Netfirms Advantage, $ 8.95/mo. on Linux Shared

Name: Advantage
Brand: Netfirms
SKU: p19010
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 1.88 (8 reviews)

Advantage has been discontinued (added September 10, 2011), Aggregate Rating (1.88 out of 10 from 8 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	CPanel
🔧 Category :	DNSWordpress
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Canada United States
⚑ Targeting :	CA US

screenshot of Advantage from netfirms.com

Original plan URL was https://www.netfirms.com/hosting/

📜 Plan description

FREE domain name* with web hosting plans
Coupon code: DOMFREE1

Key Features
Drag and Drop Builder
Ready-to-go Websites™ Personal & Business
1-Click Applications
Customer Support 24/7 E-mail, Chat, Phone
Clustered Hosting
Multi-Website Hosting Unlimited
E-commerce Enabled
Google Adwords $100 Bonus
Bing Ads Free $100 Credit

Email
Email Addresses Unlimited
POP3 / SMTP
IMAP
Webmail
E-mail Forwarding
E-mail Catch-all
Spam Filtering
Virus Scanning
Custom MX Records

Domain Names
Domain Pointers Unlimited
Full DNS Management
Domain Forwarding
Sub Domains / A-Records

Databases
MySQL 5+ Databases 200
PhpMyAdmin

Linux Features
PHP 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1
Perl (CGI-BIN)
Server Side Includes
Custom Error Pages
IonCube Loader
ModRewrite
Python
Cron Job Editor

Blog Features
Blog Features
WordPress
WordPress MultiSite
WordPress + Vanilla
Textpattern

CMS Features
CMS Made Simple
Drupal
e107
Joomla!
Moodle

E-Commerce Features
osCommerce
ShopSite

Forum Features
bbPress
phpBB
SMF
Vanilla

Photo Gallery Features
Coppermine
Gallery
Zenphoto

Mailing List Features
phpList

Project / Utilities Feature
Mantis
PHProjekt

Wiki Features
MediaWiki
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

Security
Password Protected
.htaccess
Shared SSL Certificates
Secure FTP Access

Free One-Click Applications
WordPress 2.x Blog
Drupal
Form Mail
Joomla! CMS
PHPBB Discussion Forum

Web-Based Admin
Control Panel
Web-based File Manager
Account Management
Domain Management
E-mail Management
Apache Log File Access
Multiple FTP Accounts 100

Support
24/7 E-mail, Toll-free
Online Knowledgebase
Instant Setup
Video Tutorials

Guarantee
30-Day Money Back

📄 Editorial Review

Netfirms is now best understood as a legacy Canadian hosting brand rather than an active standalone hosting provider. The company was established in 1998, with Thomas Savundra associated as president and co-founder, and it became one of the better-known early web hosting names for small businesses, individuals and entry-level online projects.

During its active years, Netfirms focused on simple web presence services: Shared Hosting, Domain Registration, SSL Certificates, Website Builder, Email Hosting, domain privacy, website backup, SiteLock security, and business email tools. Its shared hosting packages were built for non-technical users who needed a domain, website, email and security basics in one account.

The company later became part of Endurance International Group in 2011, and eventually moved under the wider Newfold Digital hosting portfolio. By late 2025, Netfirms no longer functioned like an independent public hosting storefront. The brand became mostly a legacy access point for existing customers, while new hosting and domain activity moved toward Network Solutions.

The older Netfirms hosting range was simple and practical. Shared hosting plans included free SSL protection, FTP access, databases, email accounts, website builder tools, eCommerce features and marketing tools. Email services included browser and mobile access, custom domain email, mailbox security and business-style email storage. For small websites, personal pages and basic company sites, this was enough; for VPS, dedicated servers, cloud infrastructure or high-performance hosting, Netfirms was limited.

The main advantage of Netfirms was its beginner-friendly structure. The main disadvantage was scalability. The brand was heavily focused on shared hosting and entry-level services, while more demanding users often needed better performance, modern infrastructure, developer tools or more transparent upgrade paths.

👪 Most Recent Customer Reviews

📆 Nov 28, 2011

Caroline (-no email-)

😠 once might, now dreadful
Netfirms was terrific until they were purchased and then they just fell apart. They don't seem to know the answer to anything; poor customer service. Very sad

📆 Dec 10, 2010

Thomas Wilson (Thomas@g...) / galacticbutterfly.com

😠 They simply suck. mail servers don't work. employees are raging idiots with no answers. service goes down arbitrarily for days and no one bothers to fix it or email you, then they drag their feet repairing the thing. Mail server eats emails and sends multiple repeats at will. Then they have the audacity to offer a month more of free, crap service to rectify the stupid ass service. Apparently everyone hates them.
I think I'll just relax and read about more aggressive and official means of formal complaining.

SHITE SERVICE BY RETARDS.

📆 Aug 25, 2010

Bandara (bandara1988@g...)

😠 Free host providers are better than Netfirms.com.because i have moved netfirms from a free host (000webhost) both host are like the same.the only differnt is i have to pay for netfirms shit.Networks speed of netfirms is nearly 50KBps .and no propper control panel Jailed SSh and many more reasons to tell netfirms really sucks.Their everything sucks.

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