| I have reviewed some web hosting services that | | | | hosting plans are best suited for starters. |
| offer good quality hosting at reasonable price. | | | | Features: The basic plan called Tiny offers 75MB |
| These are not the best hosting services and they | | | | space and 1GB bandwidth per month with a |
| are suitable only for starters. | | | | yearly payment. The next one called Small is also |
| GoDaddy web hosting: | | | | suitable for starters, which offers 400MB disk |
| GoDaddy is basically a domain registration | | | | space and 10GB bandwidth per month. One good |
| company, but they also provide web hosting | | | | feature of A Small Orange is that they have a |
| services. | | | | policy of "no artificial limits", which according to |
| Features: With a choice of Linux and Windows | | | | them is placing no restriction on services that do |
| based hosting, they provide fairly large disk space | | | | not cost them, like adding domains, Emails etc. |
| and monthly bandwidth and their feature list is | | | | They claim, other hosting service providers place |
| more than enough for starters. Their economy | | | | restrictions on these services to charge extra |
| plan, which is the base plan, offers 10GB of | | | | when you need them. As a result, they offer |
| storage and 300GB of transfer per month. You | | | | unlimited databases, sub-domains, add-on domains, |
| can also get a domain name for $2 with this plan. | | | | FTP accounts and email forwaders etc. A Small |
| Prices: Economy plan starts at $5 per month and | | | | Orange places restrictions on services that cost |
| the unlimited plan costs $15 per month. | | | | them, like disk space, bandwidth, memory size |
| Considering the features offered, the economy | | | | etc. |
| plan is quite cheap as compared to other hosting | | | | Prices: The Tiny plan is available for $25 per year. |
| services. One good thing more about GoDaddy is | | | | The "Small" plan is available for monthly price of |
| that you can pay bi monthly, avoiding any long | | | | $5, still very cheap. A Small Orange is not a |
| term contract in case you change your mind later. | | | | domain registrar but they register domains |
| Support: There are mixed opinions about | | | | through for $10 with free privacy protection, a |
| GoDaddy's support. Most of the people say they | | | | service for which most domain registrars charge |
| don't get a response within a day. While for some, | | | | extra fees. |
| their support has been good. This is a negative | | | | Support: Fast and friendly support is something A |
| point for starters, as anyone hosting a website | | | | Small Orange is reputed for. Although their quality |
| for the first time will definately need support at | | | | of support has gone down due to increase in |
| some point. | | | | accounts, but still they are better than most of |
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| Website: Namecheap Web Hosting: | | | | Website: 1and1 web hosting: 1and1 is a reseller |
| Namecheap is also a domain registration company. | | | | hosting company and they have been quite |
| It started web hosting business about a year ago | | | | problematic for some people. If you so some |
| and there have been a lot of positive reviews | | | | search about them, you will find that most of the |
| about it. | | | | reviews about them are bad. But being a 12 year |
| Features: Their basic plan offers 5GB disk space | | | | old company, they are quite well known too. |
| and 250GB bandwidth. Their language support | | | | Features: Looking at their features and knowing |
| options are suitable only for PHP based websites. | | | | the fact that they have a large customer base |
| But that can still support open source CMS and | | | | too, there is little doubt that they are over-sellers. |
| blogging systems. | | | | The basic plan called 1and1 Beginner offers 10 GB |
| Prices: At $40 per year, the Basic plan is available | | | | storage and 300GB transfer per month. They also |
| only with annual or bi-annual contract, which is bad. | | | | provide free private registration. There are a host |
| You don't want to get stuck with them for a | | | | of features that are not available for the basic |
| year in case find them not up to your mark. | | | | plan, they are only available for higher plans. |
| However, you can get a their pro plan for $7 per | | | | Prices: The basic plan is available with a 6 months |
| month with lots of more features. They also give | | | | contract only at the rate of $4 per month. Its not |
| 14 days money back guarantee for all their plans. | | | | good to have a 6 month contract with a |
| If you are registering a domain name with them, | | | | company that has bad reputation. They register |
| you will get free privacy protection for first year. | | | | domain for a reasonable amount of $7. If you |
| Support: Namecheap is reputed for good quality | | | | buy a domain name with a hosting plan, you will |
| support. Most people have said they received a | | | | get free private registration. |
| quick response from their support. This is | | | | Support: Their reputation for support is worst as |
| extremely helpful for starters. | | | | it can be. But if you are you can tackle minor |
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| on new domain name registrations. | | | | should not be a big concern for. You are looking |
| Website: A Small Orange web hosting: A Small | | | | for a cheap solution after all. |
| Orange is a small and little known company but | | | | Promo/coupon codes: Not Available |
| they have a lot of positive reviews. Their shared | | | | Website: 1and1. |