Complete Review of Host me Host
Florida-based private hosting company
Downtown Host, based in Sarasota in Florida, was established in 2001. It offers worldwide hosting services with five locations in the United States and one each in the Netherlands or Singapore. The company's website explains that customers will only deal with one level of operation as it is privately owned and financially funded.
High Uptime and Reliability
99.9% uptime guarantee
Customers should feel secure that their websites and servers will be up and running with three strategically placed data centers in America, the Netherlands and the United States.
These are the features
All levels of hosting have nice features
Downtown Host states, in contrast to many companies, that their operations are divided into three sections: reseller hosting, virtual private servers, and shared hosting. This distinction was very appealing to me as many of their competitors operate in an "everyone know everything" style, which is contrary to what my experience shows.
Downtown Host is known for its core values, which include quality, innovation and value. Each proposition was described in detail, demonstrating a customer-focused focus on both reseller customers and direct customers. With several testimonials supporting the claims of companies, long-term relationships have been identified as an objective.
There are eight core packages available. This ensures that all business sizes can be met. There are no hobbyist or personal offers, but the prices are fair and there are generous service categories.
Pricing
There are many options available for pricing
Downtown Host's pricing structure impressed me because it offered different pricing options for different periods of time. There is no long-term commitment. The entry-level shared copper package offers 4GB disk space and 100GB bandwidth. It also includes unlimited email addresses, add-on domains, and script libraries. This is $5.95 per month without prepayment, or $3.57 for a 3-year prepaid agreement. With a price tag of $15.95 per month, the "shared golden package" adds 20GB to disk space and unlimited bandwidth for $9.57.
VPS starting at $19.95 per Month with 394MB RAM, 768 disk swap space, and 200GB bandwidth. The software section was a little confusing as it showed the popular cPanel for an extra $15 per month. However, the checklist included the same information.
Servers that are semi-dedicated start at $60.95, and can go up to $100.95 per monthly with large resource allowances. Leasing dedicated servers starts at $220 per month and can go as high as $400 per month. Although it may appear that this is a high-end package, all dedicated servers come with an uptime guarantee of 100% and are fully managed.
All packages include free shipping and all are stored on "litespeed web servers." All packages include continuous R1soft data security, which is an additional feature and comes at a slightly higher cost than other hosting companies.
Summary
Good company, solid services
Downtown Host seems to provide solid value propositions for customers. It offers all operational aspects of hosting services to businesses and manages the entire hosting process. They offer reasonable prices and a variety of hosting options.
The pros:
- There are multiple data centers all over the globe
- Privately-owned
- There are many packages available
Cons
- When you looked, forums were not available
- It can be overwhelming to see so many different packages
