[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":117},["ShallowReactive",2],{"inpage-who-hosts-this-website":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":109,"extension":110,"meta":111,"navigation":112,"path":113,"seo":114,"stem":115,"__hash__":116},"content\u002Finpage\u002Fwho-hosts-this-website.md","Who Is Hosting This Website?",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":101},"minimark",[9,14,18,22,51,54,58,61,65,92],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"find-out-who-hosts-any-website","Find Out Who Hosts Any Website",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Enter a website address and the checker tells you which company runs the server\nbehind it, such as AWS, DigitalOcean, WP Engine or Shopify. It also shows\nwhether a CDN like Cloudflare sits in front of the site, and which companies run\nthe domain's DNS and email.",[10,19,21],{"id":20},"how-the-hosting-checker-works","How the Hosting Checker Works",[23,24,25,33,39,45],"ol",{},[26,27,28,32],"li",{},[29,30,31],"strong",{},"IP addresses:"," it looks up the addresses the domain points to.",[26,34,35,38],{},[29,36,37],{},"Network owner:"," each address belongs to a network (an ASN) registered to a\ncompany. The checker matches that network to a hosting provider.",[26,40,41,44],{},[29,42,43],{},"Page headers:"," it loads the home page once and looks for signs that some\nhosts add, such as WP Engine, Kinsta, Vercel or Netlify headers.",[26,46,47,50],{},[29,48,49],{},"DNS and email:"," name servers show who runs the domain's DNS, and MX\nrecords show who handles its email.",[15,52,53],{},"Every answer comes with the evidence it's based on and a confidence level, so\nyou can judge it yourself.",[10,55,57],{"id":56},"when-the-host-is-hidden","When the Host Is Hidden",[15,59,60],{},"Many sites sit behind a CDN such as Cloudflare, Fastly or Akamai. Visitors only\never connect to the CDN, so the real server's address is hidden from everyone.\nOther hosting checkers often just answer \"Cloudflare\". This checker says the\nhost is hidden and lists clues instead, such as a host-specific header, labelled\nas hints rather than facts.",[10,62,64],{"id":63},"registrar-host-dns-and-email-are-different-things","Registrar, Host, DNS and Email Are Different Things",[66,67,68,74,80,86],"ul",{},[26,69,70,73],{},[29,71,72],{},"Registrar:"," where the domain name is registered and renewed.",[26,75,76,79],{},[29,77,78],{},"Web host:"," where the website's files and database run.",[26,81,82,85],{},[29,83,84],{},"DNS provider:"," runs the name servers that point the domain to the host.",[26,87,88,91],{},[29,89,90],{},"Email provider:"," handles the domain's email, such as Google Workspace or\nMicrosoft 365.",[15,93,94,95,100],{},"They can all be one company or four different ones. To find out who hosts your\nown site and whether it's worth switching, read\n",[96,97,99],"a",{"href":98},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-find-out-who-hosts-a-website","how to find out who hosts a website",".",{"title":102,"searchDepth":103,"depth":103,"links":104},"",2,[105,106,107,108],{"id":12,"depth":103,"text":13},{"id":20,"depth":103,"text":21},{"id":56,"depth":103,"text":57},{"id":63,"depth":103,"text":64},"Find the hosting company behind any website, with honest CDN handling, IP owners, DNS and email providers.","md",{},true,"\u002Finpage\u002Fwho-hosts-this-website",{"title":5,"description":109},"inpage\u002Fwho-hosts-this-website","XGUCGgwF0iHhIsn7Fg0zXRjZcOUAVpseSA0gk9eKsnU",1793823015101]