HostMonster, is another web hosting company, which is run by Matt Heaton. Just over my previous post, I reviewed bluehost.  I just thought it should be right to get my review done with Matt Heaton’s hosting business since I am quite familiar with his business as his customer.

I have clients hosted in HostMonster

While I am working as an Internet reviewer in August 2007, I helped some clients of mine to start their hosting plans with HostMonster.  What’s the reason for hosting with HostMonster, instead of bluehost (since I was a bluehost customer myself)?  Simply because it is much cheaper.  We’ll see why later in this post.

Introduction to HostMonster

HostMonster is a hosting company, which provides shared hosting plans to customers.  And they only provide a one-size-fits-all plan.  That is to provide unlimited usage in everything except for the number of databases.

Basically, bluehost and HostMonster are the same.  For more technical review, please refer to my bluehost review.

No reason not to choose HostMonster

I cannot find a reason why you should choose bluehost.  Both are from the same company with the following differences:

1. Bluehost is much more expensive.  You have to pay $24 more than HostMonster.
2. Bluehost has a limit of 2500 POP3 accounts that you can create, while HostMonster has unlimited creation of POP3 accounts.  This is necessary for you to have your very own email addresses.  I can understand that you don’t need 2500 email addresses… But would you want to have a limitation if you have a choice of unlimited email addresses?
3. With the two outstanding differences above, you still get the same kind of support from them.  What are you waiting for?

Anyway, I have just left bluehost, and made my switch to another hosting company called “Media Temple” after being a bluehost customer for about 1.5 years.  To find out why, please go to see my bluehost review.

HostMonster Price Plan

Because the plans are so similar to bluehost, I just copy and paste the price plans from my bluehost review and change the prices accordingly below.

HostMonster comes with 5 price plans for different customers’ needs.

If you wish to try their plan for just 3 months or 6 months, you can sign up with the following plan:

• US$30 setup fee
• US$9.95 per month for 3 or 6 months
• US$10 for a new domain registration with bluehost (with an optional domain privacy for free)

If you are pretty serious with your online business, and wish to test your plan for 1 year, this is the plan for you:

• No setup fee
• US$6.95 per month for 1 year
• Free registration of a new domain name of your choice with bluehost (with an optional domain privacy for free)

If you are here to stay to own your online business, this is the 2 years or 3 years plan for you:

• No setup fee
• US$5.95 per month for 1 year
• Free registration of a new domain name of your choice with bluehost (with an optional domain privacy for free)

So you can see over here, the prices are basically cheaper than bluehost.  For 3 to 6 months, the prices are the same for both HostMonster and bluehost.  And for 1 year plan, you will pay $12 less when you choose HostMonster.  And if you choose 2 years’ plan, it will be $24 less when you choose HostMonster.

Payment is made easy by credit card or PayPal.

Conclusion

Shared hosting is a very affordable plan for those of us who are starting to embark on their online venture.  However, if you have connections which can bring in torrents of traffic for that one-time-offer, you may face problem serving the website to all of them and even cause your website to be down.  Pro and con here indeed.

Get Your Web Hosting Plan With HostMonster at only $5.95 Per Month