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HOW WE COMPARE WITH THE INDUSTRY'S LEADING HOSTING PROVIDER:


You've heard all the commercials and have seen all the ads, and if you are in the market for a new hosting provider chances are you have visited G o D a d d y.


BUT, before you pick a plan and sign a contract, lets take a look at what they don't offer,
and what we do offer... and all AT LOWER RATES!


For starters we offer UNLIMITED STORAGE on ALL of our Shared Hosting plans! G o D a d d y does NOT! If that's not enough to catch your interest, just look at our plan comparisons below:
Compare to their Economy Plan
Compare to their Deluxe Plan
Compare to their Ultimate Plan
Compare to Our Starter Plan
Compare to Our Business Plan
Compare to Our Corporate Plan
OURS
OURS
OURS
OURS
G O D a d d y
G O D a d d y
G O D a d d y
GUARANTEES
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Instant account activation
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  • Pre-sale and After-sale Support
  • Support Response Guarantee
Within 1 Hour!
24/7/365
Email, Phone, & Web
Within 1 Hour!
24/7/365
Email, Phone, & Web
Within 1 Hour!
24/7/365
Email, Phone, & Web
Within 1 Hour!
24/7/365
Email, Phone, & Web
"24/7 Email, Phone, & Web"
"24/7 Email, Phone, & Web"
"24/7 Email, Phone, & Web"
  • Uptime Guarantee
 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
"99.9%"
"99.9%"
"99.9%"
  • Daily Data Backup
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  • Money Back Guarantee
 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days 30 Days
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  • Monthly Price /paid annually/
 $3.25 $4.25 $7.95 $11.95
$ 4.74
$ 7.59
$ 14.24
Order Starter plan Order Business plan Order Corporate plan Order Enterprise plan
BASIC FEATURES
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Disc Space
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
10GB
150GB
Unlimited
  • Monthly Traffic
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
$8.95 $8.95 $8.95 FREE
$11.99
$11.99
$11.99
FREE FEATURES
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Free Account Set-up
Not Available Not Available Not Available Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Included Included Included Included
"Free Software"
...?
"Free Software"
...?
"Free Software"
...?
Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Openads
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • phpList
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • b2evolution
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Movable Type
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Textpattern
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • WordPress
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Maian Events
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Classifieds
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Drupal
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • fuzzylime (cms)
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Geeklog
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Joomla
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Mambo
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Moodle
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Nucleus
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Open Realty
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • php-fusion
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • phpWebSite
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • WebSiteBaker
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Xoops
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Help Center Live
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • PHPTickets
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • phpBB2
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • phpBB3
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • osCommerce
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • osCommRes
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • DOTproject
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • PHProjekt
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Mjguest
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • 4Images Gallery
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Coppermine
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Gallery2
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Plogger
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • PhpCoin
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • phpFormGenerator
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • DokuWiki
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Included Included Included Included
Some
Some
Some
Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
CONTROL PANEL
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • In-house Built Control Panel
 View Demo View Demo View Demo View Demo
Limited user Controls
Limited user Controls
Limited user Controls
  • Multi-lingual Interface (over 10 languages)
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Colour Skins
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
DOMAINS
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Hosted Domains
 1 5 Unlimited Unlimited
1
Unlimited
Unlimited
  • Subdomains
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
25
Unlimited
Unlimited
  • Parked Domains
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Extra
Extra
Extra
  • Full DNS Management
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • Custom A and MX Records
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • CNAME Records
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • AAAA/SRV/NS/TXT Records
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • Full Whois Management
 Included Included Included Included Included Included Included
  • Registrar Lock Option
 Included Included Included Included Included Included Included
  • EPP Transfer Protection
 Included Included Included Included Included Included Included
  • ID Protection
 Optional Optional Optional Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
E-MAIL SERVICES
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Mailboxes (POP3/IMAP & SMTP)
 100 500 Unlimited Unlimited
100
500
1000
  • Storage
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
100MB
500MB
1GB
  • Webmail (Horde, SupremeMail, RoundCube)
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • E-Mail Aliases
 100 500 Unlimited Unlimited
?
?
?
  • E-Mail Forwarding
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Auto-responders
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Catch-all e-mails
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Mailing Lists
 0 15 Unlimited Unlimited
?
?
?
  • Mailing List Members
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
?
?
?
  • Spam Filtering (SpamAssassin)
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • SPF Protection
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Anti-Virus protection (ClamAV)
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Custom MX Records
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
WEBSITE CONTROLS
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Advanced File Manager
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • FTP Accounts
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
50
50
50
  • FTP Manager
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • SSH/Telnet
 Optional Optional Included
Optional
Optional
Optional
  • Website Manager
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Custom Error Pages
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Custom Apache Handlers
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • Custom MIME Types
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • Password Protected Directories
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • URL Redirection Tool
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
Order Starter plan Order Business plan Order Corporate plan Order Enterprise plan
ADVANCED TOOLS
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Microsoft FrontPage Extensions
 Included Included Included Included
Optional Install
Optional Install
Optional Install
  • Dreamweaver MX Compatibility
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • PHP4/PHP5/PHP6 Support
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • MySQL v.5 Databases
 5 20 Unlimited Unlimited
10
25
Unlimited
  • MySQL Database Storage
 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
1GB
1GB
1GB
  • phpMyAdmin Access
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • PostgreSQL 8.3 databases
 Optional 5 20 Unlimited
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • PostgreSQL database storage
 0 MB 80 MB Unlimited Unlimited
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • phpPgAdmin
 n/a Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Zend Optimizer
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Perl 5.8.x
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Optional
Optional
  • Over 3400 Perl modules
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • ImageMagick & GD Library
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Python
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Included
Included
  • IonCube
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Server Side Includes
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Optional
Optional
  • SSL Certificate Generator
 Included Included Included Included
49.99
49.99
49.99
  • Cron Jobs
 0 5 Unlimited Unlimited
?
?
?
  • Add-on IP Addresses
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
WEBSITE STATISTICS
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Webalizer Web/FTP Stats
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Access Log Manager
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Error Log Viewer
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
  • Bandwidth Stats
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Traffic Stats
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • MySQL/Load Stats
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
OS & BACK-UP
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • Stable Linux with Apache
 Included Included Included Included
not default install
not default install
not default install
  • 2.5 Gbits Network Connectivity
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
  • UPS & diesel back-up generator
 Included Included Included Included
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • 24/7 Customer Support
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Phone Support
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Live Chat Support
 Included Included Included Included
Included
Included
Included
  • Integrated Ticketing System
 Included Included Included Included
?
?
?
PRICING
Starter
Business
Corporate
Enterprise
Economy
Deluxe
Ultimate
  • *Monthly price (paid annually)
 $ 3.25 $ 4.25 $ 7.95 $ 11.95
$ 4.74
$ 7.59
$14.24
  • *Annual Fee
 $ 39.00 $ 51.00 $ 95.40 $ 143.40
$ 56.88
$ 91.80
$ 170.88
Order Starter plan Order Business plan Order Corporate plan Order Enterprise plan
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*All rates are subject to change without notice, for our current rates please visit www.hgds-web.com
**Please verify all current rates and offers with G o D a d d y. Updated October 4th 2010
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