Which webhost should I choose, iPage, JustHost or HostMonster?

Published December 31, 2011 | By AJ

Question:

From what I’ve read, iPage, JustHost, and HostMonster are three of the best. From what I’ve read, though, a lot of their hype comes from their simplicity tools. I don’t really need a website builder, free forums or blogs, or any of that- I know my way around enough to build my own site without any help. Pricing is another thing- if the cost of web hosting is going to be a problem, then my site is already failing at serving its purpose of making money. So what I’m really looking for is reliability, high support and few limits (I thought about goDaddy, but for their price you still have limits on space, bandwidth, databases, etc.), and easy hosting (not just a bunch of features that only make it easy if you want everything done for you).

Answer:

Nice to see someone who knows what they want and did their homework.

Out of those 3 hosts, iPage is the cheapest for unlimited web hosting. There’s a sale on right now for $2.95/mo on 2 and 3 year plans and only $3.50/mo for 1 year plans. That’s cheaper than the yearly plans at JustHost and HostMonster. The iPage control panel is vDeck. It’s sorta like cPanel, minus a few geeky things like CRON jobs. But they use the SimpleScripts script installer and that’s got more stuff than Fantastico does. Plus, they are an eco-friendly green web host and they don’t charge you extra for it like others do. You can see an iPage control panel review here.

JustHost runs cPanel with Fantastico. You may get an occasional Brit on the phone with tech support like I have a few times, but they’re easier to understand than Bangalorians in India.

HostMonster runs cPanel with SimpleScripts. Between JH and HM, I’d pick HM because of the extensive set of tools in the control panel.