✔ Host Color review

📄 Editorial Review

🔧 Services: Web HostingDomain Registration
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Founded in 2000, Host Color is a web hosting provider specializing on IT infrastructure and managed web hosting services. They claim that their name stands for their values, as they are supporters of open markets and free trade. They started as a small business that kept on perfecting their services and performance on the market.

They specialize in the following web hosting products:

• Shared Hosting;
• VPS Hosting;
• Virtual Dedicated Servers;
• Dedicated Servers;
• Colocation;
• Cloud Hosting;

Shared hosting packages are either managed or self-managed depending on preferences. The managed web hosting plans are suitable for WordPress hosting accounts or any Open Source CMS hosting that is LAMP based. Customers benefit from SSD storage and they will find included:

• Dedicated IP address;
• SEO service;
• SSL certificate;
• Softaculous;
• SSH access;

One potential unsatisfying element is the fact that some features (i.e. MySQL databases, email accounts) are not available in unlimited amount whereas other hosting companies may provide them in unlimited amounts.

VPS servers are diversified as customers have the possibility to choose from SATA-based virtual private servers or VPS plans configured on SSD drives. VPS plans configured on SATA drives are available on both Linux and Windows and they are powered by Storage Area Network. These also run on RAID 10. SSD VPS are powered by Intel and Samsung enterprise SSD. Both SATA and SSD VPS are configured on OpenVZ or KVM virtualization.

Virtual dedicated servers are fully redundant and run on both Linux and Windows. They include root access, cloud storage and 100 Mbps speed port. Dedicated servers are equipped with IPMI 2.o and offer 1 GibE port.

Cloud servers are divided on several categories: Public Cloud; Private Cloud; Office Cloud or Hybrid Cloud. All cloud servers are configured on VMware platform. These are also HA cloud servers (High Availability) and they are protected against outages through the automated fault-tolerance system.

💰 Price & Cost

Their plans come at regular rates common for the hosting industry. Host Color also offers customers the possibility to customize their hosting solution which is highly appreciated and convenient as it is available for all types of hosting products.

Their plans are flexible, meaning that, customers can scale their plans in order to suit their needs.

According to their Terms and Conditions, their services are refundable depending on the services you choose. Thus, customers can get their money back within:
- 30 days when purchasing shared hosting services;
- 15 days when purchasing VPS services;
- 5 days when purchasing cloud servers;

There is no money-back guarantee for colocation or dedicated servers (unless strictly expressed within the contract).

⌛ Reliability

The company promises 100% uptime guarantee backed by SLA. Customers don’t have to worry about downtime, as their system runs on low latency and this is powered by fully redundant connections.

🏢 Data Center

The company is located Chicago, USA.

✍️ Customer Support

There are multiple channels of communication that allow interaction between technical assistance and customers. Thus, customers can choose to use phone support, live chat, e-mail support or the ticketing system. What is more is that their support is available 24/7/365.

There are also alternatives available at Host Color, which means that customers can check out their knowledgebase to find solutions for potential issues or answers for their questions.

🔨 Control Panel

The administration tool used by Host Color is mainly cPanel. SATA-based VPS plans are controlled through SolusVM.

🎯 Conclusion

Host Color is a popular hosting provider in the hosting industry, providing a wide range of solutions for online businesses. Small inconveniences might appear when it comes to shared hosting, as some of their features do not come in unlimited amounts. At the same time, they offer many options which are great, but might create confusion around customers.

Their prices are budget-friendly and they also include the option of custom hosting solution. Although they do have a money-back guarantee, not all their products are refundable.

With a remarkable uptime guarantee and dedicated support, customers will enjoy what Host Color has to offer.

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