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@molly0xfff Does that mean ultimately running our own server hardware though? Can we trust any of the popular hosting companies?

@gadgetgav @molly0xfff

As an ISP, let me chime in: No, not necessarily. Just avoid any form of vendor-lock in (eg: onepage, wix, ...). Given your question, I assume, you are not overly tech-savvy.

you are also fine running a cheap virtual host or virtual server. It's also OK, if you use the hosting-companies SQL-Server for your CMS (I suggest you do, so no hassle for you with patching, upgrades and security stuff). Important is, that you have means to 'dump' the stuff and move it somewhere else.

Point is: use your own (domain-) name, so u can move your emails and or content somewhere else, with a limited amount of hassle.

So: No vendor-specific stuff. They will prey on u, as they can guesstimate what a move will cost you, and calculate from there how to extract the maximum amount of money from you.

Hosting with a hosting-company is perfectly fine, as long as you don't use their special-sauce, which will run exactly only on their servers.
And if you are using CMSs - by the love of god, limit the amount of plugins. The ideal amount is 0, for that matter, and before you ask.

@czauner @molly0xfff I’m not particularly tech-savvy, at least not to the point where I’d know how to host a physical server at home. I just fear that giving my business to GoDaddy is no better than giving it to Zuck or Musk…

@gadgetgav @molly0xfff

Sorry, im on a train, and only on my cellphone. So ... I'm not overly competent when it comes to the US ISP market.

But GoDaddy is a larger player, and from what I know they offer basically everything from a naked VPS to a hosted WordPress.

Generally, this boils down how much of your time you want to invest in kindling your stuff (updates, etc, ...).

And, as I don't know you - and what you are intending to do, sorry, I can't give you solid advice.

SBDY should make a decision-flowchart, or something like this.

But if you are for instance talking WordPress: If you have SBDY who sets that up for you, and helps you decide for a holster, you should be fine.

If you keep the plugins to minimum, enable anything with auto updates, and have aforementioned person to check once or twice in a year, that should do it (major updates, like switching php-releases).

Sone Hosters and ISPs also offer WP setup and basing maintenance as a service, so there's that too.