Excellent uptime, very responsive support and most importantly - great speed. Less
HostPlay vs Hostwinds

Compared options | Visit HostPlay | Visit Hostwinds |
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Pricing | 15 hosting plans | 33 hosting plans |
Starting price | $15.30 / month | $0.00 / month |
Free domain | No | Yes |
Coupons | No | 2 coupons |
User Ratings | 4.4 | 4.7 |
Reliability | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Pricing | 4.5 | 4.5 |
User Friendly | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Support | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Features | 4.5 | 4.5 |
User Reviews | 22 reviews | 1154 reviews |
Latest positive review | Well, it happened so that I signed up with Hostplay about several years ago, because I had a long nightmare period with another host and while dealing with this offshore semi-dedicated hosting, I immediately got to know that ... More I had made the right choice. Excellent uptime, very responsive support and most importantly - great speed. Less | I've used Hostwinds for nearly 2 years and they have been excellent during my stay. However, I am looking at leaving because they have IP issues, mainly, some of the major (Gmail, Outlook, MSN, etc) ISP's block email traffic,... More claiming it's SPAM. Apparently, they have some SPAMMERS on their servers and some IP blocks are blacklisted. I have been forced to get a Gmail account so I can send outbound emails, which is a major pain. I've raised this issue with tech support too many times to count but the problem persists. I'd love to stay with them but I have to move on. Less |
Latest negative review | Be careful with this hosting. They are scammers. I paid 3 months in advance and they stole my money. Warez-Host and HostPlay are the same group of scammers. | |
Shared Hosting | No | 6 plans from $6.74 to $14.24 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | Basic
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Over $10 | No | Advanced
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VPS | 4 plans from $18.00 to $54.00 | 17 plans from $0.00 to $42.74 |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | Unmanaged Linux VPS Hosting 1
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Over $10 | Fully Managed Linux VPS Hosting 1
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Dedicated Server | 4 plans from $175.75 to $285.00 | 1 plan from $179.00 to $179.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | DS-PLN1 - Xeon E3-1230 v3
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Cloud Hosting | No | 3 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
Resellers | 4 plans from $15.30 to $39.25 | 4 plans from $5.24 to $10.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
SSL | 3 plans from $20.00 to $40.00 | 2 plans from $75.00 to $150.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | ||
Data Centers | 1 of 6 | 0 of 6 |
North America | No | No |
Europe | Yes | No |
Asia | No | No |
Oceânia | No | No |
South America | No | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 4 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | No | No |
Video guides | No | No |
Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes |
CMS support | 4 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
WordPress | Yes | Yes |
Joomla | Yes | Yes |
Drupal | Yes | Yes |
Magento | Yes | Yes |
Softaculous | No | No |
PrestaShop | No | No |
OS Support | 2 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | Yes |
Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 5 of 8 | 4 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | Yes |
Java | Yes | No |
Python | Yes | Yes |
Node.js | No | No |
Django | No | Yes |
Perl | Yes | No |
Ruby on Rails | Yes | No |
ASP.NET | No | Yes |
Database Support | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
MongoDB | Yes | Yes |
MySQL | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes |
Payment Types Support | 5 of 6 | 0 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | No |
Credit Card | Yes | No |
Moneybookers | Yes | No |
Wire Transfer | No | No |
Webmoney | Yes | No |
Bitcoin | Yes | No |
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