Hosting.com Review

Hosting.com has been providing quality hosting services to personal users and small businesses since their foundation in 1996. With offices based out of Louisville, Kentucky, they have been voted Best .NET Provider in 2003, and Best Web Hosting Provider for two consecutive years.

Most recently, they have been selected to provide services for Donald Trump's latest endeavor, Trump University. With their help, Trump hopes to create a new business education company with attentions focused on providing learning programs for businesses and professionals. Along with this, they hope to amount an extensive variety of patrons, from small business owners and entrepreneurs to investors and other professionals looking to move ahead in their careers.

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Hosting Ratings:
Price Value 7 / 10
Performance 8 / 10
Reliability 8.5 / 10
Customer Support 8.5 / 10
Control Panel 7 / 10
User Feedback 7 / 10
Overall Grade: 77%
 

Price Value
Hosting.com is able to offer services based in Microsoft, Linux, ColdFusion, dedicated, shared, and virtual private server hosting. The features of their plans include MySQL 4.1.9 databases, Perl 5.8.0, Apache 2.0.40, and 24-Hour FTP access. Known for their managed, dedicated, and co-location programs, their basic shared plan starts at 500 MB of disk space and 25 GB of transfer rate for $17.96/mth for both Linux and Windows-based servers. All of this accompanied with a 30-day money-back guarantee, and the free Webalizer Statistics program, makes Hosting.com a great value in an ocean of web-hosting companies.

Reliability
Hosting.com boasts that they host more than 40,000 web based applications and individual web sites in their two data centers. Located in Louisville, KY and Boston, MA, their data centers are some of the most sophisticated in the industry. They own and operate a fully redundant, Cisco-certified system, with 24x7 monitoring, security, and support. With an OC3 connection speed, Hosting.com guarantees 100% uptime on all of their shared plans.

Control Panel
Hosting.com employs the Exchange control panel. With this program, you are able to administer the email accounts of your company and public folders swiftly and effortlessly, place preferred size limits for emails and capacity restrictions on mailboxes up to the 100MB per user mailbox limit, and access account information and thorough billing history in real-time. With all these features, it is no wonder that Hosting.com has become one of the leading hosts on multiple platforms across the globe.

Customer Support
Hosting.com offers many ways in which you can contact them to gain assistance should your site experience any problems. Most importantly, they have toll-free support that can be contacted Monday-Friday 9AM-9PM EDT and Saturday-Sunday 10AM-4PM EDT. They also employ a Support Center for 24 hour assistance, as well as a toll-free billing support line Monday-Friday from 10AM-4PM EDT. Another feature they use in order for you to get your site back up and running is the 24/7 emergency phone line. With all these features in place, it is easy to see that Hosting.com is serious about fulfilling the supportive needs of their customers at a price that is reasonable considering all of the features available.

Hosting.com Hosting Plans
Linux/Unix and Windows Hosting Plans
Plan 1:
500 MB space, 25 GB bandwidth @ $17.96/mth (12-month term)
Plan 2: 1 GB space, 50 GB bandwidth @ $31.46/mth
Plan 3: 3 GB space, 100 GB bandwidth @ $53.96/mth

ColdFusion (Linux and Windows) Hosting Plans
Plan 1:
500 MB space, 25 GB bandwidth @ $22.46/mth
Plan 2: 1 GB space, 50 GB bandwidth @ $40.46/mth
Plan 3: 3 GB space, 100 GB bandwidth @ $62.96/mth