Disclaimers & Disclosures

Affiliate Commission Disclosure

HostRanker is an independently owned comparison and review portal. Some of the outbound links to hosting providers on this website are affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and subsequently purchase hosting services, we may receive a referral commission from the provider.

This commission comes at zero additional cost to you. In fact, we frequently negotiate exclusive discount codes (such as ROCK25 or DO200) that lower your checkout price.

Editorial Independence

Our lab testing scores, Geekbench throughput charts, TTFB rankings, and pros/cons are determined strictly by empirical measurements. Hosting providers cannot pay to inflate their benchmark scores, delete negative comments, or achieve #1 podium placement.

Hardware & Benchmark Variability

Virtual Private Server performance can vary based on hypervisor load, geographic distance between client and datacenter, noisy neighbors, and local network routes. Our benchmarks reflect average measurements taken across our test nodes over 30 to 90 continuous days.

How Affiliate Commissions Work

When you click a tracked link such as /go/1 and later purchase hosting, the provider may pay us a referral fee. The fee is set by the provider and never changes the price you pay. Commissions fund anonymous server purchases, benchmark hardware and editorial time.

Testing Limitations

Benchmarks describe average behaviour across our test window, not a guarantee for every plan, region or workload. Hypervisor contention, routing changes, promotional hardware and provider policy updates can all change real-world results. Always confirm the current plan specification with the provider before ordering.

Reporting an Error

If a price, specification or benchmark on this site is out of date, please tell us through the contact page. Verified corrections are published within two business days and credited on the review page.