Recommended Hosts
A user-curated list of web hosts that do (and don't) play well with Statamic.
Our recommendation#
We recommend using Digital Ocean to host most small to medium Statamic sites. Their servers are fast, inexpensive, and we use them ourselves. Full disclosure: that's an affiliate link but we wouldn't recommend them if it wasn't an excellent option.
Some developers choose to pair Digital Ocean with a tool like Laravel Forge or Ploi, which help you provision servers and handle deployments. However, if you're comfortable doing that yourself, then feel free!
Community recommendations#
The rest of this list is maintained by the community. It's a starting point, not an endorsement — your mileage may vary, and any host that meets the server requirements should run Statamic just fine.
Spot something out of date or have a host to add? Use the feedback link at the bottom of this page to submit a pull request. No affiliate links, please.
Hosts that play nice#
These work well with Statamic out of the box.
- ArcusTech
- AWS
- Azure
- Cyon - Switzerland
- Digital Ocean
- Digital Ocean App Platform
- Digital Pacific - Sydney, Australia
- DreamHost
- Exigo - Switzerland
- fortrabbit - US & EU
- Google Cloud Platform
- Hetzner Cloud
- HostGator
- Internethelden - Germany
- Metanet - Switzerland
- MyHost - New Zealand & Australia
- OVH - France & Canada
- Panthur - Sydney, Australia
- SiteHost - New Zealand & Australia
- Vultr - Worldwide
Paired with a deployment tool#
Some developers pair a server provider with a tool like Laravel Forge or Ploi to provision servers and handle deployments.
- Laravel Forge + Digital Ocean, Linode, or Hetzner Cloud
- Ploi + Digital Ocean, Linode, or Hetzner Cloud
Hosts that don't play nice#
You should probably avoid these. It doesn't mean it's impossible, but it'll likely require support tickets to enable PHP modules and meet the server requirements.
- Go Daddy - doesn't meet server requirements
- NameCheap
- Rackspace Cloud - issues with out-of-sync file timestamps and permissions
Development environments#
For local development, these work well. See requirements for the environments we recommend.
- Laravel Herd
- Laravel Valet
- DDEV - Docker-based PHP development environment
- Laravel Homestead
- Vagrant
- MAMP
- Jack's iMac