Cheap and Reliable Web hosting solution Review

Find out which web hosting company offers the cheapest and reliable web hosting solution

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I have been looking for a good web hosting company who offers cheap but reliable web hosting solution for quite a while. The keywords here are cheap and reliable and for some reason these two words do not want to go together very well . If you are willing to pay big money then you have nothing to worry about… your options are endless. My focus is finding that sweet spot where reliability meets affordability. I update this page with my findings on affordable web hosting solutions. Hopefully this information will be of some help to someone looking to find a good web hosting company.

I am very strict when it comes to the reliability of the web hosting company. Server uptime is very important for anyone who has a website doing whatever business that they are doing. If your site is down when a visitor or customer goes to your site then you are losing traffic and business. In addition to losing temporary customers, if your site goes down frequently then there is a good chance that your customers will get annoyed and will try to avoid coming to your site in the future.

Most web hosting companies guarantee 99.9% Server uptime but in reality a lot of them do not deliver 99.9% server uptime that they guarantee. Most of the time you won’t even know that your site was down and you lost customers. None of your visitors complained doesn’t really mean that your site was up 100% that month.

I am particularly interested in a reseller account. A reseller account that allows you to create multiple cPanel based websites. The ability to create multiple cPanel based website is really useful as each website has individual cPanel control panel for administration purpose. Not many of the cheap web hosting companies offer reseller account with the ability to create multiple cPanel based websites.

I was with Surpass Hosting and even though they have a 99.9% uptime guarantee, recently my site has been going down frequently. When you complain to them they reply to you with the result of the UNIX ‘uptime’ command which shows the length of time the system has been up, saying our servers were up all month! The system was up all month doesn’t necessarily mean that your site wasn’t down (The CPU load could have been at 100% so it wasn’t processing any other requests and hence your site was not accessible).

I have decided to change my web hosting provider and after doing some research I found that Web Hosting Buzz offers the cheapest reseller hosting solutions and looks reliable (from their server uptime data). So I have decided to give web hosting buzz a try.

Migration to WebHostingBuzz

WebHostingBuzz offers Reseller accounts from $5 per month with some great features. They have 99.9% server uptime gurantee. You can check their server uptime history from WebHostingBuz Server Uptime figures. WebHostingBuzz website has Google page rank of 7/10 (Page Rank reflects Google’s view of the importance of the web page). I tend to use the website’s page ranking as a trust factor. A website with high Google page rank is less likely to be a fraud.

Web hosting buzz offers pretty cheap reseller account but is it reliable? It looks reliable from the Server uptime data but I will have to see how I go with them to be sure.

Update (6 Months Later)

The reseller account wasn’t doing it for me so I decided to give WebHostingBuzz.com’s Virtual Private Server (VPS) a try as my traffic has gone up heaps since I first signed up with them. The VPS upgrade was a disaster… they probably put me on an overpopulated sever so my site response time was horrible. After having a chat with their support team they made it seem like it was my fault for using WordPress. Over time my site is going to grow so it is important that the hosting solution is scalable and Web Hosting Buzz’s VPS was just a mess not to mention that they were charging $8 per month extra for using cPanel! I knew it was time for me to look for another hosting solution.

Migration to InMotionHosting

I started looking and InMotionHosting seemed to be a good hosting provider so I signed up with them and now I am really happy with my site response time and InMotionHosting charges less than WebHostingBuzz for the same plan. I later upgraded my hosting plan to a dedicated server.

Update (1 Year Later)

I am still with InMotionHosting and everything is going well. I have also signed up with MediaTemple to host some of my other sites and they seem to be really good too.

Update (2 Years Later)

I needed another hosting account for one of my new sites so this time I signed up with West Host after taking Yoast’s advice and West Host seem to be very good too. So currently I have hosting accounts from the following 3 companies and am happy with them:

Short List of Good Web Hosting Companies

Below is a list of web hosting companies that provide affordable and reliable web hosting solutions:

Which web hosting solution are you using? Are you happy with your hosting service provider? Feel free to leave your comments or suggestions in the comments area below.

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#1 by Revo1 on March 1, 2009 - 1:33 pm

I’m currently using Surpass. It’s been a couple months since you switched, so can you give us an update on how it’s been the past few? I too have experienced random down-time with Surpass, and while I like the prices, I still wish I could find a host that doesn’t go down.

#2 by Justine on March 1, 2009 - 6:05 pm

haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed

#3 by admin on March 1, 2009 - 9:38 pm

I will post an update with some site uptime data/graph.

#4 by advice hosting on April 3, 2009 - 9:21 am

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#5 by William Ahern on May 21, 2009 - 8:50 pm

The ultimate in performance and value with a variety of high-end server platforms to choose from.

#6 by professional seo on May 27, 2009 - 8:18 pm

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#7 by Evelyn Lee on September 23, 2009 - 2:51 pm

Great info. I think the main problem for most people is budgeting. It’s always about what you can afford.

#8 by Ahoura on October 2, 2009 - 8:18 am

Can you provide more information on this?
Thank you,

#9 by web hosting on November 14, 2009 - 6:56 pm

There’s a budget web hosting package offered by WebHostingBuzz that is the cheapest way to get your website online. These are ideal blog web hosting solution designed for both individual and small business users who need large amounts of disk space and bandwidth at an entry level price point.

#10 by Cheap Unlimited Hosting on November 16, 2009 - 9:20 am

My web host – webhostinguk is offering a £2.29 per month for anyone that is interested. I get freat uptime and unblieveably quick support.
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#11 by Steve Dougherty on November 23, 2009 - 8:11 am

Hostmonster & Hostgator have been very solid and most importantly, very reliable. As far as my pick for best, but not the cheapest, is by far GVO (Kiosk). Their Titanium reseller package offers the serious webmaster some awesome tools.

Autoresponder, video hosting, conference room,and much much more. The support is second to none but again it is not cheap – $45 monthly for resellers.

For WordPress blogs I would have to go with Hostmonster and/or Hostgater. Both are around 9 bucks a month with reliable up-times and outstanding support if you need it.

I’m looking forward to hearing of your hosting experience update.

Sincerely,
Steve Dougherty
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#12 by Jason on December 25, 2009 - 7:14 pm

I’m now also worried vps on hostingbuzz, I’m actually quite pleased. is cheap and fast already, so far no failures or the like
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#14 by hosting murah on January 7, 2010 - 2:18 am

Nice info. Keep giving your update.

But I think the web hosting support is also be the most important things to consider when choosing a web hosting service.

#15 by turisuna on January 13, 2010 - 11:41 am

As if I found this article earlier, I won’t confuse to choose good hosting that match with my needs. I have changed web hosting for four times since the last three year. At first they were good, unfortunately it didn’t last for long time, so I had to move from one hosting to another hosting. Now I use justhost.com. The service quite good, if I have problem they will help me till I solve the problem, they also quick in answering my question, well so far so good
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#16 by Shopper on January 24, 2010 - 6:03 pm

better than their own dedicated server does not exist, or am I wrong? well, otherwise I am bluehost can recommend you to buy domains at godaddy to hurt the most …

#17 by internet marketing experts on January 26, 2010 - 11:10 am

hi guys I would reccomend using a company called nativespace we have never had any problems with them in the past.

#18 by dictionar italian on January 28, 2010 - 11:08 am

#19 by Syme on January 29, 2010 - 6:31 am

Hi,
I have just across your blog and i agree there’s a problem with cheap web hosting and good quality customer service. I’ve heard of a company called SquirrelHost website http://www.squirrelhost.co.uk. they seem to be customer centered and i think well worth a try. They are actually focused on online CV’s but have many more packages to cater for anybody’s needs and i hear that they may be willing to do discounts on any of the top packages.
They offer a free account as well but that it for personal use, cheapest package is £12 a year, the company may also cover the DNS registering cost, usual cost of £7, so they only get £5 off you.
Their so new their website isn’t totally complete but i managed to get an e-mail address info@squirrelhost.co.uk
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#20 by video bass lessons on January 29, 2010 - 4:10 pm

I’m now also worried vps on hostingbuzz, I’m actually quite pleased. is cheap and fast already, so far no failures or the like
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#21 by Steve Dougherty on January 29, 2010 - 8:30 pm

Just a quick update on my Hosting ‘experience’. When I said in an earlier comment on this thread that GVO was in my opinion the best but not the cheapest…well I was very wrong.

Not only are they ‘not the cheapest’ but they are not the best either. While they are constantly saying how much work and money they are putting into their new ‘State-Of-The-Art’ system,something is always causing them problems. Their problems results in peoples businesses being closed.

Their customer service is the best I’ve seen but that will not bring the website visitors back to my site to become my customers. So it was time to pull the trigger and move on.

So far, the Hostgator and Hostmonster accounts I have are problem free and I’m happy to recommend them.

I’m looking forward to hearing more about your hosting experiences.

Steve D.
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#22 by Chandan on February 3, 2010 - 8:58 am

Still I did not try WebHostingBuz. I have hosting account at Hostgator. I am planning to go for a reseller account and after reading your article thinking to try WebHostingBuz once. Thanks for the information.

Have a great time
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#23 by Suni on February 14, 2010 - 1:08 pm

Who minds having reliable service at an affordable cost….I would like to go into the details of web hosting companies. Keep me updated…it’s a nice article to go through.
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#24 by website content on February 15, 2010 - 9:07 am

#25 by clever monkey on February 15, 2010 - 11:39 am

Hi All they is a lot of posts on here saying many things about hosting and it makes it hard when your clients want you to give them the best internet marketing. My job is to help clients with Hosting and i look for two things. other websites that are on the same server and make sure they is not hundreds of websites listed on a server. I am checking all these posts now and will hopefully find something that i can use to help my clients.

#26 by Cheap Web Hosting Tips on March 15, 2010 - 2:10 am

You can use low cost services like Pingdom.com to track uptime, and response times for your hosts. Being up is one thing, but having consistantly fast loading sites is another thing.

The other major factor in hosting is their support. They have to be:
A: Quick to help you (no 20 minute hold times or 2 days to email you back).
B: Competant to fix problems. This knowledge comes only after using a host for a long time.
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#27 by vijaysbhagat on March 20, 2010 - 6:08 pm

I am very strict when it comes to the reliability of the web hosting company. Server Uptime is very important for anyone who has a website doing whatever business that you are doing

#28 by ucuz hosting on March 26, 2010 - 11:21 pm

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#29 by Jasson on March 27, 2010 - 2:37 pm

I am planning for a reseller hosting business and surely I would like to try WebHostingBuz once. $5 is really affordable. Currently I am using Hostgator and I am paying $10 per month. Thanks for the help with your review.
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#30 by Notebook Review on March 28, 2010 - 7:00 am

I’m now also worried vps on hostingbuzz, I’m actually quite pleased. is cheap and fast already, so far no failures or the like
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#31 by Anangga Pratama on March 30, 2010 - 11:02 am

Well, cheap is good, but be very careful when choosing your hosting company. Do not trust any unlimited marketing heap. I prefer something solid like HawkHost or SharkSpace for once.

#32 by Ken on April 5, 2010 - 9:52 pm

I just started with K2Pages and so far so good. I probably wouldn’t have tried it, if it weren’t for the promo they’re running.

#33 by Sole F80 Treadmill on April 7, 2010 - 10:26 pm

Nice information about web hosting. I personally use Just Host for all of my web hosting, and I find the price affordable and the web hosting options sufficient for everything I need to do with my websites. I like your review of WebHostingBuz. Thanks for the lessons learned.

#34 by Mia on April 10, 2010 - 4:17 pm

Try powerhoster, they are pretty good and reliable. I will look into webhostingbuz though.

#35 by Blogs on April 15, 2010 - 9:40 pm

Great post. Thank you. I have heard horror stories of hostgator but it turns out if you have a small traffic site, you’ll be fine. You’re right to move to a VPS when you gained traffic. I’m getting there soon, so I’ll take your advice concerning WebHostingBuzz. I guess we’ll see how that goes. Thanks again!

#36 by Earrings For Men on April 17, 2010 - 7:24 am

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#37 by Yellowgrid on April 21, 2010 - 9:07 am

We have sourced web hosting facilities for our customers from many providers with varies success and reliability. It is important to look for reviews before commitiing on a hosting facility. Cheap hosting often means poor service.

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#39 by monkey fish on April 27, 2010 - 3:24 am

I would like to know if you can take other people off webhostingbuzz servers if you found that other sites on the same server had bad content like po.n. Its just when looking at Google and the rankings on Google it does say that other websites on the same server that have nothing to do with the website can mess with your rankings. We are always looking at finding hosting and ive had so many great reports about yours. Please send me some info and cost for your services.

PS great work on your information above and letting us comment here
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#40 by hp laptop motherboards on April 27, 2010 - 5:18 am

Can you be sure that cheap hosting is good for security on a online shop. we sell hp laptop motherboards all over the world and wanted to be clear on security. we also want to know if we can target Google in other areas of the world and what servers/ hosting would be the best.

cheers

Laptop motherboard website

#41 by Johnson on May 5, 2010 - 11:23 pm

I’m with greenvillehost, it’s only $40/y, it seems ok till now.
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#42 by beste reisezeit on May 20, 2010 - 10:49 am

I think i will try WebHostingBuzz.com for my international sites. So far I have a really good hoster in switzerland where I still have the start price from 2003, where now it costs about tree times the price. So this is really nice.
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#43 by Ogi Hosting Murah on May 21, 2010 - 8:10 am

I think server security is one of the most important thing to choose web hosting company
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#45 by John Media@dedicated server on June 8, 2010 - 7:50 am

I’ved been also looking for some good free hosting sites but somewhat I thought of the security of the hosting site. So this is one of the questions that came into my mind when looking for some good hosting sites, Am I sure that this hosting site offers a great security for anyone who wants to hack or distort my site? well I’m looking for one so any suggestions?

#46 by Jeff on June 8, 2010 - 8:48 am

#47 by flavioluizmelo on June 9, 2010 - 9:36 am

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#48 by PopcornWebHosting on June 12, 2010 - 9:22 am

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#49 by samsung LN40C630 on June 12, 2010 - 9:35 pm

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