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Entry-Level Hosting Plan Comparison |
Compare Entry-Level Web Hosting Plans
With over 4 million domains hosted on its 40,000 servers across the globe, 1&1 is the biggest web hosting provider in the world. Nipping at its heels are hostgator with 700,000 hosted domains, and bluehost with 350,000 hosted domains. These web hosting companies can best be characterized as the 900 pound gorillas of the hosting industry. With such a strong presence, these providers are not the fly-by-night companies that are so prevalent in this industry. They all maintain their own data centers and are heavily invested in the web hosting business. When you host with one of these companies, you can be assured that they will be around tomorrow. The following table provides a comparison chart of the entry level hosting plans offered by each hosting provider. The entry level plan is geared towards the individual webmaster or a small business that is starting to develop a presence on the web and is not in need of a full featured plan.
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| FEATURES |
Base Hosting Plan |
Home Hosting Plan |
Hatchling Hosting Plan |
| COST/MONTH |
$6.95 |
$4.99 |
$6.95 |
| SIGNUP CONTRACT |
2-YR |
1-YR |
(see note below) |
| FREE SETUP |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| DISK STORAGE |
300GB |
120GB |
350GB |
| MAXIMUM HOSTED DOMAINS |
UNLIMITED |
50 |
1 |
| SITE BUILDER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| EMAIL ACCOUNTS |
2500 |
1200 |
20 |
| FORWARDING EMAIL ACCOUNTS |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
| EMAIL AUTORESPONDERS |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
UNLIMITED |
| DATA TRANSFER BANDWIDTH/MONTH |
3,000GB |
1,200GB |
3,000GB |
| MAXIMUM PARKED DOMAINS |
UNLIMITED |
50 |
NO |
| MAXIMUM SUBDOMAINS |
UNLIMITED |
100 |
20 |
| MAXIMUM FTP ACCOUNTS |
1000 |
10 |
20 |
| CGI-BIN |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| CGI LIBRARY |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| SERVER SIDE INCLUDES |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| FRONTPAGE SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| ACCOUNT CONTROL PANEL |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| LOG FILES & SITE STATS |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| CUSTOM CRONJOBS |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| SPAM FILTER PROTECTION |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| FANTASTICO SCRIPT SUPPORT |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| DOMAIN PRIVACY REGISTRATION |
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NO |
| FREE DOMAIN NAMES |
1 FREE |
2 FREE |
NO |
| MONEY BACK GUARANTEE |
NONE |
90-DAY |
45-DAY |
| UP-TIME GUARANTEE |
NONE |
99.90% |
99.50% |
| SIGNUP DISCOUNT COUPON |
See Coupon Page |
See Coupon Page |
See Coupon Page |
| CGI/DATABASES |
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| PHP |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| PERL |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| PYTHON |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| RUBY ON RAILS |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| MySQL DATABASES |
50 |
NO |
UNLIMITED |
| PostgreSQL DATABASES |
50 |
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 |
NO |
YES |
| WEB BLOGS/ WORDPRESS |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MAILING LISTS |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| IMAGE GALLERIES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MOODLE |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| TIKIWIKI |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| MAMBO AND JOOMLA |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| PHPFORM GENERATOR |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| HELP CENTER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| MISCELLANEOUS ADD-ONS |
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| E-COMMERCE FEATURES |
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| SSL SECURE SERVER |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| OS COMMERCE SHOPPTING CART |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| AGORA SHOPPING CART |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| CUBE CART SHOPPING CART |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| ZEN CART SHOPPING CART |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| FREE GENERATED CERTIFICATE |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| PASSWORD PROTECTED DIRECTORIES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| OPEN PGP/ GPG ENCRYPTION |
YES |
NO |
NO |
| MULTIMEDIA FEATURES |
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| STREAMING VIDEO SUPPORT |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| STREAMING AUDIO SUPPORT |
YES |
NO |
YES |
| FLASH SUPPORT |
YES |
YES |
NO |
| MACROMEDIA SHOCKWAVE |
YES |
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Entry Level Hosting Plans