Web Hosting Reviews

Whether you are a new client or a transfer client, you will surely find HostMonster’s web hosting solutions the perfect answer to all your hosting needs. HostMonster accommodates both personal and business clients and offer them with an unparalleled web hosting service.

About The Company
HostMonster penetrated the web hosting industry sometime in 1996. Their head office is situated at Orem, Utah and from there they manage all business operations to their clients situated in different places across the globe. Their main goal is to provide professional web hosting services with the lowest price in the market.


Why HostMonster?
HostMonster is dedicated to its clients. And they do it providing each one of them with optimum customer service experience all the time. They have a dedicated line for technical support, billing, and sales. And this does show the commitment they have to their customers.

Technical Support and Customer Service
HostMonster’s technical support is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They can be contacted through phone, email, or live chat. International clients are also given a number to call so they could get assistance. For issues that can be solved by FAQ’s, knowledgebase articles, and forums, HostMonster had setup a support center wherein customers can log on to address common issues without the need of calling them personally.

Plan Features
HostMonster only has one plan – and it only costs $5.95 per month. But if you think a plan that low can’t possibly provide good features, think again. HostMoster is able to provide professional host at that low price. Each account is entitled to 200 GB of disk storage and a site transfer allocation of 2,000 GB per month. The package also comes with unlimited POP3/POP3 secure email support, IMAP/Secure IMAP email support, forwarding email accounts, email auto responder, add-on domains, parked domains, sub-domains, and FTP accounts. Surely, there is nothing else you could possibly ask for.

Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are supported and the plan provides for a maximum of 100 databases for each. The service also supports software such as CGI-Bin, CGI Library, Server Side Includes, Frontpage, Shell Access, and Fantastico, among others. There are also bonuses, ecommerce, and multimedia packages that comes with the plan that are all worth checking out.

Server Specifications
HostMonster uses high performance Quad Opteron Servers with a UPS power back-up and a back-up generator. They are also utilizing a customized apache web server with mirrored storage backups for optimum data protection. As for their network, they use an OC-48 backbone connection for maximum uptime.