At some point most web developers will be in the position of having to
either provide hosting for their clients' websites, or they will need to
know which web hosts to to recommend to their clients. This article
will tell you about five of the most reliable, economical and dependable
web hosts out there who cater to web developers.
On the top of the surface, this seems to be an easy order--just write
down the most popular web hosting services out there and be done with
it. Looking more closely, it's more of a task than you might think.
Which services do they support, how much bandwidth do they provide by
default, how much space do they provide, how many FTP accounts do they
provide? So many questions, and we'll give you the breakdown.
What Are the Best Hosts According to Developers?
The hardest part of answering this question is finding a reliable,
unbiased source. Look on Google and you'll only find hosting companies
trying to sell their own wares. By looking at traditional resources, we
found according to About.com, ICDSoft comes in at the top for their reliability, support and continuing efforts to improve their service. 1and1.com comes in second, with low downtime, excellent support and one of the best price structures around.
That said, perhaps one of the best resources for developers is their own
domain registrar's website. Most registrars provide hosting services,
and some are very well known, such as GoDaddy, Dotster and Network Solutions.
Others provide the service, but are not as well known, and their
reputation is also unknown. Just be aware that you do not have to host
your website with the same company that you registered your domain with.
There are literally tens of thousands of web hosts available. The hard
part is filtering the list down to those which are worth your
hard-earned money.
Here is a list of our top five hosts, with information about the
packages that each provides. It is not a definitive list, it is not
endorsed by our parent company QuinStreet or internet.com, and I am not
an affiliate of any of them--they are simply, in my own humble opinion,
some of the best, most popular web hosting companies out there.
Each of these web hosting companies are respected in the industry, and
can provide small and medium businesses with the appropriate means to
host successful websites for a very small investment. They also offer
competitive pricing for packages for larger businesses, and often have even cheaper pricing plans for individuals than those listed below.
| ICDSoft | 1and1.com | Dotster | GoDaddy | Network Solutions | |
| Price | $10/Month | $9.99/Month | $8.75/Month | $7.99/Month | $9.29/Month |
| Disk Storage | 50 GB | 300 GB | 100 GB | 150 GB | 300 GB |
| Data Transfer | 500 GB/Month | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | 3000 GB/Month |
| MySQL Databases | 100 | 100 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| FTP Accounts | 150 | 50 | 25 | 50 | 25 |
| Email Accounts | unlimited | 4,000 | 500 | 500 | 1000 |
| Subdomains | 50 | 600 | unlimited | unlimited | not included |
| Platforms | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows |
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