Host for LIFE positive review #30443 by benka1979@o... on Nov 2015


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Host for LIFE
12-14 Mansion House Place
London ec4n 8bj
UK
☎ Phone +4463547868
Customer review #30443
4.5/10
-anonymous- ( benka1979@o... )
Time Hosted 1 to 2 years
Global rating
I was poised to write a review of this host after nearly 2 years experience with them. I apologize if my review is a bit long, but I want to see it from several angles. I certainly hope it can give a broader perspective and to help other customers in choosing the right package. I signed up their service about 2 years ago and at that time, they did not have a cloud hosting yet. From what I can remember, they started their cloud service last year. But anyway, I went with their Budget Plan first for about 1 year. I moved 2 of my sites from other host and this is due to the fact that I paid twice higher than I spend here + my previous host has a lot of downtime. It took me less than 24 hours to get my site up & running on their server. So, to help others, I will write my honest review and experience with them and I will put them into 3 category: Support Level, Server Level and Features offered by this host. I will detail it on the next review as this section does not allow me to write more

As from the Support Level, I am very satisfied with their knowledable, courteous technical staffs. All my questions are answered promptly until today. If I did raise a complex, sophisticated question, yes, they will take more time to respond, but as far as I can remember, they always provide a respond within 24 hours. What I do not really like here is their old-fashioned help desk interface. I was unable to attach more pictures/screenshots on the ticket I created. Apart from this issue, everything is excellent. Their Control Panel is also easy to use and it has all features I need. If the feature is not available on the Control Panel, I simply raised a request and they will normally fulfill it. So, in terms of Support Satisfaction level, I think they deserve a 5-star rating. I will discuss more on the other determining factors later on...

From the Server Level, I am unable to give a 5-star rating and this is due to the fact that I experience a bit of performance issues several times on their budget plan server. Yes, I did go for their budget plan originally and they informed me that the budget plan server is their economical grade server, which has 8 GB RAM And Quad Core processor installed. They told me that if I want a server with better performance and specifications, I should upgrade to their Cloud Platinum Hosting, which as 16 GB RAM and Dual Quad Core installed (double than what is offered under the Budget Plan). It took me time to decide, but since I need a much stronger server, I decided to upgrade. So far, I am impressed with their server performance. My sites are now loading very fast and I seldom have issues now.

From the FEATURES wise, I believe this host offers the most reasonable hosting packages and price. I am not saying that they are the cheapest, but considering their server performance and customer support staff, they offer the feature-rich hosting packages at a reasonable price. I paid twice higher to my previous host and yet, the features are not as many as I get from this host. With new things coming out every year (such as .NET 4.5.2, etc), this host easily upgrade their system and made it available to me without causing any downtime on my site. Just wow! I am very, very impressed in this case and in a final statement: if you are looking for a reliable, high performance service that has rich features, be prepare to pay slightly higher. From my point, it is worth it rather than spending cheap on a host that goes down every day. I am not reluctant to recommend this host to you all :)

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