Facts About Startlogic

• Offer a 30 day “no questions asked” guarantee.
• Support page lists current system status for quick diagnosis.
• Over 100,000 customers trust StartLogic

Hosting Plans:

As with any hosting salvo, we choose to recommend the ProLogic hosting plan with unlimited storage, bandwidth, and a choice of shopping carts. ProLogic is the middle of the road choice of the three shared hosting plans from StartLogic, a Linux based hosting solution with unlimited storage and bandwidth. You also get a free domain and setup to go with your slim $5.95 per month price.

There really is no reason to choose the PersonalLogic hosting plan unless saving $2.00 a month is that critical to you. The limitation of 10 domain names on this one account isn’t that brutal, but if you own several sites, then take the two dollar hit and allow yourself to host unlimited domains with the ProLogic hosting plan.

If you are a Windows Hosting user, then you already know the difficulties of finding a good web host at a good price, which can offer AND support Windows hosting to its users. StartLogic provides Windows Hosting and all the bells and whistles that come with it for a modest $8.95 per month rate. You won’t have unlimited space, however the 100 GB of disk you WILL have is large enough for most serious developers. Combined with vDeck 3.0 and unlimited domains hosting you are good to go! We would like to have seen the inclusion of Microsoft SQL databases, but you will be limited to MySQL, more than likely for the security aspect of supporting MS SQL. This one item was the only bad thing about the Windows Hosting for us.

Technical and Customer Support:

Fast answers and fast results is what we all want when dealing with a web host. StartLogic has an extra step in the handling process thanks to the inclusion of Windows Hosting, but confirming your server type and transfer to the right person for the job doesn’t add much to turn around time at all. In fact, unless you are requesting additional functionality like activating DLLs or permissions, the stat-of-the-art data centers make the problems that do arise fairly routine.

StartLogic makes available support by phone, instant chat, as well as ticketing. Our personal favorite in the instant chat, where you can get your problem or complaint addressed, if not solved right away. Instant chat is a great method to find out about any datacenter specific issues or site problems, without having to dial out or speak to someone directly at 3:00 AM.

The primary Support page at StartLogic is not an uncommon appearance. It shares the exact same look and feel that several other hosts have. You can however from this page access system news and events, tap into the knowledgebase, FAQs and even tutorials. The keyword search in the knowledgebase, along with dictating which section to search in (billing/domains/site management/etc) makes finding answers to questions lightning quick, for the hosting support DIY-er.

Features:

What can we say? We like what we like, and we like CPanel Control Panels. StartLogic makes vDeck 3.0 available to its users, which is an acceptable platform for maintaining your site, however if you are moving from a different host who already provides CPanel then you will have a learning curve.

Even without the huge library that a Fantastico can deliver, you are still able to instantly add WordPress or even PHPbb to your site with just a few clicks. These are both (as well as several others) accessed through your control panel. Naturally you can also add applications like these via personal upload and configuration, but having the auto-include is at least a great sign that whatever you want to accomplish with these tools shouldn’t be an issue at all.

One of our favorite features is of course the Windows Hosting plan itself. The feature we would have liked to see most would have been the option for dedicated IP addresses, or even multiple IP addresses for these unlimited domain hosting plans. Of course at $3.95 a month, you can leverage a few accounts and manage your shared IP addresses that way.