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Compare Entry-Level Hosting Plans |
Compare Entry-Level Hosting Plans from Medium-Sized Web Hosting Providers
The following table provides a comparison chart of entry level hosting plans offered by the medium-sized web hosting providers. Medium sized companies are defined as having a hosted customer base between 20,000 and 200,000. LunarPages with over 100,000 hosted domains, midPhase with over 150,000 hosted domains and easyCGI with over 20,000 hosted websites. These hosting providers are viewed in the hosting industry as up-and-comers and are amassing customers at a very respectable rate. Like their bigger competitors (1and1, hostgator and bluehost), these hosting providers also maintain their own datacenters and provide support to a host of elaborate programs to ensure highest quality, highest reliability and highest security in their networks. The entry level plans offered by these hosting providers are geared towards the individual webmaster or the small business owner who is just starting to establish an online presence.
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| FEATURES |
Base Hosting Plan |
Mega-Phase Plan |
Advanced Hosting Plan |
| COST/MONTH |
$6.95 |
$7.95 |
$7.96 |
| SIGNUP CONTRACT |
2-YR |
1-YR |
1-YR |
| FREE SETUP |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| DISK STORAGE |
350GB |
200GB |
350GB |
| MAXIMUM HOSTED DOMAINS |
11 |
1 |
UNLIMITED |
| SITE BUILDER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| EMAIL ACCOUNTS |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
500 |
| FORWARDING EMAIL ACCOUNTS |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
| EMAIL AUTORESPONDERS |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
| DATA TRANSFER BANDWIDTH/MONTH |
3,500GB |
3,000GB |
7,500GB |
| MAXIMUM PARKED DOMAINS |
UNLIMITED |
NO |
UNLIMITED |
| MAXIMUM SUBDOMAINS |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
| MAXIMUM FTP ACCOUNTS |
UNLIMITED |
1 |
UNLIMITED |
| CGI-BIN |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| CGI LIBRARY |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| SERVER SIDE INCLUDES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| FRONTPAGE SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| ACCOUNT CONTROL PANEL |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| LOG FILES & SITE STATS |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| CUSTOM CRONJOBS |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| SPAM FILTER PROTECTION |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| FANTASTICO SCRIPT SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| DOMAIN PRIVACY REGISTRATION |
NO |
NO |
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| FREE DOMAIN NAMES |
1 FREE |
1 FREE |
NO |
| MONEY BACK GUARANTEE |
30-DAY |
30-DAY |
30-DAY |
| UP-TIME GUARANTEE |
99.90% |
99.90% |
99.90% |
| SIGNUP DISCOUNT COUPON |
See Coupon Page |
See Coupon Page |
See Coupon Page |
| CGI/DATABASES |
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| PHP |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| PERL |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| PYTHON |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| RUBY ON RAILS |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| MySQL DATABASES |
UNLIMITED |
1 |
50 |
| PostgreSQL DATABASES |
UNLIMITED |
NO |
NO |
| JAVASCRIPT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| WEBSITE PLUG-IN SCRIPTS |
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| MESSAGE FORUM |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| PHP NUKE/POST NUKE |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| GUESTBOOK |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| WEB BLOGS/ WORDPRESS |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| MAILING LISTS |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| IMAGE GALLERIES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MOODLE |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| TIKIWIKI |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| MAMBO AND JOOMLA |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| PHPFORM GENERATOR |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| HELP CENTER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MISCELLANEOUS ADD-ONS |
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| E-COMMERCE FEATURES |
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| SSL SECURE SERVER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| OS COMMERCE SHOPPTING CART |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| AGORA SHOPPING CART |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| CUBE CART SHOPPING CART |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| ZEN CART SHOPPING CART |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| FREE GENERATED CERTIFICATE |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| PASSWORD PROTECTED DIRECTORIES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| OPEN PGP/ GPG ENCRYPTION |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| MULTIMEDIA FEATURES |
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| STREAMING VIDEO SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| STREAMING AUDIO SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| FLASH SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MACROMEDIA SHOCKWAVE |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MIDI FILE SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| ADD OWN MIME TYPES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| HOSTING TECHNOLOGY |
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| SERVER HARDWARE |
DUAL/QUAD Processors |
DUAL/QUAD Processors |
DUAL/QUAD Processors |
| DENIAL OF SERVICE PROTECTION (DDOS) |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| UPS POWER BACKUP |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| GENERATOR BACKUP POWER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| CUSTOMIZED APACHE WEB SERVER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| 24/7 NETWORK MONITORING |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| STORAGE BACKUPS |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| NETWORK BACKBONE CONNECTION |
2GBit/Sec |
2GBit/Sec |
2GBit/Sec |
| SITE PROMOTION |
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| FREE SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSION |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| YAHOO ADVERTISING CREDIT |
NO |
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NO |
| GOOGLE ADVERTISING CREDIT |
NO |
$25 CREDIT |
NO |
| MSN ADVERTISING CREDIT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| CITYSEARCH ADVERTISING CREDIT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
| SEARCH1-2-3 ADVERTISING CREDIT |
NO |
$20 CREDIT |
NO |
| ENHANCE SEARCH ADVERTISING CREDIT |
NO |
$25 CREDIT |
NO |
| PRODUCTIVITIY SOFTWARE |
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NO |
NO |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 July 2008 )
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Medium-Sized Providers: Entry Level Plan Comparison