What hosting should I use for my business website?

For a modern business website built with Next.js or similar frameworks: Vercel is the best option. It's built by the creators of Next.js, offers automatic global CDN, edge functions, image optimization, and analytics. Free tier covers small sites; Pro is $20/month per team member.

Alternatives: Netlify (strong for static sites, good CI/CD), Cloudflare Pages (excellent edge network, competitive pricing), AWS Amplify (if you're already in the AWS ecosystem), and Railway or Render for full-stack applications.

Avoid shared hosting (GoDaddy, Bluehost) for any serious business site. Response times are 3-10× slower than CDN-based hosting, security is worse, and scaling is manual. The $5/month savings costs you in lost traffic from poor Core Web Vitals.

For WordPress specifically: WP Engine ($25/month+) or Kinsta ($35/month+) are the only hosting providers worth considering. Both offer managed WordPress with CDN, automatic backups, and staging environments. Avoid shared WordPress hosting entirely.

Key metrics to evaluate hosting: Time to First Byte (TTFB) under 200ms, global CDN included, automatic SSL, Git-based deployments, and preview/staging environments.