Space: Unlimited
Traffic: Unlimited
Price: $6.95

Space: Unlimited
Traffic: Unlimited
Price: $3.95

You know the exact kind of web site you want to host – but do not have the slightest idea of who can provide you the services you need to get your ideas up and running. Well luckily for you we have a solution, we have hundreds of web hosts, representing thousands of hosting plans and accounts, itemized, sorted and ready for you to search. Compare hosting plans side-by-side and pick the plan that will work for you. With so many options from so many providers, you will be able to pick from a list of hosts sorted by cost per month or year.

Knowing how much disk space, bandwidth and extra features you will need are excellent first steps and finding the right host. If you plan on using a content management system, then you will likely need a hosting plan with database capabilities. On Windows servers this means utilizing an MSSQL server for large amounts of traffic, or a scaled down version of Access for fewer than 80 simultaneous requests per second. Most Linux, and as of late, many Windows hosts provide access to MySQL servers which are popular for their scalability and robust query handling.

Perhaps your site is related to entertainment, or even a blog web site. Web logs are increasing in popularity with thousands of new blog accounts created daily – with millions of posts ranging form personal opinions, to product and service reviews, to just shooting the breeze with family and friends. Depending on the kind of content you wish to share – bandwidth will play a major issue with the kind of account, or provider that you select. A website hosting videos and music files will generate much higher traffic than a few articles posted in a web site directory. With each account you are granted a limit of how much data you can push or pull through the host’s network – they call this limit ‘bandwidth’. Your bandwidth resets each month on the anniversary of your account or with your invoice. If you later decide that you need additional bandwidth you can increase your limits at a higher monthly rate – which is a better price per MB than exceeding your limits and paying for traffic on-demand.

Finally in regards to cost – you will find that hosting has become so affordable that web hosts are doling out huge amounts of web space that normal web users could never fill with legitimate content – for ridiculously low prices. Advances in technology have allowed this to happen – with faster processors, larger hard drives and more reliable and compact equipment, have made supporting hosting hardware affordable on their end as well.

The most helpful thing you can do when looking for the right web host is to really sit down and compare the different options and hosts. If several web hosts are very similar in features and offerings, call them and pick the one that gives you the better sense of customer care.