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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CoolHandle Hosting Profile

CoolHandle Hosting is an established, green and eco-friendly hosting company that offers Linux hosting, Windows hosting, reseller hosting and dedicated servers. The company’s aim is to guarantee customer satisfaction as well as cater to the ever-changing scenario in the area of web hosting services. Over the years, CoolHandle Hosting has proved to be reliable with advanced, dependable Intel-based servers for increased stability. Plans start as low as $4.95 a month. CoolHandle Hosting is also a winner of the “affordable web hosting” award. A 30-day money-back guarantee accompanies all hosting plans offered by CoolHandle Hosting.

Support Services

Pronet Hosting offers 24 x 7 customer support. CoolHandle Hosting understands the critical nature of your business and provides full technical support. An online knowledgebase and flash tutorials provide additional help. The client area is very informative and users can edit details, avail new services, view billing information or check out the availability of domains or the status of the server.

Web User Interface/Control Panel

As a client, you have access to a control panel based on cPanel and can easily administer your site or even create forums, blogs or photo galleries. Resellers have the added benefit of the WHM feature for easy administration of their client accounts.

Technical Features/Specifications

The technical features include 1000 GB bandwidth and 100 GB disk space storage, lifetime free domain, and hosting of 100 domains on one account. CoolHandle Hosting provides fast bandwidth speeds to its clients, ensuring speedy connectivity to the Internet. Web hosting features include RAID-Protected Storage Space, 100 domains, MySQL, Perl, PHP 4/5, Ruby on Rails, etc.

Based on the plan selected, you may also get free instant setup and dedicated IP address. All plans are supported by high performing servers that run on the CentOS operating system.

Free Scripts, Tools and Extras

CoolHandle Hosting offers built-in osCommerce, Cube Cart and Zen Cart shopping cart, free domains forever, unlimited email storage, secure login for webmail access and spam filters. Additionally, CoolHandle Hosting accepts payments through PayPal and offers SSL-Shared Secure Certificate features. CoolHandle Hosting maintains multiple Tier-1 upstream providers and currently have three such providers allowing them to route around outages.

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GlowHost Webhosting Profile

GlowHost offers a range of hosting solutions for shared, virtual private server, dedicated and reseller hosting requirements. Starting with the most basic package priced at $4.99 per month, GlowHost which is powered by eco-friendly and green energy has packaged their hosting services in different ways to offer reasonably priced, reliable and quality hosting for both personal and business websites of varied sizes, features and technologies. All types of hosting provided by GlowHost are separated into three levels with incremental capacity and features according to the specific chosen package.

Support Services

Since GlowHost offer a good array of hosting packages, it has become a necessity to provide a variety of support options for existing and potential customers. Starting with online video tutorials, a knowledgebase and community forums for general user support, the options go on to include a ticket-based help desk system, live chat, telephone and direct email support.

Web user Interface/Control Panel

With GlowHost, you get three options for control panels. First, the majority of hosting accounts are provided with a built-in cPanel interface for account and site management. VPS hosting accounts can be either cPanel, Plesk or without a control panel, as per your own preference. If you choose reseller hosting, you are offered cPanel/WHM. So, the choices are good, user-friendly and convenient for  different types of users.

Technical Features & Specifications

Backed by a 99.9% uptime guarantee and nightly backups, the web hosting solutions by GlowHost offer different technical features and specifications for each package. Some do share a few features, but overall, a comparison is necessary before you buy any particular hosting account. Disk space can vary from 2.5 GB to unlimited, while the data transfer capacity starts at 50Gb and goes up to unlimited as well. Further unlimited features include the number of domains hosted in a single account and MySQL databases.

Between 20 and unlimited POP email accounts, one-click script installation, web site builder tools, e-commerce features and many others are also available.

Free Scripts, Tools & Extras

The free scripts and tools available with GlowHost accounts depend and vary greatly according to the specific hosting package. For instance, the basic hosting packages offers a cPanel control panel and therefore the user has the option of installing Fantastico scripts and several other pre-installed scripts are provided for CGI support. But, if you choose VPS hosting, the free scripts are offered by Application Vault because the control panel is Plesk.

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