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.

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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.

When I First Started

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.

Update (3 Months Later) – 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.

Update (7 Months Later) – 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.

Update (3 Years Later)

My hosting needs continue to grow. This time I wanted to try the new cloud hosting solution mainly because it can be scaled very easily. Cloud hosting’s scaling and self healing abilities make it a very compelling solution for my needs. One thing to keep in mind is that the cloud hosting may not be suitable for people who are not familiar with UNIX systems (unless you go with a managed option which can become very expensive).

So currently I have hosting accounts from the following 4 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 Hosting Do I Recommend for Startup Business?

There are a lot of super cheap hosting packages out there but I think the hassle that comes with those can cost you way more money and time in the long run (don’t get sucked in by the *unlimited* promise). Changing web hosting is a tiresome task that you should try to avoid as much as you can. The amount of mis-configured servers that I encounter while troubleshooting Tips and Tricks HQ products is just mind boggling.

So the key is to go with a package/provider that is affordable but yet has decent quality. We recommend using the business class web hosting from Inmotion hosting (we personally use hosting from Inmotion and you are guaranteed to get a properly configured server):

http://www.inmotionhosting.com

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 Katie Dawson on August 31, 2010 - 7:48 am

I think you need to pay just a little bit extra to get the extra customer service. As with everything, you get what you pay for!
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#2 by Sushant on August 24, 2010 - 12:04 pm

I still don’t trust many hosting providers out there but hostgator still seems to be at top
.-= Sushant´s last blog ..How to use Dreamhost Promo Codes =-.

#3 by Paul on August 22, 2010 - 1:30 am

‘Cheapest and reliable’? Not to put my had in the lion’s mouth, but should people really be getting helped down that road to ruin. I may be in the minority here (but I doubt it), but I think of my web host as something akin to my company car or my personal doctor. The very life of my company relies on my web host being the best at what it is hired to do. When I restrict my choices to only those who are at the bottom of the barell price wise I’m just asking for trouble.

#4 by Mejor Hosting on August 20, 2010 - 10:23 pm

I can vouch for hostmonster.com/bluehost.com, they have great customer support and that really makes the difference. Some dumb people for sure but most are helpful.

#5 by Amelia on August 13, 2010 - 4:13 am

Great post, I think i might try WebHostingBuz and see how it goes. Thanks for the awesome information.

#6 by Jim Bruce on August 12, 2010 - 6:28 am

The article above regarding hosting has come at a very opportune time for me. I’d never heard of WebHosting Buz. I was just about to open a reseller account with Hostgator but now looking at the terms for WebHosting Buz it looks as though I may be going with them. Pricewise is appears to be ok as its cheaper but I’ll have to sit down and compare the 2 sets of figures. I don’t have any problems with Hostgator and have been with them for quite a long time now.

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#7 by Ayush Kumar on August 11, 2010 - 9:43 pm

I have used Fatcow and GoDaddy but let me tell you first about Fatcow. I have very bad experience with Fatcow, many times their email (pop3) doesn’t work and their server down several times. Even their own site fatcow.com were down for many hours. Since I have many sites, were hosted on Fatcow was a big loss.

Then I shifted to Godaddy. They says 500 email IDs can be created in their plan but you can create only 1 email if for Per Domain and for additional Email IDs you will have to pay extra $. So this is the once secret that they never reveled to any one. 2nd, Godday has issue with WP, almost 15-20 times i have noticed that all my sites that is using WP shows 503 error while I have not even installed a single plugin. When asked with their customer care support, they says issue with the wp-config file, but if that was the issue then the site itself never works.

So now I am thinking to shift my all sites to Justhost.com

One more secret, i guess very few people know about this, FatCow and IPage using the same hosting server and might be possible that any one of them is using Reseller account.
.-= Ayush Kumar´s last blog ..3 Ways to Stop Google Crawling Images =-.

#8 by Fatcow Hosting on August 10, 2010 - 6:40 am

Nice article but i have very less budget so another option for me to use this…..

#9 by Female Hair Transplants on August 4, 2010 - 5:41 pm

Thanks to this post, I may just need to switch… I’m with bluehost now, but my account expires in about 3 weeks. Thanks for the Info btw.

#10 by trying to conceive tips on July 31, 2010 - 3:22 pm

I have never heard of web hosting buzz, been using hostgator and bluehost. Will check out webhosting buzz. Thanks for the heads up

#11 by Alex Sysoef on July 30, 2010 - 2:20 pm

I don’t know – hosting is backbone of your online business and cheapest is not the best way to go about it. After all you get what you paid for. Even the regularly priced host can screw you, I can only imagine the problem other guys will create
.-= Alex Sysoef´s last blog ..Beware Of HostICan Hosting Fraud =-.

#12 by Dave Eaves on July 28, 2010 - 6:05 am

I’m glad to see Hostgator on your list as I mostly use them now and am very happy with them. I have also used Dreamhost in the past – again a very good hosting solution with the only drawback being that they do not have c-panel which is why I started using HostGator!

#13 by Paul on July 27, 2010 - 4:48 pm

I have always used godaddy and for now I’m very happy with them. If some day I have problems with them I will try out WebHostingBuz.
.-= Paul´s last blog ..How to Earn Money with LinkedIn =-.

#14 by Harshad on July 27, 2010 - 5:21 am

I have tried a few hosts and according to me, Host Gator is the best.
.-= Harshad´s last blog ..How To Protect WordPress Blog From Hackers =-.

#15 by Zoom Hosting on July 3, 2010 - 2:00 am

It’s really an impressive posting. I liked it & think that it will be helpful for others. Keep up the good work. Good luck

#16 by Ayush Kumar on July 3, 2010 - 12:48 am

Thanks dude for sharing good hosting companies name. I have used Fat cow that is totally useless, most of the time their server down, mysql dont work properly. Last year I shifted to GoDaddy and that also not working good, some times MySQL dont run and say 500 internal server error. I informed them many times but they says problem is with WP-Congig File, if that is the case then it shouldn’t run at all. Now I am planning to shift my all 45 sites to inmotionhosting.com
.-= Ayush Kumar´s last blog ..Google Doodle Football Photos =-.

#17 by dany deen on June 29, 2010 - 4:11 am

i have alot of issues with my host, you gave me alot to thinks about… thanks.
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#18 by John@Venapro on June 23, 2010 - 3:03 pm

I still think that Hostgator is the best on the market and Godaddy has quickly become my enemy!
.-= John@Venapro´s last blog ..Venapro – A Must Read Exclusive Review =-.

#19 by decoupage on June 15, 2010 - 7:39 am

Thanks for the list of reliable and cheap web hosting companies! I’ll try one of them and give you a feedback. Bye

#20 by iluminação on June 15, 2010 - 7:36 am

I’ll consider change my account to reseller after read this post. It was a good insight!!

#21 by Whiteboardfolie on June 15, 2010 - 6:46 am

Very nice Post. Best regards George

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

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

Nice post, it is always about money.=)

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

Nice tip for webhosting cost save.

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

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

#26 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?

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#28 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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#29 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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#30 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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#31 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

#32 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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#33 by pilkada ponorogo on April 24, 2010 - 12:35 pm

an article that could give me insight was puzzled to find a robust hosting. Thanks …

#34 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.

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

I am a customer of Webhosting Buzz. I have a reseller account and I am generally pleased with their hosting. I have experienced down time but it was only shortly. If you want to go for Webhosting Buzz, then don’t forget to find discount coupons online.

#36 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!

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

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

#38 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.

#39 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.

#40 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.

#41 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
.-= Notebook Review´s last blog ..MSI A5000-222US 15.6-inch Notebook =-.

#42 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.
.-= Jasson´s last blog ..Welcome to Expert Word Press! =-.

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

the cheapest web hosting. 10 dollars / year.

#44 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

#45 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.
.-= Cheap Web Hosting Tips´s last blog ..Cheap FrontPage Hosting =-.

#46 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.

#47 by website content on February 15, 2010 - 9:07 am

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.

#48 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.
.-= Suni´s last blog ..Sole F80 Treadmill =-.

#49 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
.-= Chandan´s last blog ..Earn Money From Home – Let’s Get Real With It =-.