AvaHost SB-Small, $ 2.90/mo. on Website Builder

The SB-Small plan combines shared hosting resources with AvaSiteBuilder so that beginners and small projects can get a complete website solution. It provides 1 GB (1 000 MB) of SSD storage and 10 GB of monthly bandwidth, enough for a personal website or small business homepage. You can host up to 2 sites under a single account and have access to 200 professionally designed templates through the website builder, which features a drag-and-drop interface that requires no coding knowledge. Imunify malware protection and automatic daily backups keep your data secure, and you benefit from a free domain name registration, a built-in website builder and a 60-day money-back guarantee. The builder offers step-by-step site creation and supports online store functionality so you can quickly launch a shop. You can make changes to your site at any time, publish with a single click and see updates instantly. The plan includes full access to all functions of the builder, such as importing an existing website, adding plug-ins and extensions, creating forms, managing menus and customizing design elements. Support is available via phone, live chat, email and help desk, and you can lower the monthly price by prepaying for two years.

AvaSiteBuilder accounts come with a robust feature set that extends beyond the basic hosting package. You can choose from over 200 themes and make unlimited edits at any time. The builder allows you to optimize pages for different screen sizes, back up your projects locally for safekeeping and edit images, link styles and header fonts for complete customization. It supports inserting third-party code, creating pages that are only available to registered users, building menus with sub-menus up to two levels, applying custom styles to links and texts site-wide, editing meta-tags for each page, resizing images by dragging their borders, inserting social networking buttons like “like” and “comments,” changing page titles and names and improving SEO through meta tag management. There are tabbed sections in the builder that show key features, components, site themes, a WYSIWYG editor and publishing options. Beyond the builder, all hosting accounts include a free SSL certificate from Comodo, unlimited MySQL databases, support for PHP versions 5–7, CGI-Bin, Perl and Python, Zend Optimizer and IonCube loaders, FTP accounts, an online file manager, password-protected directories, WAP/WML, server-side includes, visitor statistics, cPanel control panel, fast SSD drives, .htaccess support, cron scheduling, phpMyAdmin, MIME type editor, raw log files, error page editor, GD/cURL/ImageMagick libraries and optional SSH access and dedicated IP. Email services include webmail, POP3/SMTP servers, autoresponders, forwarders, mailing lists and anti-spam filters. AvaHost has been operating for over twenty years, offers a 99 % uptime guarantee, provides daily backups and a 60-day money-back guarantee, and supplies 24×7 support by phone, chat, email and ticket system. Additional services such as domain registration, extra storage space, dedicated IP addresses or additional site accounts can be added for a fee. This rich combination of a drag-and-drop site builder with full hosting features makes the SB-Small plan an excellent starting point for users who want to quickly create and manage professional-grade websites without technical expertise.