Top Web Hosting Solutions

6. Free Hostia (Free)

The reason I decided to include this, is because it is a great package if you are adamant on not spending any money. They are ad free, which is fairly uncommon for a free host. The server response times are very fast. They have 250mb of storage and 5GB of bandwidth. They also support one, 10mb MySQL database, which too, is uncommon for a free host, but it also is limiting on what you can do with your website. It also includes Elefante scripts, for easy installation of many popular applications. They also guarantee 99.9% uptime.

5. Host Gator ($6.95 per month)

They offer a decent package for a reasonable price. You also are not bound to any contract and offer a 30 day money back guarantee. It includes 50 GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth, which is plenty for your average website. It includes unlimited MySQL databases, which is nice if you plan on running multiple applications. It also supports 20 FTP accounts and most of your average programming languages. On top of a decent package, they offer several easy to install applications to get your website up and running. They offer Fantastico, Instant PHPNuke, Instant Forums, and much more. They also include several different e-commerce applications. Their $6.95 package guarantees 99.5% uptime, which is generally worse than other paid web hosts. Their other packages all guarantee 99.9% uptime.

4. 1&1 ($3.99 per month)

1&1 offers one of the cheapest web hosting solutions available. It includes 1 free domain, 10GB of storage and 300GB of bandwidth. They only offer 1 FTP account, which can be somewhat limiting. They offer 600 email accounts, with 800 aliases. The linux package allows for ten, 100mb MySQL databases. Along with several included web applications, they give you free vouchers for advertising. My biggest complaint about their webhosting is that their MySQL databases are generated with random names, so you cannot identify which is which, unless there is a description.

3. IX($3.95 per month)