Hosting Detector

Discover who is hosting the websites you're visiting!
What is Hosting Detector?
Hosting Detector is a Chrome extension that allows you to discover who is hosting the websites you're visiting. It helps you determine if your hosting provider is leasing server space from another company, providing valuable insights into your hosting setup.

Extension stats

Users: 234
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2020-12-03)
Creation date: 2020-12-02
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
Size: 10.44K
URLs: Website

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Although answering a question like “who is hosting my website” seems simple enough – after all, you were the one buying that server space – there are some details you might not be aware of:

One of the facts of the hosting market is that not all hosting companies manage their own servers. In other words, although you might have bought your hosting setup from one company, that company might be leasing their server space from someone else.

Quite commonly in today’s market, cloud hosting companies like DigitalOcean, Vultr, Amazon AWS, or Google Cloud rent their server space to other operators. Those operators then resell the servers to their own clients.

Our hosting checker tool tells you if that’s the case with your host.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Hosting Detector requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Hosting Detector has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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