Overview:
Just Host has quickly grown into one of the biggest and most respected company in the web hosting industry. This is largely due to having one of the fastest, most reliable networks which distribute your website across multiple servers, virtually eliminating any site downtime. The other huge plus point is there extraordinarily low price for a feature filled package. We have never come across a host offering so much for such a great price. Just Host offers two great value plans to suit both home users and businesses. With a Free Domain for life, free site builder, unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, the ability to host unlimited domain names on each account and a 30-day money back guarantee, why would you want to host anywhere else? So our pick for Best Hosts 2008 has got to be Just Host.
Features:
- Unlimited Hosting Space
- Unlimited Data Transfer (Bandwidth)
- Host Unlimited Domains on one account
- Free Setup
- Free Domain for Life
- $25 Free Google Credit
- $25 Free Yahoo Credit
- Unlimited Email Accounts
- Free Site Builder
Additional Features:
Just Host comes with just about every feature we could think you need from a web hosting supplier. As well as everything listed above they also offer unlimited mySQL databases, Free fantastic script library, free site builder, free spam assassin, free ecommerce shopping cart integration and much much more. On top of all the features Just Host also offers both a 99.9% uptime guarantee and a 30-day money back guarantee.
Price:
Just Host’s prices are incredibly low especially as you consider all of the features mentioned above. Just Host also offers a second plans to suit small to medium sized business as it gives them all the features the standard plan comes with but has the added bonus of letting you register 3 FREE domains. This allows multiple website domains from the one account. We found Just Host also offers special webmaster bonuses to all uses from their control panel regularly which we thought was a nice touch and good for customer satisfaction and retention in this competitive market.
Reliability:
Just Host's reliability is probably the reason why it sits proudly at number #1. Many hosts offer unlimited space and bandwidth now but not many can do so without overcrowding servers but Just Host has an excellent policy to keep servers free from overselling. The data centre used by Just Host is regarded as one of the best in the world and thanks in part to their unique load balancing technology and super fast backbone connections. With load balancing, your site is available from multiple servers, so if one server becomes unavailable, your site will still be live on the other server, virtually eliminating site downtime. They also utilize top quality Dell servers, that are industry leading, in terms of speed and processing abilities. This enables Just Host to boast a 99.9% infrastructure availability and gives them top ranks in terms of site uptime.
Customer Support:
Support is the area which we take very seriously and Just Host really did excel every time we dealt with them. Email support was first class with fast response times and detailed fixes for the complicated questions we posted placing Just Host's customer support is in a league of its own, with toll-free phone support, 24/7 free e-mail and live chat support to get your answers in a matter of minutes. They also maintain a comprehensive knowledge base, to get answers on common questions quickly and easily. All this gave Just Host near enough top marks for customer support and satisfaction.
Control Panel:
Just Host utilizes award winning control panel cPanel, as it’s the most popular interface among most webmasters. cPanel is used by the top 3 in our list as it’s an extremely user friendly control panel which makes it simple to manage all aspects of your hosting account. A few notable easy-to-use functions include the ability to configure e-mail accounts, domain management, website statistics, script implementation and database administration.
Summary:
With many top hosts including all of our top 10 now offering similar features and hosting specification, choosing the best host mainly came down to reliability, ease of use and customer service and Just Host comes out on top for all three, making Just Host the obvious choice as our Number #1 web host for 2008.
