Bluehost provides customers with low-cost shared hosting, as well as reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting. It offers cPanel, round-the-clock support and a range of free one-click install scripts and applications.
Hosting more than a quarter of a million domains, SiteGround is an established host managing well over 1,000 servers in three countries. Customers can access site builders, scripts and 24/7 support.
Web Hosting Hub’s hosting services are aimed at novices, WordPress users and small businesses. It offers a site builder tool, advertising credits, a free domain, Softaculous access and free transfers.
Hosting more than a quarter of a million domains, SiteGround is an established host managing well over 1,000 servers in three countries. Customers can access site builders, scripts and 24/7 support.
Bluehost provides customers with low-cost shared hosting, as well as reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting. It offers cPanel, round-the-clock support and a range of free one-click install scripts and applications.
Based in the US, iPage specialises in low-cost shared hosting. Each plan is bundled with a variety of freebies and gifts, including marketing credits, a site builder, ecommerce tools and analytics.
With just one shared hosting plan, Fat Cow does not limit space or bandwidth. The company promises to answer support calls in less than one minute. Its support staff are located in the US.
Web Hosting Hub’s hosting services are aimed at novices, WordPress users and small businesses. It offers a site builder tool, advertising credits, a free domain, Softaculous access and free transfers.
HostPapa purchases renewable energy credits to offset the power used by its data centres. It has offices in London, New York and Ontario. The company offers one simple low-cost plan.
JustHost offers a single shared hosting package designed for maximum resources at minimum cost. Included are various scripts, a site builder, advertising and marketing credits and free set-up.
InMotion Hosting has been providing web hosting services since 2001. The company offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee, website builder tools, cPanel, WHM (for resellers) and Softaculous.
Arvixe provides a mixture of plans, from shared to dedicated, on both Linux and Windows platforms. Its shared hosting comes with free ecommerce tools and all clients get a free domain for life.
Media Temple is an established US hosting company founded in 1998. It has 125,000 customers in 100 countries, two data centres and employs more than 100 people. It is headquartered in California.
GreenGeeks purchases wind energy credits to offset the power used by its LA data centre. Customers benefit from a 99.9% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Site5 customers can choose the location of their server. Customers on shared and reseller plans benefit from a 45-day money-back guarantee, free website migration and 99.9% uptime.
A2 Hosting offers reseller, shared, VPS and dedicated hosting. The company has a US-based support department, and the company’s technical teams are made up of developers.
Network Solutions was formed in 1979 and has a long history of providing IT services to business. It now focuses on providing low-cost shared hosting, mobile website builders and hosted Exchange.
WP Engine provides managed WordPress hosting, ideal for non-technical users who wish to have full control over their WordPress install. The company will automatically fix damage caused by hackers.
HostMonster hosts more than one million websites and prides itself on having a fully US-based support department. From its base in Utah, it focuses exclusively on shared Linux hosting.
HostGator is a large, well-established hosting company based in Texas. It hosts more than 9 million domains and offers 24/7 support over the phone, via email and through a live chat tool.
Offering shared hosting, reseller hosting and dedicated hosting, Midphase is marketed towards individuals and small businesses. Perks include free website transfers and a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
IX Web Hosting boasts more than 110,000 clients hosting half a million websites. Customers are assigned their own personal support assistant and benefit from an ‘anytime’ money-back guarantee.
Yahoo! Web Hosting is entirely aimed at business users. It offers several shared website hosting plans, specific plans for ecommerce, a mobile website builder and business email hosting.
Codero’s primary focus is dedicated hosting, and the company offers a range of ‘smart servers’ and configurations. It also provides hosting in the cloud and managed hosting services.
Owned and founded in Canada, MyHosting.com has been in operation since 1997. The company provides shared hosting, VPS hosting, hosted Exchange and a range of bonuses and freebies.
WebHostingBuzz’ plans are split into four categories: shared, reseller, VPS and dedicated. Founded in 2002, the company sponsors the International Tree Foundation to ensure its hosting is carbon-neutral.
Host Metro is a shared hosting company with a range of simple services that will appeal to new starters. Straightforward plans and plenty of support could be all you need.
Wix is keen to stress it doesn’t sell hosting - it sells its core product, a HTML5 site builder. The free version is fantastic, but if you outgrow it, you might end up spending more than you’d spend on an...
Super Green Hosting is owned by Endurance International Group and is marketed under the JustHost brand. The company offers a single shared hosting plan; its green credentials are not specified.
WestHost offers 24/7 support from US technicians, and new customers benefit from a 100% satisfaction guarantee. The company provides shared hosting, self-healing cloud hosting and more.
Along with its standard hosting services, GlowHost has packages for customers who need to host specific types of streaming media. The company also offers dedicated servers and hosting in the cloud.
iPower’s shared website hosting plans are recommended for bloggers, professionals and ecommerce store owners. Users with more advanced needs can choose Windows hosting or a VPS service.
123-Reg is a UK-based hosting company that specialises in domain name registrations but provides website hosting as a secondary service. All of their hosting services are based in the cloud.
GoDaddy is one of the world’s largest domain name registrars. Hosting is offered as a secondary service and administrated via a custom control panel. Both Linux and Windows hosting is available.
Endurance International Group owns PowWeb. The host offers one simple low-cost shared hosting plan with a 30-day money-back guarantee, a free domain name and a free site builder tool.
A Small Orange was founded in 2003, it was subject to a takeover in 2010 co-founded by one of the brains behind HostGator. A Small Orange is now based out of Durham, North Carolina
Web.com is a shopfront for a site builder tool. The company is related to register.com and Network Solutions. Using a simple interface, clients can build their own site or pay a pro to do it for them.
iWeb was founded by two entrepreneurs in 1998. The host owns and operates four data centres and claims to be one of the largest web hosts in Canada, with the capacity for 35,000 dedicated servers.
AN Hosting is part of the UK2 group. It offers just one Linux shared hosting package which includes a script installer and website builder. Its servers are located in Providence, Utah in the USA.
LiquidWeb promotes its ‘Heroic Support’: personalised technical support from an on-site team. It offers a 100% uptime SLA and publishes detailed statistics about average support response times.
MochaHost was founded in 2002. The company is currently headquartered in San Jose, California, and maintains more than one million domains. Its clients enjoy a 100% network uptime guarantee.
FastDomain promises 24/7 support by telephone and an average hold time of less than two minutes. New customers receive one free domain name for a year, plus various one-click installers and scripts.
HostClear has been taken over by Just Host; Endurance International Group owns both companies. Various shared hosting plans, site builders and one-click installers are available on the site.
DreamHost is a well-established hosting provider. Founded in 1997, the company now operates 1,500 servers and hosts more than one million domains.
NetFirms concentrates on providing website hosting to small business users. It powers more than 1.2 million websites around the world and has three shared hosting plans, all with unlimited resources.
One.com’s web hosting packages are ideal for the novice. Customers are provided with a site builder, video and photo gallery tools, a domain, a single email address and access to cloud drive storage.
1&1 is an established web hosting provider that offers a number of products. The range includes basic site builder hosting, shared hosting, dedicated servers and ecommerce hosting.
Unlike smaller hosts, Lunarpages owns and operates its own data centres in three US states. With 150,000 clients, Lunarpages is an established provider of business, personal and cloud hosting.
Register.com is geared solely towards beginners and users with no technical experience. Novice webmasters can choose a package with a site builder tool or have their website designed by professionals.
Daily.co.uk provides a comprehensive range of hosting packages and associated products. It offers unlimited plans on both Windows and Linux, plus VPS hosting and cloud file storage.
Domain.com is an EIG brand that provides shared hosting and VPS hosting services. Its plans are cost-effective but there’s a lack of detail around some of the features, guarantees and support customers can expect to receive.
Brainhost’s primary product is shared website hosting with unlimited resources and domains, plus a free website builder tools. The host also offers customers free website transfers from another host.
Dotster offers small businesses site builder tools, Linux web hosting, Windows hosting and more. Customers can choose green hosting plans or services designed specifically for WordPress blogs.
Apollo Hosting has a healthy range of hosting packages for small and medium sized businesses. From shared Linux and Windows hosting through to VPS plans, clients benefit from a 30-day money-back guarantee.
TSOhost is a well-established UK web hosting company that focuses its efforts on cloud hosting. Customers can also opt for cPanel hosting, a VPS or a dedicated server plan.
SingleHop has more than 4,500 customers in 114 countries. Its 12,000 servers are located in three data centres: two in Chicago and one in Phoenix. Customers can book tours of their preferred data centre.
Small business users may wish to check out Dot5Hosting’s hosting package. There is only one hosting option – a shared hosting plan on Linux – and there is a discount available if you wish to pay for a two-year contract.
EasyCGI provides Linux hosting on shared and VPS plans. It runs 800 servers in two data centres located in Boston, MA. Users benefit from a money-back guarantee and round-the-clock support.
Host Excellence customers can quickly set up a new account without any setup fees. Every customer gets a free domain name, free site builder tools and US-based telephone support around the clock.
Interserver is an established hosting provider that has its own data centre. Privately owned after more than a decade, it focuses on attracting business customers.
For more than a decade, eUKhost has been providing hosting services to businesses in the UK and overseas. It offers various cloud hosting packages alongside traditional shared and dedicated hosting.
WebHostingPad is a simple low cost shared web hosting company which offers upgrades to VPS hosting. Its target market is individuals, small to medium size businesses and people looking for a simple email solution with their own domain name.
Based in the UK, Heart Internet’s iPhone app and custom control panel makes managing your hosting simple. Its support team is based in-house, and it offers shared, hybrid, VPS and dedicated server hosting.
Hosting24 customers’ websites are backed up remotely each week and the company promises 99.9% uptime. New clients also benefit from a website transfer service and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
JumpLine has three data centres worldwide and focuses on bringing the power of WordPress to its customers. As well as providing hosting support, it also supports WordPress with cPanel or Plesk.
From its inception in 1995, Servint was one of the first hosts to offer managed dedicated servers. It has expanded into virtual servers, cloud hosting and more, with customers in more than 60 countries.
Specialising in managed VPS hosting, Knownhost has servers in three data centres across the US. The company offers three control panels: cPanel, DirectAdmin and Plesk, plus WHM for resellers.
Since 1999 Omnis Network has been providing hosting solutions to businesses and individuals. It offers Linux Cloud hosting on CentOS and Windows cloud hosting for ASP and .NET applications.
CoolHandle offers shared website hosting with CloudFlare, a 24/7 support promise and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Customers can also select one of three VPS hosting plans, either managed or unmanaged.
Eleven2 offers a longer-than-usual 60-day money-back promise. It was formed in 2003 and has servers in three continents. Web hosting customers also benefit from an iPhone app.
EasySpace offers shared and ecommerce website hosting. Its most affordable plan, Pic ‘n’ Mix, allows users to build their own shared hosting package. The company is UK-based and its support department is also in the UK.
PacificHost’s primary focus is low-cost shared hosting, complete with cPanel, one-click installer scripts and free account transfers. Users can request any script and the company will install it free.
Brinkster offers advanced hosting solutions for business, such as managed servers, self-managed servers, IaaS, backup services and shared hosting. The company also provides domain name registration services.
Since 1998, Jaguar PC has been providing hosting services to individuals and businesses. It offers an impressive 100% network uptime guarantee, daily backups and 24/7 support for all customers.
Focusing squarely on cPanel hosting, VodaHost offers unlimited space and bandwidth plus its own BlueVoda website builder tool. Users can install WordPress, Joomla, phpBB and more with a click.
Micfo guarantees a support response time of 25 minutes or less. Customers benefit from free daily backups, 99.9% uptime, free transfers and an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee.
Globat has specially-designed packages for individuals, businesses and ecommerce users. The company has been in the industry for well over a decade and has more than 100,000 customers internationally.
Founded in 2001, ServerPronto has 10,000 customers and offers a 7-day money-back guarantee. All dedicated server plans are custom-designer for the user. It also offers cloud and VPS hosting.
AVAhost.net offers beginner web designers both Flash and HTML-based site builder tools. Reseller web hosting, VPS hosting and shared web hosting also feature on its website.
Specialising in clustered hosting, FastNext also provides shared web hosting, dedicated and VPS plans, with additional options for resellers. Nightly backups prevent data being lost.
BounceWeb hosts more than 57,000 websites and prides itself on its use of green energy. It offers shared, dedicated and VPS hosting, plus a 30-minute support response time guarantee.
Blacknight offers SharePoint hosting, dedicated servers, cloud hosting, shared hosting and simple hosting for blogs. For advanced users, Blacknight provides colocation services and mobile sites.
Cirtex Hosting is an established hosting company owned by Cirtex Corp. Based in New York, the company owns one data centre and leases space in another. It focuses on shared website hosting on Linux, and is prices are competitive in...
Strato Hosting’s plans cover everything from basic site builder hosting through to dedicated servers. The company has 1.4 million customers and offers technical support Monday-Friday from its UK base.
Developer friendly hosting with a wide range of features and supported platforms.
Lypha hosting is based in Miami and offers 24/7 support. It has one simple shared web hosting plan and a separate plan for resellers. Plans come with cPanel, site builders and a domain name.
Hivelocity is a large host offering no less than seven different control panels and/or script installers. The company sells everything from shared hosting to cloud hosting and colocation.
Certified Hosting is a privately run web hosting company founded in 1999. Its servers are located in two US data centres and it provides an ‘anytime’ money-back guarantee.
Web Hosting UK’s servers are located at the Blue Square Data Centre in Maidenhead. The company provides hosting for individuals, bloggers, small businesses and enterprise users with 24/7 support.
Canadian web host DotCanada offers shared website hosting with cPanel, reseller hosting with WHM and a variety of dedicated server plans. Support is provided 24/7 and a site builder tool is provided.
123Together focuses on email hosting for businesses and individuals. The company also offers cloud server hosting and other specialised hosting services, such as hosted SharePoint.