Happy with the service
Jaõa Sil,
I have two servers, one in Amsterdam and one in California. Been a client for a little over a year and both have been runing smooth without any downtime.
SOFTSHELL HOSTING LTD vs Hostwinds
| Compared options |  |  |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | 7 hosting plans | 37 hosting plans |
| Starting price | $2.99 / month | $4.99 / month |
| Free domain | No | Yes |
| Coupons | No | 2 coupons |
User Ratings | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| Reliability | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Pricing | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| User Friendly | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Support | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Features | 4.0 | 4.5 |
User Reviews | 4 reviews | 1155 reviews |
| Latest positive review | |  Great Support and Price Grant Oakes, 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 |  Not recommended simon Q, Please be careful when choosing this company . I chose a VPS from this company and paid annually. As soon as I installed the lnmp environment, The VPS server was closed, the company support saying that I was sending spam, and... More then I filed a protest. After reinstalling the system, it turned on again. I continued to install lnmp and actively closed port 25. When I slept, I found that the service was terminated. The reason was still spam, So I asked them to investigate this situation and refund. At the time of purchase, their website clearly stated that there was a 30-day money-back guarantee. As a result, they refused my refund request. I asked them to actively check my behavior on the server because of their so-called spam, I did not send it. But they do not respond to my request. There is another weird thing. At the beginning of the service, I could not log in to their vps server with ssh. After I sent a service order request, I could log in. I suspect that they control the client's server for improper gain, or that the server is completely hacked. Please be cautious. Less | Terrible hosting STEPHANIE GILLUM, Terrible hosting. Even one Wordpress site does not work on the "Ultimate Business" tariff plan!!! The support service does not solve the problem! When I don't use the site, the RAM is not used. As soon as I work with the site... More , I do elementary things: creating a new Wordpress page, adding a product, then the RAM is working at maximum and the site gives a 503 error. This can't be on a simple Wordpress site. Your hosting works disgusting! Less |
| Shared Hosting | 3 plans from $2.99 to $16.99 | 9 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | Professional
| Basic
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| Over $10 | ||
| VPS | No | 17 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | No | Unmanaged Linux VPS Hosting 1
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| Over $10 | No | Fully Managed Linux VPS Hosting 1
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| Dedicated Server | No | 1 plan from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Cloud Hosting | No | 4 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | |
| Under $8 | No | |
| Over $10 | No | |
| Resellers | 3 plans from $2.99 to $16.99 | 4 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | ||
| Over $10 | Professional
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| SSL | No | 2 plans from $4.99 to $328.99 |
| Under $4 | No | No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | No | |
| DDoS Protection Services | 1 plan from $2.99 to $16.99 | No |
| Under $4 | DDoS Protection 500+ Gbps Included for FREE
| No |
| Under $8 | No | No |
| Over $10 | No | No |
| Data Centers | 1 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
| North America | No | Yes |
| Europe | Yes | Yes |
| Asia | No | No |
| Oceânia | No | No |
| South America | No | No |
| Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 2 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
| Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Phone Support | No | Yes |
| Email Support | Yes | Yes |
| Forum Support | No | No |
| Video guides | No | No |
| Knowledgebase | No | Yes |
CMS support | 5 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
| WordPress | Yes | Yes |
| Joomla | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes |
| Softaculous | No | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | No |
OS Support | 1 of 2 | 2 of 2 |
| Windows/ASP.NET | No | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 5 of 8 | 4 of 8 |
| PHP | Yes | Yes |
| Java | Yes | No |
| Python | Yes | Yes |
| Node.js | Yes | No |
| Django | No | Yes |
| Perl | Yes | No |
| Ruby on Rails | No | No |
| ASP.NET | No | Yes |
Database Support | 2 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| MongoDB | No | Yes |
| MySQL | Yes | Yes |
| PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes |
Payment Types Support | 0 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
| PayPal | No | Yes |
| Credit Card | No | Yes |
| Moneybookers | No | Yes |
| Wire Transfer | No | No |
| Webmoney | No | No |
| Bitcoin | No | No |
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