Who Is Hosting This Website?
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What the Hosting Checker Shows You
Type a domain into the box above and click Hoo? to see the company that runs the server behind it. The check is free and needs no account.
Hosting Company
The network that owns the site's IP address. That is usually the web host, or the cloud provider the host runs on.
IP Addresses
Every IP address the domain points to, so you can see whether the site answers from one server or several.
PageSpeed and SEO Scores
Four Google PageSpeed scores for the site, plus the SEO checks that make up its SEO score.
How to Find Out Who Is Hosting a Website
- Copy the address of the website you want to check.
- Paste it into the hosting checker at the top of this page and click Hoo?.
- Read the hosting company and IP addresses in the result.
- Check what that result means (below) before you act on it. The company shown is not always the one the site owner pays.
What Your Hosting Checker Result Means
Our checker names the company that owns the IP address a site points to. Most of the time that company is the host. For a few common answers, the real picture is a little different.
The Result Says Cloudflare
Cloudflare is not a web host in the usual sense. It is a security and caching service that sits between visitors and the real server, so a lookup returns a Cloudflare IP address instead of the host's. Fastly, Akamai and Sucuri work the same way.
You can't see the origin server from outside, and that is by design. A few clues still help. The site's MX records show who handles its email, which is sometimes the same company as the web host. If you need to report abuse or copied content, Cloudflare's abuse process passes the report on to the site owner and its hosting provider.
The Result Says Amazon, Google or DigitalOcean
These companies rent out cloud servers. A site on them is either run by its own developers or by a managed host that builds on top of that cloud. Kinsta runs its WordPress hosting on Google Cloud, and Cloudways lets customers pick DigitalOcean, AWS or Google Cloud servers. So a result of Google can easily mean a Kinsta customer.
To compare these options, read our DigitalOcean review, Amazon Web Services review, Google Cloud Platform review, Cloudways review and Kinsta review.
The Result Names a Hosting Company
If the checker returns a name such as Bluehost, Hostinger, InMotion Hosting or DreamHost, that company is almost certainly the host. Some hosts appear under their network name instead of their brand. Bluehost's network is called Unified Layer (our checker translates that one for you), and DreamHost's is registered as New Dream Network.
See how they stack up in our Bluehost review, Hostinger review, InMotion Hosting review and DreamHost review.
The Result Says Shopify, Squarespace or Wix
The site runs on a hosted website builder. These platforms only host sites built with them, so you can't buy their hosting for a site made somewhere else. To get the same setup, you would build your site on that platform.
The Result Is an Error or an Unfamiliar Name
An error usually means the site is down, the address has a typo, or the domain doesn't point anywhere yet. An unfamiliar name is often a small regional host, a university or company network, or a data center that rents space to resellers. Search the company name to see whether it sells hosting.
Hosting Companies We Review
When a check turns up one of these companies, our reviews cover pricing, speed and who each one suits best.
| Host | What it is | Our review |
|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Cloud servers, often run through a managed host | DigitalOcean review |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared, VPS and dedicated hosting | InMotion Hosting review |
| Cloudways | Managed cloud hosting on DigitalOcean, AWS and Google Cloud | Cloudways review |
| Kinsta | Managed WordPress hosting on Google Cloud | Kinsta review |
| Google Cloud Platform | Cloud infrastructure from Google | Google Cloud Platform review |
| Amazon Web Services | Cloud infrastructure from Amazon | Amazon Web Services review |
| Bluehost | Shared and WordPress hosting | Bluehost review |
| Hostinger | Low-cost shared, cloud and VPS hosting | Hostinger review |
| DreamHost | Shared, VPS and managed WordPress hosting | DreamHost review |
Why People Check Who Hosts a Website
- Sizing up a competitor. A rival's site loads fast and you want to know what it runs on.
- Taking over a client site. The previous developer is gone and nobody remembers where the site lives.
- Finding your own host. You manage several sites, or signed up years ago, and lost track of which account holds which.
- Reporting abuse. Spam, phishing and copied content usually have to be reported to the host.
- Buying a website. Before you pay for a site, it helps to know what hosting you'd be taking on.
Hosting Checker vs WHOIS Lookup
A WHOIS lookup and a hosting checker answer different questions. WHOIS shows who registered a domain, which registrar it was bought through, and when it expires. A hosting checker shows the company whose servers deliver the site.
The two are often different companies. You might register a domain at Namecheap, host the site at Hostinger and send email through Google Workspace. That is three companies behind one address, and only a hosting checker tells you the second one.
How the Hosting Checker Works
When you submit a URL, we look up the IP addresses its domain points to. Every IP address sits in a block owned by a network, and we match those addresses to the company that owns the block. That company is the name in your result.
We also run the page through Google PageSpeed and show its performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO scores. The lookup follows public DNS, so a site that moved hosts very recently may still show its old one for a short while.
Frequently Asked Questions
Enter the site's address in the hosting checker at the top of this page and click Hoo?. The result names the company that owns the server's IP address. If it says Cloudflare, Fastly or Akamai, that is a proxy in front of the real host, so the true host is hidden.
Use a hosting checker. It looks up the IP addresses a domain points to and matches them to the network that owns them. You can do the same by hand with a DNS lookup and an IP ownership search, but a checker does both steps in one go.
Usually not from the outside. Cloudflare hides the origin server's IP address on purpose. The site's MX records can hint at its email provider, which is sometimes the same company as the host. If you need to report abuse, Cloudflare passes the report on to the site owner and its hosting provider.
The checker shows who owns the server, not who sells the plan. A Kinsta site shows up as Google because Kinsta runs on Google Cloud, and a Cloudways site can show DigitalOcean, AWS or Google. Some hosts also use a network name, such as Unified Layer for Bluehost.
A registrar is where the domain name is registered, and a WHOIS lookup shows it. A web host runs the server that delivers the site, and a hosting checker shows that. One site can use a different company for each, plus a third for email.
Run your domain through the hosting checker above. If the answer is a proxy like Cloudflare, log in to Cloudflare and look at your DNS records to see where the A record points. You can also search your inbox for invoices or welcome emails from hosting companies.
Yes. The checker costs nothing and doesn't need an account. If you want a copy of a result, you can have the report sent to your email address.
Yes. A hosting checker only reads public information: the DNS records a domain publishes and the ownership records for IP address blocks. It doesn't access the site's server or any private data.