| Hosts/Plans → Features ↓ |
1. 1and1 |
2. HostDime |
3. HostGator |
4. Hostway |
5. InMotion |
6. LiquidWeb |
7. LunarPages |
8. NetHosting |
9. ResellersPanel |
10. ServePath |
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| Dual-Core XL | QC1 | Standard | TFS 800 | Essential | Webmaster Plan 1 |
Dedicated III | Mark II | Value | Business Path | |
| Processor | AMD Opteron 1218 (2 x 2.6 GHz) | Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz 8MB L2 Cache | Intel Dual Core Xeon 3040 | 2 x Intel Dual Core Xeon | Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz 1MB Cache | Intel Dual Core 3.0 GHz Hyperthreaded |
Intel Dual Core Xeon 2.66 GHz | Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz | Intel Dual Core 2.2 GHz | Intel Dual Core 2.13 GHz |
| Processor Upgrade Available? | — | Yes | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | — | — |
| Hard Drive(s) | 2 x 400 GB | 160 GB SATA (7200 RPM) | 2 x 250 GB (dual) | 2 x 160 GB SATA | 160 GB 2 x 160 GB Free 2nd HDD |
250 GB 7200 RPM SATA 8MB Cache | 200 GB | 160 GB | 2 x 320 GB SATA2 Hard Drives | 80 GB SATA |
| Hard Drive Upgrade Available? | — | Yes | Yes | Yes (2 x 250GB SATA: $10/month 2 x 500GB SATA: $40/month 2 x 1,000GB SATA: $70/month) |
— | Yes | Yes (250 GB with CPU upgrade) |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID Included? | Yes (RAID1) |
Optional Raid 1, 5, 10, 0+1 ($50 for controller + cost of secondary drive) |
Yes | Yes (RAID1) | — | Optional (RAID1, from $40/month) |
Optional ($75 setup + cost of drive) |
Optional | Optional | Optional |
| RAM | 4 GB | 1 GB DDR | 4 GB RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB DDR SDRAM | 2 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB Dual Channel RAM | 4 GB |
| RAM Upgrade Available? | — | Yes (up to 4 GB) |
Yes | Yes (4 GB: $20/month 8 GB: $60/month 16 GB: $140/month) |
Yes (Free 2 GB) |
Yes (up to 8 GB) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly Bandwidth | 3000 GB | 2000 GB | 1500 GB | 2000 GB | 1500 GB | 6000 GB | 2000 GB | 1500 GB | 1000 GB | 1500 GB |
| IP Addresses | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Additional IPs Available? | Yes (Max 7) |
Yes ($2/month each) |
Yes | Yes ($2/month each but with technical justification such as SSL, name servers or virtual machines) |
Yes | Yes ($0.5/month each) |
Yes ($3.95/month each) |
Yes ($1/month each) |
Yes (Max 9, $13.5/month) |
Yes (Max 16, using IP Justification Form) |
| Operating System(s) Available | CentOS 5, Windows, 1&1 |
CentOS 4.X/5.X, FreeBSD, Gentoo, OpenBSD, Slackware, Fedora Core, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Windows 2003 Server |
Red Hat Linux 4, Free BSD, CentOS |
CentOS Windows, |
CentOS (included) |
CentOS 5 Windows 2003 Server ($20/month) |
CentOS (included) |
CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Windows | CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu | Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora Core, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD |
| Control Panel(s) Available | Plesk, 1&1 | CPanel, Plesk ($30/month) | CPanel (included) |
Site Control Plesk 10 Domains (optional) |
CPanel (included) |
CPanel/WHM, Plesk 8 Linux, or Plesk 9 Windows (any one for $20/month) | LunarPanel CPanel, Plesk (optional) |
CPanel (included) |
ResellersPanel and CPanel (both optional) |
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| Full Root Access | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (on linux) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hardware Replacement | Yes | Yes (2-6 hrs) |
Yes (right away) |
Yes (1 hr) |
Yes (2 hrs) |
Yes (30 min) |
Yes (1 hr) |
Yes (1 hr) |
Yes (max 48 hrs) |
Yes (1 hr) |
| Uptime Guarantee | 99.99% | 99.5% | 99.9% | 100% | 99.9% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 99.9% | 100% |
| Fully Managed? | — | Yes | Yes | — (only Managed DNS) |
Yes | — | Optional (Lite $9.99/month, Intense $39.99/month) |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FTP Backup | Yes (200 GB) |
Yes | Yes (through WHM) |
Yes (50 GB) |
Yes (through Cpanel) |
Optional (50 GB - $25/month, 100 GB - $50/month) |
Yes (2 GB) |
Yes | Optional (50 GB - $25/month) |
Optional (with hardware firewall) |
| Uplink Speed | 100 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | — | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 100 Mbps | Not Mentioned (but given Speed Check Link) |
100 Mbps |
| SSH Access? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (only with full management) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Included Firewall ? |
Yes | Free CSF software firewall with cPanel server order. Juniper NetScreen 5GT hardware firewall |
Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes Optional |
Optional (Cisco ASA5505 for $100/month) |
Yes | — |
| SSL? | Yes | Optional ($50 for 1-year certificate) |
Optional | Optional (GeoTrust Quick SSL for $49.95/year) |
Optional ($99.95/year with a one time setup fee of $25.00) |
Optional ($50/year) |
Yes | Optional | — | Yes |
| Server Monitoring | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Optional (with managed services) |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 24/7/365 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free Setup? | No ($99 setup) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (with min 3 months signup) |
— | Yes | Yes (with yearly signup) |
| Discount Available? | Yes (up to $100 with yearly signup → Total yearly Savings = $100) |
Yes ($20/month for 1st server → Total yearly Savings = $240) |
Yes (20% off with coupon "Snowman" → Total yearly Savings = $525) |
Yes Free managed backup, 15% off or 2 months free (with 1 year pre-payment → Max Total yearly Savings = $438) |
Yes ($20 with semi - annual billing → Total yearly Savings = $20) |
Yes (price with Special Link = $149 → Total yearly Savings = $480) |
Yes (15% discount → Total yearly Savings = $378) |
Yes ($60 with annual billing → Total yearly Savings = $60) |
— | Yes (2 months free with annual billing → Total yearly Savings = $400) |
| Moneyback Guarantee | — | — | — | Yes (30 Days) |
Yes (30 Days) |
— | Yes (30 Days) |
Yes (30 Days) |
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| Monthly Price | $199.99 | $220 | $219 | $219 | $219.95 | $189 | $210 | $214.95 | $220 | $199.99 |