Terms of Service
These terms govern your use of HostingGarage’s free website health checker tools and hosting comparison pages. Please read them before using the service.
By using HostingGarage, you agree to these terms.
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“User”) and HostingGarage (“we”, “us”, “our”), the operator of hostinggarage.in. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service. Your use of any HostingGarage tool — including entering a domain name and requesting a diagnostic check — constitutes acceptance of these Terms in full. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Service. See our Privacy Policy and Affiliate Disclosure which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Definitions
The following definitions apply throughout these Terms.
Description of the Service
HostingGarage provides a free website health checker service. Users submit a domain name and receive an automated Diagnostic Report covering one or more of the following infrastructure checks:
The Service is provided free of charge with no registration requirement. HostingGarage also publishes hosting comparison and review pages that may contain Affiliate Links, as disclosed in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Eligibility and Access
You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service. By using the Service you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older. If you are under 18, you may not use the Service without the express consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms on your behalf.
By submitting a domain name to any Diagnostic Tool, you represent and warrant that:
(a) you are the registered owner or authorised administrator of the domain; or
(b) you have explicit permission from the domain owner to run infrastructure diagnostics; or
(c) you understand that the Diagnostic Tools query only publicly available data (SSL certificates, DNS records, public HTTP responses) and that such queries are lawful in your jurisdiction.
HostingGarage does not require proof of domain ownership before running a check. By submitting a domain you accept full responsibility for the appropriateness and legality of that submission.
The Service is available globally. HostingGarage makes no representation that the Service complies with laws in every jurisdiction. You are responsible for ensuring your use of the Service complies with the laws of your country or region.
Acceptable Use Policy
HostingGarage is provided as a free diagnostic tool for legitimate website infrastructure checks. The following sets out what is and is not permitted.
- Checking the SSL certificate of your own website
- Checking DNS propagation after a migration you control
- Diagnosing uptime or speed issues on a site you own or manage
- Checking a client’s website as their authorised technical consultant or agency
- Research and educational purposes using a reasonable number of queries
- Verifying your hosting provider’s performance against published benchmarks
- Single or occasional checks on publicly accessible websites
- Automated or bulk querying of domains you do not own or manage
- Scraping, crawling, or systematic extraction of Diagnostic Reports or Benchmark Data
- Reselling, republishing, or commercially exploiting Diagnostic Results or Benchmark Data without written permission
- Using the tools to perform reconnaissance on websites without the owner’s consent
- Circumventing rate limits or technical access controls
- Submitting false, fabricated, or malicious domain inputs designed to abuse the Service
- Using the Service to send unsolicited communications or spam
- Interfering with or disrupting the Service infrastructure
- Attempting to reverse-engineer the tool code, methodology, or Benchmark Data collection systems
- Using automated scripts or bots to query the tools without written authorisation
To ensure fair access for all users, our tools enforce a rate limit of 8 requests per minute per IP address. Exceeding this limit will result in a temporary block. Repeated or systematic violations may result in permanent IP-level access restriction without notice.
HostingGarage reserves the right to immediately suspend or permanently restrict access to the Service for any user who violates this Acceptable Use Policy, without prior notice and without liability. We further reserve the right to pursue legal remedies under applicable law including the Information Technology Act 2000 (India), the Computer Misuse Act (UK), or equivalent legislation in the User’s jurisdiction.
Informational Purpose Only — Not Professional Advice
HostingGarage Diagnostic Reports are provided for informational and diagnostic purposes only. They do not constitute professional technical advice, IT consultancy, security assessment, legal advice, or financial advice of any kind. Results should not be the sole basis for any technical, business, security, or financial decision. For critical infrastructure decisions, server migrations, security assessments, or any matter with significant business consequences — consult a qualified professional.
In particular, the following apply:
(a) SSL status: A result showing a valid SSL certificate does not constitute a security audit or certification of your website. It confirms only that the public certificate is present, valid at the time of the check, and correctly presented. Other SSL configuration issues beyond the scope of this tool may exist.
(b) DNS health: A result showing DNS records as correctly configured does not guarantee that all DNS propagation is complete for all resolvers or ISPs globally. Results reflect the state at the moment of the check from the queried resolver.
(c) Uptime status: A result showing a website as online or offline reflects a single HTTP request from Mumbai at a single point in time. This is not equivalent to continuous uptime monitoring. A website that passes a single status check may experience downtime seconds later.
(d) Speed scores: TTFB and Core Web Vitals results reflect conditions at the moment of the check and may vary significantly depending on server load, network conditions, time of day, and caching state. A single speed test result does not represent the typical user experience.
(e) Hosting Report Card: Benchmark data reflects a specific 90-day monitoring window. Hosting provider performance may have changed since the monitoring period ended. See our Methodology page for full details.
Known Tool Limitations
HostingGarage discloses the following known technical limitations. These do not constitute defects — they are inherent characteristics of how the tools operate. Users should be aware of them when interpreting results.
Scope Checks the certificate presented at the domain root only. Certificates for subdomains, wildcard coverage, or internal services are not assessed.
Point-in-time Results reflect the DNS state at the exact moment of the query. DNS propagation is dynamic and may change within minutes.
Single point One HTTP request from one Mumbai server. Not equivalent to multi-location uptime monitoring.
Variable Speed results are highly variable and depend on server load at the moment of the check. A single result may not represent typical performance.
No traffic Test sites receive no real user traffic. Shared hosting performance under real-world load may differ from baseline results.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HOSTINGGARAGE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (i) IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT; (ii) WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (iii) WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (iv) WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, OR TIMELINESS OF ANY DIAGNOSTIC RESULT, BENCHMARK DATA, OR OTHER CONTENT.
HostingGarage does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of Diagnostic Reports. Results are generated from automated queries of publicly available data and are subject to the limitations described in Section 6. Results may be inaccurate due to:
(a) caching of results for up to one hour;
(b) network conditions between our Mumbai server and the queried domain;
(c) security configurations on the queried domain (e.g. Cloudflare Bot Fight Mode) blocking our queries;
(d) inaccurate or delayed data from third-party APIs (Google PageSpeed, Google DNS, Cloudflare DNS);
(e) temporary server load, maintenance windows, or infrastructure changes at the queried domain;
(f) limitations inherent in single-point-in-time measurements.
Where Diagnostic Results incorporate data from Third-Party Services (including Google PageSpeed Insights API, Google DNS-over-HTTPS, and Cloudflare DNS-over-HTTPS), HostingGarage makes no representation as to the accuracy, completeness, or availability of that third-party data. We have no control over and accept no responsibility for any third-party service’s uptime, methodology, or data quality.
The SSL Checker checks only the public certificate presented by the domain at the time of the query. A result showing a valid SSL certificate does not constitute a security audit, penetration test, or vulnerability assessment. HostingGarage makes no warranty that a website is secure, safe from attack, or compliant with any security standard based on any Diagnostic Report.
The Hosting Report Card reflects data from a specific historical monitoring period. HostingGarage does not warrant that the hosting providers listed currently perform at the levels shown. Performance may have changed since the monitoring window closed.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL HOSTINGGARAGE, ITS OPERATOR, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY:
(a) indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages of any kind;
(b) loss of profits, revenue, business, data, goodwill, or anticipated savings;
(c) business interruption or loss arising from reliance on Diagnostic Results;
(d) damages arising from inaccurate or incomplete results including false offline/online status, incorrect SSL validity readings, inaccurate DNS records, or inaccurate speed scores;
(e) damages arising from third-party API failures including Google PageSpeed API unavailability, Google DNS errors, or Cloudflare DNS errors;
(f) damages arising from cached results that do not reflect the current state of a domain’s infrastructure;
(g) damages arising from service unavailability including downtime of hostinggarage.in or its diagnostic tools;
(h) damages arising from reliance on Hosting Report Card data that may not reflect current hosting provider performance.
This limitation applies regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable and regardless of whether HostingGarage was advised of the possibility of such damages. This limitation applies to all causes of action including contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, and any other legal theory.
The Service is provided to you free of charge. Under the India Contract Act 1872 and equivalent principles in other jurisdictions, the absence of monetary consideration supports a reduced liability standard. HostingGarage’s maximum aggregate liability to you for any claim arising from your use of the Service shall not exceed the amount you have paid to use the Service — which, for the free tools, is zero (₹0).
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law including the India Consumer Protection Act 2019 or equivalent legislation in your jurisdiction.
Third-Party Services and APIs
HostingGarage uses third-party services to deliver parts of the Service. By using tools that rely on these services, you acknowledge and agree to the following:
The Website Speed Test uses the Google PageSpeed Insights API operated by Google LLC. When you use the speed test, your domain is sent to Google’s servers. Use of this feature is additionally subject to Google’s APIs Terms of Service. HostingGarage is not responsible for the accuracy, availability, or methodology of Google PageSpeed results.
The DNS Checker uses Google DNS (dns.google) and Cloudflare DNS (cloudflare-dns.com) public resolvers for the global propagation panel. These are browser-side calls subject to Google’s Terms of Service and Cloudflare’s Terms of Service respectively.
HetrixTools is used to monitor HostingGarage’s own benchmark test sites (not user-submitted domains). HetrixTools operates as a data processor for HostingGarage under its Terms of Service.
HostingGarage operates on Hostinger’s Mumbai shared hosting infrastructure. All tool requests are processed through this infrastructure. Hostinger’s availability and performance directly affects the availability of HostingGarage tools.
Reference to any third-party service, hosting provider, or tool does not constitute an endorsement beyond what is explicitly stated. HostingGarage is not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or terms of any linked third-party website or service.
Intellectual Property
You may use Diagnostic Results for the following purposes without additional permission: (a) diagnosing and fixing issues on your own website; (b) reporting infrastructure status to your clients as part of legitimate technical work; (c) personal or internal business reference. You may not: (a) resell or commercially exploit Diagnostic Results; (b) represent results as your own proprietary data; (c) use results as the basis for public claims about third parties without independent verification.
You may cite HostingGarage Hosting Report Card data in editorial content provided you: (a) attribute HostingGarage as the source; (b) link to the original page at hostinggarage.in/reliable-web-hosting-india/; (c) include the monitoring period dates; and (d) do not misrepresent or selectively present the data. Commercial republication of benchmark data requires written permission.
Affiliate Relationships and Commercial Content
HostingGarage participates in affiliate programmes operated by hosting companies. When you purchase hosting through an Affiliate Link on this site, HostingGarage earns a referral commission from the hosting company at no additional cost to you.
Current affiliate relationships exist with: Kinsta, Cloudways, Hostinger, HostArmada, ChemiCloud, and MilesWeb. BigRock is included in performance data only and has no affiliate relationship with HostingGarage. The independent benchmark platform hostlatency.com has no affiliate links.
Affiliate commissions do not affect ranking positions in the Hosting Report Card. Rankings are determined solely by measured uptime and TTFB data as documented in our Methodology. For full details see our Affiliate Disclosure, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference and complies with FTC 16 CFR Part 255 (2023 update) and ASCI Guidelines for Influencer Advertising in Digital Media 2021.
Privacy and Data Processing
Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. The Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, your rights under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDPA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Key data handling points:
(a) Domain names submitted to tools are not stored permanently in any database;
(b) SSL check results are cached for up to one hour for performance reasons;
(c) The speed test sends your domain to Google’s PageSpeed Insights API;
(d) The DNS checker global propagation panel sends your domain to Google and Cloudflare DNS resolvers via your browser;
(e) Google Analytics may collect browsing data if you have consented via our cookie banner;
(f) We do not sell your personal data to any third party.
Service Availability — No Uptime Guarantee
HostingGarage may experience downtime or degraded availability due to:
(a) scheduled or emergency maintenance of hostinggarage.in infrastructure;
(b) downtime at Hostinger Mumbai, our hosting provider;
(c) WordPress platform updates or plugin conflicts;
(d) unavailability of Third-Party Services including Google PageSpeed API, Google DNS, or Cloudflare DNS;
(e) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks or security incidents;
(f) force majeure events including natural disasters, government action, or internet infrastructure failures.
HostingGarage will make commercially reasonable efforts to restore service after any disruption but does not commit to any specific recovery time. We are not liable for any loss or damage resulting from service unavailability.
We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, and without liability to you.
Termination and Suspension of Access
HostingGarage reserves the right to restrict, suspend, or permanently terminate your access to the Service at any time and without prior notice if:
(a) you breach any provision of these Terms;
(b) you violate the Acceptable Use Policy in Section 4;
(c) your use of the Service causes or threatens harm to the Service, its infrastructure, or other users;
(d) we are required to do so by applicable law or a competent authority;
(e) we determine in our sole discretion that continued access is not in the best interest of the Service.
Termination of access does not affect the accrued rights of either party prior to the date of termination. Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, and 16 of these Terms survive termination.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HostingGarage, its operator, and any associated contributors from and against any claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from:
(a) your use of or access to the Service;
(b) your violation of any provision of these Terms;
(c) your violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights or privacy rights;
(d) any claim that your use of the Service caused damage to a third party;
(e) your submission of a domain you were not authorised to query.
This indemnification obligation will survive termination of your use of the Service.
Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
If you are located outside India, these Terms are still governed by Indian law. However, nothing in these Terms removes your statutory consumer rights under the laws of your own country. EU consumers retain rights under the EU Consumer Rights Directive. UK consumers retain rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. These rights exist in addition to, not instead of, the protections in these Terms.
California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). HostingGarage does not sell personal information. CCPA-specific rights regarding access, deletion, and opt-out are addressed in our Privacy Policy.
Changes to These Terms
HostingGarage reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make changes we update the “Last reviewed” date at the top of this page. For significant changes — such as expanding permitted data uses, adding new tools, or materially altering liability provisions — we will provide notice via a prominent banner on the site for at least 14 days before the changes take effect.
Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service. We recommend bookmarking this page and reviewing it periodically.
| Version | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1 January 2026 | Initial Terms covering all tools and services at launch |
Contact
If you have questions about these Terms, want to report a violation, or need to exercise any rights described in these Terms, please contact us using the details below. We aim to respond within 5 business days for general enquiries and within 30 days for formal legal or data protection requests.