Budget Web Hosts (Page 1)
Cheap, affordable, commercial web hosts
Budget Web Hosting
Listed on this page are cheap web hosts (commercial web hosts, of course) and brief reviews of the hosts. Note: only where I have information pertaining to the host will there be a review. What constitutes a "budget web host" for the purpose of this page? Essentially I just use common sense (my definition of it!), looking at the price of the package and its features. A package which costs $20 or under per month might make it here. On the other hand, a package that costs more (eg $30) but providing additional features (eg an exceptional amount of data transfer or free web design) might also make it here. Most of these web hosts have more than one package available. To keep each description from being overly-long, I often only list their cheapest package on this page. You can click the link to find out more about the other packages if that host interests you.
I strongly recommend that you read the article How to Choose a Web Host before committing yourself to any web host. You can also find my personal favourites (with a more detailed review of those hosts) in my FAQ: Which Web Host Do You Recommend?.
If your site is resource intensive, that is requiring a lot of memory or CPU time, you may be interested in the Virtual Private Servers (VPS) Web Hosting and the Web Hosting: Dedicated Servers pages instead. Those plans allocate more resources to your website, allowing you to do things you would not normally be permitted in a shared web hosting environment. You can read more about this in the article The Fine Print in Web Hosting: Resource Usage Limits.
Warning: take all claims of "unlimited" disk space and bandwidth in the web host's packages with a pinch of salt. If you're not sure why, read the article The Myth of "Unlimited" in Web Hosting and investigate the host's Terms of Service carefully. In addition, the prices and features listed here were correct at the time I checked it. However, the web hosting industry is very competitive, and thus the hosts tend to change their prices and package features very frequently (with emphasis on the "very"), so much so that the current prices and package details will probably be different by the time you read this. Your best bet is to check the host's site for the authoritative information.
Related Pages
- How to Make / Create a Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide
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- Tips on Choosing a Good Domain Name
- How to Register Your Own Domain Name
- How to Make Money with Your Website
- How to Accept Credit Card Payments from your Website
- My Biggest Website Regrets
- Which Web Host Do You Recommend? (FAQ)
- Budget Web Hosts (page 1) - this page
- Budget Web Hosts (page 2) - the second page of this list
- Virtual Private Servers (VPS) Web Hosting - for slightly bigger sites
- Web Hosting: Dedicated Servers -for big sites
Disclaimer
The information provided on this page comes without any warranty whatsoever. Use it at your own risk. Just because a program, book, document or service is listed here or has a good review does not mean that I endorse or approve of the program or of any of its contents. All the other standard disclaimers also apply.
Budget Web Hosts
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- HostGator
This web host offers a number of web hosting plans. Their cheapest plan, at $4.95 per month (paid 3-yearly, $8.95 if paid monthly), offers unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer (bandwidth), unlimited subdomains, unlimited FTP accounts, unlimited MySQL, CGI, Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Python, server side includes (SSI), FrontPage extensions, cron access, unlimited POP3 accounts, email aliases, autoresponders, Spam Assassin spam filtering, a control panel (cPanel), 4,500 website templates and Flash templates, various preinstalled scripts that you can use on your site (including blogs, forums, chat rooms, etc), web statistics, raw web logs, shared SSL, SSH (on request with the submission of a photo ID), custom error pages, etc. At $7.95 a month (paid 3-yearly, $9.95 if monthly), you can even place unlimited domains in your account (among other things - see their site for details). Both credit card and PayPal payments are accepted.
- GoDaddy Web Hosting
This well-known domain registrar also provides web hosting plans, with its cheapest plan starting at $4.99 per month (paid 3-monthly). The Linux package provides 10 GB of disk space, 300 GB of data transfer, 50 FTP accounts, 100 email addresses (total 100 MB storage), webmail, email forwarding for 50 email accounts, 10 MySQL databases (each with 200 MB of storage), ability to manage your domain name DNS, 25 subdomains, site statistics, raw web logs, server side includes (SSI), PHP, SSH, FrontPage server extensions, preinstalled scripts (blogs, shopping carts, CMS, forums, image galleries), etc. Payment methods include both credit cards and PayPal.
- FutureQuest Powerful Web Hosting
This web hosting company has consistently good reviews from many users. They are known for their reliability, honesty and competence. Their cheapest package, $9.95 per month gives you 500 MB of web space, 15 GB bandwidth, 15 POP email accounts, unlimited email aliases and autoresponders, spam filtering (via SpamAssassin), 5 FTP / Secure FTP (SFTP) accounts, 5 MySQL databases, telnet, SSH, CGI-BIN access, SSI, PHP, Perl, Python, gcc, .htaccess overrides, web site statistics, error logs, dedicated IP address, web email access, etc. You can add subdomains and other domains to your site for one-time setup charges. You can also read a more detailed review of FutureQuest in one of my FAQs.
- Register.com: Get a Custom Website Design Today
This company, a well known domain registrar from the earliest days of the Internet, also offers web hosting. Besides the usual standard web hosting packages, they also offer a Build-It-For-Me Custom Website Design package, where you work one-on-one with a dedicated web consultant who will take care of everything for you, including designing your site according to your specifications, maintaining your site, technical support and even updating your content. If you choose that route, use the coupon code "
REGCUSTOM002" (without the quotes) in order to get a $100 discount. For those looking to design their website themselves, their standard website packages start at $12.95 per month and includes a free domain name, 1 free email account (10 GB email storage), 5 GB of space, 20 GB of data transfer, hundreds of customizable web design templates, etc.- Yahoo! Web Hosting
This famous company offers a variety of web hosting packages. The smallest plan costs $6.47 for the first 3 months and $9.95 per month thereafter (paid annually), and includes unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer, a free domain name with the ability to control the DNS records for your domains if you wish (such as the MX, A and CNAME records and name servers), 1,000 email addresses (unlimited email storage, 20 MB attachment limit), FTP, a site builder with more than 380 web site templates, PHP, Perl, MySQL, web site statistics, and so on. You can pay by credit card or PayPal.
- 1&1 Internet Web Hosting
This web host is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) web host around. They offer Linux hosting packages, Microsoft Windows packages and Dedicated Linux Servers. Their $3.99/month (paid every 6-monthly) Linux package includes 1 free domain name, 10 GB of web space, 300 GB data transfer, hosting for additional websites (25 subdomains, unlimited number of domains bought through the web host itself and 20 other domains bought elsewhere), a site builder (meant for beginners who want to build sites quickly from a set of templates), 600 email accounts (2 GB mailbox space), email forwarding, autoresponders, 800 email aliases, 10 MySQL databases (100 MB), PHP, DNS management, FTP, a control panel, etc. They accept both credit cards and PayPal.
- FatCow Web Hosting
This web hosting company provides unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, a free domain name, site builders, unlimited POP email accounts, PHP, unlimited MySQL databases, CGI directory, Python, FrontPage extensions, website statistics, FTP, wizards to install blog and forum scripts, a shopping cart and shopping cart builder, a control panel, etc, for $5.50 per month (paid annually).
- Dot5Hosting
The cheapest package here is $3.95 per month (if you pay 2 yearly, $6.95 if paid three-monthly), for which you are given unlimited web space, unlimited monthly transfer, a free domain name, the ability to host unlimited domains on 1 account, unlimited parked domains and subdomains, unlimited POP3 email accounts, email forwarding and autoresponders, email filtering, web email, unlimited FTP accounts, anonymous FTP, CGI-BIN, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, unlimited MySQL databases, .htaccess overrides, SSI, FrontPage 2003 extensions, web logs, web statistics, control panel, OS Commerce, Agora and Pay Pal shopping carts, various pre-installed scripts (formmail, guestbook, bulletin board, PHP Nuke, Chat, WordPress), ability to configure your error pages, etc.
- InMotion Hosting Inc - Your Complete Hosting Solution
The cheapest business package for this host (there are cheaper personal packages though) costs $6.95 per month. It allows you to host up to 2 websites on the same account (although you can park 6 domains and add up to 25 subdomains). You are given unlimited disk space, unlimited data transfer, spam-filtered secure POP3/IMAP/SMTP email, a site builder, a free domain name, 2 MySQL databases, email aliases, filters and forwarding, Frontpage extensions, PHP, Perl, SSI, FTP, custom error pages, raw logs, etc.
- One.com Web Hosting
This web host offers 3000 MB of web space, "unlimited" data transfer, unlimited email accounts, a web editor, blog, FTP, PHP, MySQL for $1.45 per month (with a $13.80 setup fee).
- PowWeb Hosting
For $7.77 per month (if paid 3-monthly, with a $30 setup fee), this web host provides you with unlimited web space, unlimited transfer per month, the ability to host unlimited domains, a free domain name, unlimited FTP users, the ability to manage your own DNS records (A, CNAME, MX records), sub-domains, a control panel, PHP, CGI-BIN, SSL, .htaccess overrides, cronjobs, 75 MySQL databases, web statistics, unlimited email mailboxes with POP3, IMAP and SMTP, web mail access, email forwarding, email aliases, spam filters, web-based file manager, preinstalled scripts (WordPress - blogging software, phpBB, photo gallery, etc), custom error pages, FrontPage 98/2000/2002 extensions, etc.
- DreamHost: Host Unlimited Domains
This web host provides you with unlimited disk storage and unlimited monthly bandwidth. Other features include a free domain name (with privacy features), an unlimited number of MySQL databases, email POP3/IMAP accounts, FTP and secure shell accounts. You can host an unlimited number of domains and subdomains, as well as have an unlimited number of forwarded or mirrored domains (that is, parked domains). Also provided is custom DNS handling for your domains (create subdomains, custom MX records, that is, send your mail to another server, etc), PHP, Perl / CGI-BIN, crontab access, Ruby on Rails, SSI, the ability to create your own CVS and SVN repositories, web statistics, raw logs, password protected directories, custom error pages, .htaccess, etc. The price ranges from $5.95 to $10.95, depending on whether you are paying monthly, yearly or the like. (There is also a setup fee of $49.95 if you pay monthly.) You can pay by credit card or PayPal.
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