The purpose of this post is to review two of the most popular web hosting programs out on the market today, iPage and Hostgator, in order for you to choose a program that will suit your needs and budget.
iPage.com Review- Pros and Cons
For 14 years iPage.com has been providing quality web hosting services for small and medium websites at affordable prices.
Pros:
- iPage guarantees 99% uptime with dedicated support.
- 24/7 technical support (live chat, phone, email, support ticket)
- Uses vDeck, popular web hosting panel
- Unlimited space, bandwith, domains, and email accounts between $2.50-$3.50 per month
- 30 day refund of the hosting package within 30 days, excluding add-on packages.
- Powered on 100% wind energy
Cons:
- Does not offer upgrades
- .ASP is not supported on their servers
- Does not support SSH access
- Does not provide windows hosting solution
- Some problems with performance on websites powered by WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal
- You get the lower web hosting price when you pay for your web hosting up front versus monthly. If you pay monthly, the fee is $6.50 per month.
- Their coupons are for a limited time only and change quickly.
Hostgator.com Review - Pros and Cons
Hostgator.com has been providing web hosting services to over 150,000 customers and 170 countries since 2002.
Pros:
- Unlimited web space and monthly data transfer
- Unlimited domains
- FREE site builder with over 4500 ready made templates
- Easy to navigate cPanel
- One click scripts install (Fantistico Free)
- $100 Adwords credits
- 45 day money back guarantee
- 24/7 online support (live chat, phone, emails, support ticket)
- Web hosting services are more expensive, usually between $3.96 for single domain per month up to $10.36 per month.
Conclusion:
I have used both iPage and Hostgator for my websites and both are easy to use. However, I give the edge to iPage for their technical support. Their technical support is professional, friendly, and have quick turnaround times. Any technical support issues I have had, iPage were resolved within 5 minutes to 1 hour tops.
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