| Comparison of the Top Rated and Most Affordable Web Hosting Companies |
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#1. StartLogic
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It takes a lot to win Host of the Year. Last year's winner was StartLogic and the same qualifications which earned them the award last year still keep them among the best in the business. StartLogic is our top choice as well as the winner of the Reader's Choice
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Excellent |
9.9 / 10
Top Choice - Excellent |
#2. IX Web Hosting
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They offer 24/7 Toll Free Support. They legally agree to refund 100% of your money including setup fees if you are not happy after a month. A package which includes 10,000MB of space is only $3.95.
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Excellent |
9.7 / 10
Excellent |
#3. iPowerWeb
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Comes with $30 of Google Adwords credit. You also get many other services, including content management and marketing solutions. |
Excellent |
9.6 / 10
Excellent |
#4. Server Pronto
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99.999% Uptime Guarantee. Their live sales support will be able to to answer your questions via chat. They now offer free setup as well |
Excellent |
9.6 / 10
Excellent |
#5. Blue Host
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Their CEO, Matt Heaton, is very dedicated to quality of service and has his own blog which helps keep their customers in the "know-how".
They too offer a content and promotional package and the ability to manage blogs. |
Excellent |
9.5 / 10
Great / Excellent |
#6. iPower
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With over half a million members, iPower runs a smooth operation. They are lightning fast and offer web-based email marketing software. |
Excellent |
9.4 / 10
Great / Excellent |
#7. ValueWeb
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They are not only a hosting company, but they can also design, maintain, market, and optimize your website for the seach engines. You can also receive up to $50 in Google Adwords credit. |
Excellent |
9.4 / 10
Great / Excellent |
#8. AN Hosting
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As a BBB member, they are a reputable company that offer you the ability to host 20 sites under a single account. |
Excellent |
9.4 / 10
Great / Excellent |
#9. Host Monster
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You can host an unlimited number of domains with an enormous 20 GB of storage. They have a useful demo of their control panel so that you can see for yourself whether or not you feel comfortable with their interface before you decide to go with them. |
Excellent |
9.3 / 10
Great / Excellent |
#10. Gate
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They offer many bonus features in addition to their great service, including managing your paid search advertising accounts and search engine optimization. They also have invested a million plus dollars in providing all users with an enterprise level spam and virus filter free of charge. |
Great |
9.3 / 10
Great / Excellent |
#11. Dot5
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Dot5 guarantees an email response time of 30 minutes at anytime of the day. They don't offer Windows servers but provide many useful PHP scripts and tools including the ability to conduct surveys, have chat capabilities, image galleries, forms, etc. |
Great |
9.1 / 10
Great |
#12. 1&1 Internet
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One of the great new add-ons included in 1&1 accounts is their Dynamic Content feature. In a nutshell, this iis professionally written content for your website that is completely free and up to the minute. Their are many industries to choose from such as technology and entertainment, just to name a few. |
Great |
9.0 / 10
Great |
#13. HostRocket
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Now for almost half the original price, you can have a feature-rich hosting package for just $4.95 per month, which includes 5GB of storage, unlimited email accounts, and 24/7 Support. |
Great |
9.0 / 10
Great |
#14. PowWeb
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Their load balancing infrastructure allows your website to operate at optimal performance. Their signature package is called "One Plan One Price" in which you get 20GB of storage, 400GB of bandwidth, and the ability to host an unlimited number of domains for only $7.77 per month. |
Great |
9.0 / 10
Great |
#15. Interland
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If you don't already have a website, they offer a step by step solution to get you up and running: Register, choose from over 300 different web design templates, customize the content, and use their file manager and you are ready to go. |
Great |
9.0 / 10
Great |
#16. midPhase
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Their packages include $100 in Overture (Yahoo) Credit - a great offer! They will pay for your domain for life and have won awards for their midPhase control panel. This host interface has many advanced features in an easy to use interface. |
Very Good |
8.9 / 10
Very Good / Great |
#17. Website Source
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Their company motto is based upon reliability. They do a good job sticking to it with 99.9% uptime and a distributed denial of service protection suite. They also offer private servers for only $34.95 per month, which is what some companies charge for shared server space. |
Very Good |
8.7 / 10
Very Good |
#18. Netfirms
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Netfirms uses Shaw Internet web servers. Shaw is the most popular Internet Service Provider in Canada. You can manage your account with their business manager panel, however, their support may not be as instantaneous as our higher ranked providers. |
Very Good |
8.6 / 10
Very Good |
#19. LunarPages
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If you are switching your website from an existing host, then LunarPages will add the remaining duration you have from your old host onto your LunarPages account up to six months. They will save you time by moving your files for you as well. |
Very Good |
8.6 / 10
Very Good |
#20. Apollo
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Apollo provides useful instructional video tutorials (flash) on using their control panel, FTP applications, web design applications, ecommerce engines, hosting setup, and more. |
Very Good |
8.6 / 10
Very Good |
#21. HostGator
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HostGator's are hosted on Dual Xeon servers which provides instant backup of your site. They have a 99.9% uptime rate and have around 40 scritps that can be installed in a couple minutes. Their Hatchling package starts at $6.95 per month. |
Very Good |
8.5 / 10
Good / Very Good |
#22. iPage
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If you are a big "eBayer", then iPage may be the hosting solution for you. They offer extensive eBay integration which can allow you to increase your sales and web traffic. Your products are automatically added to eBay and your website at the same time through a simple control panel. |
Very Good |
8.4 / 10
Good |
#23. Your-Site
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For a flat rate of 5 bucks with no setup fee, you will get a pretty good server that will cover all your bases - speed, affordability, and uptime reliability. If you will be getting over 10,000 hits a day, you should consider getting a larger package. |
Very Good |
8.3 / 10
Good |
#24. Jumpline
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Unlike many web hosting companies out there that you may think is a running a shady operation, Jumpline has been operating for nearly a decade. They have many packagages to choose from targetting individuals to small businesses, with the most popular being the $7.97 home business package. |
Very Good |
8.2 / 10
Above Average /
Good |
#25.
CHI Host
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CHI has teamed up with Applied Merchant and Authorize.NET to help get your ecommerce website up and running. By having your own merchant account, you can save a lot of money in transaction fees compared to many of the off the shelf payment processors. |
Good |
8.1 / 10
Above
Average |
#26. Vendio
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They house your website in the same secure facility as some of the big boys - Google, Yahoo, and PayPal with a 99.99% uptime guarantee. They do not charge a setup fee and you can receive a $50 credit with Yahoo Sponsored Search when registering with them. |
Good |
8.1 / 10
Above
Average |
#27. BackBone
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Every BackBone domain account comes with its own unique IP address. This is very important as far as search engines go. If you host multiple domains, then linking them could penalize you if they are not on separate IP addresses. |
Good |
7.9 / 10
Above
Average |
