HostMonster is a “one-size fits all” outfit. Offering one plan, loaded with lots of features and options, for one low price. For just $4.95, you have access to a versatile Linux-based hosting package, with enough gumption to tackle even larger mid-sized websites. Backed by one of the larger hosting companies, this plan is a very good value.
But, not all is as seems. Even though HostMonster’s package is a very good offer, certain things must be sacrificed to enable the company to stay afloat with this service. Sometimes, servers become a little overcrowded and sites may slow down. Although this isn’t commonplace, it’s not unheard of.
Although they use rather powerful server equipment from leading manufacturers, their oversubscription of services per machine can make things slow from time to time. For smaller personal sites, this isn’t a problem at all and I doubt you’d ever notice it. However, if you’re trying to host a heavier traffic business site, going to a more expensive or dedicated service might be a better option.
That said, the services are still pretty speedy. They do have a quality network and competent people. Risk of data failure is a little bit escalated over the norm from the oversubscription of each machine, but backups are standing by for restoration if and when needed.
Additionally, customer service may be a bit touchy. Lower costs mean fewer staff, thus the occasional delay may occur. One customer informed me that after waiting over 30 minutes to have his call answered, he wasn’t provided with any relevant information to his problem for several more hours and a few calls later. Personally, I haven’t seen this myself, but that’s what happens for ultra-low priced plans.
My sister has used HostMonster for her family site and when asked, she doesn’t have any complaints. She’s told me that to her, everything seems to be fine and that she hasn’t really had any problems. Of course, being a family site, it’s not very intensive, but still, for the price, it’s an excellent value.
All in all, HostMonster makes an excellent choice for a startup site where budgetary concerns are high. Their plan is loaded with everything you could possibly need to get a website going and for the price, you really can’t beat it.
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Host Monster for me is the best option out there that I have found in my searching. The things that made me go for it include; price, ability to host multiple domains, plenty of space, plenty of transfer. The price I pay per month at the time of my registering was 5.95. This is very reasonable for the features given. I have been hosting multiple sites on it for about 5 months and can not remember it ever being down on me. Also it has excellent customer support via chat that has always been available for me.
The main downside that i have found is that there CPanel is a bit of a pain. For some reason they use this custom theme which I personally find hard to navigate and just not pleasant looking. However, it has all the functionality of a normal CPanel, it just might take more time to find things. So if you aren’t worried about being on CPanel all the time, then I wouldn’t worry about it. Overall a very good choice in my opinion!
I would have to agree with the previous comment about HostMonster. I have had them for more then a year now and I don’t have a single complaint. I originally signed up for 3.95/month when they had 300GB of space and 3TB of bandwidth, they have since upgraded their servers to 1.5TB of disk space and 15TB of bandwidth and also updated my account with those quotas for no extra cost.
I have a new different domains hosted with them all of which work great, one of which is an image hosting site that I don’t project running out of space or bandwidth anytime soon. The cPanel version that they changed to is a little different but still just as easy to navigate for me. Most of the time I easily connect to my site via FTP.
I have found that the customer service is actually quite good. There was once when I had to wait on hold with them for around ten minutes but any company you call for tech support will give you a long wait every now and then. And that wait time is rare.
The only thing that might be a draw back from people is they do not support .asp. They have everything else as far as php/mysql/cgi ect though.
I have recommended hostmonster to a few people and everyone that has it has had no complaints with it.