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Web hosting services give you a presence on the web, by enabling you to build or upload a site on your very own domain. Create a blog, store, photo gallery, personal page, and more. While many things go into making a good web host, we've noticed that our visitors particularly appreciate a good value. That's why we've given our highest ratings to sites that offer not just quality web hosting, but also inexpensive pricing. To measure web hosting quality, we signed up for each service and then went about doing the things a normal user would do. We tested Wordpress installations, shopping cart programs, and site builders. We also contacted technical support at each web host to determine the quality of customer service. Of course, a web host must perform well too. We used Pingdom's website uptime monitoring tools to gauge the reliability and server response time for each web host. You'll find that reliability data in each review and on our web hosting report card. For more information on how we did our web hosting reviews, check out our web hosting FAQ.
Web Hosting Reviews & Prices
Updated 02-06-2012
| Service Name: | Cheapest Price: | Storage/Data Transfer: | Money-Back Guarantee: | Domain: | Support: | Bottom Line: |
 | $3.95/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for life | Email, Phone, Chat | Great bargain and solid reliability with fast data transfer; includes 50% discount |
 | $3.71/mo | Unlimited | 45 days | $15/yr | Email, Chat, Phone | Reliable web host is an excellent choice for all user levels; exclusive 25% discount with code: NEXTDISCOUNT |
 | $3.74/mo for 3 mos then $4.99/mo for a 12-month plan | 100 GB/1000 GB per month | 30 days | Free for life | Email, Phone | Best choice for beginners serious about web hosting; great interface and support; includes 25% discount |
 | $3.67/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for life | Email, Phone, Chat | Low cost plan with good reliability; easy shopping cart creator; green host; 55% exclusive discount |
 | $4.95/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for 1 year | Email, Phone | Great online site builder for beginners; excellent upload and download speeds |
| Service Name: | Cheapest Price: | Storage/Data Transfer: | Money-Back Guarantee: | Domain: | Support: | Bottom Line: |  | $3.99/mo with 55% NextAdvisor discount | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for 10 years | Email, Phone, Chat | 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 |
 | Unlimited plan: $6.99/mo 3 months free hosting | Unlimited | 90 days | 1 free | Phone, Email | Great hosting package that is a good bargain and has great tools; outsourced support is average |
 | $3.95/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for 1 year | Email, Phone | This web host has been around since 1997 and provides the cheapest single year of hosting with our exclusive discount |
 | $5.95/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for life | Email, Phone, Chat | Free domain registration is a plus, but it's a pricier version of Hostmonster. |
 | $3.50/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for life | Email, Phone, Chat | Inexpensive one-year plan and fast server response time; uptime not the best; exclusive discount |
| Service Name: | Cheapest Price: | Storage/Data Transfer: | Money-Back Guarantee: | Domain: | Support: | Bottom Line: |  | $4.45/mo | Unlimited | Prorated refund | Free for life | Email, Chat | A well-priced option with great performance but poor customer support and policies |
 | $8.95/mo | Unlimited | 97 days | Free for life | Email, Chat | For intermediate to advanced users; fast data transfer; green hosting; free domain privacy |
 | $3.95/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for life | Phone, Chat, Email | A good choice for intermediate users; green hosting and domain privacy are pluses, though data was slow on big files |
 | $6.95/mo | Unlimited | 30 days | Free for 1 year | Email, Phone, Chat | Adequate web hosting for intermediate users; limited MySQL databases |
 | $4.95/mo | 5GB storage 20GB transfer | 30 days | Free for life | Email, Phone, Chat | Discounted first year; frustrating limitations for advanced users but very fast; counter-intuitive for beginners |
| Service Name: | Cheapest Price: | Storage/Data Transfer: | Money-Back Guarantee: | Domain: | Support: | Bottom Line: |  | $19.99/mo | 5GB storage 100GB transfer | 30 days | Free for life | Phone (first 90 days) | Aimed at small businesses, includes full-featured site builder, good speed and uptime; pricey and limited plan |
 | $3.99/mo | 50MB disk space 1GB transfer | Prorated refund | $1.99/yr | Email, Phone | Easy for beginners but very limited; a lack of blog and shopping cart are disappointing |
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