Expert Overview
Nice hosting with an environmentally friendly focus
Biz.nf Web Hosting is a site that provides eco-friendly green hosting solutions with free and low-cost options for hosting and domain services. They promise no banner advertisements, no banner ads, and no other forced ads on their pages even though they offer free services. They offer VPS solutions, low cost SSL certificates, and other free- to low-cost web service choices. Bz.nf Web Hosting is better for personal or very small business use as their infrastructure cannot support anything much bigger. However, with a number of free options, it is a good option for start-ups and small web hosting preferences.
Additionally they offer personal and business plans at a very low cost and each option has corresponding features included in the purchase price, with the business plan offering the most options to you and the free options being quite limited. Additionally, Biz.nf offers website builders with different builders available depending on your package you prefer. Each plan also offers a support system with 24/7 support through ticketing, FAQs, and live chat.
Uptime & Reliability
Good quality hosting with 99.9% uptime guarantee
Their reliability is at a minimum 99.9% uptime. They do not guarantee a 99.9% uptime for the free hosting services, however, it is guaranteed with the paid plans. They do not host their free and paid clients on the same web servers therefore they can guarantee a higher uptime for the paying clients. They separate their free and paid servers in order to provide better customer service, reliability and customer support for their paying clients.
Features
Mostly typical features with a few nice perks
Biz.nf presents a host of free services such as hosting, domain registration, and website building. The free plans include 250MB of web space and 5000MB of data transfer, 1 free domain hosting, and a slew of other features that only increase with each bigger plan you purchase. Additionally, each plan offers site builders, data backups, no advertisements, green eco-hosting, a multitude of basic email features, website management, and 24/7 support. Additionally, with each paid plan you get a top level domain (.com, .net, etc).
Support
Surprisingly good support for a free hosting company
Biz.nf offers 24/7 support for both free and paid plans with a ticketing, live chat, and a self-help support center with 24/7 access. They suggest opening a separate ticket in order to address each issue. They do not mention any time frame in which they answer said tickets, and the site seems to rely heavily on their support and help section of the page hosting account Control Panel.
Pricing
Some free hosting with extras costing money
Biz.nf Web Hosting prices are very inexpensive as a result of their free services. However, their upgraded paid plans offer many more options than the free ones, and offer a number of additional services. Their prices are inexpensive if paid on a yearly basis, and even cheaper if paid on 2 or 3 year terms. Their private SSL certificates range in price depending on your need with the cheapest one being $29.95 a year. Additionally, they offer cheap VPS hosting services based on your need. Also, for each paid plan, they offer a 30 day money back guarantee. In addition to all free servicers, you can join their affiliate program and get paid for referrals to using their services, even with the free hosting plans.
Summary
Good quality hosting at a great price
For a free web hosting service, Biz.nf offers a number of limited options for the beginner website creator or for simple personal use. Their paying plans offer a fairly general, but thorough, simple options for your web hosting needs.
Pros:
- 99.9% uptime guaranteed (only for paid customers)
- 24/7 support
- Easy to use site
Cons:
- Fairly simple features
- limited add-ons
