Methodology

How HostFleet Tests Hosting Providers

HostFleet is built around independent measurement, not recycled affiliate copy. We collect our own monitoring data and compare it against live pricing from provider websites.

What we currently track

  • Server response time (TTFB): we measure time to first byte for a fixed set of hosting provider websites every 30 minutes.
  • Pricing snapshots: we scrape plan pricing once per day and compare changes over time.

Current limits

We publish only what we can support with the data we actually have. If a dataset is still young, we say so. If we have not collected enough history for a claim, we do not make it.

At this stage, some datasets are still in their early collection period, so readers may see “early data” language in reviews and comparisons. That is intentional.

What a TTFB number means

TTFB measures how quickly a server begins responding. It is useful, but it is not the whole story. A fast TTFB does not guarantee a fast fully loaded page, and a slower homepage response does not always reflect the performance of a tuned WordPress install on the same provider.

How to read our recommendations

We weigh price transparency, response-time trends, plan structure, and overall fit for a given use case. As our dataset grows, our reviews will get deeper and more confident.

If we update an article because the data changed, we note that update in the post.

See the methodology in action