Saturday, October 10, 2009

Network Solutions vs. BlueHost

Network Solutions and BlueHost both find success in the web hosting industry. Each of them has built a strong customer base by offering competitive pricing with great service and useful features. Network solutions offers a variety of plans in different sizes. However, their Unlimited Plan is most comparable to the single service plan offered by BlueHost. Both plans provide an unlimited amount of disk space and bandwidth. They also both host unlimited domains and supply over 2,000 email accounts. The following are lists of additional features that each company offers, showing a comparison of the Network Solutions Unlimited Plan to the BlueHost Plan.

Network Solutions Unlimited Plan

$27.18 per month
Free Set Up
3 Free Domains
Unlimited Disk Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Email Accounts
Advanced Email Features
Easy to Use Website Builder
FrontPage Extensions
Open Source Library
Ruby on Rails
EZ Polls
My Access 10 DSM
PHP 5 (Unix Only)
Zend Library (Unix Only)
Python (Unix Only)
Java Servlets (Unix Only)
JSP (Unix Only)
ASP (Windows Only)
ASP.Net (Windows Only
Cold Fusion MX (Windows Only)
100 Domain Pointers
10 Directory Pointers
Guest Book, Photo Albums
Calendars
Windows Media Steaming
Website Statistics
1 Click WordPress

BlueHost Web Hosting Plan

$3.95 a month
Free Set Up
1 Free Domain Name
Unlimited Disk Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
2,500 Email Accounts
Advanced Email Features
Free Website Builder
FrontPage Extensions
MySQL and Postgre SQL Databases
CGI Library
PHP 5
Perl 5
Ruby/Ruby on Rails
Plug-Ins for Forums, WordPress, b2bevolution, Form Mail Scripts, Social
Networking, Mailing Lists.
Image Galleries, Polls, Wiki, Droopl, Joomla, Moodle and many more
Os Commerce
Agora Shopping Cart
CubeCart
ZenCart
UPS Power Backup
Free Search Engine Submission

Choosing a web hosting company should be based on your individual needs. Both Network Solutions and BlueHost back their services with 24/7 customer support. However, only Network Solutions guarantees a 99.9% uptime. With that being said though, we have used BlueHost several times and never had a problem with them. For $3.95 a month you can’t beat BlueHost.