlimited
50GB
24/7 Phone
& Chat
$99/per year
Use R1Soft CDP
$40 per restore
$99
$4.90
0
10GB
2
1GB
24/7 Phone
& Chat
$49/per year
Yes – 3x a day
kept 7 Days
$40 per restore
$99
$6.95
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
5GB
24/7 Phone
& Chat
Yes – Hourly
Free
$12.95
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
5GB
24/7 Phone
& Chat
Yes – Hourly
Free
