
Compared options | Visit SoftLayer | Visit Knownhost |
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Pricing | 5 hosting plans | 34 hosting plans |
Starting price | $25.00 / month | $3.47 / month |
Free domain | No | No |
Coupons | No | 2 coupons |
User Ratings | 1.9 | 4.9 |
Reliability | 2.0 | 5.0 |
Pricing | 1.5 | 5.0 |
User Friendly | 2.0 | 5.0 |
Support | 1.5 | 5.0 |
Features | 2.0 | 5.0 |
User Reviews | 11 reviews | 396 reviews |
Latest positive review | Top hosting company for real online business !!! | Support and everything are very good. I will strongly recommend Knownhost hosting to everyone. It's a reliable web host. I'm using Knownhost for more than 6+ yrs and I'm very happy with their services. |
Latest negative review | Softlayer used to be a good company to have for hosting. Little by little it has become less support and more fees - everywhere. They just closed a datacenter in Dallas - they sent out migration emails to people saying that s... More ervers were being migrated. Not very clear. They literally turned off all servers in that datacenter even if you were a paying client, and proceeded to flat delete all data. If you missed the email, tough. I have spoken with others that were affected by this, same response. " We will give you 2 free months of service, but your data is gone ". Considering that these servers were virtuals, they could have literally just migrated the files to operational servers, instead they send emails, and just shut you off. Period. This is horrible and unprofessional. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Less | Claimed profile - Hasn’t replied to negative reviews Well doesn't that say it all! Negative support (basics only) Superficial! Arrogant and if you have any real needs they will just brush you OFF and AWAY! So many limitations... More (hidden) and not WP friendly. STAY AWAY from those SMALL hosting company! Less |
Shared Hosting | No | 3 plans from $3.47 to $9.97 |
Under $4 | No | Basic Shared Hosting
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Under $8 | No | Standard Shared Hosting
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Over $10 | No | Professional Shared Hosting
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VPS | 1 plan from $27.60 to $27.60 | 10 plans from $5.00 to $100.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
Dedicated Server | 3 plans from $158.00 to $1,439.00 | 11 plans from $49.00 to $373.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | Custom Single Processor
| Dual Intel Xeon E5620
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Cloud Hosting | 1 plan from $25.00 to $25.00 | 4 plans from $50.00 to $120.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | Virtual Servers - Custom
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Website Builder | No | 2 plans from $5.98 to $9.98 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | Business Level WordPress
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Resellers | No | 4 plans from $6.97 to $27.47 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | Basic Reseller Hosting
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Over $10 | No | Standard Reseller Hosting
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Data Centers | 5 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
North America | Yes | Yes |
Europe | Yes | Yes |
Asia | Yes | No |
Oceânia | Yes | No |
South America | Yes | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 5 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | No |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | Yes | Yes |
Video guides | No | No |
Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes |
CMS support | 0 of 6 | 5 of 6 |
WordPress | No | Yes |
Joomla | No | Yes |
Drupal | No | Yes |
Magento | No | 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 | 3 of 8 | 5 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | Yes |
Java | Yes | Yes |
Python | Yes | Yes |
Node.js | No | No |
Django | No | No |
Perl | No | Yes |
Ruby on Rails | No | Yes |
ASP.NET | No | No |
Database Support | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
MongoDB | Yes | No |
MySQL | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | No | Yes |
Payment Types Support | 1 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | Yes |
Credit Card | No | Yes |
Moneybookers | No | No |
Wire Transfer | No | No |
Webmoney | No | No |
Bitcoin | No | No |
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