To cut the complicated explanations, web hosting can be seen as a form of ‘renting’ a space/area for ones website on an external server, meaning that if done so, website will be on the Internet without the need to have own server. This blog post includes the discussion of five web-hosting companies and comparing and contrasting the pricing, features and reviews.
The companies are:
- active24.cz
- cesky-hosting.cz
- mediatemple.net
- nearlyfreespeech.net
- dreamhost.com
Pricing and Features
1. active24.cz
This company is a Czech company offering four different types of webhosting ranging from 19kc to 249kc per month. The four offers are below (kc, with DPH included);
1) Basic 22.80 /month
2) Komplet 58.80 /month
3) Home 154.80 /month
4) Business 298.80 /month
1) Basic:
- 500MB space
- 1 domain
- Unlimited data transfer
- Unlimited number of email mailboxes
- Hosting Linux or Windows
- FTP approaches
2) Komplet:
- 1GB space
- 1 domain
- Unlimited number of email mailboxes
- Hosting Linux or Windows
- FTP approaches
- Database MySQL/MSSQL
- CGI scripts (PERL, Python and Ruby)
- PHP / ASPX scripts, Professional level
3) Home:
- 5GB space
- Up to 5 domains
- PHP / ASPX scripts, Professional level
- Unlimited number of email mailboxes
- Hosting Linux or Windows
- 25 FTP approaches (5 for each web hosting)
- 5 databases MySQL / MSSQL, 1 for each hosting
4) Business:
- 10GB space
- Up to 10 domains
- PHP / ASPX scripts, Premium level
- Unlimited number of email mailboxes
- Hosting Linux or Windows
- 50 FTP approaches (5 for each webhosting)
- 10 databases MySQL / MSSQL, 1 for each hosting
2. cesky-hosting.cz
This company is also a Czech company, however, offers only single one package for 1000kc, which includes the most necessary features (kc with DPH)
1) Universal 1000 /year
1) Universal:
- 5GB space (2GB web, 2GB emails, 1GB database)
- Unlimited data transfer (traffic)
- Managing DNS records for domain
- Domain works without the need of www.
- Unlimited subdomains
- 10x databases
- Database SQLite and CDB
- Unlimited number of email mailboxes
- Antivirus security against emails
- Antispam security for emails
- Automatic reply for incoming emails
- The records of access log
- Backup every 24 hours
- And much more…
3. mediatemple.net
This company has seven types of webhosting packages ranging from $30 monthly to $1000 monthly all depending on customer’s needs. There is also extra package which includes the full server called Nitro 32GB.
1) (ve) 512MB $30/month $300/year
2) (ve) 1GB $50/month $500/year
3) (ve) 2GB $100/month $1000/year
4) (ve) 4GB $250/month $2500/year
5) (ve) 8GB $500/month $5000/year
6) (ve) 16GB $1000/month $10000/year
7) (ve) Nitro 32GB $2000/month $20000/year
8) (dv) Nitro 32GB $2500/month $25000/year
1) (ve) 512MB:
- 20GB premium storage
- 512MB dedicated RAM
- 350GB network transfer
2) (ve) 1GB:
- 40GB premium storage
- 1GB dedicated RAM
- 650GB network transfer
3) (ve) 2GB:
- 80GB premium storage
- 2GB dedicated RAM
- 1.5TB network transfer
4) (ve) 4GB:
- 160GB premium storage
- 4GB dedicated RAM
- 3TB network transfer
5) (ve) 8GB:
- 250GB premium storage
- 8GB dedicated RAM
- 3TB network transfer
6) (ve) 16GB:
- 500GB premium storage
- 16GB dedicated RAM
- 3TB Network transfer
7) Nitro 32GB:
- 1000GB premium storage
- 32GB dedicated RAM
- 3TB network transfer
4. nearlyfreespeech.net
This company is based on a completely different system. Customers pay only the amount that they use; ‘only pay for what you use’, which is stated on their home page webpage.
Service Cost Notes
Web Sites: $0.00/day static sites
$0.01/day dynamic sites
DNS: $0.01/9-days registered and “Hosted Here”
$0.01/3-days registered or “Hosted Here”
$0.01/day not registered or hosted here
Email forwarding: $0.03/day
MySQL: $0.02/day first process
$0.03/day each additional process
$0.01/day add InnoDB to process(optional)
RespectMyPrivacy: $0.01/day
5. dreamhost.com
This company offers only one package on shared hosting, which is perfect for small companies and bloggers.
Shared Server $8.97/month
The shared server package is offering:
Disk Storage Unlimited TB + 50GB backups
Monthly Bandwidth Unlimited TB
Domains Hosted Unlimited
Full Shell/SSH etc. Unlimited
Email Accounts Unlimited
MySQL 5 Databases Unlimited
Operating System Debian Linux
Reviews
active24.cz: I did not find many reviews on this company, however, few customers were not satisfied due to the very poor customer service and slow server.
cesky-hosting.cz: I could not find any unofficial reviews on this company, only reviews which are on their official website. All of these reviews are stating how satisfied the customers are, however, this could be very bias as the company might not put a bad review on their own website, only a good one.
mediatemple.net: I found only good reviews about this company. Majority of the reviews state that this company is fantastic, websites load very fast, there are constant innovations and new technologies. Yet, some people say that the email service is very poor as emails are often not received.
nearlyfreespeech.net: This company has many compliments. Many reviews included comments regarding the ‘pay for what you use’ system as being very helpful. Some reviews also state that this company has very friendly customer service.
dreamhost.com: This company has so many bad reviews and unhappy customers. Majority of the reviews state that this website is completely unreliable and does not have any customer service. Another problem is that the server shuts down very often for approximately 20 hours with no explanations or awareness given.
Conclusion
From what I have read and observed, I would only recommend two companies being mediatemple.net and nearlyfreespeech.net. The mediatemple.net company appears very professional with many optional packages suitable for many kinds of websites and customers. The nearlyfreespeech.net is a great solution for bloggers or small companies. Those two companies had the most satisfied customers and to me seemed the most reliable and suitable.
Squarespace is a company that allows customers to create unique websites by selling software-publishing platform. This software includes great tools to create nicely designed websites. It is obvious that this company trusts it self as it offers 14 days free trial with 24/7 support service. The Squarespace company provides hosting, domains, security, back ups, unlimited webpages, storage space and data trafficking for only $16 a month which is the same amount like some of the web hosting companies mentioned above also require. This service is very suitable for companies that do not have a webpage yet as they have a great choice of creating a decent webpage with all very useful features for decent price.
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