http://www.bluehost.com and http://www.webhostingpad.com
Choosing your webhosting company is an important decision. Whether you need a site for your small business, to show off your creative side, or to provide topical information, you want to be sure that you have a website that people want to visit. This means that your website has to look great and load fast. Today many web hosting companies, like Bluehost, offer very affordable packages to help you design a professional looking website that has reliable functionality. Here is a look at some of the webhosting plans that Bluehost and WebHostingPad have for personal and small business websites.
Plan Features
WebHostingPad's basic hosting Power Plan, which is perfect for most personal websites, is currently priced at $1.99 per month, as long as you are willing to sign on for 4 or 5 years. The monthly price increases to $2.49 for 3 years, $2.99 for 2 years, and $3.99 for 1 year. This plan gives you unlimited hosting space, bandwidth, and a free domain name, however there are additional terms you must meet to get this part of the offer. There are also more features such as a free site builder, message board, and image galleries. The Power Plus Plan is suited for small businesses and has e-commerce add-ons such as OS Commerce shopping cart and Open PGP/GPG Encryption. The Power Plus Plan is as low as $3.99 a month for the 4 and 5 year plans, and up to $6.99 a month for the 1 year plan.
Bluehost offers a single plan that is very functional for both personal and small business website hosting. The current cost is $5.95 per month, reduced from $6.95 for a plan that provides unlimited disk space storage, site transfers, and domain hosting. You will get an unlimited amount of email addresses and the choice of three different webmail solutions. You will be able to easily design a professional looking site using Bluehost's drag and drop site builder and design templates. Once online you can maintain your site with the CPanel Account Control Panel, Web File Manager, and FTP Access.
Reliability
WebHostingPad promises a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Their Access Guardian Security Scan and spam protection are included with both web hosting plans.
Bluehost also has an uptime guarantee rate of 99.9% for their web hosting plans. They incorporate a number of security measures including Secure Shell, Hot Link Protection, and Spam Assassin Protection.
Support
WebHostingPad has US based customer support on duty 24/7, and can be reached by email, live chat, or through their toll free telephone number.
Bluehost is dedicated to providing the best customer service and support to their clients. You can reach a support IT tech through email, phone, live chat 24/7/365, or by submiting a trouble ticket through their online site.
General Aspects
WebHostingPad states that there are no hidden fees in their web hosting plans and they offer a 30 day money back guarantee.
Bluehost has extra offers included in their plans, such as free Google credits and other add-ons. They also are dedicated to shared resource management, to ensure your website is always up and running.
Visit the BlueHost Website (http://www.bluehost.com)
