Hosting Detector

What is a hosting detector?

In short, a hosting detector is a tool that identifies the hosting provider of a particular website.

A hosting identifier can check website headers, IP addresses, and DNS records.

Which hosting providers does Stackcrawler detect?

Our tool can identify every hosting provider by default.

The most popular hosting providers we detect today are:

• Vercel
• Netlify
• Flywheel
• Shopify
• GitHub Pages
• Framer
• Squarespace
• Wix

How can you manually check which hosting provider is being used?

You have three choices (and you can do them all if you want to be more sure).

1. Check website headers

First up, and probably the easiest, is to check the website headers.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it:

1. Right-click on the website and select “Inspect” or press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows) or Cmd+Option+I (Mac) to open the page’s developer tools.
2. Select the Network tab.
3. You might want to refresh the page once again to see all requests.
4. Click on the request showing the website’s document (often the first).
5. Click on Headers and scroll to Server. On the right side is the actual server.

You can automate this by entering the website URL into our hosting detector at the top to get the server information.

2. IP analysis

This method is a bit more technical but is doable.

By looking at the IP address of the website, you can find out what server it is using by checking a database with the IP address range that corresponds with the website IP and the hosting provider IP ranges.

3. DNS Lookup

The tool retrieves a domain’s DNS (Domain Name System) records.

These records sometimes contain the hosting provider’s name or references to nameservers (e.g., ns1.hostgator.com).

You can use this DNS Checker to retrieve the nameservers for a website.

Check out our in-depth tutorial on how to check all the hints about a website hosting provider here.

How accurate is a web hosting detector?

It depends on what type of checks it does to uncover the hosting provider.

Our host detector is continuously revised and updated and can detect any web host provider.

That being said, there are cases where a website has hidden clues or is protected against detector tools. In that case, it is advised to manually check the website hosting provider by looking at the headers and IP addresses.

Web hosting for specific platforms

WordPress hosting (aka WP hosting)

First, WordPress is a CMS providing a front-end (what the visitor can see).

WordPress is mainly PHP on the back, so any web hosting provider that can serve PHP and SQL databases can host a WordPress website.

WordPress-specific hosting is often called managed WordPress hosting, and they’re generally more optimized for WordPress sites than regular hosting options.

React Hosting

React can be hosted anywhere HTML and static content can be hosted.

React compiles to static files (HTML, JavaScript, and CSS), so any web hosting provider that lets you host this can host a React application.

Framer Hosting

Framer offers built-in hosting, so any plan includes hosting as a standard.

This means that when you develop a Framer website, you can click Publish, and it will be live on the Framer’s hosting provider.

On any Framer-hosted website, you can see the Server in the Network tab in DevTools as “Framer.”

Frequently Asked Questions about Hosting

Does Wix include hosting?

Yes, every Wix website includes hosting.

Does Squarespace include hosting?

Yes, all Squarespace plans include hosting.

What Is the difference between Website Builders and Hosting Providers?

There are some differences between website builders and hosting providers:

• Hosting providers only offer server space, while website builders (often) host the website itself.
• Hosting providers let you host many technologies, but website builders often are bootstrapped to one.