Top 10 Premium Web Hosts


Top 10 Premium Web Hosts



The premium web hosting services offer consumers and businesses a tremendous long-term advantage. They tend to be more stable and more able to handle higher traffic levels. In addition, virtual and dedicated servers are not affected by traffic from other users. So if you have big plans for your blog, here's a good time to investigate the best premium web hosting options.

Let's look at the top 10 most popular web hosts.

1. Site 5

In addition to traditional shared hosting and resellers, Site5 offers premium services like Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Servers, and Cloud Virtual Servers (CVS).

Both VPS and CVC are a powerful way to run your online business. The beauty of cloud hosting is that it is scalable as your traffic grows. With Site5 you can easily develop your server capabilities. It offers a sliding price scale - starting at $ 55 per month - which has eleven (11) levels of server capability. One of the VPS options that are managed at $ 72 per month includes the following:

� 2 VPS core processors.
� 1 GB memory
� 50 GB disk space
� Bandwidth 800 GB
� Customizable Site Admin
� Remote Backup (up to 30 days of files)
� 1 Free IP address ($ 3 per additional IP)

2. Rackspace

Rackspace is a leader in premium web hosting and advertising itself as the largest managed cloud provider. Their prices are mainly based on usage making it more difficult to price their offerings as accurate as other companies. Choose from the following hosting options:

� Public cloud
� Hybrid clouds
� Private cloud
� Contact sales to discuss your requirements and accurate pricing.

Their marketing is strong. They have given their technical support as "Fanatical Support" and employed more than 3,000 cloud specialists and more than 675 software specialists (Microsoft, Red Hat, Cisco, VMWare).

The Rackspace infrastructure is so powerful and stable than a number of smaller hosts use Rackspace servers for their clients. Rapid Deploy dedicated server packages start at $ 469 per month.

3. HostGator

HostGator is one of the most famous web hosting companies in the world, having built its reputation through a beginner shared hosting service. However, if you have achieved a growth spurt for your business and received good traffic (ie 25,000 monthly visitors or more), the company offers a range of dedicated server and VPS solutions.

HostGator's entry-level VPS solution, Snappy 1000, offers 1 core processor, 1 GB RAM, 60 GB Disk Space, 1 TB Bandwidth, 2 IP addresses and fully managed service options. Snappy 2000, Snappy 4000 and Snappy 8000 move you to 2 Core Processors and larger memory, bandwidth, and memory allocations. There are four (4) levels of dedicated server options, both with Linux and Windows servers. The benefits of HostGator include:

� Unlimited domains, email accounts, FTP accounts and MySQL databases.
� Free weekly offsite backups.
� Full root access
� The fully managed hosting space (via cPanel or Plesk).
� Genuine English speaking technical support.
The price of VPS (Snappy 1000) starts from $ 15.98 per month. Dedicated server (Basic) starting from $ 69.60 per month. Seasonal discounts up to 50% are common in HostGator.

4. 1 & 1 VPS Hosting

1 & 1 is a great web host that offers great and scalable custom solutions. The server data center is located in the United States and monitored 24/7. "No forced freeze" means your data will always be available to visitors to your site. Remember that some hosts deliberately slow or even stop your website if you receive "too many visitors" at once.

Another great feature of 1and1.com managed to host is that it offers guaranteed and dynamic RAM. Having the minimum amount of minimum RAM set to your site is important to ensure your visitors are served regardless of the volume of site traffic. The management plan of 1 & 1 S high level consists of:

� Security with SSL Certificates.
� 4 GB of dedicated RAM.
� 4 core x 2.1 GHz.
� 2x 750GB Web space.
� RAID-1
� Unlimited database
� And many more features are added.
Prices start from $ 34.99 per month for Performance S (first 6 months, $ 69.99 monthly thereafter) and increase to $ 124.99 per month for Performance XL (first 3 months, $ 249.99 monthly thereafter with optional 2x 240 GB Intel� SSD added to SATA 2x 2000 GB).

5. WebHostingBuzz

Like many other premium service providers, WebHostingBuzz also offers a variety of hosting - from shared to VPS to dedicated.

If you are unsure of your hosting needs, you may want to consider hosting it's VPS Level 1. Prices start at $ 14.95 per month and you can upgrade to VPS level 2 to 7 as needed. If you choose a dedicated server, you will actually get a dedicated physical server to manage your site only. VPS1 offers the following:

� 1 CPU Core Processor.
� 1 GB RAM (Memory)
� 20 GB disk drive
� 250 GB including bandwidth
� 1 IP address
Remember that virtual and dedicated servers need to be managed. While some hosts include it in their monthly/annual fees, WebHostingBuzz charges it as an additional charge. Call ahead for confirmation, but we recommend that you buy bulk technical support for around $ 50 / month up to 5 hours. Prices start at $ 119 per month for dedicated servers. WebHostingBuzz offers 24/7 technical support via chat or helpdesk tickets and will contact you back for urgent matters.

6. Rocket Host

If you have a budget, HostRocket offers several dedicated server solutions that let you stop worrying about bandwidth limits. The tightly-bolted 32GB INTEL E5-2620 solution offers 12 visible core processors, 32 GB of memory, 2x500 GB HDD or 2x120 GB SSD, 100 TB of bandwidth, 100 Mbit Uplink and Free RAID 1. Get 24/7/365 support technology and 99.5% uptime guarantee.

HostRocket's dedicated server solution currently ranges from $ 119 to $ 169 per month (32 GB INTEL E5-2620 is $ 129 per month). Additional services such as extra cPanel and SSL certificates and custom server configurations are available on request.

7. MyHosting.com

MyHosting is a VPS specialist offering many virtual servers and virtual private virtual server options. For businesses, virtual servers give you the resources needed to handle large traffic flows. Like any other company, upgrading to a more powerful solution is easy. MyHosting only makes more resources available for your account and site. Consider the promoted VPS for Business PPSK option (starting from $ 27.51 monthly).

� 11 Virtual Processors (VCPUs).
� Full root access
� 1 GB of Guaranteed RAM
� 40 GB Guaranteed Disk Space.
� 600 GB Bandwidth @ 100 Mbps *.
� 1 free IP address
� Backup Disaster Recovery.
� No throttling and burstable up to 100 Mbps.

Another feature that makes MyHosting stand out:

� 100% Uptime Guarantee.
� Under 2 minutes Phone & 1-hour Email response.
� 30 day Money Back Guarantee.
� No throttling and burstable up to 100 Mbps.

8. IX Web Hosting

IX Web Hosting offers multiple virtual private servers and dedicated hosting solutions. You can choose from the cPanel or Plesk control panel. CPanel is most common in shared niche hosting and is used by HostGator and Bluehost. It makes managing your site/server easy and hassle-free.

There are two popular Windows and two popular Linux-based VPS plans. Windows X4 options start from $ 69.95 per month for promotions and offers:

� Core 4x CPU
� RAM is guaranteed 768M
� 1500 GB Data Transfer.
� 50 GB storage
� 2 special IP
� Plesk Control Panel 10
� Full Root / Admin Access.
� A comparable $ 15 Linux solution is cheaper.

IX Web Hosting also offers high-end cloud hosting. Their "white box" access gives you full root level access to manage your server completely. Cloud hosting starts from $ 99.99 per month.

9. Media Temple

Media Temple offers a number of premium hosting services. Popular for online businesses is the VPS hosting platform managed by Media Temple. Level 1 DV starting at $ 55 per month and includes:

� 2 GB of RAM.
� 30GB Storage.
� 2 TB Bandwidth.
� Choice of Odin Pleak or cPanel control panel.

This special option starts at $ 2,000 per month, so unless you are going to solve Fortune 1000, progressing through the VPS level is probably the best bet here.

10. VPS.net

Focus VPS.net is a virtual private server solution, especially cloud-based hosting. The server is sold by a node. As you add more nodes, CPU, RAM, disk space, and bandwidth all increase. Benefits of using premium cloud hosting VPS.net:

� Launch your server in minutes.
� Uptime 99.9%.
� Isolated, Safe Environment.
� Resources are assured
� 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.

The minimum VPS configuration starts at $ 15 per month, does not take into account seasonal discounts, prepaid annual fees, coupons etc. However, the company recommends a two-node solution with unlimited bandwidth ($ 40 per month). A fair starting point may be a $ 30 plan, which includes two nodes (CPU core), 1 GB of RAM, 6 TB of bandwidth, and 20 GB disk drive.

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