Web Host review: Hostmonster
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| Rating | No. 5 | |||||||||
| Monthly Price | $ 4.95 | |||||||||
| Special Offer | Unlimited websites on one account. Free 1 click installs for over 50 scripts! Excellent support and value! | |||||||||
| Monthly Price | $ 4.95 | |||||||||
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| Normal Price | 6.95 | |||||||||
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| Host Domains | Unlimited | |||||||||
| Sub Domains | Unlimited | |||||||||
| Auto Responders | Unlimited | |||||||||
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| Email Aliases | Unlimited | |||||||||
| Email Forwarding | Unlimited | |||||||||
| SMTP Email | Unlimited | |||||||||
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| MySQL | 100 Databases | |||||||||
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| PHP | 5 | |||||||||
| PostgreSQL | 100 Databases | |||||||||
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| Guarantee | 30 days | |||||||||
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| Rated | Excellent Support | |||||||||
| Setup | Free | |||||||||
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| Site Statistics | Awstats | |||||||||
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| Uptime | 99% | |||||||||
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Value For Money
Web hosting is becoming more and more competitive, so every provider has to up the ante or loose customers. HostMonster definitely doesn’t disappoint, they managed to come up with a very simple solution by offering one plan, however this plan caters for everyone, allowing your website to grow with your business offering you everything you will possibly ever need.
The plan includes unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer per month, with the ability to host unlimited domains. Hosting multiple websites with one host simplifies administration of your websites, as everything is in one location. Also included the plan is free Yahoo! and Google credits, which you can use to start getting traffic to your site immediately.
Also included in the plan is the free domain name, which is owned by you and you can keep for life as long as you continue to host with HostMonster. As your site becomes more complex and needs the use of databases, you will be glad that HostMonster not only support MySQL but PostgreSQL making this plan very flexible.
Reliability
The tests we have run with HostMonster put it in a league of it’s own. We tested HostMonster over 6 months, and it passed all the tests with flying colors. The server response time was extremely fast, and we experienced no downtime during that period. We did experience slowness during peak times, but this difference was negligible.
Control Panel
With you hosting account, you get access to CPanel which is a very powerful, fast and efficient way for you to manage your account, and hosting needs. CPanel offers superior performance and reliability compared to it’s competitors. We didn’t experience any problems while using the control panel.
Another great feature that comes with HostMonster is that Fantastico comes integrated with CPanel, enabling you to quickly and easily install some very popular extensions to your website such as custom shopping carts, blogs and wikis, with very little effort on your part. Included are over 50 free scripts which can be installed with one click, providing that extra edge to your websites.
Customer Support
We didn’t have any issues we needed resolved with HostMonster, but the ones we made up were addressed very promptly and in a friendly manner. There ticketing system is very efficient. Overall, anyway that you try and contact HostMonster be it their live chat, toll free support, you will be greeted by a friendly agent who will help you resolve your issue quickly.
If you don’t want to contact an agent, their comprehensive knowledge base will sort you out with no problems.
