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Hosting With PostgreSQL — what really decides it
A straight answer for developers whose framework or application would rather talk to Postgres than to MySQL: how to weigh the options, what to leave on the shelf, and the setup we would order.
Straight answer first
Our verdict, stated first: Business hosting that stocks PostgreSQL alongside MySQL — a Django, Rails or Laravel application gets the engine it was written for without anybody having to rent a VPS.
Everything below unpacks that recommendation: the tests to apply, the classic mistake, and how to check any of it for yourself before spending a penny.
Written by the Hosting Seller staff · Checked 1 August 2026
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Most advice on this subject is a ranking table funded by referral fees. This page works differently: name the buyer (developers whose framework or application would rather talk to Postgres than to MySQL), name the tests, name the trap, and give a recommendation we are happy to defend across the counter.
One market fact frames the whole thing: whether Postgres is on the shelf quietly sorts the shared-hosting market in two. A host that stocks it is generally one that expects developers through the door rather than one that merely puts up with them.
How to weigh up the options
Strip out the feature-table padding and a handful of tests decide this purchase:
PostgreSQL genuinely provided on shared plans, which is rarer than it ought to be.
Both engines available side by side, because WordPress will still want MySQL.
Recent Postgres versions, reachable with the standard tooling you already use.
Resource limits that leave room for real database work rather than a demo.
The trap most buyers walk straight into
Assuming Postgres comes as standard — most shared hosts are MySQL only, and people find out halfway through a migration.
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.
What we would order in your position
Business hosting that stocks PostgreSQL alongside MySQL — a Django, Rails or Laravel application gets the engine it was written for without anybody having to rent a VPS.
In concrete terms, that is our Business Standard 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.
Order an annual plan and the first year of your domain registration is on the house.
Take nobody's word, including ours
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.
Then let the work decide. A fortnight of real use inside the money-back window tells you more than every review site put together, and switching costs nothing but the minute it takes to open a migration ticket.
Why we can afford to give a straight answer
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.
NVMe disks and LiteSpeed caching sit on the shelf at every price point, not behind a premium tier.
- 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
One price, plainly printed
The order price is the renewal price — the comparison that matters is the one we win without trying.
Support you can try first
Ask us something hard before you pay — how a host behaves pre-sale is the ceiling of what follows.
A real ladder to climb
Shared, VPS and dedicated all under one roof — today's choice never boxes you in tomorrow.
Matched to this verdict
The Business Standard plan is this page's recommendation made concrete — one flat price, essentials included, upgradeable in place.
The essentials on the tag
SSL, migration, backups and mail come with every plan instead of appearing at checkout as extras.
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
Teaser rates are this market's favourite trick, so compare hosts on what year two costs and the field reorders itself on the spot.
- 3
Try it inside the refund window
Order, move a real site across free, and use it properly for a fortnight — the daily experience is the product, and the window makes trying it cost nothing.
In the Box
Packed with every plan
- Mailboxes that carry your own domain name
- LiteSpeed caching running at the server, not bolted on by plugin
- PHP versions picked per site from the panel
- One-click installs for WordPress and 400+ other applications
- The Softaculous installer for one-click application setup
- A backup taken daily, with restores you run yourself
- Nothing added at setup — no joining fee, ever
- Staging copies so changes get tested before they go live
- Upgrades apply to the account in place, with no move between plans
- Spam and virus filtering fitted to every mailbox
Across the Counter
The questions we get asked most
Why do developers keep asking for Postgres by name?
Stricter SQL behaviour, richer data types — JSONB above all — and framework habit, since the Django and Rails communities lean that way. If your application expects Postgres, running it through a MySQL compatibility layer is a tax you pay daily.
Will WordPress run on PostgreSQL?
Not in any practical sense; WordPress is built around MySQL. The realistic arrangement is both engines together — MySQL for WordPress, Postgres for your own application — and that is exactly what the Business plans stock.
Does hosting come with mailboxes?
It does — mailboxes on your own domain ship with every hosting plan, with webmail, IMAP, POP and SMTP access and spam filtering fitted as standard. There is also standalone email hosting for domains whose website lives somewhere else entirely.
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.
What uptime do you commit to, and who is watching?
We commit to 99.9% uptime and watch it continuously. That figure is an operational target rather than a poster line, and the alerting behind it usually has an engineer on a problem before the first customer notices anything is wrong.
Can I test changes somewhere safe first?
Yes — plans with staging let you clone the live site, work on the copy, then push it across when you are satisfied. It is the difference between hoping an update behaves and knowing that it does before any customer meets it.
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.
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