When picking web hosting you want to make sure that the services meet with all your needs. It is well worth the time to look into several web hosts before making a final decision. This way you will not have to change host and go through the trouble of moving your website(s) and DNS settings.
This is a simple guide where we have compared prices on shared and dedicated web hosting and we also evaluated the technical support. The lists is not arranged by how good the web hosts and web hotels are. From the rating stars below you can easily see what web hosts are worth looking into.
Explanations on the 2 most common web hosting plans:
Shared hosting -means you are sharing the server with other people who also have their websites on the same server. This means you are may have limited space on the harddrive and/or bandwidth. Dedicated server: Means you alone use the server but the web host are responsible to make sure the server is running and that it works.
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Shared hosting: Prices start from
Dedicated hosting: Prices start from
Fast support?
Comment
GATE
$4.98/month First 3 months only $1.66/month
$69/month
Average, around 8 hours to get a reply to a support ticket
Cheap but still good value:
Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Data Transfer Unlimited Mailboxes Unlimited Databases Rating:
Yahoo!
$8.96/mo
N/A
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket.
Recommended! Free domain name
Unlimited disk space
Unlimited Data transfer
Liquid Web
$14.95/mo
$149/mo
Yes they answer to tickets within a few minutes
Recommended! Our favourite webhost because of the excellent support. Rating:
ApolloHosting
$6.95/mo
$99.95/mo
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket.
Allow PT sites on dedicated servers Rating:
One.com
$1.45/mo Cheapest!
Mediocre
24-48 hour for reply on ticket
Only one domain per account. Rating:
ServerPronto
N/A
$29.95/mo Cheapest!
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket
99.999% Uptime Guarantee Rating:
FastDomain
$5.95/mo
N/A
Mediocre
24-48 hour for reply on ticket
Allow unlimited domains Rating:
Easy CGI
$7.96 / mo
$39.96/mo
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket
Shared hosting starting with:
3,500 GB Monthly Data Transfer
300 Gb Disk space Rating:
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket.
All prices in GBP (£) Rating:
FatCow
$7.33/mo
N/A
OK!
2-48 hours for reply on ticket. Becoming more and more popular among our readers
Recommended! Unlimited Domains Rating:
HostMonster
$5.95/mo
N/A
Mediocre
24-48 hour for reply on ticket. Note: HostMonster don’t like PT sites and can close your account without notice.
UNLIMITED Hosting Space UNLIMITED Bandwidth UNLIMITED Domains
Note: HostMonster don’t like PT sites and can close your account without notice. Rating:
Host gator
$4.95/mo
$174.00/mo
Have improved their support tremendously. Live chat always answers within a few minutes.
Recommended!
Unlimited domains for shared hosting. Fast servers and quick support. Rating:
ThePlanet
N/A
$89
Fast
Normally get reply to ticket within a few hours
Only dedicated servers. One of the fastest and most secure web hosts out there. They also have a good protection against DoS attacks! Rating:
Rackspace
N/A
No pricelist, only custom build dedicated servers
Fast
Normally get reply to ticket within a few hours
Only dedicated servers, quite pricy but good support. Rating:
IPower
$3.98/mo
$129
Fast
Normally get reply to ticket within a few hours
Unlimited domain on shared server Rating:
IX Webhosting
$4.95/mo
N/A
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket.
Unlimited GB of Storage
Unlimited GB of Transfer
Unlimited Domains Rating:
HostDime
$9/mo
$100
Average, around 24 hours to get a reply to ticket.
10 Domains for budget hosting Rating:
GoDaddy
Average
Note: Only 300 GB Transfer and 10 GB Space for budget hosting Rating:
JumpLaunch
$4.95/mo
$199.95/mo
Fast
Normally get reply to ticket within a few hours
Unlimited GB of Storage
Unlimited GB of Transfer
Unlimited Domains Rating:
HostRocket
$4.99/mo
$99.95
Fast
Normally get reply to ticket within a few hours
Unlimited bandwidth, 10 domains per account for shared hosting Rating:
ImHosted
$6.95/mo
N/A
Mediocre
24-48 hour for reply on ticket
Host unlimited websites/domains on your account.Live support requires of you to install ICQ and their website says it is only supported by (Windows 98/2000/Me/XP/Mac) NOT VISTA?! Rating:
StartLogic
$5.95/mo
N/A
Fast
Normally get reply to ticket within a few hours
Unlimited GB of Storage
Unlimited GB of Transfer
Unlimited Domains Rating:
NetFirms
$4.45/mo
$49.95/mo Clustered servers
The support often ignores support tickets and if they answer expect 2 -4 days of waiting, before you get an reply.
They use a weird interface and no regular cpanel. Cannot import sql files and or even paste in sql. Lots of features you find in cpanel are not supported by this company. Stay away if you are not a computer genious, because you get little or no help from the support. Rating:
YourSite
$2/mo
N/A
Mediocre
24-48 hour for reply on ticket
Only 50Mb storage and 5Gb monhtly traffic for budget shared hosting Worst deal! Rating:
