Review of Website Hosting Companies
As part of our continued dedication to our customers we are
pleased to provide you with the following website hosting
company reviews. We have been evaluating various website
hosting companies over the last few years, and have written
our website hosting company reviews for your information. We
hope that this information helps you find the right website
hosting company for your needs.
We hope that you find these website hosting company reviews
useful. If you have any experience with these hosting providers
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info@fmdeveloper.com.
IX Webhosting
IX Webhosting offers great website hosting plans for
businesses of all sizes. Their hosting plans start at $4.95
and their top hosting package is $59.99 per month. This is
for Linux web hosting. They offer a plan that will work for
almost any website hosting needs. They also offer Windows
hosting, however we only tested their Linux hosting
packages.
IX Webhosting uses the H-Sphere web based control panel
which offers you full control of the most commonly used
features. They also provide full DNS control for your sites.
We prefer the C-Panel control panel over the H-Sphere
control panel, however the H-Sphere panel does offer
features not found in C-Panel.
The downside of IX Webhosting is reliability. We experienced
numerous outages while using their service. The most common
service to go down was e-mail, however we encountered MySQL
failures, as well as complete service failures. In their
defense, they did offer us a service credit for our
downtime.
Overall, IX Webhosting is a good choice for small business,
who want a feature rich hosting package, at a very low cost.
We also recommend this for companies with many domain names,
that they want to manage in one place. We rate IX Webhosting
2.5 stars out of 5.
Positive Factors:
Gives you a static IP address for you domain (a major plus
for
search engine optimization)
Affordable to host multiple domains
H-Sphere panel contains needed functions
Can access the MySQL database server through outside
software
Allows for a default install of osCommerce
Negative Factors:
Still not the most reliable host - they are getting better
but still aren't up to par
Does not include awStats with the control panel
iPower Web
iPower Web only offers one package (the one shown in the
picture above). They charge $7.95 per month, and include
most features you will need from a hosting company.
iPower Web uses the C-Panel control panel, which is
extremely fast and easy to use. They offer ample hard drive
space and transfer.
We did not experience any outages while using iPower Web's
services. They also were quick to respond to technical
support requests we submitted. Their agents were
knowledgeable, and answered our questions quickly and
effectively.
iPower Web is also a great choice for domain name
registrations. They offer domain registrations for only
$2.95 per year. This is the lowest price we found. $2.95
domain name registrations.
Overall, we give iPower Web 4.75 out of 5 stars, and have crowned
iPower Web the Best Provider.
Positive Factors:
Low cost compared to reliability
Includes awStats in control panel
Low cost domain names
Negative Factors:
If you want more than 5 subdomains they charge you
Charge for domain aliases and other advanced features
Does NOT give you a static IP address for you domain (a major
negative for search engine optimization)
1 and 1
1 and 1 used to be the lowest price to register your domain
names, $5.95 per year. iPower Web now offers these for only
$2.95 per year.
***Left for historical reasons****
1 and 1 uses a control panel, that was just too slow to use.
Even utilizing our broadband internet connection, the pages
took too long to load, and it took many steps to complete even
simple tasks.
We did not use 1 and 1 to host any sites, because of their control
panel.
***END of Left for historical reasons****
***UPDATE***
1 and 1 updated their control panel, and it is now much faster
and easier to use. The latest updated allows you to have control
over the features you need to effectively manage your domain.
We recommend 1 and 1 for
domain registrations if you need or want advanced DNS controls
(like domain forwarding, free e-mail, etc) for your domain.
If you just care about price, you can go with
iPower Web for a $2.95 domain name registration. They
have stated they are offering full DNS control, and we are
in the process of confirming this information.
Positive Factors:
Full DNS control of domains you register with them
Negative Factors:
Does NOT give you a static IP address for you domain (a major
negative for search engine optimization)
StartLogic
StartLogic offers the same hosting package as iPower Web, but
charges only $7.50 per month. However, StartLogic does not offer
the $5.50 domain registrations.
If you only need 1 domain name, we recommend StartLogic, as
they include a domain name with their hosting packages.
Overall, we rate StartLogic 3 out of 5 stars.
NetZero
NetZero, the company you have heard of selling dial up service,
is now offering internet hosting. We have not tried their services
yet, but will update this page once we have time to review their
plans.
Globat.com
We have not yet tested Globat.com for their hosting services,
however we are in the process of starting our review. Check
back for the latest information on the status of our review.
They offer some great free offers from time to time,
including free hosting for a year after rebate! Can't beat
that price!
NetFirms.com
We have not yet tested netFirms however, they offer domain name
registration for only $4.99, the best deal we have found yet!
They also have some low rates on web hosting space. Check back
for the latest information on the status of our review of this
website hosting company.
H2OH! Hosting
This is the only host on the list that allows adult content.
If you are looking for a low-cost, adult content host, this
may be the host for you!
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