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They Tout High Performance and Premium Customer Service…Are They Worth the Buzz?

Introduction

WebhostingBuzz started from modest beginnings, from 2002 it was a basic reseller account. Safvan Malik, who has been there from the beginning, has grown the company to becoming one of the leading multi-nation web hosting companies.

Hosting more than a hundred servers and providing a platform to nearly 30,000 customer and hosts over 200,0000 websites. This company is spread out all over the world.

It boosts on being privately owned and free of debt. They provide services to the most modest of clients to meeting the needs of large corporations.

They have a main office in Auburn MA. There other offices include, one in Lincoln City, Uk and Kharkiv, UA. This is a a good to know if you are shopping for web hosting overseas.

This allows them to provide true 24×7 online technical support.

The servers are located in Atlanta, GA and Phoenix, AZ which hose their dedicated servers, and VPS.

In this review, I will be relying on the data that we have captured for our own testing.

All plans come with 24/7/365 support, free website migration, and the first two months free. They also a guarantee a 99% uptime.

There performance is excellent based on our test beacon:

http://whb-openhostingreviews.com

Uptime – 99.71%
Response Time – 678 ms
WordPress Render Time – 148 milliseconds

Quick Overview

July 2019 Thru Mar 2021

Average Page Speed	678 ms
Average Uptime	99.71% - 120 minutes over 17 outages
Average Render Time	192 ms
Average Security Threats	5 attempts
Support	Tickets, chat and phone support
Apps	WordPress, Joomla, PrestaShop, and AbanteCart
Features	Unlimited bandwidth, SSD storage, free SSL
Plans	Shared, Reseller, VPS and Dedicated Servers
Transfer	Free Site Transfer - One Time
Pricing	Starting at $4.99/mo (same renewal price)

Three Main Considerations

Speed and Reliability

Most website owners are losing money if their website is down or people leave because it is slow. At a bare minimum a web hosting provider should be able to provide 99.95% uptime and load pages in less than 1 second.

We are performing a running monthly test of WebhostingBuzz’s speed and reliability with a simple WordPress website as a testing beacon. Here is a link to that site:

http://whb-openhostingreviews.com

So far, WebHostingBuzz has been able to beat our expectations for uptime and speed. They are also beating out most of the competition. Below you will find a breakdown of their performance by month:

Jul 2019 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 648 ms
Aug 2019 average uptime: 99.94% average load speed: 628 ms
Sep 2019 average uptime: 99.94% average load speed: 683 ms
Oct 2019 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 625 ms
Nov 2019 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 608 ms
Dec 2019 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 621 ms
Jan 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 578 ms
Feb 2020 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 650 ms
Mar 2020 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 672 ms
Apr 2020 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 696 ms
May 2020 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 679 ms
Jun 2020 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 724 ms
Jul 2020 average uptime: 99.87% average load speed: 706 ms
Aug 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 896 ms
Sep 2020 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 747 ms
Oct 2020 average uptime: 99.82% average load speed: 715 ms
Nov 2020 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 652 ms
Dec 2020 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 672 ms
Jan 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 674 ms
Feb 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 680 ms
Mar 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 752 ms
May 2021 average uptime: 93.77% average load speed: 628 ms
Mar 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 752 ms

Quality of Support

I like the variety of options that WebHostingBuzz offers to get help. Their online Knowledge Base is very in-depth and easy to use. To get to a support agent, you can use their chat, call toll-free, or open a support ticket.

The quickest way for me to judge the quality of support is to connect to their agents via chat and ask a simple question that most data center operators should know off the top of their head:

“What version of RHEL or CentOS is my website running on?”

This is the operating system. Almost all web hosting companies are using Linux, either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS. You can learn a lot about a Data Center Operation by finding out what version they are on and how easily the staff knows.

Here is a screenshot of my support chat:

Overall the chat was fairly quick it took around 5 minutes for John to respond back to me. He needed more information on my website to get the correct information to me.

The agent was very quick to let me know that the server running my website was CloudLinux release 7.7. All in all it took around 6 minutes from start to finish.

Affordability

WebHostingBuzz is one of the higher priced web hosting companies out there. To get started is only $4.99 per month for their basic package for a single website. To upgrade to their highest business package with more features, and unlimited websites, is only $24.99 per month.

The personal package at $4.99 is a basic starter pack for a general website, not much free other than one domain. This comes with limited storage at 20 gig SSD. The upside is Unlimited bandwidth which is pretty standard for most hosting companies.

Here is a copy of my receipt for purchasing the WebHostingBuzz Basic package for 12 months:

Available Plans, Pricing, and Details

Personal Plan

The Personal Plan from WebHostingBuzz starts at $4.99/month. This is an ideal plan for someone starting out. It comes with everything you need to host a single website.

Developer Plan

The Developer Plan offers unlimited websites, 100gb SSD storage, 200% CPU speed, 2gb memory, 10mbps i/o speed, free SSL, and unlimited bandwidth. This is with a starting price tag of $9.99 a month.

Business Plan

The Business Plan starts a bit more at $24.99/month. It comes with unlimited SSD storage, 300% CPU speed, 3gb memory, 20mbps i/o speed, free SSL, and unlimited bandwidth.

Plan Features

• Includes Domain: Yes free for the first year, there is no addition cost the next year.
• Easy Setup Process: Two Page sign up form.
• Admin Dashboard Experience: Control panel is very clean and easy-to-use. Uses cPanel for site administration.
• 3rd Party Application Support: One-click integration with Mojo Marketplace for easy installation of popular scripts like WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, and more.
• Server Information: Linux CentOS 7.7, PHP 7, MySQL 5.6, PostgreSQL 10
• Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, and PayPal.
• Hidden Fees and Clauses:
• Upsells: Some Upsells. But it’s common in the web hosting industry, so don’t worry about it.

Do We Recommend WebHostingBuzz?

Yes, we recommend WebHostingBuzz as a hosting company. Their websites are an ease to set up.

WebHostingBuzz is absolutely dominating on all our speed reports.

They have the standard cpanel to navigate the site. Their customer support is top notch. They are also up to date with the latest version of CentOS and RedHat, so you know they are secure.

One of the selling points of WebhostingBuzz is their 45 day money back guarantee, most tote 30 days which is standard.

However they are a bit more expensive than the competition, but for $4.99 a month you get quality support and uptime.

All in all they offer great value for what you pay for.

Visit WebHostingBuzz.com

How Does This LA-based Web Hosting Company Stand Out From the Competition?

Introduction

This LA-based hosting company is owned by New Dream Network, LLC. It was founded in 1996, and began hosting customer’s sites in 1997.

Dreamhost employs about 200 employees and has close to 400,000 customers.

We have never hosted a website with Dreamhost before. So we were excited to try them out. See how they compare with the competition. In this review, I will be relying on the data that we have captured in our performance testing, as well as our interaction with their customer support.

Dreamhost makes it easy to get a new website started because they include a free domain name for the first year, as well as free site builder tools, and a decent 1-click WordPress installation.

All plans come with 24/7 Live Support, a free SSL certificate, and unmetered traffic. For a little more money per month you can get unlimited file storage, free backups, and added security.

Their shared hosting starts at $2.59 a month.They do have a long than normal 97 refund policy, which is a plus. The shared hosting also comes with a free Domain name.

You can choose between a one year or a three year term for the plan. Unfortunately, you have to pay for email on their starter-shared hosting plan, on their unlimited-shared hosting plan it is free.

Their performance is better than average based on our test beacon:

Uptime – 99.96%
Response Time – 916 ms
WordPress Render Time – 182 milliseconds

Quick Overview

July 2019 Thru July 2021

Average Page Speed	916 ms
Average Uptime	99.96% 180 minutes over 19 outages
Average Render Time	180 ms
Average Security Threats	39 attempts
Support	Chat,Ticket & Callback
Apps	WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, Shopify, Wix, and more
Features	Unmetered bandwidth, free SSL, free domain (for the first year, SSD storage
Plans	Shared, Cloud, WordPress, VPS, and Dedicated Servers
Transfer	Not free
Pricing	Starting at $2.59/mo (same renewal price)

Three Main Considerations

Speed and Reliability

Most website owners are losing money if their website is down or people leave because it is slow. At a bare minimum a web hosting provider should be able to provide 99.95% uptime and load pages in less than 1 second.

DreamHost has an uptime guarantee. Like other web hosts, if your month-to-month average falls under the threshold of the guarantee, you’ll get a refund in the form of a credit for the cost of the service.

Most uptime we’ve seen usually hovers around the 99.90% mark. So Dreamhost believes in and stands behind their service, but they’re also giving themselves a little wiggle room in case ordinary fluctuations hit.

DreamHost, though, ensures 100% uptime in their Terms of Service. Keep
in mind that scheduled upkeep or user blunders aren’t protected in this guarantee.

However, any other DreamHost problem that messes with your site, database, email, or web-mail can trigger the guarantee. You’ll get a free day’s really worth of provider for each hour of service interruption.

The only trap is that there’s a 10% max of your “next prepaid internet hosting renewal fee” (so it applies in the future, as opposed to a retroactive discount or refund).

We are performing a running monthly test of Dreamhost’s speed and reliability with a simple WordPress website as a testing beacon. Here is a link to that site:

http://dh-openhostingreviews.com/

Dreamhost has been able to beat our expectations for uptime and speed. They are also beating out most of the competition. Below you will find a breakdown of their performance by month:

July 2019 average uptime: 99.71% average load speed: 848 ms
Aug 2019 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 528 ms
Sep 2019 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 518 ms
Oct 2019 average uptime: 99.93% average load speed: 518 ms
Nov 2019 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 565 ms
Dec 2019 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 544 ms
Jan 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 553 ms
Feb 2020 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 1,667 ms
Mar 2020 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 1,717 ms
April 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,694 ms
May 2020 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 1,622 ms
June 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,839 ms
July 2020 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 763 ms
Aug 2020 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 761 ms
Sep 2020 average uptime: 99.86% average load speed: 788 ms
Oct 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 628 ms
Nov 2020 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 672 ms
Dec 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 698 ms
Jan 2021 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 786 ms
Feb 2021 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 833 ms
Mar 2021 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 902 ms
April 2021 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,009 ms
May 2021 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 756 ms
June 2021 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 815 ms
July 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 681 ms

Quality of Support

Dreamhost has a straightforward chat system. They allow you to browse their knowledge base and forums while you wait for an agent.

One of the fastest ways to judge the knowledge of the help staff, is to ask a simple question most tech agents should know right away:

What version of MySQL is my website running on?”

Below is a screenshot of my chat session with a support agent:

The chat session was very quick. It connected to agent Andrew M. in less than a minute. They did not verify the account, I’m not sure if it’s because I did not ask an questions that would raise a red flag.

The agent was prompt in letting me know that I was running MySQL 5.7. They were very polite, overall it was a positive experience.

Affordability

Dreamhost is one of the lower priced web hosting companies out there. To get started is only $2.59 per month for their basic package for a single website.

This is a great bargain when you consider their uptime/speed, the features included in their packages, the free tools and easy-to-use management tool, and their free domain.

Just remember that these prices are the monthly price if you purchase 3 years of service upfront. Prices are a little higher if you buy 12 months in advance.

There is a month-to-month plan, called the Monthly Plan, that starts at $4.95. This option is without commitments or contracts.

Keep in mind these prices are promotional introductory offers and the do offer a 97 day money-back guarantee on all purchases.

Here is a copy of my receipt for their Starter Plan for 18 months of service:

Available Plans, Pricing, and Details

Starter Plan

The Starter Plan from Dreamhost starts at $2.59/month. Note the $2.59 is for a 3 years plan, for a 1 year plan it’s $3.95. This comes with hosting for one website. This is a great deal, considering all the freebies you get with signing up, including a free domain.

Unlimited Plan

The Unlimited Plan for 3 years is $5.95 a month, and for 1 year it’s $6.95. This is the highest option they have. The features include unlimited websites, and unlimited email addresses. This is a steal for what is included in the package.

Plan Feature Comparison

Plan Features

• Includes Domain: Yes, free for as long as you are signed up
• Easy Setup Process: Easy one page registration form.
• Admin Dashboard Experience: Control panel is very clean and easy-to-use. Unfortunately it does not have cPanel.
• 3rd Party Application Support: One-click integration with Mojo Marketplace for easy installation of popular scripts like WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, and more.
• Server Information: Linux CentOS 6, PHP 7, MySQL 5.7, PostgreSQL 10
• Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, and PayPal.
• Hidden Fees and Clauses: no hidden fees that we found.
• Upsells: Some Upsells. But it’s common in the web hosting industry, so don’t worry about it.

Other Plans

If you need additional features, Dreamhost also offers other web hosting types, including Managed WordPress, Virtual Private Server (VPS), Cloud, and Dedicated Servers.

Do we recommend Dreamhost?

Yes, we recommend Dreamhost as a hosting provider. If you are starting out this is a good one to use.

Dreamhost has consistently been near the top for speed and uptime in all our reports.

Plus, they have a great administration panel to manage your account and website.  Their security and support is on-point and reliable.  We like their money-back guarantee and they have some of the lowest prices out there. Their 97 day period for a refund is a plus.

DreamHost doesn’t have any hidden terms or hoops to leap thru that would possibly jeopardize your refund, either. There are only a few cases your refund would possibly be deducted or no longer given, but most are very standard.

The first exception is that only credit cards will be refunded. So other price methods like checks, or money orders won’t be refunded.

The second exception is that extra services and that were purchased thru another party won’t be refunded, either. That consists of things like domain names, SSL certificates, AdWords credits, and comparable extras.

There are, however, some things we don’t like that are important to keep in mind.  It is pretty annoying that they have a fee for site migrations. 

Most other hosting companies offer this for free and you would think they would too to get new customers. It’s a large fee, $99.00 to be exact for each site migrated.

Despite some of their drawbacks, they offer a great experience and value.

Visit Dreamhost.com

Are They as Fast as They Claim?

Introduction

InMotion is employee-owned, it was founded in 2001. Their network is is based on Linux and Unix operating systems. They have offices in Virginia and California.

InMotion is an accredited member of Better Business Bureau (BBB). The company has been given many awards, which include: 2011 Best Business Hosting Award, 2011 Best Small Business Hosting, 2011 Dedicated Hosting Awards and 2011 Best VPS Hosting.

The organization gives a wide scope of web facilitating arrangements, including business class facilitating, VPS hosting, individual/beginner hosting and dedicated servers. It likewise offers custom website architecture for clients.

Their performance is decent based on our test beacon:

http://im-openhostingreviews.com

Uptime – 99.81%
Response Time – 3,714 ms
WordPress Render Time – 173 ms

Quick Overview

July 2019 Thru July 2021

Average Page Speed	3,714 ms
Average Render Time	2,640 ms
Average Uptime	99.81% 600 minutes over 65 outages
Average Security Threats	4 threats
Support	24/7 live chat, phone email tickets
Apps	WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and many more
Features	Free Domain, Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Bandwidth, Unlimited Email, and Free SSL. free Domain registration, free Advertising credits
Plans	Shared,WordPress, VPS, Website Creator and Dedicated Servers
Transfer	Free
Pricing	Starting at $5.99/mo renewal increase after the term

Three Main Considerations

Speed and Reliability

The old saying “time is money” is true especially when it comes to running a site. The bare minimium for a hosting company should be 99.95% uptime and pages that load in under 1 second.

We are playing out a running month to month trial of Inmotion’s speed and unwavering quality with a straightforward WordPress site as a testing reference point. Here is a connect to that site:

http://im-openhostingreviews.com

Inmotion is exceptional with speed, unfortunately not so much with uptime. Below you will find the info of their performance by month:

July 2019 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,785 ms
Aug 2019 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 2,750 ms
Sep 2019 average uptime: 99.66% average load speed: 3,570 ms
Oct 2019 average uptime: 99.51% average load speed: 3,792 ms
Nov 2019 average uptime: 99.60% average load speed: 3,801 ms
Dec 2019 average uptime: 99.90% average load speed: 3,819 ms
Jan 2020 average uptime: 99.80% average load speed: 3,807 ms
Feb 2020 average uptime: 99.69% average load speed: 3,636 ms
Mar 2020 average uptime: 99.92% average load speed: 3,684 ms
Apr 2020 average uptime: 99.75% average load speed: 3,769 ms
May 2020 average uptime: 99.65% average load speed: 3,779 ms
June 2020 average uptime: 99.50% average load speed: 3,932 ms
Aug 2020 average uptime: 99.94% average load speed: 4,156 ms
Sep 2020 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 4,329 ms
Oct 2020 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 4,233 ms
Nov 2020 average uptime: 99.94% average load speed: 4,187 ms
Dec 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 4,153 ms
Jan 2021 average uptime: 99.85% average load speed: 4,261 ms
Feb 2021 average uptime: 99.67% average load speed: 4,186 ms
Mar 2021 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 4,226 ms
Apr 2021 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 4,302 ms
May 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 3,902 ms
June 2021 average uptime: 99.37% average load speed: 1,164 ms
July 2021 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 604 ms

Quality of Support

The snappiest route for me to pass judgment on the nature of help is to associate with their specialists by means of talk and pose a straightforward inquiry that most server administrators should know right away:

“What version of RHEL or CentOS is my site running on?”

This is the working framework. Practically all web facilitating organizations are utilizing Linux, either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS. You can learn a lot about their operations quickly.

Here is a screen capture of my help visit:

All in all the chat session was very speedy. I connected to agent Czyrus T. in about 2 minutes. I appreciated that the login gives you the option to log in a a guest or verify your account. That alone only took about one minute.

The agent let me know that it was running CloudLinux release 7.6 (which is a fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux)

This was a good first impression, as the agent didn’t pause in answering my question. I also liked that their Operating System was up to date.

The chat software was painless to use, no errors occurred, the process was painless from start to finish.

Affordability

Inmotion is one of the more expensive hosting companies, for a beginning website it’s $6.39 a month for two websites. To upgrade to the best option, it starts at $14.71 a month, which gives you unlimited websites.

This is not a bad option considering that you get unlimited email accounts and a free domains.

The main thing to remember these prices are for signing up for 2 years the price jumps up slightly when you choose the year option. You do not have the option for month to month.

Remember these costs are limited time starting offers and the do offer a 90 day money back guarantee on all purchases.

Below is a copy of my receipt for 12 months on the basic package for Inmotion:

Available Plans, Pricing, and Details

Launch Plan

The Launch Plan from Inmotion starts at $6.39/month. This is great deal and comes with everything you need to start a website.

Power Plan

The Power Plan offers hosting for six websites, and 2X performance which is not explained very well.

Pro Plan

The Pro Plan offers unlimited websites, 4X the performance, and Pro Level Support. This totes keeping your site up 99.99% of the time, if not they supposedly will credit you with free hosting.

All Plans

The Launch Plan, Power Plan, and the Pro Plan all share the same unlimited options – disk space, bandwidth, and email.

Plan Feature Comparison

Plan Features

• Includes Domain: Yes, free for the first year.
• Easy Setup Process: Complete an 5 registration form. The form will also give you the option to install WordPress at the same time.
• Admin Dashboard Experience: Control panel is very clean and easy-to-use. Uses cPanel for site administration.
• 3rd Party Application Support: One-click integration with Mojo Marketplace for easy installation of popular scripts like WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, and more.
• Server Information: Linux CentOS 6, PHP 7, MySQL 5.6, PostgreSQL 10
• Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, and PayPal.
• Hidden Fees and Clauses: No refunds are given on any domain names. Renewal rates for both domains and hosting increase.
• Upsells: A few upsells but this is very common with a web hosting company.

Other Plans

Inmotion offers a variety of other plans, including Managed WordPress, Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Dedicated Servers.

Do we recommend Inmotion?

Yes we recommend Inmotion as a hosting company. They are pretty painless when it comes to setting up a website.

Inmotion is top for speed out of most of our comparisions, however the uptime would be a little bit to be concerned with.

Some of the main selling points of Inmotion is there customer service is excellent. Right out of the gate the agent answered within seconds and correctly. The next big point to make is the free site transfer, and the free data backups.

Despite some of their drawbacks they do offer a great experience, especially when it comes to customer support.

Visit Inmotion.com

Is This Super Cheap Web Host Worth the Price?

Introduction

Hostinger, is an employee-owned hosting company. It was formed in 2004, it now has over 29 million users, over the span of 178 countries.

It uses cloud web hosting tech and provides hosting with MySQL, FTP and PHP. Hostinger is the parent company of 000Webhost, Niagahoster and Weblink.

All Plans come with their 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, 24/7/365 Support, and a powerful control panel.

Their performance is decent based on our test beacon:

http://hg-openhostingreviews.com

Uptime – 99.78%
Response Time – 1,610 ms
WordPress Render Time – 267 milliseconds

Quick Overview

July 2019 Thru July 2021

Average Page Speed	1,610 ms
Average Render Time	264 ms
Average Uptime	99.78% 120 minutes over 16 outages
Average Security Threats	5 attempts
Support	24/7 - no email or phone support
Apps	WordPress, Joomla, PrestaShop, OpenCart, and Drupal
Features	Unmetered bandwidth and storage, email accounts, free domain 1st year
Plans	100GB bandwidth, 10GB storage, website builder, 1 email account
Transfer	Single Free Site Transfer
Pricing	Starting at $0.80/mo (renews at $7.99/mo)

Three Main Considerations

Speed and Reliability

Most site proprietors are losing cash if their site is down or individuals leave since it is moderate. At an absolute minimum a web facilitating supplier ought to have the option to give 99.95% uptime and burden pages in under 1 second.

We are playing out a running month to month trial of Hostinger’s speed and unwavering quality with a straightforward WordPress site as a testing guide. Here is a connect to that site:

http://hg-openhostingreviews.com

So far the uptime has been a bit disappointing, the speed however is exceptionally fast. Below is a breakdown of the performance.

July 2019 average uptime: 99.94% average load speed: 881 ms
Aug 2019 average uptime: 99.90% average load speed: 823 ms
Sep 2019 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 858 ms
Oct 2019 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 1,199 ms
Nov 2019 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 1,526 ms
Dec 2019 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 736 ms
Jan 2020 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 775 ms
Feb 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 838 ms
Mar 2020 average uptime: 99.98% average load speed: 882 ms
Apr 2020 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 800 ms
May 2020 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 789 ms
June 2020 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 873 ms
July 2020 average uptime: 99.55% average load speed: 2,537 ms
Aug 2020 average uptime: 99.07% average load speed: 3,383 ms
Sep 2020 average uptime: 99.85% average load speed: 3,099 ms
Oct 2020 average uptime: 99.83% average load speed: 3,661 ms
Nov 2020 average uptime: 98.22% average load speed: 1,929 ms
Dec 2020 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 868 ms
Jan 2021 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,630 ms
Feb 2021 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 2,455 ms
Mar 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 2,535 ms
April 2021 average uptime: 99.75% average load speed: 2,393 ms
May 2021 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 1,583 ms
June 2021 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 850 ms
July 2021 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 818 ms

Quality of Support

I like the assortment of choices that Hostinger offers to get help. Their online Knowledge Base is very inside and out and simple to utilize. To get to a help operator, you can utilize their visit, call toll-free, or open a help ticket.

The quickest way for me to judge the quality of support is to connect to their agents via chat and ask a simple question that most data center operators should know off the top of their head:

“What version of RHEL or CentOS is my website running on?”

To start off the UI is very impressive and allows you to surf the Knowledge Base while you wait.

Right off the bat it took me thirteen minutes to connect to an agent. Agent Tautvydas took two minutes to partially answer my question.

Then another four minutes to refer back to the knowledge base. At that point I decided to thank the agent and not waste anymore time.

Keep in mind this web hosting company is very cheap, so you almost get what you pay for. The agent did not answer the questions all the way. But to be fair the Knowledge Base was impressive so was the UI.

Affordability

Hostinger is probably the cheapest web hosting compaines out there, $.99 a month, keep in mind you still need to pay $8.99 per year for a domain, as the cheap option does not come with a free one.

This a good value considering all the freebies.

Just remember these prices are for 4 years of service upfront. The prices are a bit higher for 12 months. In fact you have the option for four years, two years, one year and month to month.

Remember these costs are limited time early on offers and the do offer a thirty day return on all buys.

Here is a copy of my receipt for one year:

Available Plans, Pricing, and Details

Single Plan

The Single Plan from Hostinger starts at $.99/month. This is a great plan as it comes with almost everything you need to start a site. Keep in mind you will have to pay for a domain name. You can register a domain with Hostinger for $8.99/year or use your own domain registrar.

Premium Plan and Business Plan

The Premuim Plan and Business Plan, both come with free domain registration, and unlimited MySQL Databases.

The main difference between the Premium Plan and the Business Plan, is the free SSL certificate, and daily backups on the Business Plan. Otherwise it just scales up in terms of space and speed.

Business Plan

The Business Plan starts at $4.09 a month. This has the same features as the Single Plan and Premium Plan with the free business email accounts, Easy Website Builder, 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, 24/7/365 Support and Powerful Control Panel.

The biggest advantage is that you will be given more memory and processing power as other sites they host.

The biggest advantage is that you will be given more memory and processing power as other sites they host.

Plan Feature Comparison

Plan Features

• Includes Domain: Not with the Single Plan, this costs $8.99 for a domain per year.
• Easy Setup Process: Complete an easy two-page registration form. The form will also give you the option to install WordPress at the same time.
• Admin Dashboard Experience: Control panel is very clean and easy-to-use. Uses cPanel for site administration.
• 3rd Party Application Support: One-click integration with Mojo Marketplace for easy installation of popular scripts like WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, and more.
• Server Information: Linux CentOS 6, PHP 7, MySQL 5.6, PostgreSQL 10
• Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, and PayPal.
• Hidden Fees and Clauses: No refunds are given on any domain names. Renewal rates for both domains and hosting increase.
• Upsells: Some Upsells. But it’s common in the web hosting industry, so don’t worry about it.

Other Plans

Hostinger offers VPS Hosting and Cloud hosting.

Do We Recommend Hostinger?

Yes we do recommend Hostinger as your hosting provider. Right out of the gate they do offer some decent features for a beginner.

Right away the $.99/mo is great considering all the things that come with it: 00GB bandwidth, 10GB storage, website builder, and 1 email account. Not to mention the free Domain for a year and one free site transfer.

However the $.99/mo has to be locked in for 48 months, and it renews at $7.99/mo. Another thing to mention is that Hostinger does not have cPanel. They have their own version which is actually easier to use. If you are accustomed to using cPanel you might find it a bit distressing.

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Is This Popular Web Hosting Company Any Good?

Introduction

iPage is a web facilitating and area enlistment organization possessed by the Endurance International Group. They offer a wide scope of web facilitating answers for online organizations and website admins to make sites.

iPage likewise offers shared web facilitating bundles and a simplified basedsite developer that enables clients with no coding learning to make a site.

iPage was at first established in 1998 as a full web specialist organization ,however the organization re-propelled tasks as a web facilitating supplier in 2009.

It’s now owned by Endurance International Group, which additionally claims other web facilitating organizations, for example, BlueHost and HostGator.

iPage offers a shared hosting plan that enables users to host unlimited domains for a monthly fee.

Features offered by iPage are similar to other unlimited shared hosting services and include unlimited disk storage, data transfers, email addresses, FTP accounts, addon domain names, and MySQL databases.

iPage likewise gives WordPress facilitating arrangements which are fundamentally shared servers pre-designed to run WordPress.

On their “Green Web Hosting” page, iPage claims they are run by 100% wind power and are a part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partner program. However, as of December 2018, the page has been removed and does not exist anymore, and iPage does not appear in the EPA list of green power partners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPage

Quick Overview

July 2019 Thru July 2021

Average Page Speed	913 ms
Average Uptime	99.90% 120 minutes over 20 outages
Average Render Time	238 ms
Average Security Threats	5 attempts
Support	24/7 Live Chat, Email, and Phone
Apps	WordPress, Joomla, Drupal
Features	Scalable bandwidth, free SSL, free domain for the 1st year, free website builder
Plans	Shared and WordPress Hosting
Transfer	$150 per site migration
Pricing	Starting at $1.99/mo (renews at $7.99/mo)

Three Main Considerations

Speed and Reliability

Most site proprietors are losing cash if their site is down or individuals leave since it is moderate. At an absolute minimum a web facilitating supplier ought to have the option to give 99.95% uptime and burden pages in under 1 second.

We are playing out a running month to month trial of Ipage’s speed and unwavering quality with a straightforward WordPress site as a testing reference point. Here is a connect to that site:

http://ip-openhostingreviews.com

Uptime – 99.90%
Response Time – 913 ms
WordPress Render Time – 301 ms

Up until now, iPage has had the option to beat our desires for uptime and speed. They are additionally destroying the greater part of the challenge. Beneath you will discover a breakdown of their presentation by month:

July 2019 average uptime: 100.00% average load speed: 939 ms
Aug 2019 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 954 ms
Sept 2019 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 1,022 ms
Oct 2019 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 1,027 ms
Nov 2019 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,064 ms
Dec 2019 average uptime: 99.87% average load speed: 1,100 ms
Jan 2020 average uptime: 99.91% average load speed: 1,099 ms
Feb 2020 average uptime: 99.96% average load speed: 1,060 ms
Mar 2020 average uptime: 99.93% average load speed: 1,041 ms
Apr 2020 average uptime: 99.94% average load speed: 995 ms
May 2020 average uptime: 99.93% average load speed: 919 ms
June 2020 average uptime: 99.95% average load speed: 799 ms
Aug 2020 average uptime: 99.90% average load speed: 774 ms
Sep 2020 average uptime: 99.84% average load speed: 867 ms
Oct 2020 average uptime: 99.88% average load speed: 806 ms
Nov 2020 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 780 ms
Dec 2020 average uptime: 99.69% average load speed: 834 ms
Jan 2021 average uptime: 99.69% average load speed: 876 ms
Feb 2021 average uptime: 99.92% average load speed: 773 ms
Mar 2021 average uptime: 99.97% average load speed: 835 ms
Apr 2021 average uptime: 99.80% average load speed: 813 ms
May 2021 average uptime: 99.78% average load speed: 852 ms
June 2021 average uptime: 99.83% average load speed: 865 ms
July 2021 average uptime: 99.99% average load speed: 1,590 ms

Quality Of Support

Ipage offers great resources for you to contact support . They have email, support tickets, phone, and 24/7 live chat. Their knowledge base is very in depth.

The fastest way for me to quickly judge how knowledgeable their support is to chat with them one on one and ask a very simple question most operators should know without hesitation:

“What version of RHEL or CentOS is my website running on?”

This is the most standard operating system. When it comes to an OS, most hosting companies are using Linux, either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS. You can make a quick judgement call on the competence of the staff on how easily they know this.

Here is a screenshot of my web chat:

The chat with iPage took longer than normal, from start to finish it took around 40 minutes and my initial question was not answered all the way.

The chat with iPage took longer than normal, from start to finish it took around 40 minutes and my initial question was not answered all the way.

I connected to the agent Gowreesha in less than a minute to initiate the chat. I was a little disappointed that the agent did not verify the account.

The agent unfortunately did not know the difference between a web server and an OS. In the end the agent informed me that they were running Ubuntu, which version they could not answer that.

They wanted me to submit a support ticket which is standard procedure to find the answer. This chat raised a lot of concerns about the security of iPage as a hosting company.

Affordability

iPage is ridiculously affordable for a web hosting company. Their basic package starts at $1.99 a month, this comes with the ability to host unlimited domains and one free domain.

Remember these are the prices when you do 3 years of service upfront. Prices jump up a little bit when you go to 12 months in advance. You do not have the option of doing month to month which is unfortunate.

For instance if you choose the most affordable offer of $1.99 a month for 3 years you renew at $7.99. Two years will get you $2.49 a month renewing at $8.99. One year costs you $2.99 a month with a renewal of $9.99.

Now if you want to migrate your site to Ipage, unfortunately there is no free option starting out. It’s $150.00 for the site, but you can move up to 5 sites for that one price.

These are promotional intro offers which comes with a 30 day money back guarantee.

Here is a copy of my receipt for the iPage package for 12 months:

Available Plans, Pricing, and Details

There is only one plan, the only difference is the length which determines the upfront cost. 3 years run $1.99 a month, 2 years $2.49, and 1 year runs $2.99.

The main features included are, a free domain name, free email addresses, free SSL certificate, free website builder, you can host unlimited domains, and a 30 day money back guarantee.

Plan Features

• Includes Domain: Yes, no renew fee for the following year.
• Easy Setup Process: You go thru an easy four page setup process
• Admin Dashboard Experience: They have a custom control panel. They do not use cpanel.
• 3rd Party Application Support: One-click integration with Mojo Marketplace for easy installation of popular scripts like WordPress, Weebly, Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, and more.
• Server Information: Linux CentOS 6, PHP 7, MySQL 5.6, PostgreSQL 10
• Payment Methods: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, and PayPal.
• Hidden Fees and Clauses: No refunds are given on any domain names. Renewal rates for both domains and hosting increase.
• Upsells: Some Upsells. But it’s common in the web hosting industry, so don’t worry about it.

Other Plans

Unfortunately what you see if what you get with, there are no additional plans to sign up for like VPS Cloud or Dedicated servers.

Do We Recommend iPage?

Yes, we recommend iPage as a hosting company. It is easy to get started even if you are new building a website.

iPage has dominated on all the speed and uptime in our reports.

There custom panel is easy to navigate, we like their money back guarantee, and they have the lowest prices of any hosting company so far.

There are a few things that we do not like however. Their customer support is very basic, if you were running a blog website we do not see an issue.

But if you had an e-commerce site running and ran into a serious issue it may take some time to get it resolved. You may need to submit a ticket as their customer service.

They do have a pretty well thought out knowledge base. It is easy to navigate, and the topic headings are pretty straightforward.

One thing to note that might determine if you go with Ipage is that they do not have cpanel. This may be a make it or break it moment when you make your decision. They have something similar to cPanel, which is called vDeck.

The difference between cPanel and vDeck is control, vDeck offers more with the ability to install pre-designed templates. cPanel is good if you are just starting out and do not want to accidentally change something without having a fail-safe built in.

To get the most out of the cheap pricing they offer, we recommend locking in the 3 year plan.

Despite some of their issues they offer great value.

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