Hosting Comparison Feature Summary
All fully managed plans include a cron job scheduler.
- Comprehensive WordPress solution with CodeGuard, SiteLock, and Hardware Caching
- Starter (1 website), Standard (2 websites), Business (3 websites)
- 1 Free domain for packages on 12 months or longer billing cycle.
- Linux server only
- Only WordPress Dashboard, FTP, and email access
- Dedicated IPs Unavailable may have 1 SSL per site
- Private name servers not allowed
- No custom branding
- LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (includes mod_rewrite)
- Limited to 25% use of server resources
- 25 simultaneous processes
- HTTP video and audio streaming only
- Maximum of 500 outgoing emails per hour per domain (Addon domains count as separate domains)
- 30 POP/IMAP checks per hour for your connecting IP address
- Includes CodeGuard incremental backups with free one-click restores
- No shell access
- Affordable and basic hosting
- Hatchling, Baby, Business
- 1 Free domain for packages on 12 months or longer billing cycle.
- Linux server only - perfect for WordPress
- 1 cPanel but no WHM
- Limited to 1 IP, No SSL Certificate Limit
- Private name servers not allowed
- No custom branding
- LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (includes mod_rewrite)
- Limited to 25% use of server resources
- 25 simultaneous processes
- HTTP video and audio streaming only
- Maximum of 500 outgoing emails per hour per domain (Addon domains count as separate domains)
- 30 POP/IMAP checks per hour for your connecting IP address
- HostGator creates weekly backups ($25 to request)
- Jailed shell access (SSH)
- Affordable hosting
- Hatchling Cloud, Baby Cloud, Business Cloud
- 1 Free domain for packages on 12 months or longer billing cycle.
- Linux server only - perfect for WordPress
- 1 cPanel but no WHM
- Limited to 1 IP, No SSL Certificate Limit
- Private name servers not allowed
- No custom branding
- LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (includes mod_rewrite)
- Resource throttling for high usage allows burstable traffic
- 25 simultaneous processes
- HTTP video and audio streaming only
- Maximum of 500 outgoing emails per hour per domain (Addon domains count as separate domains)
- 30 POP/IMAP checks per hour for your connecting IP address
- HostGator creates weekly backups ($25 to request)
- Jailed shell access (SSH)
- Affordable and basic hosting
- Personal and Enterprise
- Windows server - perfect for ASP.NET
- Plesk Version 11.5
- Private name servers not allowed
- No custom branding
- Limited to 25% use of server resources
- 25 simultaneous processes
- HTTP video and audio streaming only
- Maximum of 500 outgoing emails per hour per domain (Addon domains count as separate domains)
- 30 POP/IMAP checks per hour for your connecting IP address
- HostGator creates weekly backups ($25 to request)
- No Remote Desktop (No RDP)
- Be your own hosting company
- Use as basic hosting or host others for profit
- Perfect for multiple e-commerce websites
- Aluminum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Diamond
- Linux server only - perfect for WordPress
- Unlimited cPanel's and 1 WHM
- Unlimited potential for IPs and SSL's
- Private name servers allowed
- Branding is available for cPanel, but not WHM
- LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (includes mod_rewrite)
- Limited to 25% use of server resources
- 25 simultaneous processes
- HTTP video and audio streaming only
- Maximum of 500 outgoing emails per hour per domain (Addon domains count as separate domains)
- 30 POP/IMAP checks per hour for your connecting IP address
- HostGator creates weekly backups ($25 to request)
- Jailed shell access (SSH)
- Very much like a dedicated server, but it costs less and shares the resources
- Root access
- Install advanced software
- Customize anything (flexibility in software installations/apache configurations / other custom software like Ventrilo and ffmpeg)
- Use as basic hosting or host others for profit
- Plans with cPanel are managed
- Plans without cPanel and Plesk are unmanaged
- Linux server only - perfect for WordPress
- Unlimited cPanel's and unlimited WHM's
- 1 root WHM (allows selling of reseller accounts)
- Unlimited potential for IPs and SSL's
- Private name servers required
- Branding available for cPanel and WHM
- LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (includes mod_rewrite)
- Limited to 100% use of container/plan resources (VPS is still limited to a specified percentage of the server, this is not a solution to overly resource-intensive accounts and heavy traffic)
- Unlimited simultaneous processes
- Live video and audio streaming allowed (webcams, radio, television)
- UNLIMITED outgoing emails per hour per domain
- No POP/IMAP checking limits
- HostGator creates weekly backups ($25 to request)
- You can schedule your automated backups
- Normal shell access (root SSH)
- Control your hosting server
- Root access
- Install advanced software
- Customize anything (flexibility in software installations/apache configurations / other custom software like Ventrilo and ffmpeg)
- Use as basic hosting or host others for profit
- Perfect for Fortune 500 companies and sites with heavy traffic
- Perfect for multiple e-commerce websites
- Value, Power, Enterprise
- Linux server - perfect for WordPress or any other CMS
- Unlimited cPanel's and unlimited WHM's *
- 1 Root user account
- Root WHM (allows selling of reseller accounts)*
- Unlimited potential for IPs and SSL's
- Private name servers required
- Branding available for cPanel and WHM *
- LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (includes mod_rewrite)
- Get 100% use of server resources!!!
- Unlimited simultaneous processes
- Live video and audio streaming allowed (webcams, radio, television)
- UNLIMITED outgoing emails per hour per domain
- No POP/IMAP checking limits
- No weekly backups by HostGator
- You can schedule your automated backups
- Normal shell access (root SSH)
- Control your hosting server
- Full Administrator Access
- Install advanced software
- Customize anything (flexibility in software installations/configurations / other custom software)
- Use as basic hosting or host others for profit
- Perfect for Fortune 500 companies and sites with heavy traffic
- Perfect for multiple e-commerce websites
- Value, Power, Enterprise
- Windows server - perfect for ASP.NET
- Unlimited potential for IPs and SSL's
- Private name servers required
- Branding available for Plesk
- Get 100% use of server resources!!!
- Unlimited simultaneous processes
- Live video and audio streaming allowed (webcams, radio, television)
- UNLIMITED outgoing emails per hour per domain
- No POP/IMAP checking limits
- No weekly backups by HostGator
- You can schedule your automated backups
- Remote Desktop (RDP)