Affordable Web Hosting
With the abundance of web hosting choices, it pays to compare the affordable web hosting
options.
My experience and research has narrowed the playing field considerably down to the two hosts
listed below. I won't deny, however that I have a special affinity for Thirdsphere Hosting since I've used them for
several years, however, I have to say in all honesty, with the extremely affordable package Bluehost Hosting offers,
I've taken a second look. They offer all the same features and is more affordably priced at
$6.95/mo compared to Thirdsphere's $24.95/mo.
Whatever you do, don't fall into the trap of 'Free hosting'. You get what you pay for and if you don't want your site to
go down periodically and have distracting, annoying banners and advertising on your site, avoid the free hosting at all costs. Here
are two excellent and affordable web hosting options:
Thirdsphere Hosting
- 500 Megabytes of disk space
- 30 Gigabytes of monthly bandwidth
- Your own cgi-bin to run scripts
- Host multiple domain names (additional $10 per domain)
- Create unlimited sub-domains
- Unlimited e-mail accounts & aliases
- Unlimited follow-up autoresponders
- Unlimited MySQL databases
- Instant account activation
- Daily back-up system & 24/7 monitoring
Cost: $24.95/Mo
Read my extended review of Thirdsphere Hosting review
BlueHost Hosting
- 300 Gigabyte Hosting Space (NEW!)
- Host UNLIMITED Domains
- 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
- 3,000 GIGS of Transfer (NEW!)
- SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
- CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
- 2000/2002/2003 Front Page Extensions
- Free Domain Forever!
- Free Site Builder (NEW)
- 24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support
Cost: $6.95/Mo
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...In Summary
As you can see from the above, Thirdsphere Hosting has run into some pretty hefty competition
with BlueHost.
Don't get me wrong, I love Thirdsphere and I still use them, however, having done some research into
Bluehost, they offer the same, and in some areas, they offer MORE features! ...and it's hard to ignore that
exceptional price! In addition, I haven't found any disappointed customers with Bluehost; the users I've talked to rave about the
customer support.
That brings me to my next thought, should I switch from Thirdsphere to Bluehost? Believe me
-- I've been tempted! ...but switching is a major project that I'm not willing to undertake at the moment. I have an
excellent host in Thirdsphere and the extra cost a month is not an issue for me, however if that's not the case for you or you
are starting out, I'd be getting on board with Bluehost.
Read my extended Review of Bluehost
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