Hostmonster Review
Hostmonster is one of the best rated shared web host by almost all reviews. Still hostmonster is one of the less reviewed web hosts around. Comparing with other popular known hosts like startlogic, godaddy etc, we come across hostmonster reviews at a lesser frequency. But one interesting aspect is that, almost all hostmonster reviews rate them pretty high. This is quite natural, considering their price and all the features offered.
Hostmonster is owned by the same management as the other well known host Bluehost which also run another host named fasthost. If we compare both hostmonster and bluehost, they offer almost similar packages with similar price. Unless you use the special discount link (see the banner above), practically there is no difference between these two hosts. Now I guess I need not tell you which one I recommend :) Still if you are interested, here we have a brief comparison of hostmonster and other top shared web hosts like bluehost, godaddy, Hostgator, startlogic etc.
Hostmonster Reliability and Uptime
Hostmonster-Review is hosted with Hostmonster from January 2008 and we have been monitoring the uptime using a third party service provider. Above is the screenshot of the uptime graph, directly from the third party service. If you would like to see the real time report and more details please click here. An uptime of nearly 99.8 pretty good for a shared host and one of the best we have seen. There has been no major downtime, ever since we started monitoing.
Hostmonster own and operate their own datacenter and they host exclusively on latest Quad Opteron Servers, with the backup of UPS and generators. All their servers are also on 24x7 monitoring. Another reason for the high uptime and fast connectivity is OC-48 backbone connection used for all the servers.
Rating: 8/10
Hostmonster Features Review
Hostmonster offer one of the most flexible shared hosting packages available. They provide the best control panel in the industry, cPanel. This also comes with Fantastico script installer.
Other features offered by hostmonster include UNLIMITED DOMAINS, free Domain Name, SSH Access, 100 MySQL Databases, unlimited subdomains, Ruby on Rails support(Ruby on Wheels), Custom PHP.INI files etc. If you have a number of sites, you may find the unlimited domains feature very useful. Overall, we have no hesitation in giving them full marks for the features. We just can not ask for anything more!
Rating: 10/10
Hostmonster Price
Okay, now what about the price? The answer is - it is very much reasonable. Hostmonster offer only one plan which costs $6.95 per month. You can also get a special price of $3.95 for a two year contract if you click through this link. This is among the cheapest in the industry, for the kind of space and bandwidth they offer. Please note that they charge a setup fee, if you opt for a short term contract.
Rating: 9/10
Hostmonster Speed Test
Download speed of any host can be affected by a number of parameters, including the location of the host and user, traffic and load on the server, host's datacenter speed etc. Many hosts offer a download from their server for the potential customer to test the speed.
But nothing can be as good as a download directly from one of the shared server offered by the host. This can significantly vary from the test offered by the host, as the latter would normally be hosted on a special server with optimized settings for getting the best possible speed at any point of time. Here we have set up a download test for you to test the speed real time, from our account with hostmonster.
Right Click and Save the File to Test Hostmonster Speed (It is a zipped file of Picassa3.5, 9 MB in size and free of any virus.)
Hostmonster Overall Review
Hostmonster Pros
- High Uptime, as verified by third party monitoring services.
- cPanel based hosting with Fantastico and Simplescripts.
- Good Customer Support
- Reasonable Prices
Hostmonster Cons
- No option for monthly payment
- Only one package and no upgrade options to semi dedicated or VPS.
Overall, our review rates hostmonster pretty high and would not hesitate to recommend to anyone. They are also known for fast and reliable 24x7 technical support. Hostmonster is suitable for business websites as well as personal/hobby websites alike. We have heard an occassional complaint here and there, but that is far less frequent than most shared web hosts. Without a question, one of the best shared host in the industry.
Hostmonster User Reviews
| Reviewed By: Aamir, India |
| Site Hosted: http://swimneeds.com | IP Address: 121.246.229.111 | |||
Fourth, their support is excellent. I have only contacted their support say 7 or 8 times now, and have always been given the best support. If you are considering them for your hosting, don't hesitate and go with them, you won't regret.
| Reviewed By: Suman, India |
| Site Hosted: http://4fxd.com/ | IP Address: 219.64.122.127 | |||
| Reviewed By: BustPriceline, Salt Lake City/USA |
| Site Hosted: http://www.bustpriceline.com | IP Address: 24.10.219.53 | |||
Just few days ago, I tried to use the promotional offer of $50 Google ad credit. I have never used it but it tells me it is expired. I understand the coupon might be expired. But Hostmonster should have replaced it with new coupon since I just transfered my domain to them. Still they deserve the rating of 5.
| Reviewed By: Madhu, India |
| Site Hosted: http://zirie.com/ | IP Address: 124.123.168.105 | |||
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