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[ad_1] If you have a WooCommerce store, finding the best WooCommerce hosting is important because your hosting plays a key role in your store’s performance, reliability, security, etc. To help you make a choice that will set your store up for success, we collected the five best WooCommerce hosting providers in 2021 and beyond, including both premium options for serious stores and budget options if you’re trying to keep costs down. We’ll start by showing a quick summary table of the top hosts. Then, we’ll share some details on how to choose a good WooCommerce host and then get into the five best hosts for WooCommerce stores. Best WooCommerce Hosting Summary If you’re in a hurry, here’s a summary of our picks for the best WooCommerce hosting providers – you can keep reading to learn more about each host. *Kinsta’s prices start at $30 but they recommend using at least their Business 1 plan for WooCommerce stores. What to Look for in the Best WooCommerce Hosting At a high level, WooCommerce is just a plugin for the core WordPress software, so there’s a lot of overlap between what makes the best “WordPress hosting” and what makes the best “WooCommerce hosting.”. That is, you’ll want to consider: Performance. Reliability/uptime. Useful features like automatic backups and staging sites. Support. Those are all important for WordPress and they’re also important for WooCommerce. However, WooCommerce stores do have a few unique considerations because of the nature of WooCommerce, so there are a few extra issues to consider. First off, WooCommerce has unique performance needs when it comes to caching and database usage (WooCommerce stores query the database more because of product search, order histories, etc.). With respect to database usage, hosts can build in some tools to help: Elasticsearch. This lets you replace the default WordPress search system with a much more optimized solution for your product search. If your host doesn’t offer it, you can still add it using your own hosted instance or a third-party service like ElasticPress. Custom database tables. Some hosts create their own custom database optimizations for WooCommerce, which can be useful for large stores. You also might want to look for some adaptive features, like backups that are more frequent than once per day and flexible staging tools with database merge. Now, let’s get into the five best WooCommerce hosting providers… WP Engine is one of the most popular managed WordPress hosting providers. They were always a good choice for WooCommerce hosting, but they just got even better with the launch of dedicated WooCommerce hosting plans. These plans include WooCommerce-specific optimizations like compatible caching and Elasticsearch for improved product search (though this is only available on the higher tiers). To learn more about WP Engine, you can read our full WP Engine review, though our review is of the general-purpose WordPress hosting and not the eCommerce-focused plans. Key Features Built-in caching solution that’s optimized for WooCommerce stores. One-click WooCommerce installation. Pre-installed WooCommerce theme. Free SSL certificate. Built-in content delivery network (CDN) for improved global performance. Elasticsearch for improved product search (on the Professional plan and above). Automatic daily backups. One-click staging sites including partial merge so that you can only push file changes live (and not touch the database). Pricing While you can host a WooCommerce store on any plan at WP Engine, we recommend using the dedicated eCommerce hosting plans. These plans are a little more expensive, but they’re worth it for the optimized environment. WP Engine’s eCommerce plans start at $36 per month for the StartUp plan: One website. 25,000 visits. 10 GB storage. 50 GB bandwidth. You need the Professional plan for Elasticsearch, though. Here are the monthly prices – but if you pay for a year upfront, you’ll get two months free: You can also use our WP Engine coupon to get an even better deal – 20% off your first bill or four months free if you pay annually. Get Started with WP Engine Kinsta is another managed WordPress host in the same vein as WP Engine. Unlike WP Engine, Kinsta doesn’t advertise/market dedicated WooCommerce hosting plans, but Kinsta’s regular WordPress hosting plans include everything you need to successfully host a WooCommerce store. Kinsta also offers some useful add-ons for WooCommerce stores (like more frequent backups), on top of just generally offering excellent performance and support. 👉 You can learn more in our full Kinsta review. Key Features Dedicated WordPress/WooCommerce installer. Optimized Google Cloud infrastructure. Built-in caching solution, including WooCommerce compatibility. Built-in CDN powered by KeyCDN. Kinsta Application Performance Monitoring/APM (a New Relic-like performance audit tool to improve your WooCommerce store’s performance on a very detailed level – learn more here). Cloudflare Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) integration. Automatic daily backups. For an added fee you can also increase the frequency to every six hours or hourly. One-click staging sites, but you can only push the full staging site live, which isn’t ideal for WooCommerce. Pricing Kinsta’s pricing plans technically start at $30 per month. You can install a WooCommerce store on that plan. However, the Kinsta team recommends using at least the $100 per month Business 1 plan for eCommerce stores because it offers four PHP workers, which leads to better performance for dynamic WordPress sites. The Business 1 plan supports the following: Five WordPress sites. 100,000 monthly visits. 30 GB storage. 200 GB CDN. For very small stores, you might be ok with the $30 per month Starter plan which offers: One website. 25,000 monthly visits. 10 GB storage. 50 GB CDN. If you want some of the add-ons that we mentioned, those might be an extra fee as well. For example, adding hourly backups costs $100/month/site. You get daily backups for free. Get Started with Kinsta Nexcess is a dedicated managed WooCommerce hosting provider that’s a subsidiary of Liquid Web, a popular web host that’s been investing in the WordPress hosting space with acquisitions of iThemes, Restrict Content Pro, The Events Calendar, and more. Liquid Web advertises its managed WooCommerce

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