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Cost control is critical when starting your online business. Finding a reliable and cheap Web host is an important step in setting up your online business. When choosing a Web host, price can often be one of the biggest factors.
Sorting through the web hosting options can be pretty overwhelming. And it can be hard to tell what is actually the “cheapest”. Here is a selection of five of the cheapest web hosting companies. This is based on features and cost.
Pricing and details for based on the basic, or entry level, package of each host.
1. Bluehost
One of the best hosting deals available, Bluehost offers just one option: Unlimited. They have a nice set of tools, offer one-click installs of blogging, forum and CMS (content management software) applications.
- Annual / Monthly Fee: $6.95/month
- Web Space:Unlimited
- Monthly Transfer Volume: Unlimited
- # of Email Accounts: Unlimited
- Offers Site Builder Tools and/or Site Templates: Yes
- Registers Domains: Yes
- Free Domain included in package: Yes, for life of hosting package
- Deals available: Yes
- Hosts multiple domains/sites:Yes. Unlimited
- Offers auto installed blogging software (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc): Yes, offers 1-Click Install of more than 50 web applications
- Offers free marketing tools and credits (ie: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc):Yes, a $50 Google Credit
2. 1and1.com
The hosting package with the lowest cost annual cost is 1and1.com. They offer a great set of tools and are worth a look.
- Annual / Monthly Fee:$3.99/month
- Web Space:10 GB
- Monthly Transfer Volume: Unlimited
- # of Email Accounts:600
- Offers Site Builder Tools and/or Site TemplatesYes
- Registers Domains: Yes
- Free Domain included in package: 1
- Deals available:Yes
- Hosts multiple domains/sites:Yes
- Offers auto installed blogging software (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc): No
- Offers free marketing tools and credits (ie: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc):Yes, a $25 credit with Google, Yahoo and Citysearch.
3. Host Gator
Similar to Bluehost in that it offers a fully unlimited hosting package, HostGator differs in that it offers a few types of packages - allowing for one or multiple Web sites. They are a very reliable Web host.
- Annual / Monthly Fee:$8.95/month or $6.95/month when purchased for a year
- Web Space:Unlimited
- Monthly Transfer Volume:Unlimited
- # of Email Accounts: Unlimited
- Offers Site Builder Tools and/or Site TemplatesYes
- Registers Domains:Yes, but its cheaper elsewhere.
- Free Domain included in package:No
- Deals available:No
- Hosts multiple domains/sites:No
- Offers auto installed blogging software (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc): Yes
- Offers free marketing tools and credits (ie: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc):Yes, a Google adwords credit of $100.
4. Go Daddy
- Annual / Monthly Fee: $4.99/mo or $3.99/month with 1 year commitment
- Web Space:10 GB
- Monthly Transfer Volume:Unlimited
- # of Email Accounts:100
- Offers Site Builder Tools and/or Site TemplatesYes
- Registers Domains:Yes
- Free Domain included in package:No
- Deals available:Yes
- Hosts multiple domains/sites:Yes
- Offers auto installed blogging software (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc): Yes
- Offers free marketing tools and credits (ie: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc):Yes, including Google, MySpace and Fotolia.
5. Network Solutions
Okay, so these guys aren't all that cheap. But they have been around forever and are worth a look.
- Annual / Monthly Fee:$11.95/month
- Web Space:300 GB
- Monthly Transfer Volume:3000 GB
- # of Email Accounts: 1000
- Offers Site Builder Tools and/or Site TemplatesYes
- Registers Domains:Yes
- Free Domain included in package:1
- Deals available:No
- Hosts multiple domains/sites:Yes
- Offers auto installed blogging software (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc): Yes
- Offers free marketing tools and credits (ie: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, etc):No
