FatCow Web Hosting Review

2 Positive Reviews
0 Negative Reviews
Overall Rating 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 [ 4.70 ]
Disk Space 5 5 5 5 5 [ 5.00 ]
Bandwidth 5 5 5 5 5 [ 5.00 ]
Customer Support 4 4 4 4 4 [ 4.00 ]
Reliability  4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 [ 4.50 ]
Price  5 5 5 5 5 [ 5.00 ]
FatCow Web Hosting Profile

The interesting and creative FatCow hosting website offers a single plan for all hosting needs since 1998. For $66 per year, this hosting solution offers a robust, all-inclusive platform for hosting both personal and business websites. Integrated free tools and features increase the hosting package’s value for customers seeking low-cost yet feature-rich web hosting services. A 30-day money-back guarantee solidifies the hosting provider’s claims.

Support Services

An FAQ page offers answers to popular questions, while the online knowledge base and tutorials provide further information on the hosting platform, site management and additional features. The ticket-based help desk system can be accessed by existing customers. Live chat, telephone and email support are also available.

Web User Interface/Control Panel

The customizable control panel used by FatCow hosting is based on vdeck. Simplified options and easy navigation are key attributes of the web user interface. In ascending order, the panel displays management areas for the website, email and domains, while the left and top navigation menus provide easy access to extras, tools and support services.

Technical Features & Specifications

Unlimited disk space, bandwidth, email accounts, hosted domains per account and MYSQL databases combined with site building tools, marketing tools, support for evolving technologies, add-on software and full backup services provide the all-inclusive technical specifications and features in FatCow hosting.

POP3 and Webmail accounts with spam filtering and a newsletter management tool are part of the email features. PHP, CGI directory, Python and scripting are well-supported by FatCow.  Site enhancement applications for installation include WordPress, Gallery2, phpBB, Gbook and Joomla.

The hosting platform is supported by load-balancing, daily server backups and 24/7 monitoring.

Free Scripts, Tools & Extras

Starting with a free domain name, FatCow provides a range of extras  for free. A website builder tool, ShopSite online store, PayPal shopping cart integration, site enhancement software such as blogging platforms (WordPress), image galleries, poll and survey tools, guest books, discussion boards and content management systems are available as free add-ons.

Marketing tools such as $50 worth Google Adwords credit and $25 worth Yahoo Search Marketing, as well as an array of e-commerce tools help with site promotion, at no additional expense from your pocket.

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FatCow Web Hosting Plans

FatCow Original Hosting Plan


Shared Plans


Pricing details

Price per month $3.67
Setup fee $0

Web hosting plan details

Moneyback guarantee 30 days
Disk space Unlimited
Transfer per month Unlimited
Uptime Guarantee Yes
Number of subdomains Unlimited
E-mail accounts Unlimited
Mailing lists Unlimited
Operating system Linux
Web Server Apache
Primary database MySQL

Server Features

Access to raw logs
Custom Error Pages
Backup
FrontPage server extensions
FTP Accounts
Password Protected Directories
Shared SSL
Streaming audio support
Streaming video support
Usage stats (Webalizer, AWStats, Urchin)

Development Features

Cron jobs
MySQL 4.x
MySQL 5
Perl/CGI
PHP 4
PHP 5
Python

General Features

Google Adwords
Yahoo PPC Credit
Domain parking
Free domain
Merchant Account
Online support (chat/email/message board)
Phone support
Website Builder
vDeck

Email Features

Autoresponders
Spam Protection
Webmail

Pre-installed Softwares

Cube Cart
Joomla
osCommerce
PHPBB
Shopping cart
WordPress
Zen Cart


 


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2 Responses to “FatCow Web Hosting Review”

  • Susan says:
    Overall Rating  5 5 5 5 5
    Disk Space  5 5 5 5 5
    Bandwidth  5 5 5 5 5
    Customer Support  5 5 5 5 5
    Reliability  5 5 5 5 5
    Price  5 5 5 5 5

    They helped me a lot to setup my own phpbb forum. They also instructed some security update with phpbb and also taught me how to backup database easily. I mean this is what an end user wants from hosting provider, a great service.

  • Ahmed says:
    Overall Rating  4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4
    Disk Space  5 5 5 5 5
    Bandwidth  5 5 5 5 5
    Customer Support  3 3 3 3 3
    Reliability  4 4 4 4 4
    Price  5 5 5 5 5

    Fatcow hosting is one of the best green hosting out there. except minor problems at the beginning, I never had any difficulty.

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