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| "If you take the time to compare our services with the other hosting companies out there, you'll see the ProHosting advantage." | ||
| ProHosting Corporation |
AT&T Small Business Hosting
Service |
bCentral
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ConcentricHost
XO Communications |
IBM Global Small Business | Interland |
Verio |
Web2010 | |||||
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Monthly cost: basic shared plan |
$17.95 | $25.00 | $19.99 | $19.95 | $24.95 | $19.95 | $24.95 | $19.99 | ||||
| Provides Free Web Hosting solutions | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
No | ||||
| Banner Exchange |
Yes |
No |
Yes | No |
... | No |
No |
No | ||||
| Setup Fee | $0.00 | $50.00 | $0.00 | $50.00 |
... | $40.00 |
$50.00 |
$39.00 | ||||
|
Bandwidth Allocation |
15 | 2 | 0.5 | 5 | ... | 10 | 3 | 5 | ||||
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Drive Space |
200 Megs | 40 Megs | 40 Megs | 100 Megs | ... | 150 Megs | 40 Megs | 100 Megs | ||||
| Web site-hosting facilities |
San Jose, CA; Provo |
Middletown, VA; New York; Phoenix; San Diego; Birmingham, U.K. |
Seattle |
Chicago; Irvine, CA; San Jose, CA; Washington, DC; Amsterdam;
London |
Schaumburg, IL (shared); >100 worldwide |
Atlanta |
Alexandria, VA; Chicago; Dallas; Detroit; Houston; Los Angeles;
San Francisco; San Jose, CA |
Atlanta; Herndon, VA; Orlando, FL; San Jose, CA | ||||
| Shared servers in a high-reliability cluster |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Server Backup | Daily | Daily | None | Daily | Daily | Daily | Daily | Weekly | ||||
| Restore Capability | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Reseller Programs | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Windows 2000 plans | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (dedicated server only) | ||||
| Unix-based shared hosting |
Apache |
Apache |
None | Solaris | AIX | Red Hat Linux 6.1 |
BSD, BSDi, FreeBSD, Linux |
Apache Stronghold 1.3.6 (Web server), BSDi 4.01 (OS) | ||||
| Supports user-provided CGI/ASP scripts** |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Approval for personal ASP/CGI scripts** |
Yes: CGI | No | N/A | No | N/A | No | No | No | ||||
| Languages accepted |
All | Perl only | None | All | None | All | All | All | ||||
| Multimedia content types supported |
RealMedia | RealMedia | None | Flash, Java, Windows Media Player | None | RealMedia, Windows Media Player* | RealMedia, Windows Media Player | RealMedia (optional) | ||||
| Supports FrontPage 97/98/2000/XP |
Yes Yes Yes | Yes Yes No | No No Yes | Yes Yes Yes | Yes Yes Yes | No Yes Yes | Yes No Yes | Yes Yes Yes | ||||
| Databases supported |
MySQL with PHP or Perl | Flat-file database | None | Access, MS SQL | None | Access, MySQL, SQL Server | Access, FoxPro, or SQL Server with WinNT; MS SQL or MySQL with Unix | Access or SQL Server with Win NT; MySQL with Unix | ||||
| ODBC DSNs self-management |
No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| POP e-mail accounts available |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Basic Plan Accounts | Unlimited | 10 | N/A | 20 | N/A | Unlimited | 10 | Unlimited | ||||
| Monthly cost for extra accounts |
N/A | $2.50 each | N/A | $2 each | N/A | N/A | $1 each | N/A | ||||
| Web-based interface for e-mail account access |
Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes (for some plans) | Yes | ||||
| SMTP or send mail capabilities |
Yes | No | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Number of e-mail forwarding accounts |
Unlimited | 1 per account | N/A | 1 per account | N/A | Unlimited | 10 and up | Unlimited | ||||
| E-mail account self-management |
Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Limitable users' mailbox size |
No | No | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Auto-responders | Unlimited | Yes | N/A | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| List management system |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (dedicated server only) | ||||
| Central Web-based administration page |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Telnet site administration |
No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes(Unix Accounts) | Yes | Yes | ||||
| FTP access |
Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| ANonymous FTP |
Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (on request) | ||||
| Password-protect directories |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Create custom error messages |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| FTP generates separate log files |
Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Traffic reporting system |
Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Raw log file access |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes(analog only) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Reliability records |
No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes (on request) | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Claimed uptime percentage |
99.9% | 99.0% | No | 100.0% | No | 99.9% | 99.0% | 99.0% | ||||
| Secure (SSL) pages |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| E-commerce |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Credit card authorization plan |
Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Toll-free technical support | No (801) 226-5252 | 888-907-9283 | None | 800-424-0532 | 888-426-0336 | 800-214-1460 | 888-438-8374 | 888-932-2010 | ||||
| Hours (eastern time) |
24 hours, 7 days |
24 hours, 7 days | N/A |
24 hours, 7 days |
9:00-8:00 M-F |
24 hours, 7 days | 24 hours, 7 days | 24 hours, 7 days | ||||
| Response time for online support |
24 hours | 24-48 hours | 72 hours | 24-48 hours | N/A | 24-48 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | ||||
| * Except on the
cheapest
plan. ** ProHosting does not offer ASP support. N/A--Not applicable: The service does Not support this feature. |
Sources: | PC Magazing Vol. 19, No. 19 ProHosting's Inquery of Competitors ProHosting's own information |
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