HostMonster Hosting Review

As one of the earliest web hosting companies, HostMonster has been providing affordable and features rich web hosting services to businesses and individuals alike since 1996. With over 400,000 domains hosted on their own servers and data centers, it is no wonder HostMonster is one of the biggest web hosting companies around. Their popularity stems not only from their competitive pricing of their hosting plan but also due to the fact they offer superior customer service and support.

HostMonster has only one hosting plan just like Bluehost. Their web hosting package is very affordable especially if you go for a long term package. Considering the amount of features include in their web hosting package, it is great value for money.

Web Hosting Package Features:
• $4.95 / Month (Promotion)
• $5.95 / Month (Regular)
• 1 Free Domain
• Unlimited Storage
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• Host Unlimited Domains
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• IMAP & POP3 Supported
• SSL Secure Server
• 24/7 Email, Phone & Live Chat Support
• 30 Day Moneyback Guarantee

HostMonster is a highly regarded web hosting company with excellent customer service and support. It is not strange considering both HostMonster and Bluehost share the same parent company. Their shared hosting plans are very similar in terms of pricing, configuration and support. However HostMonster has a slight advantage in terms of pricing as their hosting plan is slightly cheaper with their special discount thrown in.

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FatCow Hosting Review

Found in 1998, FatCow is a shared hosting company which is very different from other conventional web hosting companies. You get that feeling the moment you arrive at their website. As you know, the web hosting industry is a highly competitive industry and FatCow really knows how to differentiate and set itself apart from its competition with its logo and slogan “Great Hosting Plans. No Bull”.

FatCow has only one shared hosting in place which costs $88 a year or $7.33 a month. At this price and with its features, this shared hosting plan is definitely worth a serious consideration. Besides web hosting, FatCow also offers other web related services such as domain, ecommerce and marketing services.

Web Hosting Package Features:
• $5.50 / Month (Limited Time)
• $7.33 / Month (Regular Price)
• Unlimited Storage
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• 1 Free Domain
• Host Unlimited Domains
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited POP Mailboxes
• 30 Day Moneyback Guarantee
• 24/7 Email, Live Chat & Phone Support

FatCow is definitely worth a look with its highly affordable and featured rich hosting plan. At $7.33 per month, this is a no brainer for new webmasters or webmasters looking for a secondary web hosting account.

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BlueFish Hosting Review

Bluefish Hosting is a small web hosting company based in Sothern Utah. This web hosting company is different from other mainstream web hosting companies due to the fact it was started by some web hosting geeks to provide a more superior level of customer service and support than bigger web hosting companies.

Bluefish Hosting commitment to their superior customer service and support can be seen the moment you sign up for their hosting plan. Their support team will call you up to confirm your order and answer any queries that you may have. Bluefish has only one shared hosting plan for webmasters and it is priced very competitively at$6.95.

Web Hosting Package Features:
• $6.95 / Month
• 1 Free Domain
• 1500 Gig Storage
• 15000 Gig Bandwidth
• Unlmited Email Accounts
• Unlimited FTP Accounts
• SSL Secure Server
• SSI Support
• vDeck Control Panel
• 30 Day Moneyback Guarantee
• Toll Free Phone Support

However, one thing may not be in their favor is that their support time frame is limited between 8am to 6pm Mountain Time and they are also closed on Sundays and Public Holidays. For webmasters who are in a different time zone, this may pose a problem when you need to get your issues settle as soon as possible.

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Apollo Hosting Review

Apollo Hosting is a privately owned web hosting company that was first found in 1999. While not a big gun in the web hosting industry, Apollo Hosting has held its own against competitors in the highly competitive world of web hosting since its inception.

Besides offering shared hosting, Apollo Hosting also provides other hosting solutions such as Windows hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated server hosting and other web related services such as wed design, ecommerce and marketing services. Apollo Hosting basic shared hosting plans start from $6.96 for the most basic plan to $20.96 for their high end plans.

Value Shared hosting Package
• $6.97 / Month
• 50 Gig Storage
• 500 Gig Bandwidth
• Host Up To 20 Domains
• 500 Email Accounts
• Unlimited MySQL dbs
• Plesk Application Vault
• Plesk Control Panel
• PHPMyAdmin
• 24/7 Live Chat Support
• 30 Day Moneyback Guarantee
• Toll Free Phone Support

Apollo Hosting offers dedicated IP address and SSH access for their plans at business level and higher. They also offer access to many programming languages which many other shared hosting companies do not support which is ideal for webmasters who are looking for more features and power in their web hosting plans.

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Easy CGI Hosting Review

Easy CGI is well known for their Windows hosting plans. For webmasters looking to host their sites under Windows environment, this is one of the best web hosts to work with. They started off with Windows hosting packages and this remains their main strength compared to other web hosts which offer windows hosting plans later.

Besides offering web hosting, Easy CGI also offers a variety of web related services such as domain registration, ecommerce and marketing services. Easy CGI also offer Linux VPS hosting besides shared hosting. Their Windows shared hosting plans start at $7.96 for the most basic plan to $21.56 for the priciest shared hosting plan. Easy CGI Windows shared hosting plans are relatively inexpensive for the amount of features they offer.

Advance X Web Hosting Package:
• $7.96 / Month
• 350 Gig Storage
• 3500 Gig Bandwidth
• Windows IIS7/IIS6 Servers
• Host Unlimited Domains
• Unlimited FTP Accounts
• 500 Email Accounts
• 50 MySQL dbs
• Dedicated SSL Ready
• Microsoft Access
• 24/7 Phone Support
• 30 Day Moneyback

Their years of experiences plus knowledge and depth of understanding of Windows hosting makes them the ideal windows web hosting company. . This is something that may want to factor into your consideration if you are looking for a Windows web host.

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Aplus.net Hosting Review

Found in 1992, Aplus.net began offering web hosting services in 1998 just before the dot.com bust. Aplus.net is more than a web hosting company. Besides web hosting services, they also provide a wide range of web services like domain name registration and web design. With more than 250 employees worldwide, 100,000 customers and over 400,000 domains registered, Aplus.net can be considered one of the giants in the web hosting industry.

Aplus.net hosting plans starts at $5.95 for a basic web hosting package and up to $34.95 for the most expansive and featured packed web hosting plans. While the packages are reasonably priced and affordable, the basic package only allows you to host up to a single domain which in my personal opinion is simply not enough. The ideal package should be their business package which allows you to host up to 5 domains.

Personal Web Hosting Package Features:
• 5 Gig Storage
• 100 Gig Transfer
• Host Up To 1 Domain
• 50 Emails Addresses
• IMAP & POP3 Supported
• Daily Global Backup
• Virus Protection
• Shared SSL
• Firewall Protection
• 24/7 Phone & Live Chat Support
• Email Support
• Personal Blog
• PHPmyAdmin
• 30 Days Money Back Guarantee

Aplus.net is also known for their windows web hosting and they are a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Having won numerous awards from established sources such as CNET, you should give Aplus.net some consideration when selecting your next web host.

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AN Hosting Review

AN Hosting was first started in 2001 with a two man team. It quickly grew to become a recognized player in the web hosting industry and in 2005, AN Hosting become part of midPhase when they are acquired by them. AN Hosting now host over 150,000 domains on their network of 1,000 plus servers. Besides offering 24/7 phone support, they also provide email and live chat tech support.

AN Hosting have only one web hosting package in place for webmasters just like Bluehost. While this simplifies things for webmasters, it also poses a challenge for those webmasters looking to upgrade their hosting plan in the future. One likely scenario if you are happy with AN Hosting is most likely you will go to midPhase when the time comes for you to upgrade your hosting plan.

Web Hosting Package Features:
• $6.95 / Month
• 500 Gig Hosting Space
• 5,000 Gig Bandwidth
• Host Up To 20 Domains
• Unlimited MySQL dbs
• 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
• 24/7 Phone, Email & Live Chat Support

AN Hosting has won numerous awards for providing quality customer service and support to webmasters since their inception. This is definitely a plus for webmasters looking for quality hosting at great prices.

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1 & 1 Hosting Review

1&1 is one of the world’s pioneers web hosting companies. They are currently considered the world’s biggest web host with over 7 million customers. They have over 55,000 servers under their charge. Providing a whole range of web related services ranging from web hosting plans, virtual private servers, dedicated servers, ecommerce solutions to domain packages, it is no wonder they are the biggest if not one of the biggest web host around.

Their web hosting plans are featured packed and very affordable with prices starting at $3.99 for a basic web hosting account. From the look of their pricing and web hosting plans, it seems great value for money. Webmasters will probably find the range of web services provided by 1 & 1 comprehensive and able to cater to their needs whether they are experienced webmasters or novices.

Basic Web Hosting Package Features:
• $3.99 / Month
• 1 Free Domain
• Private Domain Registration
• 25 Subdomains
• Host 20 External Domains
• Host Unlimited 1 & 1 Domains
• 10 Gig Storage
• 300 Gig Bandwidth
• 1 FTP Account
• 1&! Webspace Explorer
• 600 Email Accounts
• 2 Gig Mailbox Space
• IMAP & POP3 Supported
• 1&1 Webmail
• Spam Filter
• 1&1 Website Builder
• 1&1 Photo Gallery
• 1&1 Blog
• Easy RSS
• Firewall Protection
• 24/7 Phone & Email Support
• 90 Days Money Back Guarantee

Currently, every hosting plan comes with a 3 months free period when you sign up for an annual package. This is definitely a plus for those of you who are looking for another affordable web hosting account.

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Hostgator Hosting Review

Hostgator is one of the biggest names in the web hosting industry. They offer affordable share hosting plans for new webmasters and experienced webmasters alike. With more than a million domains hosted on their servers, you cannot go wrong with Hostgator. They have over 150 employees to provide round the clock support which is a very crucial factor when selecting a web host.

Each web hosting plan comes with a 45 day money back guarantee and 99.9% uptime guarantee. There’s even a guarantee that should you have a problem with their regular support, you can requested for the company’s owner Brent to reply to your questions. I have not gone down this route yet and I hope not to use this option in the future.

As with all the top web hosting companies, the normal features are all there in their hosting plans. Besides their customer service levels, I also like their live chat (must have) feature and their community forums whereby you can get your queries and support questions answered fast. All in all, Hostgator is a great value for money web hosts offering a range of features for both experienced and new webmasters alike.

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Latest update 17th February 09
They are going to offer windows web hosting soon. Check out this space for updated details.