| To begin your journey on the Internet world, it | | | | too need to pay for these services. Which they |
| seems a bit risky to invest any money. So, most | | | | accomplish using the money they earn when |
| people, who wish to build their first website, | | | | people click on the ads shown on your pages. |
| choose free web hosting as their startup agenda. | | | | - You should also expect less features than paid |
| Let's discuss some of the advantages and | | | | hosting and also the loading speed of your pages |
| disadvantages revolving around this decision. | | | | will be quite slow. Some undesirable features of |
| Advantages: | | | | free webhosting are : Less Webspace, Less |
| - You're skeptical in the beginning and are not sure | | | | Bandwidth, Less/No SQL Databases, Limited |
| whether to invest any money on the fraud | | | | Usage/No Webmail, Less/No Mail Accounts, No |
| internet world, so it makes perfect sense to | | | | Cronjobs, No SSL/SSH, Less Security, Limited |
| choose a free web host. | | | | Support, Less Trustability |
| - You get your personal space for free where | | | | - If you don't have a domain name, then most |
| you can test out your skills and show off. Or you | | | | probably you will be stuck with a subdomain, like |
| could create some demo sites. Never choose free | | | | yourname.freehostname.com, which is quite |
| web hosting for live production sites, as they are | | | | embarrassing to share with others. Even if you |
| not reliable. | | | | have your domain name, some hosts do not allow |
| - Some free web hosts, such as 000webhost | | | | to host your domain, you have to choose a |
| provide great security, reliability, and features that | | | | subdomain strictly. |
| you only expect in paid hosting. So, you need to | | | | - Free hosting services don't provide any support, |
| spend some time in searching your host. We | | | | and if you are stuck with some problem, then |
| recommend Free-WebHosts Directory, as they | | | | you need to search out a solution yourself, or |
| have a regularly updated directory of free web | | | | you have to be content with that problem. |
| hosting providers and user reviews as well to help | | | | Support is quite essential for running a website as |
| you choose. | | | | there are umpteen errors/doubts which might |
| Disadvantages: | | | | crop up, and you need someone to sort them |
| - Most free web hosting providers disappear with | | | | out. |
| time. And their site shuts down suddenly without | | | | There are lots of restrictions of the type of sites |
| any warning and your entire site's reputation built | | | | you can create on free web hosting, as stated in |
| through the months, your entire data and | | | | their terms and conditions. Be sure to read the |
| database is lost(So, you need to take regular | | | | TOC, because, if you don't abide by it, you could |
| backups once on free hosting), and moreover, | | | | have your hosting cancelled permanently. |
| you are stranded alone suddenly with nowhere to | | | | If you need to get the feel of your first website. |
| go. It's a nightmare, and has happened to me a | | | | If you need some webspace for demo/test site |
| few times until I switched. | | | | that you need to create. |
| - You should expect unwanted advertisements on | | | | If you are short of cash. |
| your web pages which are displayed by your | | | | If you don't care that there are ads on your page |
| hosting provider. Sometimes, it gets really | | | | If you don't care that your hosting gets shutdown |
| frustrating to see a huge banner dazzling at the | | | | suddenly |
| top of your site. Although, nowadays, many free | | | | Then opt for free webhosting. |
| hosts do not display any ads on your pages. Its | | | | Else, you can get some pretty inexpensive paid |
| perfectly logical for ads display, because these | | | | hosting solutions from any web hosting review |
| hosts are providing you space on their servers, | | | | website. |
| and also you are burning their bandwidth. So, they | | | | |