Fatcow 🆚 Homestead - Mar, 2024

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Fatcow (fatcow.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2019.
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👉 Total Reviews: 60
🙌 Average Rating: 2.7 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 11
👎 Bad Reviews: 49
👈 Official Responses: 2
2.7 / 10

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Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
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👉 Total Reviews: 48
🙌 Average Rating: 2.6 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 10
👎 Bad Reviews: 38
👈 Official Responses: 0
2.6 / 10

48 user reviews
 Fatcow
10 Corporate Drive, Suite #300
Burlington, MA 01803
US

fatcow.com is inactive, but is redirected to bluehost.comPart of Newfold Digital
fatcow.com
Homestead
10 Corporate Drive
Burlington, MA 01803
US

homestead.com is inactive, but is redirected to web.comPart of Newfold Digital
homestead.com
📧 Emaildomainmanager@f...support@h...
☎ Phone+1 902 367 3369(602) 267-3600
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 66,804▲17,186 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 134,475▼-357 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 40,294
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 77/63🔗 Links 941,934
🏆 Alexa Rating 50,753▲19,653 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 14,682▼-78 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in US 11,527
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 91/79🔗 Links 17,404,417
Languages en-US en-US
📄 InfoFatCow was founded in 1998 and became one of the most popular and influential companies in the hosting industry. It is also known to be one of the oldest hosting providers in the industry. The fact that the FatCow team plays with words and makes the page funny to access gives them an advantage. Their servers have been working on a green hosting platform since 2009 when they started using renewable energy. Their solutions are made for small and medium businesses.

FatCow are experts in the [...]
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Founded in 1996, Homestead is considered by many to be a top provider in terms of web building, marketing or web hosting. They have concluded partnerships with technology companies like Verizon and Google to help them design their products and services mainly produced for small businesses.

All the website building plans include user-friendly software, hundreds of customizable templates, royalty free images, as well as website statistics. They claim that there is no need for coding knowledge [...]
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📡 EstablishedSeptember, 19971996
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.3 seconds 40% sites are slower
SEO Links count 13,319
Average, load time 2.3 seconds 38% sites are slower
SEO Links count 47,343
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media

🔃 User Shares
https://twitter.com/fatcow
Started from: March, 2009
  • Tweets: 4,048
  • Followers: 9,093
  • Friends: 161
  • Last activity:

https://twitter.com/hswebsites
Started from: October, 2012
  • Tweets: 1,234
  • Followers: 555
  • Friends: 105
  • Last activity:

https://www.facebook.com/FatCow/
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

https://www.facebook.com/HomesteadWebsites/
  • Likes:
  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/endurance-international-group/https://www.linkedin.com/company/homestead-technologies/
  • Followers: 173
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Employee Count: 51-200
  • Industry: Internet

http://fatcow.com/blog/
  • Blog Posts: 20
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2012
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

http://www.homestead.com/blog
  • Blog Posts: 47
  • Blog added on: Mar, 2014
  • Language: en
  • Last written post:

🔧 Shared Hosting - 3/0
💡 Plan NameWP Starter [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 3.75/mo.
($ 10.49 after first term)
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💿 Disk Spaceunlimited SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Integrated, Handpicked Themes
Important Plugins, Pre-Installed
Customized Control Panel for Convenience
Powerful Hosting with FREE Domain Registration

Built-in Function & Style.

Curated Themes
We've hand-picked a selection of popular WordPress themes to [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameOriginal [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 4.08/mo.
($ 14.95 after first term)
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💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelvDeck-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Pricing
Plan Price : ON SALE NOW! $49/yr* Special Introductory Rate
Setup Fees Free
Domain Names 1 Free (First Year Only)
Money-Back Guarantee 30 Days

Site Tools
Website Builder
Web Analytics Tools
FTP Access

Marketing Tools
Google AdWords Bonus $100 Bonus
Bing Search Marketing [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameWP Essential [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 6.95/mo.
($ 12.49 after first term)
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💿 Disk Spaceunlimited SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Integrated Themes, Plugins & Experience
SSD-based Super Speed Infrastructure
Deluxe Security Bundle
Personalized, Expert Support
Powerful Hosting with FREE Domain Registration

Built-in Function & Style.

Curated Themes
We've hand-picked a [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 3/0
💡 Plan NameStartup [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 119.99/mo.
($ 149.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space500 GB-
📶 Data Transfer5 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 Cores-
🔋 RAM4 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Good For: Businesses that may be small, but are expanding quickly and need extra power and security to accommodate that growth over time. Ideal for ecommerce sites that may outgrow shared hosting and don't want to be affected by others on their server.

Independent Control
Ability to install [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameProfessional [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 151.99/mo.
($ 189.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space1000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer10 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 Cores-
🔋 RAM8 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Good For: Established businesses that are ready to take their online presence to the next level by taking advantage of the flexibility that comes with dedicated resources and using that to expand their website capabilities

Independent Control
Ability to install applications without [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameEnterprise [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 191.99/mo.
($ 239.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space1000 GB-
📶 Data Transfer15 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 Cores-
🔋 RAM16 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Good For: Thriving businesses with high-volume traffic, frequent data transactions and/or extensive website functionalities. Ideal for businesses whose performance and response time are critical for online success.

Independent Control
Ability to install applications without restrictions
[...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 Exchange Hosting - 3/0
💡 Plan NameExchange Basic: 5GB mailboxes
[Windows]
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💰 Price$ 12.95/mo.-
💿 Disk Space5 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$38.85 per quarter
$12.95 per month (155.40 billed for 12 months)

Microsoft Exchange, the latest in business-class email management and collaboration from Microsoft, is the simple way to manage email, calendars, contacts and tasks from anywhere, anytime.

With Microsoft Exchange you can...

[...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameExchange Plus: 10GB mailboxes
[Windows]
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💰 Price$ 215.46/yr.-
💿 Disk Space10 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$59.85 per quarter
$215.46 per year

Microsoft Exchange, the latest in business-class email management and collaboration from Microsoft, is the simple way to manage email, calendars, contacts and tasks from anywhere, anytime.

With Microsoft Exchange you can...

View your email, contacts and [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameExchange Premium: 25GB mailboxes
[Windows]
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💰 Price$ 377.46/yr.-
💿 Disk Space25 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)$104.85 per quarter
$377.46 per year

Microsoft Exchange, the latest in business-class email management and collaboration from Microsoft, is the simple way to manage email, calendars, contacts and tasks from anywhere, anytime.

With Microsoft Exchange you can...

View your email, contacts and [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 VPS - 3/0
💡 Plan NameBasic [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 19.99/mo.
($ 24.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space40 GB-
📶 Data Transfer1 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU1 Core-
🔋 RAM1 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Increased Control
Easy-to-use cPanel included
Optional root access
Fully managed support included

Semi-Private Resources
High performance at affordable prices
Guaranteed memory
High-speed mirrored SAN storage

Cloud-Based Flexibility
Room to grow and scale as demands [...]
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📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameBusiness [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 47.99/mo.
($ 59.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space90 GB-
📶 Data Transfer3 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 Cores-
🔋 RAM4 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
💡 Plan NameOptimum [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 79.99/mo.
($ 99.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space120 GB-
📶 Data Transfer4 TB-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU4 Cores-
🔋 RAM8 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanApr 2020-
🔧 Website Builder - 0/3
💡 Plan Name-Starter
💰 Price-$ 7.99/mo.
💿 Disk Space-25 GB
📶 Data Transfer-5 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Easy-to-use SiteBuilder software Included
Hundreds of customizable templates Included
1.1 million royalty free images Included
30-day Free Trial Included

Number of Pages 5
Number of Sites 1

Domains & Email
Personalized Domain Names Add-on
Email Addresses Add-on

Customer [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💡 Plan Name-Business
💰 Price-$ 22.99/mo.
💿 Disk Space-5 GB
📶 Data Transfer-100 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Website, domain name and email !

Easy-to-use SiteBuilder software Included
Hundreds of customizable templates Included
1.1 million royalty free images Included
30-day Free Trial Included

Number of Pages 100
Number of Sites 3

Domains & Email
Personalized Domain Names 1
Email [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💡 Plan Name-Business Plus
💰 Price-$ 62.99/mo.
💿 Disk Space-10 GB
📶 Data Transfer-500 GB
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Website, domain name and web listings !

Easy-to-use SiteBuilder software Included
Hundreds of customizable templates Included
1.1 million royalty free images Included
30-day Free Trial Included

Number of Pages Unlimited
Number of Sites Unlimited

Domains & Email
Personalized Domain [...]
📅 Date Plan-Nov 2020
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Windows
    📤 List of products
    • Shared Hosting
    • Dedicated Hosting
    • Exchange Hosting
    • VPS
    • Domains
    • Website Builder
    ✍️ Support Options
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Phone / Toll-Free
    • Live Chat
    • Available 24/7
    • 2 WHTop support responses
    • Email
    • Help Desk
    • Phone / Toll-Free
    • Forum
    • Live Chat
    • Available 24/7
    • 0 WHTop support responses
    💰 Payment Options
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    • PayPal
    • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
    👪 Last positive / negative customers review
     
    aybloc (hjc@a...)
    on 📆 Nov 12, 2012
    what's all the fuzz about?
    😉 This is the first time I see that fatcow may have some negative ratings. I am presently victimized with some downtime of my page, email, and fatcow altogether; so I looked up fatcow's rating with regard to such. Well, now I hope it is but a [...]

    -anonymous- (-hidden-)
    on 📆 Jul 31, 2020
    😠 Hmmm, they are a bunch of slim balls at just taking money. They alway take my money before a domain and only notify me after they have taken it. The next shitty tricj they have just pulled is to renew my hosting for 3 years without asking. I [...]

    Rob (dzine@e...)
    on 📆 May 07, 2013
    has served me well with multiple sites for years. I have the gold plan and get great cs when I [...]
    😁 I have several websites that I have hosted with homestead and I am on the gold plan. Have always received great customer service, never over charged and the services seem to be fair.I have been a homestead customer now for over 5 years. One thing [...]

    -anonymous- (scoranda@m...)
    on 📆 Jan 22, 2024
    😠 Stay away from Homestead.com and Web.com! When they worked on their servers, I lost access to my business account and emails! This was terrible and made me lose business.

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