IPage, Hostgator, or Fatcow
Which Is The Best Web Hosting?
Question:
What is the best out of all of these. Please don’t recommend any other web hosts.I’m choosing one of these three.
Answer:
All three are good companies and all have unlimited hosting plans. You’ll also find lots of scripts to install on your site in the control panel. All three of them have the popular 1-click WordPress installations so if you plan on settin up a blog, it will be hecka easy to do.
iPage and FatCow are the same company with the same web hosting plans, just different marketing strategies and pricing. iPage is cheaper, so pick it if you pick either one of those. Both use the vDeck control panel. If you just “want to build a website or blog” and you’re not a power webmaster who doesn’t need all kinds of geeky tools in the control panel, then pick one of these two. They also offer free domain names.
HostGator is good and you can save 25% if you use coupon code HGFOR25LESS. HG uses the cPanel control panel. It has more features and vDeck and you can schedule CRON jobs, if you need to. HG does not offer free domain names. It’s one of the few hosts that doesn’t.
No Inodes
Ever hear of inodes? Inodes are files. Everything on your hosting account has a file of some type. Email, web pages, images, scripts, etc. and they all add up. HostGator has a 250,000 inode limit and iPage and FatCow don’t even count them. I checked with support just to be sure. So if you’re going to be hosting a lot of files, pick IP or FC.
Here are some of the top iPage features:- Unlimited hosting space
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Unlimited email accounts
- Unlimited domains allowed
- Unlimited MySQL databases
- Unlimited files (inodes) allowed
- Free domain name
- Easy to use web hosting control panel
- Easy SimpleScripts script installer for blogs, CMS, forums, photo galleries and more
- Drag and drop website builder
- Multi-media support for audio, video, music, Flash, and Shockwave
- Step by step tutorials
- Powered by 100% green wind energy
- Anytime moneyback guarantee
