Founded in 1996, Hoststar is a hosting provider that has been in the hosting industry for a great number of years and employs around 30 webhosting experts.The company specializes in the following web hosting solutions:
- Shared Hosting;
- Reseller Hosting;
- VPS Hosting;
- Domain Registration;
- Website Builder;
Shared hosting packages are all SSD-based and they include a series of unlimited features:
- Unlimited databases;
- Unlimited traffic;
- Unlimited domains;
- Unlimited subdomains;
- Unlimited email accounts;
Shared hosting plans include external MySQL/SSH access. These are powered by Dell and support script languages like Perl, PHP, as well as cronjobs.
Reseller plans are white labeled and these are GDPR compliant. Other features that reseller packages include are: editable error pages, full log file access, daily data backup, as well as security features (DDoS protection, SSL certificates, firewall).
VPS servers are powered by DELL and include root access as well as admin rights. These operate on Linux, CentOS, Fedora, FreeBSD or Ubuntu.
[read more...] Founded in 1999,
Z is an industry-leading company and they are one of the pioneers in terms of IPO in Japan. The company is part of the GMO Internet Group. They are proud to announce that they have offered services for over 800,000 customers from Asia Pacific. Their products are designed for individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs or larger companies.
They specialize in the following web hosting solutions:
- Shared Hosting;
- Domain Registration;
Shared hosting packages include free domain name and unlimited data traffic. Similar industry-standard features, such as e-mail accounts, SSD drives or free SSL, are also integrated within the plans.
The only disadvantage is that some of their features do not come in unlimited amounts unlike in the case of other companies that provide similar configurations with unlimited resources included. You only get unlimited websites in the advanced-level plan.
[read more...]Active since 2003 (when was started by
Matt Heaton), BlueHost has become one of the leading hosting providers in the industry. In 2010, they joined the Endurance International Group family of brands and they are also an ICANN accredited registrar (used initially for
fastdomain.com but also for
hostmonster.com )
They provide the following web hosting solutions:
- Shared Hosting;
- VPS Hosting;
- Dedicated Servers;
- Managed Hosting;
- Domain Registration;
- WordPress Hosting;
Shared hosting packages are scalable and rich in resources. These are configured to run on SSD infrastructure, secured with SSL certificates implemented for data safeguard and operate on unlimited bandwidth. Except for their entry-level plan, the company provides a series of unlimited features:
- Unlimited Domains;
- Unlimited Parked Domains;
- Unlimited Subdomains;
- Unlimited Websites;
- Unlimited storage;
More than that, all plans, except for the basic one, include 1 Microsoft 365 Mailbox (free 30 days) and Spam experts. The two advanced plans are also equipped with domain privacy and site backup (CodeGuard Basic).
VPS servers include one free domain name with access control and file management. These are instantly set up and come with open source technology (OpenStack, KVM virtualization).
Dedicated servers are unmanaged, meaning that you get full control and access on a wide range of resources and features. These also include the multi-server management option where you can add shared hosting, VPS or another dedicated hosting service to the current account and manage everything at once. Security is ensured with spam protection guaranteed by Google, domain privacy + protection and free SSL.
[read more...]GoDaddy.com is the biggest domain name registrar in the world.
GoDaddy is one of the most popular hosting companies in the industry that claims they have more than 18.5 million customers and they control more than 77 million domains.
GoDaddy is specialized in the following hosting products:
- Web hosting (including WordPress hosting);
- VPS hosting;
- Dedicated Servers;
- Domain registration;
- Reseller hosting;
- Website Builder.
- DNS
Shared hosting plans include unmetered bandwidth, one free domain and free business email. GoDaddy promises that these plans are equipped with 1-click install of 125+ free applications (WordPress, Joomla, etc.), 1-click purchase of additional resources (CPU, RAM, etc.), flexibility, 1GB database storage (MySQL Linux), 1-click setup for GoDaddy registered domains. Technical specifications for Reseller options include free integrated WHMCS license; WHMCS and cPanel; up to 250 white-labeled ready accounts; unlimited websites and databases; unmetered bandwidth; free SSL certificate. VPS hosting is equipped with 1-year free SSL certificate, 3 dedicated IPs, full root access, unmetered bandwidth. Dedicated servers have similar features as the VPS hosting options.
The latest news about GoDaddy represent their implication and achievements on various aspects. The last headlines published in April showed that they were active in:
- Hosting a conference call: "GoDaddy Inc. Announces First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call";
- Launching an online store: "Entrepreneurs Can Now Easily Sell Everywhere with the Launch of GoDaddy Marketplaces";
- Supporting equality: "GoDaddy earns Perfect Score on 2019 Corporate Equality Index on LGBTQ Workplace Equality";
- Involving themselves in various events: "GoDaddy Inc. To Present At The 47th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media And Communications Conference".
The
Go Daddy Group of companies also includes
Wild West Domains, Inc. ( wildwestdomains.com ), a reseller domain-related services and products,
Domains By Proxy ( domainsbyproxy.com ), a private registration service
Starfield Technologies, an advanced software and Internet solutions (including SSL) and
Blue Razor Domains, a membership discount registrar.
As an
ICANN-accredited domain registrar, Go Daddy has lots of names under management, offers products at prices at less price than the competition and supports them all with world-class 24/7 customer service.
They develop their technology in-house, and
do not outsource the support operations. This enables them to provide best support and ensure the advanced and competitively products and services.
Founded by
Bob Parsons ( bobparsons.com ) in 1997, The Go Daddy Group has grown to millions of domains under their management. They offer a complete product line, including large hosting solutions, SSL certificates, website creation tools, personalized email, e-commerce tools and a lot more.
NOTE 2020: Godaddy is now offering real dedicated machines (bare metals) called Generation 4, instead of old (retired) virtual dedicated machinesIn order to stay globally closed to all worldwide customers, they are using subdomains for a lot of countries (like in.godaddy.com for India or de.godaddy.com for Germany), localizing for their languages.
[read more...] SiteGround is a worldwide popular company that operates independently and one that offers fully-managed services for customers. The hosting provider was established in 2004.
They are specialized in the following:
- Shared hosting;
- Reseller hosting;
- Cloud hosting;
- Dedicated Servers;
- Domain registration;
SiteGround also hosts applications:
- Drupal hosting;
- Joomla hosting;
- PrestaShop hosting;
- WordPress hosting;
- Magento hosting;
- WooCommerce hosting.
Shared hosting plans are equipped with essential features and freebies, such as: free sitebuilder; free SSL and HTTPS; free email accounts; free
CloudFlare CDN; free daily backups; unmetered traffic; unlimited MySQL. Reseller plans are fully-featured with advantages, like: unmetered data transfer; free email accounts; unlimited MySQL databases; free Cloudflare CDN; unlimited FTP accounts; free daily backups. Cloud options are based on innovative technology and therefore, these are fully-managed servers performing at ultra-fast speed. They are equipped with auto-scalable resources, daily backups and free CDN. Dedicated servers benefit of: IP tables firewall; SSH access; Exim mail server; 5 free dedicated IPs; private DNS server setup; Softaculous autoinstaller; Apache/Nginx and CentOS; MySQL 5 and Postgre SQL; 5 PHP versions; free Cloudflare CDN.
SiteGround focuses a lot on speed and therefore, it tries to remain updated to the latest speed technologies available on the market and offer their customers good solutions in this area. SiteGround provides SSD drives for Shared hosting and Cloud hosting plans. They also use NGINX server speed and this is available for Shared, Cloud or Dedicated Servers. Another speed optimization facility is the company’s own caching mechanism based on NGINX reverse proxy and called Geeky SuperCacher. Their free CDN is also a great advantage for customers, as it helps their websites speed faster. SiteGround uses HTTP/2 enabled servers and PHP7 as well, which are top speed technologies.
Activity on their Blog is pretty frequent. The latest articles approach various topics, from news and tips to promotions and services.
As a global presence and trying to target more local countries, Siteground has few more localized websites like:
https://www.siteground.es/ (for Spain)
https://www.siteground.co.uk/ (for UK)
https://it.siteground.com/ (subdomain used for Italy)
They also offer the prices in multiple currencies for Australia (AUD).
[read more...]DreamHost is a green independent company established in 1996 and it is recognized to be one of the
oldest hosting providers.
DreamHost offers the following hosting products:
- Shared hosting;
- Dedicated servers;
- Virtual Private servers;
- WordPress hosting;
- Website Builder;
- Domain Registration.
DreamHost claims that they have made over 400.000 customers in 100 countries content with their services and that the company hosts more than 15 million websites.
Shared hosting offers 1-click instant WordPress install, one free domain, unlimited traffic, fast SSD storage, free SSL certificate, as well as MySQL databases, PHP 7.1 support, crontab access, Rails, Python, Perl support, subversion repository, full unix shell, IPv6 support, access to raw log files and canned CGI scripts.
VPS options assure managed performance, security, unlimited bandwidth and unlimited traffic, SSD, expandable RAM or storage, unlimited domains.
Website Builder features include: unlimited websites; custom domain name; free stock photos; SEO-friendly titles and descriptions; personal media library; mobile-friendly pages; unlimited pages.
Dedicated servers are protected by DDoS protection, coming with full root and shell access (SSH). These are RAID-1 storage servers and they have unlimited bandwidth, subversion repository (SVN), password protection, crontab access, OP cache, PHP/Perl/Python/Ruby support, unlimited MySQL databases, unique IPv4 and IPv6.
The latest news is about DreamHost launching ad-free standalone Email hosting (released in April)
They offer a status info page at https://www.dreamhoststatus.com/
Press releases at https://www.dreamhost.com/press/
[read more...]GreenGeeks is a green widespread hosting company that, as they claim, is powered by 300% clean renewable energy. Ever since it was established in 2008 by Trey Gardner, they have won a great number of awards that is proof of their performance and strengthens their reputation.
GreenGeeks offers the following great hosting services:
- Shared hosting;
- Reseller hosting;
- VPS hosting;
- Dedicated servers;
- Website Builder.
Each hosting plan offers free CDN to customers using Cloudflare. Like the majority of the hosting companies on the Internet, GreenGeeks offers 30 days after buying a product in which, if unsatisfied, the customers can get their money back.
GreenGeeks provides 3 Shared Hosting plans. These come with unlimited e-mail accounts; unlimited domain(s) hosted; 1 free domain included; SSL certificate; Free sitebuilder; nightly backups; unlimited MySQL databases and PCI compliance. They come with 5 Reseller plans that are equipped with unlimited SSD web space; unlimited bandwidth; WHMCS license and cPanel accounts. Their 4 VPS hosting options come with RAID-10 storage and 4 cores each. GreenGeeks Dedicated Servers use Intel processors and provide great benefits for customers: 5 IP addresses and 10000 GB transfer.
[read more...]Ever since they started their activity in 2002, HostGator has managed to develop a wide range of web hosting services, domain registration and other various services (Web Design). The awards they have won from the beginning of the company strengthen HostGator’s reputation.
Shared Hosting plans from HostGator each come with a free SSL certificate, unmetered bandwidth and 1-click installs. There are a number of free features available with these plans: free HostGator website builder; free website transfer, domain transfer, script transfer or MySQL transfer.
VPS hosting options are equipped with flexible software choices, advanced functionality or weekly backups.
Dedicated Servers include 3 dedicated IPv4 IPs, Raid-1 Configuration, unlimited databases, fully redundant, DDoS protection, and full root access. Cloud servers have integrated caching, data mirroring, automated failover (when encountering hardware problems, the customer’s site is switched to another server), intuitive dashboard and a free SSL certificate.
Reseller hosting plans are characterized by flexibility and scalability; unlimited domains and each of them comes with a free SSL certificate.
[read more...]A2 Hosting is a green company started by CEO Bryan Muthig in 2003. This comes with a great range of product options: Shared Web Hosting; Reseller Hosting; VPS or Dedicated Servers. They have won recognition in the industry for their hosting solutions, such as the title for the Fastest Hosting.
The feature they praise the most on their website is the speed (they even come with a Turbo Server option that assures fast load pages). A2 Hosting provides the customers with a free account migration (which is great if we think that other companies actually charge this action), as well as backups for your data. Their CloudFlare is free and it can be enabled through the CloudFlare cPanel plugin or if the customer signs ups on CloudFlare’s website.
They come with various elements that increase the functionality of their networks, configuration or software. These include:
- Free SSD – which increases speed on hosting pages;
- PHP 7 – A2 Hosting promises to offer the best version of this software;
- Free SSL – free protection against malware attacks by using Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates;
- Free SSH – which is available for free without any installation or enabling process.
A2 Hosting provides both Linux and Windows hosting solutions. From here, customers can choose between two control panel alternatives: cPanel or Plesk. Each Linux plan comes with a pre-configured set of features that is available from the moment of purchase: NodeJS , Apache Server, MySQL & PostgreSQL, NodeJS. In the case of Windows plans, there are a number of characteristics, as well: Windows Server, MVC & Silverlight, Miscrosoft SQL Server, Classic ASP & .NET Core.
For Shared Hosting plans, A2 Hosting prepared WordPress, Drupal and Joomla optimized servers. These plans function as turbo servers, and there is also the possibility for a free and easy site transfer. In the case of Reseller Hosting plans, accounts can be easily setup. These are fully white-labeled and come with a free billing system option. Also, Reseller Hosting is equipped with WHM control panel. For VPS Hosting plans, you can get more isolation; you can choose the management level with which you will control your page and A2 Hosting offers free site transfer (for Managed and Core VPS). Their Dedicated Servers let the customer customize the resources coming along with the server. The Dedicated Hosting has similar benefits as the VPS plans.
A2 Hosting has recently made a new partner: WordPress Page Builder Provider Elementor. At the same time, A2 Hosting surprised its customers by introducing Managed WordPress features.
[read more...]Scalahosting offers high quality web hosting services for customers in search for a good hosting provider ever since it was founded in 2007. They offer popular hosting services (Shared Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Cloud VPS servers, Dedicated Servers, and others), as well as application hosting (WordPress Hosting, Magento Hosting or Joomla Hosting) and additional services (Domain Names, Domain Reseller Account and SSL Certificates). In addition, they provide instant account activation and backups for the customers’ websites.
Their WordPress Hosting is provided with great speed and security. Besides these, a great number of features come with it: unlimited disk space, 1-click WordPress installer, automatic updates, free malware scans, or free CDN & SEO tools.
Reseller Hosting also comes with a guide on how to manage some elements when purchasing a plan from this category. Free Migration, 100% Private Label, SSD powered servers or free private nameservers are some of the great features with which their reseller hosting plans are equipped.
Their Cloud Server Hosting can be self-managed. This has 100% control and automation, fast SSD storage, multiple OS’s supported,10Gbps redundant network and increased security coming with this product.
Managed VPS plans have a variety of features, as well: 7 remote backups, regular updates and audits, free migration assistance, cPanel/WHM control panel, or easy VPS management.
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