Budget Web Hosts (Page 1)
Cheap, affordable, commercial web hosts
Budget Web Hosting
Listed on this page are cheap web hosts (commercial web hosts, of course) and brief reviews of the hosts. Note: only where I have information pertaining to the host will there be a review. What constitutes a "budget web host" for the purpose of this page? Essentially I just use common sense (my definition of it!), looking at the price of the package and its features. A package which costs $20 or under per month might make it here. On the other hand, a package that costs more (eg $30) but providing additional features (eg an exceptional amount of data transfer or free web design) might also make it here. Most of these web hosts have more than one package available. To keep each description from being overly-long, I often only list their cheapest package on this page. You can click the link to find out more about the other packages if that host interests you.
I strongly recommend that you read the article How to Choose a Web Host before committing yourself to any web host. You can also find my personal favourites (with a review of those hosts) in my FAQ: Which Web Host Do You Recommend?.
If your site is resource intensive, that is requiring a lot of memory or CPU time, you may be interested in the Virtual Private Servers (VPS) Web Hosting and the Web Hosting: Dedicated Servers pages instead. Those plans allocate more resources to your website, allowing you to do things you would not normally be permitted in a shared web hosting environment. You can read more about this in the article The Fine Print in Web Hosting: Resource Usage Limits.
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- Budget Web Hosts (page 1) - this page
- Budget Web Hosts (page 2) - the second page of our list
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Budget Web Hosts
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- 1&1 Internet Web Hosting
This web host is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) web host around. They offer Linux hosting packages, Microsoft Windows packages, Instant Website packages (useful for beginners and others who want to build your website without any hassle: you choose your layout, customize it and publish it), Dedicated Linux Servers, and so on. Their $3.99/month (paid every 6-monthly) Linux package includes 1 free domain name, 10 GB of web space, 300 GB data transfer, hosting for additional websites (25 subdomains, unlimited number of domains bought through the web host itself and 20 other domains bought elsewhere), 600 email accounts (2 GB mailbox space), email forwarding, autoresponders, 800 email aliases, 10 MySQL databases, PHP, DNS management, FTP, a control panel, various site building tools, FrontPage extensions, etc.
- HostGator
This web host offers a number of web hosting plans. Their cheapest plan, at $4.95 per month (paid 3-yearly, $8.95 if paid monthly), offers 350 GB disk space, 3,000 GB data transfer (bandwidth), 20 subdomains, 20 FTP accounts, unlimited MySQL, CGI, Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails, server side includes (SSI), FrontPage extensions, 20 POP3 accounts, email aliases, autoresponders, Spam Assassin spam filtering, a control panel (cPanel), various preinstalled scripts that you can use on your site (including blogs, forums, chat rooms, etc), web statistics, raw web logs, shared SSL, site builder, SSH (on request with the submission of a photo ID), custom error pages, etc. At $7.95 a month (paid 3-yearly, $9.95 if monthly), you can even place unlimited domains in your account (among other things - see their site for details).
- GoDaddy Web Hosting
This well-known domain registrar also provides web hosting plans, with its cheapest plan starting at $3.99 per month (paid 2-monthly). The Linux package provides 5 GB of disk space, 250 GB of data transfer, 11 FTP accounts, 200 email addresses with 10 MB of space for the email, webmail, email forwarding and auto-responders, 10 MySQL databases, ability to manage your domain name DNS, unlimited domain hosting, 25 subdomains, site statistics, server side includes (SSI), PHP, FrontPage server extensions, etc.
- PowWeb Hosting
For $5.77, this web host provides you with 300 GB web space, 3,000 GB transfer per month, the ability to host unlimited domains, a free domain name, the ability to manage your own DNS records (A, CNAME, MX records), sub-domains, a control panel, PHP 4 and PHP 5, CGI-BIN, SSL, .htaccess overrides, cronjobs, 75 MySQL databases, web statistics, unlimited email mailboxes with POP3, IMAP and SMTP, web mail access, email forwarding, email aliases, spam filters, preinstalled scripts (WordPress - blogging software, phpBB, photo gallery, etc), FrontPage 98/2000/2002 extensions, etc.
- FutureQuest Powerful Web Hosting
This web hosting company has consistently good reviews from many users. They are known for their reliability, honesty and competence. Their cheapest package, $9.95 per month gives you 300 MB of web space, 5 GB bandwidth, 15 POP email accounts, unlimited email aliases and autoresponders, spam filtering (via SpamAssassin), 5 FTP / Secure FTP (SFTP) accounts, 5 MySQL databases, telnet, SSH, CGI-BIN access, SSI, PHP, Perl, Python, gcc, .htaccess overrides, web site statistics, error logs, dedicated IP address, web email access, etc. You can add subdomains and other domains to your site for one-time setup charges. You can also read a more detailed review of FutureQuest in my FAQ page.
- Dot5Hosting
The cheapest package here is $4.95 per month (if paid annually, $8 if paid three-monthly), for which you are given 1,500 GB web space, 15,000 GB monthly transfer, a free domain name, the ability to host 25 domains on 1 account, unlimited parked domains, unlimited subdomains, 5,000 POP3 email accounts, unlimited email forwarding and autoresponders, email filtering, web email, unlimited FTP accounts, anonymous FTP, CGI-BIN, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, unlimited MySQL databases, .htaccess overrides, SSI, FrontPage 2003 extensions, web logs, web statistics, control panel, OS Commerce, Agora and Pay Pal shopping carts, various pre-installed scripts (formmail, guestbook, bulletin board, PHP Nuke, Chat, WordPress), ability to configure your error pages, etc.
- Yahoo! Web Hosting
This famous company offers a variety of web hosting packages. The smallest plan costs $11.95 per month, and includes "unlimited" disk space (within limits), unlimited data transfer (within resource limits), a free domain name with the ability to control the DNS records for your domains if you wish (such as the MX, A and CNAME records and name servers), 1,000 email addresses ("unlimited" email storage, 20 MB attachment limit), FTP, a site builder with more than 380 web site templates, PHP, Perl, MySQL, web site statistics, and so on.
- iPower
For $4.95 per month (paid annually; $9.95/month + $30 setup if paid monthly), this web hosting service provides 1,500 GB of storage space, 15,000 GB of bandwidth, a free domain name (on annual payment schemes), 2,500 POP3 email accounts, forwarding e-mail accounts, autoresponders, spam-filtering, a website builder, PHP, Perl, 25 MySQL databases, server side includes (SSI), a control panel, various free scripts (shopping cart, forum and blog scripts), FTP, web statistics, web access logs and error logs, FrontPage 2000/2002 extensions, error pages, etc.
- DreamHost: Host Unlimited Domains
This web host provides you with 500 GB of disk storage when you sign up, with your disk quota increasing by 2 GB every week. Your monthly bandwidth allotment also starts at 5.0 TB and increases by 40 GB every week. Other features include a free domain name, an unlimited number of databases, unlimited email POP3/IMAP accounts, unlimited FTP and shell accounts, unlimited hosting of domains and subdomains, unlimited number of forwarded or mirrored domains (that is, parked domains), custom DNS handling for your domains (create subdomains, custom MX records, that is, send your mail to another server, etc), PHP, Perl / CGI-BIN, crontab access, Ruby on Rails, SSI, CVS and SVN repository, web statistics, raw logs, password protected directories, custom error pages, .htaccess, etc. The price ranges from $5.95 to $10.95, depending on whether you are paying monthly, yearly or the like.
- Lycos Webhosting
This UK web host's cheapest package (Active Start) costs £ 1.99 per month (£ 2.34 with VAT). It includes 1000 MB of web space, 8 GB of bandwidth, web-based FTP (via your browser), a web builder with webmail, a photo album and a file explorer, a toolbar builder, guestbooks, PHP, server side includes (SSI), adjustable 404 page, a free domain for 1 year, 20 POP3 email boxes, webmail, 25 email aliases, 200 email forwarding addresses, a catch-all email address, auto-reply facilities, etc.
- Dotster
This company, also known for its domain names, offers 5 free domains for any of their hosting packages. Their cheapest package, at $5.95 per month (paid annually), includes 5 GB of web storage, 250 GB of data transfer, subdomain hosting, 1 MySQL or MSSQL database, POP and Web email, email forwarding, spam filters, Web Analytics, a variety of preinstalled scripts such as Serendipity (blogging script), image or photo galleries, guestbook, WordPress, etc, are available.
- iPowerWeb
This web host features 10,000 MB of web space, 250 GB transfer, a free domain name (if you pay annually), 100 free sub-domains, unlimited external domain pointing, 2,500 POP3 email accounts, CGI-BIN, PHP, MySQL, SSL, Frontpage 2000 extensions, control panel, FTP access, anonymous FTP account, web-based email, log files, unlimited email autoresponders, unlimited email forwarding, free shopping cart, etc. The package costs $7.95 with no setup fees if you pay annually (or $9.95 if you pay three-monthly with a $30 setup fee).
- One.com Web Hosting
This web host offers 1000 MB of web space, "unlimited" data transfer, unlimited email accounts, a web editor, blog, FTP, PHP, MySQL for $1.45 per month (with a $13.80 setup fee).
- StartLogic Premier Web Hosting
This web host's cheapest package costs $50 for 1 year ($4.17 per month; I'm not sure if this means that the second year will cost more, though), provides 5000 Mb of web space, 100 Gb of traffic, a free domain name, CGI, PHP, unlimited email accounts, SSL secure server, SSI, log file, web statistics, control panel, anonymous FTP, web builder with templates, POP3 email, email forwarding, autoresponders, e-mail filtering, web browser based email, pre-installed CGI scripts (form mail, guestbook, bulletin board, chat, PHP Nuke, blogger), Agora shopping cart, OS commerce, PayPal shopping cart, FrontPage extensions, etc.
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