Buyer's Guide
Hosting With Git Deployment — what really decides it
Written for developers finished with dragging files into an FTP window — the tests that matter, the trap to sidestep, and where we would honestly send you.
Straight answer first
The short answer: go with a plan with SSH and Git as standard fittings — keep a clone on the server and release with a pull, and file-drag roulette is behind you for good.
The reasoning, the tests and the trap to avoid all sit below — written for developers finished with dragging files into an FTP window, with none of the affiliate-table theatre this subject usually attracts.
Written by the Hosting Seller staff · Checked 1 August 2026
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This guide is written for developers finished with dragging files into an FTP window. If that describes you, the decision has a right answer — it just is not the one the comparison-table trade is paid to hand out.
One market fact frames the whole thing: the best feature of version-controlled deployment is the undo — every change traceable and reversible, which an FTP overwrite workflow structurally cannot offer at any price.
How to weigh up the options
Hold every candidate against these, in this order:
Git installed on the server, with SSH available to drive it.
A workflow that holds up: push to the repository, pull on the server, or a hook doing it on your behalf.
PHP and Node tooling on hand for any post-deploy build step.
Easy rollback, because deployment discipline is really rollback discipline wearing a different hat.
What to leave on the shelf (and why it is everywhere)
An FTP-only routine, where the question 'now which files did I actually change?' is a production incident already in motion.
Once you know to look for it, you can see it right across this market — and dodging it matters more than optimising any other number on the page.
Where we would honestly send you
A plan with SSH and Git as standard fittings — keep a clone on the server and release with a pull, and file-drag roulette is behind you for good.
In concrete terms, that is our Pro option: one flat price, stocked with the essentials (SSL, migration, backups, mail) this market loves to sell separately, and upgradeable in place when the job grows.
SSL comes free with every plan and reissues itself before it lapses, so nobody has to diary the padlock.
Try it before you trust it
Run the same checks on us as on anybody else: message support before you pay and see who answers, hold the renewal price against the order price, read the refund terms end to end, and look the company up — ours is Bohzo Ltd, registered in England and Wales, and the record is public.
The refund window covers the rest — move a real site across (the free migration makes that painless), live with it for a fortnight, and let daily use settle what no marketing page can.
What's in it for us, stated plainly
We are a host recommending hosting, and we say it plainly. No pretend neutrality, no league table paid for by referral fees. The trade is openness for trust, and it reads better besides.
Bring an existing site and we shift it across at no charge — usually inside 24 hours, with nothing going dark while we work.
- Tests you can run for yourself
- Renewal prices on the tag, not in a footnote
- The free move in makes trying us painless
- A refund policy with no small print
Why Hosting Seller
On every plan, as standard
Written for the real buyer
The tests here come out of actual conversations with developers finished with dragging files into an FTP window, not off a feature spreadsheet.
A real ladder to climb
Shared, VPS and dedicated all under one roof — today's choice never boxes you in tomorrow.
One price, plainly printed
The order price is the renewal price — the comparison that matters is the one we win without trying.
A refund without a gauntlet
If it does not suit, leaving is a request rather than a negotiation — which is why we are content to be tested.
Matched to this verdict
The Pro plan is this page's recommendation made concrete — one flat price, essentials included, upgradeable in place.
A company you can look up
Bohzo Ltd, registered in England and Wales — a host with a public record you can read before trusting.
Price Tags Compared
Our figures beside the big names
Sign-up and renewal prices for GoDaddy, Hostinger and Namecheap, set next to ours — the second number most comparison charts leave off.
| Line item | Hosting SellerBest seller | GoDaddy | Hostinger | Namecheap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price / mo* | $2.09/mo | $5.99 | $2.99 | $1.88 |
| Price at renewal / mo | $2.09/mo | $11.99 | $10.99 | $4.29 |
| Entry plan renews at the same price | ||||
| SSL on every plan | ||||
| Site migration included | ||||
| NVMe storage on the entry plan | ||||
| Daily backups on the entry plan | ||||
| Live human support, 24/7 |
*Our figure is the cheapest plan we sell, on an annual term. The competitor figures are the lowest shared-hosting price each of them published in July 2026 — those introductory rates normally require signing up for 1–4 years and rise once that term ends. Check their own sites for what they charge today.
First Steps
From choosing to live
- 1
Write the requirement in one sentence
One honest sentence about the workload beats an afternoon of feature-table comparison, so write it before you go shopping.
- 2
Price the second year, not the first
Multiply the renewal price by the term and add every extra you would genuinely need — the cheapest headline rarely survives that sum.
- 3
Try it inside the refund window
A live trial with your own site answers what no review can, and the free migration plus the refund policy make that trial genuinely risk-free.
In the Box
Packed with every plan
- Real people on the counter, every hour of every day
- A backup taken daily, with restores you run yourself
- cPanel, the panel the rest of the trade already knows
- A free SSL certificate on every plan, reissued before it lapses
- A 99.9% uptime commitment, watched by monitoring day and night
- The renewal price printed on the tag matches the order price
- A 30-day money-back guarantee on every hosting plan
- Spam and virus filtering fitted to every mailbox
- Webmail in the browser plus IMAP, POP and SMTP for your own client
- SSH, Git and Composer on the plans built for developers
Across the Counter
The questions we get asked most
What is the simplest Git deployment on shared hosting?
Clone the repository on the server over SSH, point the domain at that folder, and releasing becomes `git pull`. Add a post-receive hook or a one-line deploy script later, when push-to-deploy starts to appeal.
Can I undo a release that has gone wrong?
Straight away. `git checkout` the previous tag or commit and the site is back where it was a minute ago. That single ability is why version-controlled deployment became the professional default.
Can I set the PHP version myself?
Yes — PHP versions are chosen per site from the control panel, so an old application and a current one can sit side by side on the same account. Extensions and per-site settings live in the same screen, and none of it needs a support ticket.
Can one plan hold more than a single website?
From the Pro tier upward, yes — several sites, each with its own domain, mailboxes and certificate, all under one account. If those extra sites belong to clients rather than to you, reseller hosting is the better fit: it gives each one proper separation.
Is the SSL certificate genuinely free?
On every plan, with nothing held back. The certificate is issued the moment your domain points here and reissues itself well before expiry. The encryption is the same as a paid DV certificate — paid tiers exist only for wildcard coverage or organisation validation, which most sites never need.
How do I pay, and does it bill again on its own?
Orders go through a secure checkout by credit or debit card, and the renewal is taken at the same price you first paid. Every invoice sits in the client area for you to read, and switching auto-renewal off is a toggle in your account rather than a phone call.
How quickly can I be up and running?
Minutes, not days. The account opens the moment the order clears, the domain — free for year one on annual plans — attaches straight away, and the one-click installer puts WordPress or any of 400+ applications on the page before you leave your chair. Already have a site elsewhere? Hand it over and we move it free, usually inside a day.
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