Take a look at these affordable web hosting plans that also offer a great deal of value. All of the providers listed here consistently rank near the top the Netcraft survey of highly reliable hosting company sites. The affordable web hosting packages here were hand-picked for having ample capacity for small business web sites as well as for being feature packed.
GoDaddy.com:
Grid Hosting Beta ($4.99/mo plus $29.99/mo for SSL certificate)
By spreading the resources for your virtual server across several physical servers this service can expand to meet demand as your traffic grows, also increasing reliability.
Disk space: 100 GB
Monthly transfer: 1000 GB
FTP accounts: 50
Email accounts: 100
Databases: 25 MySQL
Development: PHP4, PHP5, Pearl w/FastCGI, Python CGI
General features: Statistics, firewall, 24/7 pone/email support, Cron jobs, SSH, FTPS, $70 marketing credits, many free apps.
Hosting4Less.com:
Ecommerce Max ($54.95/mo)
Suitable for either established or new online stores, includes a free SSL certificate and domain, hosted on an OC-48 backbone connection.
Disk space: 20 GB ($0.10 per MB over allotment)
Monthly transfer: 750 GB ($2 per GB over allotment)
FTP accounts: multiple
Email accounts: 100 (unlimited auto-responders and forwarding)
Databases: 25 MySQL
Development: PHP4, PHP5, Pearl 5.8, Python, SSI, WAP, CGI, Shockwave, Flash
General features: Miva shopping cart, 24/7 email/IM support. Cron jobs.
pair Networks:
Commerce ($49.95/mo, $60 setup)
With 13 years of continuous operation, pair Networks has a track record for long-term stability as well as environmental responsibility. Offers affordable web hosting with top-notch service.
Disk space: 4 GB ($0.10 per MB over allotment)
Monthly transfer: 240 GB ($1.99 per GB over allotment)
FTP accounts: 30
Email accounts: 3000 (unlimited auto-responders, aliases, and forwarding)
Databases: 30 MySQL ($3/mo for each additional)
Development: PHP, Pearl, Python, C, C++, Tcl, CGI
General features: ShopSite Manager, statistics, monitoring, backups, SSH, 24/7 pone/email support, Cron jobs.
Server Intellect:
Tier 2 Hosting Plan ($39.95/mo)
The platform for this affordable web hosting plan is Windows Server 2003. Tier 2 comes with three domains and is suitable for medium sized web sites.
Disk space: 4.5 GB
Monthly transfer: 150 GB (extra 1 GB $1/mo each)
FTP accounts: 15
Email accounts: 300 (unlimited aliases, auto-responders, forwarding)
Databases: 3 Microsoft SQL
Development: ASP, ASP.NET 1.1, ASP.NET 2.0, .NET framework 2.5, XML Web Services, ASP.NET Ajax 1.0
General features: Shared SSL, PCI certification, statistics and reports, Enterprise ASP.NET, $5/mo for each extra domain.
