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HostMonster Linux Web Hosting Review

4.73 out of5
Customer Rating: Overall Customer Rating 4.73    Customer Reviews: 66    Editorial Rating: Overall Editorial Rating 5    Discounted Price: $3.95
HostMonster Website: www.hostmonster.com, Since 1999
Location: 1548 N Technology Way, Orem, UT, US, 84097
Telephone: +1 801 765 9400         Email:
HostMonster provides the most rich-featured & unlimited shared web hosting plan. If you're a developer, blogger, or the owner of a small business, HostMonster is the choice for your web presence.

HostMonster web hosting includes 1 free domain name for life and allows to host unlimited websites on 1 account. They provide unlimited web space, monthly data transfer, MySQL/PostgreSQL databases, and email accounts & storage.

HostMonster supports almost all the latest cutting-edge technologies PHP 5.2.17/5.3.10, Ruby On Rails (Ruby 1.9 & Rails 3.2.2), Python (FastCGI) and Perl (FastCGI). HostMonster is the one of a few shared web hosts that allows Shell (SSH) Access for the flexible web management.
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HostMonster Overall Editorial Review Editorial Overall Rating: 5.05.0 of 5

Based on our editorial review, HostMonster web hosting is rich-featured, reliable and fast, with their responsive and problem-solving customer service.

This is a excellent shared web hosting solution for both personal and small businesses. By paying $3.95/mo, you can get up to $500 valued free software, tools and services, including a free domain, search engine submission, a premium SiteBuilder with 1000+ templates, email service under your brand, e-Commerce shopping cart software, etc.

You may find a cheaper web host elsewhere, but the HostMonster's offer is the best cost effective. With their ANYTIME money back guarantee, your purchase won't be wrong.

HostMonster Reliability Editorial Review Editorial Reliability Rating: 5.05.0 of 5

Unlike most of other hosting companies offering the budget shared web hosting by reselling the servers rent elsewhere, HostMonster has 3 dedicated data centers in Provo, Utah that has invested over 20 million USD since 2010 with approximately 500 staffs and 5,000 servers.

We have 3 WordPress websites hosted with HostMonster since 2009. We didn't have any server down or network break for the past 3 years. HostMonster has been proven by the time and by a million of their existing customers.

HostMonster ControlPanel Editorial Review Editorial ControlPanel Rating: 5.05.0 of 5

HostMonster customizes the award-winning control panel cPanel by themselves. The control panel includes all the features required by web hosting users to manage their web sites, files, data and billing information. HostMonster also developed an automatic application installer SimpleScripts that allows users to 1-Click install up to 150 software.

If you're a web hosting beginner, don't worry about the usability of the HostMoster's web hosting solution that has been developed for over 13 years. You will feel managing a website is just easy as managing files in your local desktop. If you're an experienced web hosting user, you won't be strange with cPanel as it's used by over 30 millions of web hosting users now.

HostMonster Support Editorial Review Editorial Support Rating: 5.05.0 of 5

HostMonster offers 100 US-based support located in Provo, Utah, via toll-free telephone, web chat, email and ticket system. Unlike some small web hosting companies, HostMonster has 500 staffs. They guarantees that, with holding times that average less than 30 seconds and 100% on-site staffs, their customers are assured that the support staff help them who knows how to help.

Basic Specification

  • Free Domains:
    1
  • Hosting Domains:
    Unlimited
  • Full Money Back Guarantee:
    Any time days
  • Uptime:
    99.9%
  • Free Dedicated IPs:
    None
  • Control Panel:
    cPanel
  • FTP Access:
    Yes

Email

  • Accounts:
    Unlimited
  • Storage:
    Unlimited
  • Protocol:
    IMAP, POP3, SMTP
  • Webmail:
    Yes
  • Security:
    Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus

Application Features

  • Shopping Cart:
    Zen Cart, Agora Shopping Cart, osCommerce Shopping Cart
  • Blog:
    WordPress, b2evolution, Web Blogs
  • CMS:
    Joomla!, Drupal, Mambo, Moodle
  • Forum:
    phpBB, bulletin board
  • Photo Sharing:
    Image Galleries, Coppermine
  • Community:
    Elgg

Server Configuration

  • Memory Limitation ():
    Unlimited
  • Hosting Accounts ():
    By Usage
  • Disk Space:
    Unlimited
  • Monthly Data Transfer:
    Unlimited
  • Apache Web Server:
    Yes
  • Addon Features:
    phpMyAdmin, phpPgAdmin, Shared SSL

Technology Support

  • Scripts:
    PHP 5, Perl, Python, Ruby On Rails, ionCube PHP Loader
  • Database:
    MySQL 5, PostgreSQL
  • Frontpage Extensions:
    Yes
  • Dreamweaver Compatible:
    Yes
  • Adobe GoLive Compatible:
    Yes
  • File MIME Types:
    Yes
  • Custom Error Pages:
    Yes

Free Advertising Budget

  • Google Adwords:
    100 credits
  • Total Budget:
    $100

Rating 4.90 of 5 from 66 Customer Reviews

  • Linda Ti from Columbus, Ohio, United States posted on Apr 11, 2013
    Website: http://www.abstinence.net
    Reliability & Uptime 5
    Control Panel & Software 5
    Technical Support 5
    HostMonster Overall 5
    RECOMMEND
    These guys are doing the work in a very professional manner. The phone operator could not understand my issue and asked me to create a ticket instead. Originally, I didn't have a good expectation for the resolution via the offline support, but they responded my ticket in 15 minutes and got my problem resolved in 2 hours. Highly recommend their service.
    There are 3 of 3 people like this review!
  • Star from Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States posted on Mar 24, 2013
    Website: http://www.stanislavpronin.com
    Reliability & Uptime 5
    Control Panel & Software 5
    Technical Support 5
    HostMonster Overall 5
    RECOMMEND
    Hostmonster is always fast to respond in any questions those raised up. Sometimes there was a communication gap, but their high level of support are always extremely problem solving at the end.
    There are 5 of 5 people like this review!
  • Legalwiz from Columbus, Ohio, United States posted on Mar 24, 2013
    Website: http://www.bronchicklaw.com
    Reliability & Uptime 5
    Control Panel & Software 5
    Technical Support 5
    HostMonster Overall 5
    RECOMMEND
    I had some questions about using FTP to upload files. I emailed to Hostmonster and got the link of a tutorial over their site in 5 minutes. Quick customer support I've ever seen. Thanks very much.
    There are 6 of 7 people like this review!
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HostMonster Conclusion

Based on the 66 verified customers' reviews and our editors' real hosting experience, HostMonster is highly recommended for personal and small businesses. Click here to order a web hosting plan from HostMonster now!
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