Web Host Reviews - 11 New Reviews - and the Worst Hosts Ever
Here are the most recent Web hosting service reviews submitted by other Web Design / HTML readers. I got 11 new reviews this month. If you love or hate your Web hosting provider, or just feel ambivalent about them, let me know - write a review of your Web hosting provider. It only takes a few minutes to write a review, and you'll be helping lots of people.
Plus, I've compiled a list of the 10 Worst Web Hosting Providers as reviewed by their customers. If you're looking for a Web hosting provider, you should avoid these, or at least seriously consider the drawbacks before you give them money.
- Heritage Web Solutions
by Jcammeron
"I contracted Heritage Web Solutions to build my website, and I really could not be happier! I have told all my friends and family to use Heritage Web Solutions!"
- 3ix
by adriatic
"3ix hosting has many featurs and supports many features and scripting languages. They offer reliable support by experienced professionals."
- Blue Host
by Patricia
"Professional Web Hosting plans include all the features you are looking for at the best possible price."
- Blue Host
by Revive
"I would HIGHLY recommended anyone looking at Bluehost to do their due diligence and read some current reviews. They used to be AWESOME!,.. now, they are overloading their servers and pulling features.. not a good sign!"
Blue Host Profile
- MacHighway
by Bruce
"They are a standard hosting company that happens to be Mac based. They are a small and very personable group. Their support is amazing!"
- Hostway
by Richard
"I emphatically do not recomments them, the exact opposite of what I would have said two years ago. A series of mergers seems to have impacted them negatively."
- 1and1.com
by Noman
"1and1 is a great hosting company offering all types of services and has had no downtime since used."
1&1 Profile
- Lush Technologies
by Mark
"Lush is a wind powered web hosting company with dedicated and shared plans on Linux. They are very responsive, quick setup, and they are extremely knowledgeable of scripting languages and database development."
- WebServe Canada
by Alex McConnachie
"This host is toxic! They will bill you and take your money but will not provide the service."
WebServe Canada Profile
- VodaHost
by Brad
"Vodahost must be one of the most incompetent companies I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with."
VodaHost Profile
- IQWebHost
by Dr. John
"Fantastic web design and multiple edits allowed with no charge. Beautiful graphics work."
IQWebHost Profile
Please note: IQWebHost has gone out of business. This review is posted for your interest only.
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I use Blue Host too and I never had any problems. I pay $ 4.95/month in the first year and second year $ 6.95/month and I have unlimited space and traffic and all services that I need. What do I want more?
It might be mentioned that Bluehost (my provider), Hostmonster, and, most recently, Fastdomain are all part of the same parent company. While I’ve only dealt with Bluehost, I’d be quite willing to bet that Hostmonster and Fastdomain are every bit as good as Bluehost.
CEO Matt Heaton has a public blog and is very open about what’s happening at Bluehost.
I’ve used Bluehost for a number of websites. Their features are unmatched for their price-point. On the flip-side, it is true that Bluehost overloads their servers with sites – which makes it hit-or-miss with your site ending up on a server that constantly goes down. Of all my sites, I had one site with a measured uptime of 67% (terrible), while my best site had a measured uptime of 98%. Hit or miss.
I strongly suggest anybody to run a trial version of Pingdom (measures server uptime) after they signup for any hosting, you may be surprised at how much your site goes down.
I also use BlueHost for my personal website, although I plan to move it soon to Hot Drupal.
BH is not bad for basic hosting. They permit SSH, but I was unable to install ffmpeg (for video) and Subversion, and BH customer service told me these are not supported.
Two hosts to avoid like the plague:
1. StartLogic – besides 3 minute page loads (at other time 15 seconds) they changed the password on one of my databases and refused to help resolve it.
2. Webhostingpad – my client’s php/mysql WebDate platform just stopped working, and it appears the db connection is not working, we tried a fresh install, everything. They “fixed” it incorrectly. While many shared hosts pile 500 or so domains on each IP, Webhostingpad has a whopping 2000_ !
Webserve.ca Sucks!
Worst Host In Canada stay away
Webserve review two words: webserve sucks!
Webserve.ca used to be quite good, but I cannot recommend them at all. In fall 2008, things went really awry with my website being down, ftp not working and support not available – the live support chat box never seemed to work or be manned. There are numerous complaints about this company on the web, especially when it comes to downtime and billing hijinks.