HostPlay vs Knownhost

Compared options	4.3 20 reviews Visit HostPlay	4.9 350 reviews Visit Knownhost
Pricing	15 hosting plans	34 hosting plans
Starting price	$15.30 / month	$3.47 / month
Free domain	No	No
Coupons	No	2 coupons
User Ratings	4.3	4.9
Reliability	4.5	5.0
Pricing	4.0	5.0
User Friendly	4.5	5.0
Support	4.5	5.0
Features	4.0	5.0
User Reviews	20 reviews	350 reviews
Latest positive review	Excellent support and the service Joel Lagace, Nov. 16, 2021 9.6 It is unrealistic to ask for an immediate response, but Hostplay usually responded to my request within 15 minutes. What makes this decent EU offshore web host better than my previous host is the price and feature. The plan a... More llows multiple websites on a single account, and it saves money for people who have many small websites. Less	Excellent service Chito Acot, Dec. 7, 2021 10 The Tech support are very quick to address all the issues I encountered ever since. We’re talking about decade of continuous support. There are some tech details that I’m not familiar with, they will explain to you in detail... More s and even give you tech analysis of the issue. Less
Latest negative review	Be careful with this hosting Luis Molina, Jul. 28, 2018 2.0 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.	Dreadful support - site down for 3 days Tony Featherstone, Jul. 29, 2017 2.8 Worst mistake of my life was signing up with these guys. One of my accounts was hacked and their abuse team sent me an email alerting me to the files that were malicious. I deleted all of them except one (which I missed by mi... More stake). Because of this, on a Friday night, they shut my site down - took it off line. Then they give me the spin that their 'abuse team' is different from their "support team" and they only work 9-5 monday to friday - no after hours support. So my site is now offline until Monday at the earliest. Dreadful service, in no way fit for a professional business to rely on. Please learn from my mistake, avoid these guys at all costs. Less
Shared Hosting	No	3 plans from $3.47 to $9.97
Under $4	No	Basic Shared Hosting $3.47 / MO 5.0 9 reviews Space: 5 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited Panel: cpanel Number of Sites: 1 View Basic Shared Hosting plan
Under $8	No	Standard Shared Hosting $6.47 / MO 4.9 6 reviews Space: 20 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited Panel: cpanel Number of Sites: 5 View Standard Shared Hosting plan
Over $10	No	Professional Shared Hosting $9.97 / MO 4.9 13 reviews Space: Unlimited Bandwidth: Unlimited Panel: cpanel View Professional Shared Hosting plan
VPS	4 plans from $18.00 to $54.00	10 plans from $5.00 to $100.00
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	No	Entry Unmanaged VPS $5.00 / MO 0 reviews Space: 20 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited View Entry Unmanaged VPS plan
Over $10	VS-PLN1 $18.00 / MO 5.0 5 reviews Space: 30 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited View VS-PLN1 plan	Entry Plus Unmanaged $10.00 / MO 0 reviews Space: 40 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited View Entry Plus Unmanaged plan
Dedicated Server	4 plans from $175.75 to $285.00	11 plans from $49.00 to $373.00
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	No	No
Over $10	DS-PLN1 - Xeon E3-1230 v3 $175.75 / MO 5.0 1 review Space: 1.98 TB Bandwidth: Unlimited View DS-PLN1 - Xeon E3-1230 v3 plan	Dual Intel Xeon E5620 $49.00 / MO 5.0 2 reviews Space: 240 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited View Dual Intel Xeon E5620 plan
Cloud Hosting	No	4 plans from $50.00 to $120.00
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	No	No
Over $10	No	Basic Cloud $50.00 / MO 4.6 1 review Space: 60 GB Bandwidth: 2 TB View Basic Cloud plan
Website Builder	No	2 plans from $5.98 to $9.98
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	No	Entry Level WordPress $5.98 / MO 4.3 3 reviews Space: 50 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited View Entry Level WordPress plan
Over $10	No	Business Level WordPress $9.98 / MO 4.9 2 reviews Space: 100 GB Bandwidth: Unlimited View Business Level WordPress plan
Resellers	4 plans from $15.30 to $39.25	4 plans from $6.97 to $27.47
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	No	Basic Reseller Hosting $6.97 / MO 4.8 2 reviews Space: 25 GB Bandwidth: 800.05 GB Panel: cpanel View Basic Reseller Hosting plan
Over $10	SD-1 $15.30 / MO 5.0 1 review Space: 30 GB Bandwidth: 6 TB Panel: cpanel View SD-1 plan	Standard Reseller Hosting $9.97 / MO 5.0 9 reviews Space: 50 GB Bandwidth: 1.17 TB Panel: cpanel View Standard Reseller Hosting plan
SSL	3 plans from $20.00 to $40.00	No
Under $4	No	No
Under $8	No	No
Over $10	PositiveSSL $20.00 / MO 0 reviews Space: Unlimited Bandwidth: Unlimited View PositiveSSL plan	No
Data Centers	1 of 6	2 of 6
North America	No	Yes
Europe	Yes	Yes
Asia	No	No
Oceania	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	No
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	No	Yes
Video guides	No	No
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes
CMS support	4 of 6	5 of 6
WordPress	Yes	Yes
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Softaculous	No	No
PrestaShop	No	Yes
OS Support	2 of 2	1 of 2
Windows/ASP.NET	Yes	No
Linux	Yes	Yes
Language Support	5 of 7	5 of 7
PHP	Yes	Yes
Java	Yes	Yes
Python	Yes	Yes
Node.js	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	Yes	Yes
Ruby on Rails	Yes	Yes
Database Support	3 of 3	2 of 3
MongoDB	Yes	No
MySQL	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	Yes	Yes
Payment Types Support	5 of 6	2 of 6
PayPal	Yes	Yes
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
Moneybookers	Yes	No
Wire Transfer	No	No
Webmoney	Yes	No
Bitcoin	Yes	No
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