
Compared options | Visit Site5 | Visit SharkHosting |
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Pricing | 13 hosting plans | 8 hosting plans |
Starting price | $4.95 / month | $2.45 / month |
Free domain | Yes | Yes |
Coupons | No | No |
User Ratings | 1.6 | 4.3 |
Reliability | 1.5 | 4.5 |
Pricing | 1.5 | 4.5 |
User Friendly | 1.5 | 4.5 |
Support | 1.5 | 4.0 |
Features | 1.5 | 4.0 |
User Reviews | 158 reviews | 76 reviews |
Latest positive review | I have 4 years of using it and works perfect, support works, uptime works, they give me whm, etc... | I was facing problem for creating new mail accounts and was having issue with Contact Form 7. I raised a ticket for that and it was solved by the Support team on the same day. Their support is really great. Also, I never face... More d issues while creating my websites using their Hosting Services. Less |
Latest negative review | I asked to have an upgrade of Python so that I could installed Django and it was denied. Their shared server has Python 2.7, and Python 3 was denied to be installed, which has been the standard version for many years (you are... More give a jail shell that restricts most installation). Their basic plan is way too restrictive. You have to get a non-shared server to get any serious work done there and pay lots of money. There is also no way to stop a payment once the invoice is done six weeks in advance. Turning off automatic payment does nothing once the invoice is done and there is no way to remove a credit card once added to do payments. Less | Generally, a chaotic and disorganised website host. As you can probably imagine given their relatively low-price point, they are a reseller, of Stablepoint to be precise. Sad as it is you often get what you pay for, and this ... More is one such occasion. Harsh as it may sound, its unnecessary stress from beginning to end with Shark... Clunky website, poorly maintained (yet often referred to) knowledgebase and constant networking and configuration changes... Sometimes with little or no notice. Personally, for me, the last point is a biggie. This has left sites and services offline or not working correctly on more than one occasion, requiring immediate or short-term remedial effort to get things standing up again and thoroughly tested. Combine these points with generally poor communication... When there is notice of a change it often provides little notice, an ultimatum, or focuses on the mid/long-term benefits to the business, rather than the client right now... So, it is all rather messy. It is always good practice of course, but do make sure you properly read the product-specific terms and conditions if registering, as there is at least one service offered which is essentially useless when you marry it up to its Ts & Cs. The one-man-band that is Chris at Shark / Net87 / Chick etc is decent in fairness if you read this line again and take it in context alongside the price. If you, your company, group or organisation *need* service dependability, technical support with real answers and that is 24/7, or general calmness and peace of mind I respectfully recommend trying elsewhere. If your operation is small and reasonably happy with 'cheap and cheerful' then Shark Hosting may well work out fine for you. Best of luck. Less |
Shared Hosting | 3 plans from $4.95 to $11.95 | 5 plans from $2.45 to $9.81 |
Under $4 | No | Blue Shark
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Under $8 | Tiger Shark
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Over $10 | Adult Shark XXX
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VPS | 7 plans from $55.00 to $325.00 | 1 plan from $14.72 to $14.72 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | ||
Cloud Hosting | 3 plans from $20.00 to $36.00 | 2 plans from $7.36 to $14.72 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
Data Centers | 4 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
North America | Yes | Yes |
Europe | Yes | Yes |
Asia | Yes | Yes |
Oceânia | No | No |
South America | Yes | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 5 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | No |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | No | No |
Video guides | Yes | 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 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 2 |
Windows/ASP.NET | No | No |
Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 2 of 8 | 6 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | Yes |
Java | No | Yes |
Python | Yes | Yes |
Node.js | No | Yes |
Django | No | No |
Perl | No | Yes |
Ruby on Rails | No | Yes |
ASP.NET | No | No |
Database Support | 1 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
MongoDB | No | No |
MySQL | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | No | No |
Payment Types Support | 2 of 6 | 3 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | Yes |
Credit Card | Yes | Yes |
Moneybookers | No | No |
Wire Transfer | No | Yes |
Webmoney | No | No |
Bitcoin | No | No |
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