http://www.bluehost.com and http://www.hostmonster.com
Plan Features and Pricing
BlueHost and HostMonster both offer all inclusive shared hosting packages for as low as $6.95 per month. They each designed a hosting plan that provides reliable and professional hosting solutions. Signing up for the all inclusive hosting package is easy with both BlueHost and host Monster. They both offer new customers a free domain name or free domain name Transfer. New customers for both BlueHost and HostMonster will receive several free and bonus features with their BlueHost plan including: free commerce features and carts, free blogs, forums and an assortment of other scripts. Customers also receive Yahoo and Google Credits.
BlueHost and HostMonster each have a plan offering unlimited bandwidth and disk space. Both hosting providers offer their customers: PHP, Perl, RoR, SSH, SSL, CGI and FrontPage Extensions, just to name a few features. BlueHost offers their hosting customers 2500 POP 3 email accounts and 50 MySQL databases. The HostMonster plan on the other hand, features unlimited POP 3 email accounts and 100 MySQL databases.
Reliability
BlueHost and HostMonster are both known for providing clients with reliable hosting solutions. Each of these hosting providers boasts a 99.9% uptime Guarantee. BlueHost uses quad processor performance severs. They have UPS power backup and diesel generator backups as part of their hosting infrastructure. Their network is monitored 24 hours per day. BlueHost uses an OC-48 Backbone connection. HostMonster also features an OC-48 backbone connection and quad processor performance servers as well as UPS power backup. Their hosting infrastructure provides customers with further reliability through their redundant systems and reliable backups. HostMonster has 24/7 network monitoring. Their equipment includes a customized apache web sever. Customers of both companies can depend on reliable hosting.
Support
BlueHost and HostMonster both offer their customers quality customer care. Each company provides customers with 24/7 support. They both offer ticket support, toll free telephone support and live chat. Customers can receive technical and sales assistance through both hosting providers 24 hours per day via the telephone. Hosting clients who have a hosting package with BlueHost and HostMonster receive quality customer care that they can rely on around the clock. In fact, HostMonster prides themselves on offer fast and friendly customer support with average hold time for telephone support not being any longer than two minutes. Their support staff is not outsourced which is one of their highlighted features.
General Aspects
BlueHost is best known for providing an all inclusive hosting package. The hosting package offers free marketing solutions and is packed with ecommerce features and other applications that will benefit small and medium sized businesses. Their hosting plan includes both unlimited bandwidth and disk space for as little as $6.95 per month. This is a feature not found with many other hosting providers.
HostMonster is also well known for their affordable package. Highlights of hosting with HostMonster include their 24/7 fast customer support response and the fact that unlike many other hosting providers, HostMonster does not outsource their support staff. HostMonster also provides customers with their SimpleClick (one click) installer which makes it a breeze to install any of the scripts offered with their hosting plan.
BlueHost Site Screenshot (http://www.bluehost.com)
