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Affordable Hosting Packages
Personal Hosting
- 50GB Disk Space
- 1000GB Bandwidth
- 1 Databases
- FREE Setup
- $12.50/year Domain
Preferred Hosting
- 200GB Disk Space
- 2500GB Bandwidth
- UNLIMITED Databases
- FREE Setup
- FREE Domain
Business Hosting
- UNLIMITED Disk Space
- UNLIMITED Bandwidth
- UNLIMITED Databases
- FREE Setup, Domain & Dedicated IP
- FREE SSL Secure Certificate
Shared Web Hosting Services
Shared web hosting is the affordable hosting solution for people looking to start a personal website, blog or small business. By hosting on a shared web server, you are able to cover all your hosting needs while keeping monthly fees as low as possible. This is achieved by hosting your website on a server that is shared with many other website owners. Sharing a server allows us to keep our maintenance fees down and provide you with the most affordable web hosting packages. Should your hosting needs grow and you find that a shared hosting package isn't covering your needs; you can switch to one of our powerful dedicated web hosting plans at any time.
There are many shared web hosting services to consider, but only one with the right performance, security, flexibility, and value continually outranking the competition. Affordable website hosting services by WestHost, are there any better hosting solutions out there? We think not. Don't just take our word for it, find out why many consider WestHost to be a reliable web hosting provider.
Feature Comparison
Personal |
Preferred |
Business |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$4
month $8
month $12
month |
| Free Setup! | Yes ($20 value) |
Yes ($20 value) |
Yes ($20 value) |
| Domain Name (?) | $12.50 | FREE | FREE |
| Disk Space | 50GB | 200GB | Unlimited |
| Bandwidth | 1000GB | 2500GB | Unlimited |
| Included Websites | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| MySQL 5 Databases (?) | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Emails per Hour | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Sub Domains (?) | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Dedicated SSL Certificate (?) | $33 | $33 | Yes |
| Continuous Data Protection (CDP) (?) | $3/mo | Yes |
Yes |
| Dedicated IP (?) | $2/mo | $2/mo | Yes |
| Free File and Database Transfers (?) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| cPanel Control Panel (?) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Toll Free 24/7 US Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Activation | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Network Wide Backups | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ad-Free Hosting | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WordPress Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Softaculous Application Installer | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SSH Access (?) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Website Builder | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| DropClick Website Builder | $12 | $12 | $12 |
| Emails per Hour | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Email Accounts | 100 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Email Forwarders/Aliases | 100 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| SpamAssassin | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SMTP Access | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| POP3/IMAP Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mailing Lists | No |
Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Enterprise-Class Webmail | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Exim | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GnuPG PGP Secure Email Encryption | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto-Responders | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| PHP 5 | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FTP Accounts | 100 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Web Database Manager (phpMyAdmin) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Python | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Private .htaccess | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supports Custom php.ini Files | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Customizable MIME Types | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Apache Error Pages | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web-based File Manager | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cron Job Editor | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| DNS Zone Editor | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Perl-CGI | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Personal CGI-BIN | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IP Banning Access | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Handlers | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GD Graphics Library | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ImageMagick 5+ Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Server Side Includes (SSI) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PHP Nuke | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| cURL Library | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hotlink Protection | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CentOS 5 w/Apache 2 | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Gigabit Ethernet | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RAID 10 Redundancy | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| SAS 70 Type II Compliant | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tier 3 classification | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Onsite WestHost Staff for Monitoring & Service | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cold Aisle Containment & Cooling | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Redundant Power Sources | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple Network Carriers | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| VESDA Smoke Detection System | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Disaster-Safe Location | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 24x7 Security and Digital Video Surveillance | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 30" Raised Flooring | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Analog Log File Analysis | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Visitor Tracking Reports | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sub-Domain Stats | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access to Raw Log Files | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Advanced Web Stats (AWStats) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| OsCommerce | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Zen Cart | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Magento | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shared SSL Certificate | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Agora Cart | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cube Cart | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Merchant Account Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pay Pal Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Password Protected Directories | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Website Builder | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CMS | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| FTP Client Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Blog | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Forums | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instant Guest Book | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Form Builder | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dreamweaver Support | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| 3 Years (36 Months) | $4 |
$8 |
$12 |
| 2 Years (24 Months) | $5 |
$9 |
$13 |
| Annually (12 Months) | $6 |
$11 |
$15 |
| Quarterly (3 Months) | $8 |
$13 |
$17 |
| Buy Now | Buy Now | Buy Now |
All Plans Include
- 24/7 US Based Support
- 60 Day Money Back Guarantee
- 99.9% uptime guarantee
- FREE nightly backups
- FREE site transfer
- 100% Satisfaction Promise
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Customer Testimonials!
What keeps me a very satisfied customer is the expediency and personal technical support I receive for my site which I manage from Egypt.
Terri HeeterI think your site is great. I have emailed you all a couple of times since my set up, and have gotten great responses. Keep up the good work!"
Steve P.The customer service has been great for us. We're just a bunch of radio people trying to understand the online marketplace and WestHost has been a great help...
Eric F.
24/7 US Based Support
Let's face it; it's the shared server hosting support that matters most to you. When you need help, you want it anytime day or night. Coupled with robust web hosting services you get one incredible combination.
Money Back Guarentee
With a 60 day money back guarantee on already affordable web hosting services you have plenty of time to test us out. Enjoy no reservations on any personal web hosting, business web hosting and shared hosting plans.
100% Satisfaction Promise
You're not just buying shared website hosting, you're creating a partnership. We want your business to succeed because when you're successful, we're a successful web hosting company.
Affordable Hosting
Bang-for-the-buck, it's always on the mind and never have affordable web hosting services been so readily accessible than now. Shared web hosting gives you the power you need for the price you want.
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with cPanel
Offering an enhanced console to manage all website hosting services integrated with the all popular cPanel. The hosting solutions account interface has been custom designed to make your experience as easy as possible.
You can order new dedicated web hosting services, domain names, view invoices, manage support tickets and more through one easy-to-use console. This great hosting solution is FREE with all shared hosting plans.
Online Website Builder
Affordable hosting only matters if the hosting solutions fit your needs. Meet DropClick - Online Website Builder; the easy, fast and professional way to build a website.
You no longer need to be a shared server hosting genius to create a website, let DropCLick to the work for you. DropClick Lite is free with all shared website hosting plans or get all the bells & whistles for just $16/month.