December 13, 2007 • Category: Reviews

General

HostMonster is a newer sister brand to the renowned BlueHost (since 1996). It is owned and operated by the same team out of their offices in Orem, Utah.

HostMonster is geared both towards professional and individual sites with a slightly lower price point than its direct competition.

User experience

Our Host Monster test site showed good response and uptimes.

Follow up:

We were able to perform 6 simultaneous FTP transfers, which makes upload very fast.

Control panel: cPanel 11 - Up to date
Application installers:

Simple Scripts - Excellent availability of recent apps!
Fantastico Deluxe - Up to date

HostMonster's skinning is light enough not to get in the way. A handful of promotional items at the top tend to be annoying at first but can be collapsed.

Their proprietary Simple Scripts application installer is currently the best in the industry.

Customer satisfaction

User feedback shows excellent satisfaction rates, especially for those clients balancing the level of support with the lower price point.

HostMonster is also known to have extremely good response times, both by email and by phone. There have been a few hickups at times of rapid growth in the past but it seems HostMonster now has the situation under control and support is back to its highest levels.

Technical specs

MySQL 5.0.45 - Up to date
PHP 5.2.45 - Up to date
UTF-8 and mbstring: supported

Overall, the platform is state of the art.

Section updated April 30th, 2008.

Security

HostMonster is running mod_suPHP and there is strong isolation between user accounts. (FastCGI is also available)

SFTP is not available.

Overall security is good.

Hosting Plans

HostMonster offers a single hosting plan:

	Professional
Monthly fee (× 3 mo)	~~$9.95~~ $8.95 promo
Monthly fee (× 6 mo)	~~$9.95~~ $8.95 promo
Monthly fee (× 12 mo)	~~$9.95~~ $5.95 promo
Monthly fee (× 24 mo)	~~$6.95~~ $4.95 promo
Disk space	1,500 GB
Transfer	15 TB
Included domain name	free (on plans ≥ 1 year)
Domains per account	Unlimited
MySQL databases	100
b2evo auto install	yes

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Comment from: Thom [Visitor]

· http://www.goginga.net

I love Host Monster! They might cost a little more than other hosting places but I have found that it is way worth it! Not only does Host monster have all the space, email addresses, and bandwidth you would ever want or need but it also has every feature you could ever need! Its a little overwhelming at first but once you spend a little time on it you will realize how truely amazing Hostmonster is. Feel free to look at my site http://www.goginga.net

2008-01-19 @ 00:37

Comment from: Michael [Visitor] · http://hisworkmanship.info/

I have used HostMonster for about 2 years. They have great customer service and I get to speak to a live person which is important for me. The CPanel which are used for their sites are easy to use and I have no complaints.

I use Joomla for some of my sites and they work very well with HostMonster and if any MySql problems should occur they correct them quickly.

2008-02-22 @ 14:04

Comment from: jim [Visitor] · http://mrchristie.com

hostmonster is the best! I have used 3 previous hosting services. Hostmonsters tech support is beyond great. I love em!

2008-03-16 @ 04:52

Comment from: Matthew [Visitor] · http://therepertorium.com

I have been selling CGC vintage photos for a while now. Hostmonster has never failed me!! They go above and beyond to please the guest!! Highly recommend!!
Matthew

2008-03-21 @ 09:04

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