PowWeb is a privately owned web
hosting company established in 1999. PowWeb's
whole infrastructure was built and developed in-house
and all of their equipment is managed by their
own personnel.
This company has a unique selling proposition;
they only have one hosting plan, called One Plan.
One of the top business hosting companies in the
industry, PowWeb prides itself on offering a feature-rich
product at an affordable price to aid in the development
of your business. Further backing up this statement,
PowWeb has just increased the disk space to a
huge 300 GB and 3000 GB data transfer while reducing
their price to $5.77/mo.
Their customer support and overall performance
is second to none, as we have received no complaints
about a lack of reliability or prolonged downtime.
Best Business Hosting 2005 PowWeb is a one stop shop for business web hosting that includes everything you need to set up and run your online business, including access to PowWeb technical expertise, 650 email addresses, an online shopping cart and reliable load balanced server platform - all for one low price.
Price Value
As far as we're concered, this plan is right up there with iPowerWeb. Their pricing structure is a little different than we've seen with other hosting providers. PowWeb only offers one plan, at $5.77/month. This is a limited time promotional rate.. This package now includes 300 GB of webspace and 3000 GB of bandwidth for all new and existing customers. Also included are features such as FrontPage Extensions, MySQL Database, in-depth web statistics, spam filters, and email virus scanning, making their hosting package a real value.
Reliability
PowWeb employs a load balanced hosting technology, making downtime practically impossible. This technology distributes the load of a single website across multiple servers. If one server goes down, there is no noticeable effect on end users and no downtime. This hosting company invests continually in the infrastructure of its datacenters, providing you with unquestionable reliability and support. They employ redundant networks, and hardware consisting of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks equipment. Exclusively using Dell servers, known for their dependability, also boosts PowWeb's reputation as a reliable web host.
Control Panel
PowWeb Hosting has developed their own custom control panel software, which is called the Member Operations Center or "OPS". It offers lots of features and has a good "back-end community" with very popular customer support forums and webmaster resource areas. However, when faced with this custom developed control panel over the widely accepted CPanel or Plesk, you quickly realize that it is not the easiest panel to set up and use. There are components that do not come installed and the interface is not as clean and easy to use as the other control panels. Perhaps an update is in order...
Customer Support
PowWeb's technical support is now available 24/7 via toll free phone, email or live chat. This is what we look for in a top quality host. Similar to other hosting companies is PowWeb's 30-day money back guarantee if you are unsatisfied with their product. They also have a vBulletin message board that will allow you to ask presale questions and support questions, so other users may help you. Employing community forums and live chat capabilities heightens the effectiveness of PowWeb's customer service team, making it a better choice than most hosting companies. PowWeb has recently taken its customer suggestions and improved its customer support techniques. They have become more attentive to customer needs, and developed a customer support system that is one of the best in the industry.
Hosting Plans
Linux/UNIX Hosting Plan
PowWeb: 300 GB disk space, 3000 GB bandwidth @ $5.77/month* Limited time pricing
Price Value
StartLogic's budget package has one of the lowest prices
around for the value. For $4.95 you get 300 GB disk
space and 3000 GB bandwidth for not 1 but 10 domains.
Free bonuses like $50 Google AdWords credit and $50
Yahoo! Search Marketing credit pump up the value even
more.
This basic package (and all subsequent packages) come
feature-packed. You'll get unlimited email accounts,
a choice of secure shopping carts (including PayPal's),
Frontpage extensions, browser-based email and a web
hosting control panel, plus log files, site stats, and
MySQL, PHP, PerlScripts and CGI-BIN support.
Your account comes with free multimedia features included,
like real audio and video, streaming audio, Macromedia
Shockwave, MIDI File Support and MIME types. You'll
get a complete FTP manager with backup and password
protection, a website builder loaded with templates,
plus a publisher and a logo and slogan editor. You'll
get unlimited POP3 emails, forwards and autoresponders.
The promotional tools that come with StartLogic's hosting
packages are among its greatest features. Get a 500+
page marketing manual, a search engine positioner and
submitter, Meta Tags and Keywords Generators, a Link
Checker, and $50 matching credit for advertising. In
a way, it seems like StartLogic gives you everything
but the computer.
Reliability
StartLogic has a no-questions-asked 30 day money back
guarantee and stands behind a solid 99.9% uptime guarantee
all the time. Their Los Angeles-based datacenter is
a custom-designed facility that uses redundant optical
fiber connections and multiple internet backbone providers.
Careful attention was paid to environmental controls,
with HVAC temperature control systems, raised floors,
redundant power, UPS backup and power conditioning systems
and generators. They use state of the art video surveillance,
motion sensors, biometric access controls, security
breach alarms, and smoke detection and fire suppression
methods.
Control Panel
Users will enjoy StartLogic's easy to use VDECK 2.0
control panel that, with large icon-based buttons, gives
you versatility and control over all aspects of your
account, from administrative to creative. All from its
one crisp, clean, and powerful interface you can build,
publish, and market your websites, set up shopping carts,
install scripts, and manage your email account. Help
information on all VDECK features are accessible directly
from the control panel itself.
Customer Support
StartLogic has live web chat support, which is our hands-down
favorite way to get help. Choose from 24/7 x 365 award-winning
live chat, toll-free telephone, and email tech support.
They run a comprehensive Support Center with a troubleshooting
tour, an email query ticket system, a Getting Started
guide, a Community Forum, an Announcement Board, and
a categorized and searchable Knowledgebase/FAQ. They
also run a convenient Additional Services page from
where you can change your account domain name, add sub
domain names, order SSL certificates, add disk space,
databases and/or bandwidth, park domains and otherwise
manage your account.
Hosting Plans
Linux/UNIX Hosting Plans
Prologic: 300 GB disk space, 3000 GB
bandwidth @ $4.95/month (up to 10 domains) Virtual Server: 20000 MB disk space,
1 TB bandwidth @ $29.95/month (multi-domain hosting) Dedicated Server: 40000 MB disk space,
500 GB bandwidth @ $99.00/month
Windows Hosting Plan Windows Hosting: 2000 MB disk space,
60 GB bandwidth, ASP, .net CGI-BIN Support, ACCESS database
@ $8.95/month
