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Shared Web Hosting Plan Comparison

Our plan comparison table explains the differences between each of our packages.
Key: Blue Dot (n/a) - Not Applicable and Red Dot (No) - Not Available on this package
 
Web Hosting Highlights
  • Low Prices w/ FREE Setup
  • Free Spam Protection
  • Web Based Control Panel
  • CGI, PHP, Perl Support
  • Anytime Tech Support
  • 24/7 Network Monitoring
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General
Disk Space, GB The amount of space on a server that is allotted to a hosting account. It includes email, database and your files storage.  5  100  200
Bandwidth, GB The amount of traffic your site can get per month. The more visitors you have the more bandwidth you use.  250  1000  2000
Cpanel Accounts As a reseller you can make advantage of cPanel accounts created for your clients. Your clients will get their own full featured control panels with unique logins.  n/a  n/a  n/a
Anonymous nameservers Using these nameservers will allow you to stay anonymous in the Internet and won't reveal your hosting provider's information.  n/a  n/a  n/a
Private Nameservers Private NSs usually look like ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com. If you are a reseller it is better to have your own name servers cause you will look like running your own hosting company.  n/a  n/a  n/a
Price
Monthly  n/a  $6.95  $13.95
1 Year Prepay 1 year subscription to save 16% on monthly payments.  $39.95  $69.95  $139.95
2 Years With 2 years subscription you will get 22% off monthly payments.  $69.95  $129.95  $249.95
Account Features
Cpanel 11 Cpanel is an easy and user-friendly site configuration and management application which allows you to manage your files, email accounts, databases etc.  Yes (demo)

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Password: x3demob		  Yes (demo)

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Password: x3demob
Hosted Domains The number of addon domain names you can have with your hosting package along with your main domain. Generally it is a number of different sites with different content that you can host.  1  20  100
Parked Domains Parked domain names are so called aliases. They are pointed to main domain name and they reflect its content.  No  20  100
Subdomains In the (DNS) hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. E.g. "mail.domain.com" and "subdomain.domain.com" are subdomains of the "domain.com" domain.  15  Unlimited  Unlimited
FTP Users You are the main user of your account, but if you like someone to help you with your site creation you can add multiple FTP users which will have their own FTP login.  5  Unlimited  Unlimited
Web-based File Manager You can FTP your site with a help of FTP client installed on your local computer or you can use Cpanel based File Manager and manage your files through browser.  yes  yes  yes
FrontPage Extensions Microsoft FrontPage is a HTML editor and web site administration tool which helps users to create their sites with ease.  No  No  No
Raw Logs Statistics Raw logs statistics helps you to check what happens with a server when users visit your site.  yes  yes  yes
Cron Jobs Cron jobs allows you to run every day or every hour scripts automatically  yes  yes  yes
Dedicated IP address You will need dedicated IP address if you plan to install SSL on your site.  $30.00/year  $30.00/year  $30.00/year
Email Features
Spam Protected Email accounts We protect your email addresses with a help of SpamAssassin and Namecheap antispam compliance  50  1250  2500
Email Aliases Email alias is simply a forwarding email address. They are often used to create friendly replacements for long or difficult-to-remember email addresses.  Unlimited  Unlimited  Unlimited
Email Auto Responders This tool automatically sends a reply to any incoming email. E.g. if you are on vacation and have no access to your mail, auto responder can notify those who email you when you are back.  Unlimited  Unlimited  Unlimited
Email Forwarders If you have many email addresses, but you want to keep all the correspondence in one place you should use forwarders which forward emails sent to different accounts to the necessary one.  Unlimited  Unlimited  Unlimited
Webmail Webmail feature allows you to check your mail from any place in the world.  yes  yes  yes
SMTP, POP3 and IMAP We support POP3, SMTP and IMAP with every plan. You can set up secure connection as well.  yes  yes  yes
Outgoing email amount/hour Maximum amount of emails that can be sent from 1 domain within an hour.  200  200  200
Mailing List Mailing list allows people to send e-mail to one address, which is then copied and sent to all the addresses included into this list  5  Unlimited  Unlimited
Databases
PostgreSQL Databases PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system.  No  30  75
MySQL Databases The most popular database software in the world. Database's size is limited only by space quotas of your hosting account.  15  30  75
PHP MyAdmin A graphical application that allows you to manipulate and manage MySQL databases over the Internet.  yes  yes  yes
PhpPgAdmin Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL.  No  yes  yes
Server Features
Apache 2.0  yes  yes  yes
Ruby on Rails Web application framework optimized for sustainable programming productivity.  No  yes  yes
Perl Practical Extraction and Report Language - is a programming language created for processing text. It is also frequently used for creating CGI programs on web servers.  yes  yes  yes
Fast CGI FastCGI is a variation on the earlier CGI. FastCGI's main aim is to reduce the overhead associated with interfacing the web server and CGI programs, allowing a server to handle more web page requests  No  No  No
MySQL 5  yes  yes  yes
PHP 5  yes  yes  yes
PHP Accelerator PHP accelerator is an extension designed to boost the performance of software applications written using the PHP programming language.  No  No  No
SSH an application layer network protocol that enables remote and secure control of the operating system. We provide jailed SSH upon request.  yes  yes  yes
Scripts
Fantastico De Luxe Well-known one-click software installer which allows to easy install wide rage of different scripts.  Yes (Info)  Yes (Info)  Yes (Info)
Instant Blogs  yes  yes  yes
Shopping Cart Scripts  yes  yes  yes
Instant Forums  yes  yes  yes
Site builders Soholaunch Pro Edition and Templates Express - one-click static templates installers.  yes  yes  yes
Portals  yes  yes  yes
Project Management  yes  yes  yes
Content Management  yes  yes  yes
Image Galleries  yes  yes  yes
Addon Cgi Scripts  No  yes  yes
Advanced Guestbook Advanced guestbook written in PHP and MySQL.  No  yes  yes
Simple Guestbook A simple guestbook for your visitors to view and sign.  No  yes  yes
PHPBB2 The most widely used forum/bulletin board system.  yes  yes  yes
Java Clock The Java Clock allows you to create a real-time dynamic clock, that counts the time just like ordinary watch.  No  yes  yes
Java Countdown Java countdown or countup display to or from a particular time.  No  yes  yes
Counter This feature allows you to count and show how many people have visited your site.  No  yes  yes
Entropy Banner This feature allows you to create rotating banner ads for your site.  No  yes  yes
Entropy Search Entropy search allows you to enable a quick search engine that can help your visitors to find the necessary information easier.  No  yes  yes
Additional
Weekly backups We do weekly backups to secure your data and keep it up to date. Backup are done for our internal use only.  yes  yes  yes
24/7 Technical support Our support team provides you with professional and friendly assistance.  yes  yes  yes
Live chat support Have a quick question or prefer live communication online? Our live chat representatives will be glad to assist you with 1st level technical issues.  yes  yes  yes
Money back guarantee Our services don't fit your needs? You can get full refund within first 14 days after purchase.  14 days  14 days  14 days
cPanel feature list
Analog Stats is an advanced Web analytics reporting tool that provides you with the real time reports.  No  yes  yes
Backup Manager cPanel option that provides you with the possibility to generate backups of your site at your convenience.  yes  yes  yes
Bandwidth Stats visible statistics that provides you with the amount of bandwidth used/left in an accounting period.  No  yes  yes
Email Filtering Manager Email Filtering Manager allows you to filter incoming emails (e.g. deny all emails with the word "discount" in the heading).  yes  yes  yes
BoxTrapper Spam Trap BoxTrapper protects your inbox from spam by forcing all people not on your white list to reply to a verification email before they can send mail to you.  yes  yes  yes
Ability to Change MX set which server receives email for your domain.  yes  yes  yes
Virus Scanner all incoming emails are checked for viruses and if nothing is found it's being accepted at the hosting server.  No  yes  yes
Image Manager The Image Manager allows you to view and modify images in your account. You can change the size of your images, convert their file type, or just view them.  No  yes  yes
Default Address Manager  yes  yes  yes
Disk Usage Viewer This option provides you with a quick way to see the amount of disk space being used by folders.  yes  yes  yes
Email Domain Forwarding allows you to forward all emails from one domain to another.  No  yes  yes
Email Scripts (cgiemail, formmail) A popular method of emailing the contents of a form to users.  No  yes  yes
Error Log This function will display the last 300 errors for your site.  No  yes  yes
Custom Error Pages The page that users see when they type/follow the wrong URL  No  yes  yes
Frontpage a popular website administration tool and WYSIWYG HTML editor developed by Microsoft.  yes  yes  yes
Ftp Account Manager this feature allows you to manage (create/edit/remove) ftp accounts.  yes  yes  yes
Ftp Settings  yes  yes  yes
Apache Handlers Manager this feature allows you to control what Apache will do with certain file types  No  yes  yes
Hotlink HotLink protection prevents other websites from directly linking to files on your website.  yes  yes  yes
IP Deny Manager This feature allows you to block a range of IP addresses to prevent them from accessing your site.  yes  yes  yes
Index Manager The Index Manager allows you to customize the way a directory will be viewed on the web.  No  yes  yes
Directory Selection Popup A pop-up window that "asks" you to specify which directory you want to view.  yes  yes  yes
Latest Visitors This function will show the last 300 people that have accessed your site.  yes  yes  yes
Leech Protect Leech Protect allows you to prevent your users from giving out or publicly posting their password to a restricted area of your site.  No  yes  yes
Mailman List Manager Mailman a web-based software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists.  yes  yes  yes
Mime Types Manager  No  yes  yes
Install Perl Modules The ability to install Perl modules (collections of functions) that allow you to perform tasks in Perl.  No  yes  yes
Install PHP Pear Modules PEAR modules are collections of functions that allow you to perform tasks in PHP.  No  yes  yes
Install Ruby Modules  No  yes  yes
Network Tools Tools for retrieving network information.  No  yes  yes
PGP/GPG PGP/GPG allows you to encrypt and sigh your files and e-mail messages to prevent others for being able to view them.  No  yes  yes
See PHP Configuration  yes  yes  yes
Random Html Generator The Random HTML Generator randomly generates text on your web page.  No  yes  yes
Raw Access Logs Raw Access Logs allow you to see who has accessed your site without the use of graphs, charts or other graphics.  No  yes  yes
Redirect Manager  yes  yes  yes
Simple Cgi Wrapper Allows you to run scripts that have the same permissions as your own account has.  No  yes  yes
Search Engine Submit Tool  yes  yes  yes
Server Status Viewer  yes  yes  yes
Change Language This function allows you to change the language that is displayed in your cPanel interface.  yes  yes  yes
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin is an automated email filtering system that attempts to identify spam messages based on the content of the email's headers and body.  yes  yes  yes
SpamAssassin Spam Box All emails identified as spam by SpamAssassin will be moved into a separate mail folder named "spam".  yes  yes  yes
SSH Connection Window  yes  yes  yes
SSL Host Installer  No  No  No
SSL Manager This feature allows you to view all of the keys and certificates installed on the server.  No  yes  yes
Subdomain Stats View statistics for your subdomains.  No  yes  yes
Ability to Trace an email address Shows MX entries of a destination email.  yes  yes  yes
Web Disk The Web Disk allows you to easily drag and drop files to your hosting account.  No  yes  yes
Webprotect Allows you to protect directories on your site from browsers by using a password to protect them. Only authorized users can view these folders.  yes  yes  yes
CSV Import (Email & Forwarders) This feature allows you to use 2 types of files to create multiple email addresses or forwarders for your account simultaneously.  yes  yes  yes
Customize php.ini file  yes  yes  yes
Namecheap antispam compliance  No  yes  yes
SPF Sender Policy Framework, an e-mail anti-forgery system  yes  yes  yes
DomainKeys is an e-mail authentication system designed to verify the DNS domain of an e-mail sender and the message integrity  yes  yes  yes
Awstats is a powerful log analyzer tool that creates advanced web, ftp and mail traffic reports  yes  yes  yes
Addon Domain Manager  n/a  yes  yes
Autoresponder Manager  yes  yes  yes
CGI Center The cPanel CGI Center allows you to activate and modify simple CGI scripts that can be used through your website  No  yes  yes
Crontab  yes  yes  yes
Forwarder Manager  yes  yes  yes
Getting Started Wizard  yes  yes  yes
Parked Domain Manager  n/a  yes  yes
Password Change  yes  yes  yes
Email Account Manager  yes  yes  yes
Change Style  No  yes  yes
Subdomain Manager  yes  yes  yes
Update Contact Information  yes  yes  yes
Video Tutorials  yes  yes  yes
Simple DNS Zone Editor  yes  yes  yes

* Yearly Plans Only

BILLING CYCLE
$39.95/year
$69.95 for 2 Years
BILLING CYCLE
$6.95 Monthly
$69.95/year
$129.95 for 2 Years
BILLING CYCLE
$13.95 Monthly
$139.95/year
$249.95 for 2 Years

 

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