Na Cuideachtaí Óstáil Gréasáin is Fearr do 2024 (Uimh. 1 an ceann is fearr linn)

As na hainmneacha go léir ar an liosta seo, Bluehost is dócha an ceann is mó tóir.

It’s one of the most popular hosts around, in the big leagues of hosting: around since 2003, Bluehost cumhachtaí os cionn 2 mhilliún suíomh Gréasáin agus tá na céadta ball foirne réidh le dul.

Feicim BluehostIs é an príomh-achomharc atá ann ná a bheith ina óstach gréasáin iontach foriomlán atá furasta le húsáid. Feidhmíonn sé go maith, a praghsála ar an gcaighdeán foriomlán, agus tá sé an-éasca le húsáid agus tacaíocht do chustaiméirí.

Cé nach bhfuil an spás stórála gan teorainn, mar atá sé GreenGeeks, Ba mhaith liom an analaí árasán thuasluaite a mheabhrú duit: dá gcinnfeadh gach duine ar chuntas óstála roinnte an oiread stórais agus a d’fhéadfaidís a úsáid toisc go bhfuil sé “neamhtheoranta,” ní oibreodh an t-ardán óstála roinnte iomlán.

Mar sin, Bluehost a chuireann teorainn ort go teicniúil, ach go praiticiúil tá na liúntais stórála flaithiúil go leor, go háirithe i gcás cuntas leibhéal iontrála. Móide, is stóráil SSD é, ní stóráil HD.

Chomh maith le sin, faigheann tú bandaleithead neamh-mhéadraithe, SSL bunúsach, fearann ​​san áireamh, roinnt fearainn páirceáilte, agus suíomh Gréasáin amháin. Faigheann sraitheanna níos airde níos mó de gach rud, chomh maith le tairiscintí margaíochta agus roinnt cúltaca ar an láithreán.

Tá na gnéithe seo flaithiúil go hionraic d’fhormhór na n-úsáideoirí, fiú mura bhfuil cuma chomh hiontach orthu ar pháipéar. É sin ráite, sílim Bluehost d’fhéadfadh sé a bheith rud beag níos flaithiúla coinneáil suas le cuid dá iomaitheoirí níos lú, mar GreenGeeks (atá ag teacht aníos seo chugainn!).

Mar shampla, lena n-áirítear cúltacaí nó go mbeadh níos mó suíomhanna Gréasáin le haghaidh cuntas leibhéal iontrála go deas.

Rud Bluehost is é an rud is fearr ná cairdiúlacht an úsáideora. Cé go bhfuil na hóstach go léir ar an liosta seo éasca le húsáid go bunúsach, Bluehost láidir go háirithe anseo.

Tá an tógálaí láithreán gréasáin iomasach agus Bluehost muiníneach go leor leis gur féidir leat triail a bhaint as saor in aisce ar a suíomh Gréasáin.

Tá an leagan amach foriomlán agus bainistíocht cuntas an-sruthlínithe agus éasca le húsáid. Tá an tacaíocht do chustaiméirí den scoth: tá ionadaithe an-chabhrach agus tá an bonn eolais fairsing.

Chomh fada agus a théann uptime, Bluehost isn’t number one. However, throughout 2018-2019 Bluehost was usually at 99.99% or 100% uptime.

Unfortunately, some months were poorer:

But more recently, Bluehost has been better. Take a look at the last year:

That’s nearly 99.99% over the course of a whole YEAR straight. That means that the uptime has been VERY consistently high lately.

Unfortunately, the response times aren’t as good as the uptime, historically or recently. They’re not super slow, but about average or on the higher side of average.

Chun a bheith ina óstach mór foriomlán le praghsáil mhaith, feidhmíocht mhaith, gnéithe soladacha, agus éascaíocht mhór úsáide agus tacaíochta, Bluehost has earned our first place on our GoDaddy Roghanna.

On the off chance that if you’re already on the other side with GoDaddy then we have a comprehensive guide that’ll get you over from GoDaddy chun BlueHost go héasca.

Fós aisteach faoi Bluehost? Tá clúdach againn duit.

GreenGeeks is easily one of the most unique hosting companies around. As you might expect from the name, a lot of its identity comes from its eco-friendliness:

For every amp that GreenGeeks pulls from the grid, it matches 3x that amount in renewable energy through an environmental foundation. That’s why it’s “300% green hosting.”

But on top of that, it’s also just one of the best web hosts out there right now.

So let’s check out what GreenGeeks' web hosting plans offer:

Before getting into the features, a quick word on price:

The big prices listed are great for what’s offered, there’s no doubt about that. They’re about in-line with the normal discounted hosting prices, but the plans offer more than most.

However, it’s worth noting that the renewal prices are a bit higher than average, starting at $11 a month.  Luckily, it’s still within the norm of a higher renewal price, and well-proportioned to what’s on offer.

Okay, let’s talk features:

The resources are obviously pretty nice—unmetered bandwidth, and unlimited storage, email, and databases from the first tier onwards, with the second tier onwards also allowing unlimited websites.

On top of that, the entry level option also has a couple features that enhance performance:

CDN is included for free, which means your site will load quickly for visitors all over the world. Meanwhile, LSCache will also help your pages load even faster.

And when you get to the second and third tiers, performance is significantly boosted.

Chomh maith leis sin, cé GreenGeeks is generally beginner-friendly, it’s also got developer-friendly features: multiple PHP versions, free SSH and secure FTP access, Perl and Python support, and more.

Importantly, the security is pretty good, with all of these thrown in for consideration:

And in addition to the features listed above, GreenGeeks support will also clean up your site for free, if it’s hacked or infected with malware. Taken together, all of this is impressive:

Security on normal web hosting plans tends not to be very good. Although VPS agus freastalaithe tiomnaithe will usually have the best security, it’s nice to see GreenGeeks up the ante on security, as web hosting is the most realistic option for many small businesses.

Meanwhile, the ease of use is top-notch and customer support is great as well. GreenGeeks provides several nice features towards ease of use, including a website builder, an easy-to-use dashboard, and a one-click installer, plus free website migration if you’re coming from another host.

The knowledge base is overall pretty good, though it could be a bit more extensive. Representatives are great, and can be accessed through ticket/email, live chat, and phone.

Ach tá GreenGeeks good with its hosting performance, the thing that’s absolutely key for making sure your site stays up?

Just look at the last 3 months of uptime on our test site:

That’s incredible. 99.99% uptime over the course of three months means that it’s functionally perfect. The performance has been similarly consistent over the course of the last year, aside from a single drop almost a year ago.

On top of that, the response time has consistently been faster than average. So all together, GreenGeeks’ performance has been excellent.

And taken together with everything else, it’s hard to see what GreenGeeks does wrong. It might not be an ideal budget host, but aside from that, it’s well-priced for what’s offered—and a lot is offered.

Still want to know more? You can check out our full GreenGeeks athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar for an in-depth breakdown of the company’s offering overall, and an even longer uptime record.

If you like to pay attention to underdog and lesser-known hosting companies, you’ll want to pay extra-close attention to this one.

TMDHosting has built a strong reputation, and since its founding in 2007, it’s received many impressive accolades.

TMDHosting is also a bit unique for its focus on hosting open-source software. It’s been credited by several content management systems (CMS) for being a great host through the years.

But now? Let’s take a look.

The first thing you might notice is that TMDHosting offers both Linux and Windows-based options. This is less common for shared web hosting, but it’s a welcome choice.

Windows hosting is a bit more expensive, but proportionately has more generous features. To keep things simple, I’ll focus on the Linux shared hosting.

The promotional/first-term prices are pretty normal. Good, but normal. But take a look at those regular prices:

They’re noticeably cheaper than most regular prices. So in the long term. TMDHosting is actually cheaper than many competing hosts.

And as for the features:

They’re pretty generous, as neither storage nor bandwidth has caps at any tier.

Most of the other stuff is basic at the first tier, but the money-back guarantee is longer (which shows confidence on TMDHosting’s part) and basic caching speeds things up.

But the Weebly website builder is great. Several options here include their own website builders for free.

That’s great, but many hosting companies’ native website builders are a bit sub-par. Weebly is a company wholly dedicated to making a great website builder. So its inclusion here is extra impressive.

Anyway, the second and third tiers are also impressive for adding performance-enhancing features.

Lastly, the shared plans come with free daily backups, and are more isolated than traditional shared hosting.

So just looking at prices and features, TMD looks excellent.

But let’s take a look at the performance. We’ve been testing TMD Hosting since early 2019 (sonraí iomlána anseo).

Through half of 2019, TMD’s month-to-month uptime was kind of shoddy. Three months were well-below 99.9% uptime.

But the last year has been a bit better:

Typically, most days will be at 100%, but then a few days will consistently fall below the 99.9% mark.

The last three months, for example, has averaged 99.92%.

So that’s not ideal. But there IS good news:

The response times have been GREAT. In fact, they have been, without fail, among the lowest of all the hosts we’ve tested, and have been so consistently since early 2019.

Is féidir leat seiceáil amach our full analysis of TMDHosting anseo if this caught your eye.

DreamHost ainm mór eile i saol na hóstála gréasáin, ar chúis mhaith.

Mar a fheiceann tú ón bpictiúr thuas, DreamHost cumhachtaí os cionn 1.5 MILLIÚN de láithreáin ghréasáin - é a chur sna sraitheanna móra óstála gréasáin roinnte, mar aon le Bluehost agus GoDaddy.

DreamHost láidir ar an iomlán dóibh siúd ar mian leo óstach gréasáin ardfheidhmíochta inacmhainne le gnéithe soladacha.

Mar sin táimid soiléir, seo iad na buneilimintí agus na praghsanna a bhfuilimid ag féachaint orthu:

People looking into WordPress will feel right at home. DreamHost is 2nd place in our Best Wordpress Hosting Services. Cosúil Bluehost, DreamHost is one of the three major hosts that WordPress.Org itself recommends.

Mar a fheiceann tú, DreamHost tá roinnt gnéithe ann atá deartha chun rudaí a dhéanamh níos éasca d’úsáideoirí WordPress - mar shampla breiseán imirce saor in aisce do dhaoine a úsáideann WordPress ar óstach roimhe seo, tógálaí láithreáin saor in aisce do WordPress, agus WordPress a réamhshuiteáil.

Ar a bharr sin, DreamHost tá réasúnta praghsála, sa raon ginearálta de na rudaí a thairgeann an chuid is mó de na hóstach gréasáin ach beagán ar an taobh íochtarach.

Agus mar bhónas breise, DreamHost tá pleananna íocaíochta míosúla acu siúd nach dteastaíonn uathu tiomantas a thabhairt do bhliain roimh ré.

Chomh fada agus a théann feidhmíocht, DreamHost maith go leor. Ráthaíonn siad 100% de réir ama agus tabharfaidh siad creidmheas duit as méideanna áirithe downtime.

ach DreamHostan bhfuil an t-am i ndáiríre? Beagán níos casta. Seiceáil é:

De ghnáth, DreamHost does indeed offer 100% uptime. But there was one day in February and a day in January that threw off our average..

There was also one day in late August where uptime dipped to about 96%. But aside from those days, almost EVERY day has been at 100%.

Mar sin, DreamHost still has pretty solid uptime. As you’d guess, days like that are rare.

Is féidir leat ár n-iomlán a fheiceáil DreamHost stats uptime anseo. Agus is féidir leat léamh mo mheastóireacht iomlán ar DreamHost anseo le haghaidh tuilleadh faisnéise foriomláine.

A2 Hosting isn’t a super famous host, but it’s got a well-established reputation in the hosting industry, and it’s been around for a little while (2001).

It offers a range of hosting products, but its shared hosting is especially good.

There are four web hosting options offered by A2:

The price range is pretty standard, but a bit higher at regular rates/upon renewal.

The resources and features are pretty impressive. For example, just the first plan gets 100GB of storage—that’s a lot for just one website at a few bucks a month.

But there’s more. ALL tiers (including the first tier) comes with all this:

That’s pretty good. To be specific, website staging (which lets you create a clone site to experiment with big changes) is usually for advanced plans.

Additionally, CloudFlare CDN (boosting performance), choice of data center location, and a website builder—all included for free—are great adds. All these features make the first tier loaded.

But the remaining tiers have even more features:

The second plan onwards has free automatic backups, plus no limits on storage or sites. Plus this:

Meanwhile, the third and fourth tier get another extra set of features:

And that’s on top of the basic features/resource upgrades that come with the plans, which I already showed you.

So A2 is absolutely loaded with features, more than most hosts, and the cost is only a bit higher than a lot of the competition long term. And about the same at first buy!

Performance is key now.

We’ve been testing out A2 Hosting for a long time. Some months in 2017-2018 had sub-average uptime (the lower side of 99.9%).

But it’s been a long time since such issues have come up.

In particular, the last year has been pretty good:

And the last three months have been even better, at 99.984% uptime.

That’s a pretty strong uptime record, and the best part is that it’s from consistently good uptime.

Some other hosts (including some options here) might not have bad average uptime over a long period, but they fluctuate with some days having a lot of downtime.

The speed isn’t fantastic, but it’s decent. And, while it fluctuates some, it’s relatively consistent overall.

So not only is the performance good, but you can rely on it.

Is féidir leat seiceáil amach ár A2 hosting test site for uptime records that go as far back as July 2017, or our A2 review for a holistic look at the company.

In fact, it’s almost certainly the biggest hosting company on this list. To put a number on it, GoDaddy services over 20 MILLION customers.

That’s a level above the other big names here (Bluehost agus HostGator).

Ach GoDaddy is also infamous for untransparent pricing and a very corporate approach. That’s also what holds it back on this list.

But it’s been so successful for a reason...it’s good. Check out our full breakdown of GoDaddy anseo le haghaidh níos mó ar sin.

Anyway, let’s look at the web hosting plans:

The first-term prices are higher than average. But the renewal prices are overall normal (if a bit higher than average as well).

Mar sin féin, GoDaddy frequently has big promotions that drop the prices to dirt-cheap levels for the first term.

As for the features...the resources are pretty generous. 100GB of storage (SSD by the way) is more than enough for the vast majority of people hosting just one website, and it only gets higher after that.

A cool feature is that you can easily buy more resources—not just storage, but also CPU or RAM—very easily as you need to.

But aside from the good news on resources, that’s about it for features.

Yes, you get a domain with annual plans, but it renews at cost after the first year. To be fair, that’s a common deal. But it renews at a higher cost than average.

Plus, the email has only 5GB of storage and is free for the first year only, but renews at cost.

The SSL? The feature that’s crucial to having a trustworthy site, which is included for free in almost all hosting plans? It’s not included for free for the first two tiers, and renews at cost for the third tier.

chomh maith leis sin, GoDaddy is constantly upselling. You’re always pushed to purchase add-ons or higher-priced packages.

The website builder is one of those add-ons. Sometimes GoDaddy will even include it for free (for a year) during promotions.

It’s great when hosting companies include their own website builders for free. But many of them are sub-par compared to the popular website building software.

GoDaddy is a bit different. It’s a big company, and has invested into its website builder to be a more mainstream offering.

Is féidir leat seiceáil amach our investigation of GoDaddy’s website builder here for more info. But the short version is that yes, it’s pretty good.

Ach ar an iomlán, GoDaddy is on the weaker side for features and price.

As for the uptime:

Bhíomar a thomhas GoDaddy through a test site for two years (starting August 2018).

Le linn na tréimhse sin, GoDaddy basically always had great performance. Most months have at least 99.99% uptime, and it’s rare when they don’t.

Tríd is tríd GoDaddy has done well for the last year. But some instances of downtime have lowered the average:

Most of the time, it’s 100%, but there are consistently days just over 99.9% that lower the average.

In the last three months, however, uptime has been closer to 99.98%, which is good.

Not to mention, the response times have also consistently been low since we started measuring.

So overall, while not perfect, GoDaddy is a pretty good performer and has been such for two years.

HostGator is a very well-established name in the hosting industry. It claims to have hosted over 8 MILLION domains and has hundreds of employees, putting it in the big leagues.

HostGator’s plans are mostly low-cost, and have generous resources:

The main impetus to upgrade would be for more domains, and/or stronger SSL and a dedicated IP.

HostGator has a decent set of features available for all plans:

So proportionately to price, HostGator definitely seems to be on top of things.

And on that note, HostGator has both lower starting prices AND renews at a lower cost than many of its competitors (though you’d have to commit for a long period of time to get those lower prices).

Mar sin féin HostGator seems pretty solid thus far. The key factor now is performance.

Le bliain anuas, HostGator has overall done well:

It’s been keeping its uptime guarantee of 99.9%. In fact, most of the time it’s easily at 100% uptime or pretty close—there were just a few days where uptime dipped to the lower side of 99.9% that took down the average.

If you look at the last 3 months in particular, it’s pretty good:

Unfortunately, the response times are on the slower side both overall and recently.

You can check out fully detailed uptime records for our HostGator test site here, going all the way back three years.

Chomh maith leis sin, is féidir leat léamh ár HostGator athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar for a full run-down of the hosting company.

TurnKey’s a less famous host, but it’s been around for quite a while—since 1999, in fact.

Its history is also a little unusual. Unlike just about all the other names here, TurnKey didn’t start as a host.

It first was a consultant for ISPs, and then transitioned to hosting. But its transition has resulted in a pretty impressive hosting company.

TurnKey gives you a choice of Linux hosting (which comes with cPanel) or Windows hosting (which comes with the Plesk control panel).

As is usually the case, the Windows hosting is more expensive:

These are pretty friendly to developers and those hosting more dynamic projects.

As for the Linux plans:

There are just two options, and they’re pretty low-priced but with generous resources.

However, the price tag for those Linux plans only applies to a three-year pre-payment. This is often the case with hosts.

BUT: even if you pay on a yearly or monthly basis, the prices are still good. This is for the first tier:

The month-to-month price is pretty standard, but just 5 bucks a month for a year of service is still on the lower side.

So all in all these prices are still good even when you don’t buy three years in bulk.

Moreover, the Windows plans do not have this same disconnect. The price tags shown for Windows here are what you pay month-to-month. If you pay on a yearly basis, it’s marginally cheaper:

So all in all it’s a well-priced set-up.

The features available tend to be more about resources and support for various scripts.

That’s great, but it does matter a little less to people looking for an “easy” and simple host (such people may want website builders included, for example).

But ultimately, the cheapest plan (Linux) can support up to 10 domains and doesn’t cap storage, which is a lot better than most hosts. That’s great value. Uptime will make or break TurnKey now:

So let’s examine the performance. TurnKey’s uptime, over the course of a year, is pretty impressive:

There was basically one day with poor uptime, but other than that, it’s been 100% almost every day with minimal exceptions.

To prove it, take a look at the last 3 months, which have a nearly perfect uptime score:

And the speed? The average response time is among the lowest we’ve seen of the hosting companies we’ve measured.

Bhíomar measuring TurnKey since March 2019, and the performance was a bit worse in the middle part of 2019. A couple months were below 99.95%, but not much.

But that hasn’t been an issue for a while, with performance overall looking quite strong (especially lately).

Let’s get to a summary of the pros and cons. But if you’re already really curious, you may as well learn some more about TurnKey with our full review de.

InterServer Ní hé an t-óstach gréasáin is cáiliúla é, ach tá aithne mhaith air fós. Agus ba chóir go mbeadh:

InterServer Tá sé thart ó 1999 agus d’éirigh leis dea-cháil a sheasamh an t-am ar fad.

Ar phraghas, InterServer an-simplí. Tairgeann an chuid is mó de na hóstach gréasáin, mar is dócha gur thug tú faoi deara anois, cúpla rogha srathach. Méadaíonn na gnéithe agus an fheidhmíocht is mó a íocann tú.

De bhreis air sin, is gnách go ndéantar gach sraith praghsála a athnuachan ag ráta níos airde tar éis an chéad téarma, agus braitheann an praghas íseal a fhógraítear ort síniú suas ar feadh tréimhse áirithe ama.

Le InterServer, tá pacáiste óstála gréasáin AMHÁIN ann go beacht. De ghnáth is $ 4 sa mhí é má thugann tú tiomantas do 3 bliana, nó $ 5 in aghaidh na míosa go rialta. Mar a fheiceann tú, tá lascaine ann tráth na scríbhneoireachta.

Is pacáiste óstála aon-mhéid a oireann do chách é seo, a bhfuil ciall leis mar gheall ar a ghnéithe (níos mó ná sin i soic).

Tá sé fós ann déileáil go maith ar an bpraghas, cé. Tá $ 4- $ 5 in aghaidh na míosa níos airde ná an óstáil leibhéal iontrála is saoire, ach tá sé níos saoire ná óstáil ard-srathach le cuideachtaí eile.

Ag labhairt go comhréireach, is praghas iontach é. Mar sin déanaimis gach a dtugann sé a thairiscint:

Ceann de na rudaí is fearr faoi InterServer ná go dtugann sé a lán gnéithe. Ciallaíonn mé, ach féach ar na buneilimintí seo:

Is dócha go mbeidh súil ag cuid acu seo, cosúil le himirce saor in aisce, SSL, agus stóráil SSD.

Ach faigheann tú tógálaí láithreán gréasáin saor in aisce freisin, agus níl ríomhphost teoranta fiú don chéad chiseal. Heck, níl an stóráil teoranta fiú.

Plus, InterServertéann gnéithe slándála réamhshocraithe - ar a dtugtar Intershield Protection - os cionn an norm maidir le hóstáil roinnte:

Tá rud éigin acu freisin ar a dtugtar “Inter-Insurance,” a chiallaíonn go nglanfaidh siad cuntais hacked nó ionfhabhtaithe - go háirithe suíomhanna WordPress - saor in aisce.

Sin cuid de InterServertacaíocht iontach do chustaiméirí i gcoitinne. Is gné ann féin é.

Mar fhocal scoir, ceann de na pointí is uathúla agus is deas faoi InterServer is é a leithdháileadh acmhainní. Dúirt mé leat cheana go bhfuil stóráil neamhtheoranta SSD á fháil agat. Seo an fáth:

Níl sé chomh coitianta custaiméirí a spásáil ar phleananna roinnte mar seo, mar gheall ar ndóigh níl sé chomh brabúsach. Déanann sé ciall níos mó custaiméirí ídithe íseal a chramáil le chéile.

Ach trína chinntiú go bhfuil gach freastalaí ag rith ag leath-acmhainn, InterServer ligeann dá chustaiméirí an leas is fearr a bhaint as óstáil roinnte - le cuideachtaí eile, chuirfí iallach orthu uasghrádú go plean níos airde dá n-úsáidfidís an iomarca acmhainní.

Anois, ag an bpointe seo InterServer is dócha gur cosúil leis an gcéad rogha gan chonspóid. Ní chomh gasta:

Ceann de na rudaí a choinníonn InterServer ó bhogadh suas níos airde ar an liosta seo tá feidhmíocht, ar cuid ríthábhachtach í.

Bhíomar tástáil InterServer ar feadh tamaill. The newer results are better, but some of the older results still affect the evaluation.

Seo iad na torthaí níos sine, ó thart ar bhliain ó shin:

Mar a fheiceann tú, b’fhéidir go mbeadh an t-am-ama iontach maith thart ar bhliain ó shin, ach go minic bhí sé íseal go minic. Tá aon rud faoi bhun 99.95% ar an taobh is boichte den mheán, le Bealtaine agus Márta 2019 ag seasamh amach.

Chomh maith leis sin, bhí na hamanna freagartha mall go leor ag deireadh an tsamhraidh 2019.

Is torthaí níos nuaí iad seo:

Mar a fheiceann tú, bhí na hamanna freagartha an-tapa.

And the uptime has been closer to 99.99% or 100% month to month (99.977% uptime is pretty decent over the course of a whole year).

The uptime and response times have been good for the last year, but earlier in 2019 things have been spottier.

Is féidir leat ár dtaifid lánaimseartha a fheiceáil anseo, a mhaireann níos mó ná bliain agus suas go dtí an lá inniu.

Ar aon chaoi, sin an plé leis InterServerar fheidhmíocht.

I ndeireadh na dála InterServer is a great bargain for many looking for affordable hosting that provides good features and still performs very well.

But if your absolute bottom line is having performance as close to perfect as possible, something else on this list may be better.

Is féidir leat níos mó a léamh faoi InterServer anseo mura bhfuil tú cinnte fós.

BigScoots is a fairly unique hosting company; it offers managed hosting only. But unlike most managed-only hosting providers, BigScoots also offers web hosting, not just dedicated or VPS hosting.

Let’s start looking at those web hosting plans. BigScoots offers more flexible pricing than most hosting companies, so let’s focus on the prices first:

Tá trí shraith: 105CC, 155CC, and Turbo Diesel. They can be paid at monthly, annually, or two-year intervals:

Now, at first glance, you might find these a bit pricey. Compared to standard web hosting, they might be, but remember that these are MANAGED web hosting plans.

And managed hosting almost always included a significant price increase. Because you’re paying extra for ease of use and customer support.

With that taken into account, these prices are not big increases from the standard web hosting price range. In fact, it’s impressive how close these are to “normal” web hosting prices, despite being managed.

But we can’t really evaluate price fully without talking about the features, so let’s look at what those numbers will get you:

The gist of the feature list is that it’s a mixed record:

On one hand, allowing up to 5 domains for the first tier alone is pretty unusual, and most sites limit the entry-level plans to one site only. So that’s a nice, unique feature.

In addition, allowing all tiers to get free daily backups, unlimited databases, mailboxes, and DDoS protection is great, and good value.

Plus, allowing a free domain registration for the second and third tiers is a nice bonus, though it’s a bit unusual to not make that available for the first tier. The dedicated IP is a nice feature as well.

But the resource allocations are where things get a bit more complicated:

First, placing a clear cap on bandwidth for each tier is unusual. But does that mean BigScoots is cheaping out on bandwidth?

Not at all:

Although most hosts claim to offer “unlimited” or “unmetered” bandwidth on comhphleananna óstála, the reality is that almost all web hosting plans come with limited bandwidth. These are usually informal limits.

So if you exceed them, there may not be an overage fee, but you may be asked—or forced—to upgrade your plan. After all, shared web hosting wouldn’t work if everyone sharing a server used as much bandwidth as possible.

So placing a bandwidth allowance isn’t that big of a deal, despite how it looks. The bigger issue is the number:

And on that note, BigScoots is still doing fine. 100GB is plenty of bandwidth for an entry-level plan. In fact, many hosting providers with “unlimited” or “unmetered” bandwidth may ask their first-tier users to upgrade if they use more than just 30 GB of bandwidth.

So being realistic, the bandwidth allowances are plenty for web hosting plans. The bigger issue is the storage, though:

Frankly, this is a larger weakness of the plans. 5GB of storage isn’t that much:

A standard (un-managed), entry level web hosting plan will usually offer AT LEAST 10GB of storage on the low side, with many hosts offering up to 50GB or simply not capping storage. This often will cost less than BigScoots’ plans as well.

So relative to competing web hosts, 5GB is kind of low, and comes at a higher price too. That’s true for the second and third tiers as well, and if you’re managing multiple websites, it might seem a bit limited.

However, it’s also common for managed hosting plans to limit storage. So it’s not a huge deal.

And that leads us to the next point: what does the “managed” part of these packages entail? How good is the ease of use and customer support?

For starters, just about everything you need taken care of can be handled by BigScoots’ staff. That includes:

Handling site migrations; handling software or CMS installations; offering recommendations; fixing broken plugins; setting up email accounts; setting up SSL; and just generally being always available to help with site issues.

The support staff are highly trained and qualified. The general approach of BigScoots is to prioritize quality of support staff over quantity, which is great for managed hosting:

To make things even smoother, BigScoots’ interface is designed to make things as easy as possible.

So all you really need to do is manage your website. That’s a nice change from standard web hosting, which is easy compared to other forms of hosting, but still requires users to do a lot of work on their own.

BigScoots is also impressive on the level of its hosting infrastructure. BigScoots is one of the increasingly rare hosting companies that manages its own data centers:

Even independent hosting companies often pay third parties to operate data centers. Independently-run data centers does not necessarily mean the security is better, but it does mean the common pitfalls of data centers run by third parties are avoided:

For example, transparency. Having just Big Scoots running things makes the hosting a lot simpler and more trustworthy. Plus, their set-up looks good, with on-site security and high redundancy in case things go wrong.

Maidir le feidhmíocht, BigScoots makes a high guarantee:

Most hosts offer an uptime guarantee, but that guarantee is usually 99.9%, with the higher end being 99.95%. Although it sounds small, there’s a BIG difference between 99.9% uptime and 99.99% uptime over the course of just a month.

Ina theannta sin, BigScoots guarantees 100% power and network uptime. So performance-wise, it’s all set.

So all-in-all, BigScoots is a pretty great web hosting option, though it may not be for everyone. If anyone is looking for hassle-free web hosting that’s still affordable, BigScoots Is é an chuid is fearr den dá shaol.

But if you’re just looking for affordable web hosting, and you’re comfortable with the responsibilities that come with regular (un-managed) web hosting, then BigScoots is probably not super cost-effective for you, as you can find more affordable hosting with better resources and even features.

Má tá tú fiosrach faoi BigScoots, is féidir leat seiceáil amach ár n-athbhreithniú domhain anseo.