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Hosting24 or HostGator or Hawkhost? Which is the best?
Which is the best for domain and webhosting?
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Thanks.Eternal said:
What did you mean by more stable?
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You never even had one single problem with them? I read a few reviews and some people have said they did have problems.Ashley S said:
I have tried HawkHost and I have had experience with HostGator through a reseller. Both had reasonably fast servers and had a great uptime record. HostGator is owned by EIG (seach EIG hosts) and I have heard that their customer service has become poorer since the takeover. Some of the FP members of this forum have also commented that HawkHost has become slower.
The only thing I know about Hosting24 is that they own 000webhost.
I notice you have picked two "unlimited" hosts. Just remember that you are paying extra for something you most likely do not need (and realistically doesn't exist- there are no unlimited servers). Most hosting clients use less than 1GB of diskspace.
My personal recommendation, out of those three hosts, would be HawkHost. They have good prices and realistic allocations of diskspace and bandwidth. I have also experienced HawkHost and I know they have solid servers and good support.
The only thing I know about Hosting24 is that they own 000webhost.
I notice you have picked two "unlimited" hosts. Just remember that you are paying extra for something you most likely do not need (and realistically doesn't exist- there are no unlimited servers). Most hosting clients use less than 1GB of diskspace.
My personal recommendation, out of those three hosts, would be HawkHost. They have good prices and realistic allocations of diskspace and bandwidth. I have also experienced HawkHost and I know they have solid servers and good support.
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I really appreciate the feedback.Sam said:
The only downside to HawkHost to Hosting24 is that Hosting24 throws in a free domain.
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That is the ideal situation.Sam said:
If I get it from Hosting24, I get a free domain, but if I get HawkHost, it will cost me an additional $10.95 🙁
Artificial said:
Purchase your domain through a registrar. I personally recommend NameCheap, but there is nothing stopping you from waiting until GoDaddy offers one of the those $1 domain sales.
I also recommend HawkHost due to personal experience. I have used Host Gator and I won't deny their services are brilliant, it's their support that lacks quality for me.
If you are looking for a good host, I've recently started using StableHost and it's probably the best one I've used by far. They have reasonable prices and have faster services in my opinion.
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The downside to purchasing a domain from a registrar is that it could mean losing out on certain features.J Greig said:
I may end up going with HawHost + domain from a registrar or Hosting24.
I guess I will check out StableHost.
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Can't you just unpark it and sell it?Sam said:
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So once I park a domain, I can't unpark it?J Greig said:
I think you are mistaken. You can add parked domains, add-on domains and sub-domains through cPanel. I'm talking about the domain you wish to purchase through HawkHost. This is the one you can only edit nameservers with, nothing else. You can add anything else through cPanel when you get hosting.
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I doubt I will buy a domain from HawkHost; I don't want to pay $10-12 for a domain.J Greig said:
I think your best bet is to get a domain from Namecheap (use promo code DOMAINZZ for a discount on com/net/org/info/biz TLDs) to get your url.
Or ask J Greig for the code for a cheap godaddy url.
Then get your hosting.
I've never used hawkhost, hostgator or stableHost so I really can't compare them based on experience. But I can still make some comparisons... See below.
I've been using Simplix for over a year now and I've had pretty good luck with them. (A minor hiccup here and there, like when they upgraded their servers to Litespeed from Apache. But a support ticket later and within 30 minutes they've responded at least to let me know they're looking into it. Ten minutes after that the issue was fixed. )
So if you go with the starter Simplix option, it'd be like $35.40 for a year's hosting (2.95 a month or 17.70 for 6 months or 35.40 for a year).
If you go with hawkhost or hostgator and pay semi-annually... you'd be looking at:
- 42.96$ (7.16 per month times 6) for hostgator's lowest package
- 21.72$ (3.62 per month) for Hawkhost's lowest package.
Simplix's least expensive package is 35 per year. (Which is less for a full year of Simplix than Hostgator for 6 months...)
The only caveat is that Simplix does have limited bandwidth. (50GB on their lowest package.)
And to be blunt, most sites aren't going to be using anywhere close to 50GB of monthly bandwidth until they're very well established. (Unless they intend to host video or sound files... since those can suck back a lot of bandwidth in a hurry.)
So if you bought your own domain (through Namecheap or godaddy, even at full price of like 12$ for the domain) and a year of Simplix you'd be like 6$ more than Hostgator for 6 months. And you'd have your domain under your control plus a full year of hosting.
Or ask J Greig for the code for a cheap godaddy url.
Then get your hosting.
I've never used hawkhost, hostgator or stableHost so I really can't compare them based on experience. But I can still make some comparisons... See below.
I've been using Simplix for over a year now and I've had pretty good luck with them. (A minor hiccup here and there, like when they upgraded their servers to Litespeed from Apache. But a support ticket later and within 30 minutes they've responded at least to let me know they're looking into it. Ten minutes after that the issue was fixed. )
So if you go with the starter Simplix option, it'd be like $35.40 for a year's hosting (2.95 a month or 17.70 for 6 months or 35.40 for a year).
If you go with hawkhost or hostgator and pay semi-annually... you'd be looking at:
- 42.96$ (7.16 per month times 6) for hostgator's lowest package
- 21.72$ (3.62 per month) for Hawkhost's lowest package.
Simplix's least expensive package is 35 per year. (Which is less for a full year of Simplix than Hostgator for 6 months...)
The only caveat is that Simplix does have limited bandwidth. (50GB on their lowest package.)
And to be blunt, most sites aren't going to be using anywhere close to 50GB of monthly bandwidth until they're very well established. (Unless they intend to host video or sound files... since those can suck back a lot of bandwidth in a hurry.)
So if you bought your own domain (through Namecheap or godaddy, even at full price of like 12$ for the domain) and a year of Simplix you'd be like 6$ more than Hostgator for 6 months. And you'd have your domain under your control plus a full year of hosting.
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