Hostmonster

Bottom line: Great bargain and solid reliability with fast data transfer; includes 50% discount
HostGator

Bottom line: Reliable web host is an excellent choice for all user levels; exclusive 25% discount with code: NEXTDISCOUNT
Yahoo! Small Business

Bottom line: Best choice for beginners serious about web hosting; great interface and support; includes 25% discount
FatCow

Bottom line: Low cost plan with good reliability; easy shopping cart creator; green host; 55% exclusive discount
Lunarpages

Bottom line: Great online site builder for beginners; excellent upload and download speeds
Network Solutions

Bottom line: Great price and great performance with a variety of cool features, but a few quirks keep it from being a gold standard; includes 55% discount
1&1 Web Hosting

Bottom line: Great hosting package that is a good bargain and has great tools; outsourced support is average
Myhosting.com

Bottom line: This web host has been around since 1997 and provides the cheapest single year of hosting with our exclusive discount
BlueHost

Bottom line: Free domain registration is a plus, but it's a pricier version of Hostmonster.
iPage

Bottom line: Inexpensive one-year plan and fast server response time; uptime not the best; exclusive discount
Just Host

Bottom line: A well-priced option with great performance but poor customer support and policies
Dreamhost

Bottom line: For intermediate to advanced users; fast data transfer; green hosting; free domain privacy
HostPapa

Bottom line: A good choice for intermediate users; green hosting and domain privacy are pluses, though data was slow on big files
InMotion Web Hosting

Bottom line: Adequate web hosting for intermediate users; limited MySQL databases
Register.com

Bottom line: Discounted first year; frustrating limitations for advanced users but very fast; counter-intuitive for beginners
Intuit Web Hosting

Bottom line: Aimed at small businesses, includes full-featured site builder, good speed and uptime; pricey and limited plan
GoDaddy

Bottom line: Easy for beginners but very limited; a lack of blog and shopping cart are disappointing

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The cheap web hosting challenge

August 11th, 2009 - Posted by Kent

The world of web hosting can be a confusing place. On the one hand, all web hosts do pretty much the same thing: they allow you to publish a website on the Internet. But, as our reviews show, there are also a lot of differences. All those variables aside, sometimes what you want is cheap web hosting, an inexpensive domain to upload your site to. While the race for best bargain web host was pretty tight, this month we have a clear winner: 1&1.

No, we don't know what the name means (but for that matter we don't know what a HostPapa or a WebHostingPad is either), but they have one compelling offer: two years for the price of one. With one year coming in at $4.99, that's like paying only $2.50 per month for two years. Plus, you get two free domain registrations, meaning you can score a .com and a .org version of your site for one price (assuming they're both available). And domain privacy, that's free too.

In our review, we loved the user interface, the shopping cart creator, and the site builder. We had some reservations about the quality of the out-source support and it didn't rank up there with our performance champs (upload and download speed were good, but not great on large files). But it is the most affordable web host you're likely to find, as long as your comfortable with a two-year commitment.

Check out our web hosting ratings and reviews to see how 1&1 stacks up against the competition, or click here to get started with 1&1.

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