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In 2003, AwardSpace became a hosting provider that won several awards for the hosting services they had been providing. They are a free web hosting company that uses high-end server technology.

They provide a wide range of hosting packages:

• Shared Hosting;
• WordPress Hosting;
• Domain Registration;
• VPS Hosting;
• Reseller Hosting;
• Semi-Dedicated Servers;
• SSL Certificate;
• Joomla Hosting;

Accounts for Shared Hosting plans can be activated instantly. Anti-virus protection, anti-spam protection, weekly backups, 1-click CMS installer and the possibility to choose what CMS to install are only some of the advantages AwardSpace offers for their Shared Hosting packages.

VPS options are equipped with 1 IP address, pre-installed OS (Debian 8 Jessie – 64 bit), possibility to change OS (Unix type, PyGRUB bootloader), full root access, XEN virtualization, no setup fees, free easy-to-use in-house control panel and multiprocessor systems.

Semi-dedicated servers come with unlimited domains hosting, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP5, Perl, ASP.NET and one free domain. AwardSpace claims the following advantages with their Semi-Dedicated Servers:Clustered hosting platform;

• Many server resources;
• Custom modules;
• Usage limitations;
• Shared hosting control panel;
• Fewer accounts on server;

AwardSpace comes with a series of guarantees for their customers:

• 30-day money-back guarantee;
• Technology innovation;
• Test hosting free;
• 24/7/365 monitoring;
• 100% industry quality;
• 99.9% uptime guarantee;

In general, customers seem to consider prices at AwardSpace a good deal. These are generally affordable and highly competitive.

AwardSpace offer 99.9% uptime guarantee just like the majority of the companies in the hosting industry. This assures customers of reliable and efficient hosting packages.

Their offices are located in Kiel, Germany and their data center is in Sofia, Bulgaria. They use redundant fiber optic connections and redundant support systems, as well as leak detection system and N+1 power feeds.

Assistance at AwardSpace is provided by phone, email, social media or live chat. In order to help customers, they can find on the home page of the company a helpful knowledge base, video tutorials and useful articles on their blog.

The majority of hosting companies try to provide the most popular control panels in the industry (that is, cPanel and Plesk). Nevertheless, there are companies that prefer to come with their custom control panel. AwardSpace is one of them. They claim their web-based control panel is easy to use and offers the same services as any other control panel (uploading files, adding databases, etc.). However, using their own control panel might have its advantages and disadvantages as there are customers who are accustomed to control panels, such as cPanel or Plesk. Having to deal with a new kind of control panel could literally mean starting from the beginning.

AwardSpace proves itself to be a reliable and good hosting provider that comes with many free services and unlimited options.
Pros:
- 99.9% uptime guarantee;
Cons:
- Only one data center;
- No Dedicated Servers;