Hosting comparison worksheet
- Provider and plan name, official pricing URL and date checked.
- Introductory cost, renewal cost, billing period and cancellation terms.
- Website count, storage, bandwidth and traffic restrictions.
- Backup frequency, retention, restore process and restore charges.
- Staging, caching, CDN, SSL, email and migration support.
- Support availability, escalation routes and excluded work.
Migration checklist
- Inventory existing URLs, email DNS records, forms, integrations and scheduled tasks.
- Save a restorable backup and test access to the old hosting account.
- Prepare the target website and verify its content before changing DNS.
- Verify HTTPS, canonical URLs, redirects, forms and important workflows.
- Monitor errors and retain the previous account until verification passes.
Backup and recovery checklist
- Identify the backup owner and storage location.
- Confirm database and uploaded files are included.
- Record retention limits and recovery steps.
- Run a restore test in an isolated environment.
- Keep a recovery contact and account-access procedure.
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