General Aspects
HostMonster has been doing Internet web hosting for over ten years, now. Many web hosts that started their businesses in the late nineties when paid web services started have left the arena; HostMonster still remains a major player in the web hosting business. One reason they have remained a strong competitor to new web hosting business is there competitive pricing and the ability to offer one plan with unlimited bandwidth and unlimited server space. Even the most expensive programs on other web host sites like midPhase, limits the bandwidth and space on their servers. Web hosting services like those offered through midPhase concentrate on consumers that need dedicated servers or plans that are built for large e-commerce accounts. Although, they do offer smaller plans for individual websites and small business; they cater to the bigger crowds.
Reliability
HostMonster has been supplying their clients with uninterrupted service, a guaranteed 99.9% up time for a long time. Their servers are secure and their clients enjoy the best databases available for prompt downloads.
Support
They offer their clients numerous free tutorials, as well as a database full of information regarding frequent problems and concerns. As well, they have staff in-house, not out sourced, waiting for you to call, email, or chat live via the Internet. In most instances, there call volume allows for technicians to assist with problems within two minutes.
Plan Features and Pricing
If a cost comparison was made between the two web hosts, HostMonster would win the battle hands down. There $6.95 monthly plan features a 30 day money back guarantee with pro-rated refunds payable to consumers after the initial trial period. Whereas, midPhase has a basic $7.95 plan that does offer the 30- day money back guarantee but there is no partial refunds given after the initial trial period. So, if you’re not happy after the first month- you loose all your money. As well, during the trial period, any fees, like domain registration fees, would be taken out of your refund. The main difference here is that cost- HostMonster domain registration is only $10, whereas midPhase domain registration is $21.95.
Both offer their client’s website building tools, the software used at HostMonster is called SimpleScripts, an easy one-click installer that allows the user to download photo albums, blogs and forums. The software used by midPhase is called RVSitebuilder; these are available to linux shared hosting accounts. Tutorials are available on their website that offers an in-depth look at this website builder.
Many times midPhase will run specials on their plans, currently, they are running a $6.95 per month plan with a 2 year contract. This basic plan is called the Budget plan and allows the client up to 750,000 MB of disk space and up to 20 host domains; this is a great price. But still HostMonster offers the same low price with more features- unlimited features
HostMonster Site Screenshot (http://www.hostmonster.com)
