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Good 24/7 Support |
Best Value and Performance |
Reliable and Cheap |
Lowest Price |
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| Editor's Rating |
94 |
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| Disk Storage |
1,500 GB |
1,500 GB |
1,700 GB |
1,700 GB |
Unlimited |
| Monthly Bandwidth |
15,000 GB |
15,000 GB |
17,000 GB |
17,000 GB |
Unlimited |
| Price |
$6.95/mo - 24 mo
$7.95/mo - 12 mo |
$6.95/mo - 24 mo
$7.95/mo - 12 mo |
$5.95/mo - 24 mo
$6.95/mo - 12 mo |
$4.95/mo - 24 mo
$6.95/mo - 12 mo |
$4.95/mo - 24 mo
$5.95/mo - 12 mo |
| Setup Fee |
Free |
Free |
Free |
Free |
Free |
| Free Domain Name |
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Hosted Domains
Add-on
Domains |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Parked Domains
Domain
Aliases |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Sub-Domains |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| POP3 Email Accounts |
2,500 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
5,000 |
| IMAP4 Email Accounts |
2,500 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
5,000 |
| Forwarding Email Accounts |
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Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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| Additional FTP Accounts |
1,000 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
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| SSL Secure Server |
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| Ecommerce Ready |
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| Free Site Builder |
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3 pages |
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| Free Website Templates |
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| ACCOUNT
MANAGEMENT |
Blue
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Host
Monster |
Omnis
Network |
Web
Hosting Pad |
IX
Web Hosting |
| Control Panel |
cPanel |
cPanel |
Custom |
cPanel |
cPanel |
| Unlimited 24/7 FTP Access |
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| Microsoft FrontPage®
Extensions |
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| Web Based File Manager |
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| Fantastico Script Support |
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| EMAIL FEATURES |
Blue
Host |
Host
Monster |
Omnis
Network |
Web
Hosting Pad |
IX
Web Hosting |
| Email Autoresponder |
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| Webmail (Browser Based Email) |
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| SMTP Access for Sending Email |
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| Email Virus Blocker |
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| SPAM Assassin Protection |
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| PROGRAMMING
&
DATABASE FEATURES |
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| PHP 4 & 5 |
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| Perl 5 |
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| Python |
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| Ruby / Ruby On Rails |
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| MySQL Databases |
50 |
100 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
100 |
| PostgreSQL Databases |
50 |
100 |
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100 |
| Javascript / Dynamic HTML |
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| Server Side Includes (SSI) |
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| CGI-BIN |
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| WEBSITE CONTENT
MANAGEMENT |
Blue
Host |
Host
Monster |
Omnis
Network |
Web
Hosting Pad |
IX
Web Hosting |
| Password Protected Directories |
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| Custom Error Pages |
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| WEBSITE TRAFFIC
ANALYSIS |
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| Site Statistics (Webalizer) |
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| Raw Log Files |
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| Hit Counter |
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| WEBSITE PLUG-IN
SCRIPT
INSTALLERS |
Blue
Host |
Host
Monster |
Omnis
Network |
Web
Hosting Pad |
IX
Web Hosting |
| Blogs |
Web Blogs, Wordpress, b2evolution |
Web Blogs, Wordpress, b2evolution |
b2evolution, Wordpress, Nucleus, Bblog,
Serendipity |
Web Blogs, Wordpress, b2evolution |
Blogs (Online Diaries) |
| CMS |
Mambo and Joomla, PHP Nuke / Post Nuke, Moodle,
Tikiwiki |
Mambo and Joomla, PHP Nuke, Moodle |
Joomla, Drupal, Post Nuke, Movabletype, E107, Jaws |
Mambo and Joomla, PHP Nuke |
Web Portals and CMS |
| Forums |
Phpbb and More! |
Bulletin Board (Message Forum) |
Phpbb, Web wiz, Punbb, Simple machines, Phorum |
Message Board |
Message Forum |
| Image Galleries |
Coppermine and More! |
Coppermine |
Fourimages, Coppermine, Snaps, Gallery |
Coppermine |
Photo Galleries |
| Shopping Carts |
OS Commerce, Agora, Cube Cart, Zen Cart |
OS Commerce, Agora |
OS Commerce, Open Cart, Cube Cart, Zen Cart |
OS Commerce |
Online Shops |
| Miscellaneous |
Form-mail, Guestbook, Poll and Survey, Web
Auction, phpForm Generator, Mailing List |
Form-mail, Guestbook, Poll and Survey, phpForm
Generator, Mailing List |
Simplehitcounter, Webcalendar, Phpvxguestbook,
Tectite formmail, Openrealty |
Form-mail, Mailing List, phpForm Generator |
LiveChat System, Miscellaneous Scripts |
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| MULTIMEDIA
FEATURES |
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| Quicktime® Streaming |
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| Real® Networks Streaming |
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| Flash / Shockwave |
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| MIDI File Support |
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| Microsoft Silverlight® |
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| SEARCH ENGINE
&
WEBSITE PROMOTION |
Blue
Host |
Host
Monster |
Omnis
Network |
Web
Hosting Pad |
IX
Web Hosting |
| Search Engine Submission |
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| SEO Website Promotion Tool |
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Free Trial |
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| Google Sitemap Generator |
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| Free Google AdWords Credits |
$50 |
$50 |
$30 |
$30 |
$50 |
| Free Yahoo! Search Marketing
Credits |
$50 |
$50 |
$25 |
$25 |
$50 |
| Free Microsoft adCenter
Credits |
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$50 |
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| SUPPORT
FEATURES &
GUARANTEES |
Blue
Host |
Host
Monster |
Omnis
Network |
Web
Hosting Pad |
IX
Web Hosting |
| Money Back Guarantee |
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30 Days |
30 Days |
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| 99.9% Uptime Guarantee |
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| Free 24/7 Live Phone Support |
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| Free 24/7 Live Chat |
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| Free 24/7 Support Ticket |
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