HostDime Review

Company Overview

It may not cost ten cents, but HostDime's prices are very reasonable and affordable, and services encompass everything from basic shared hosting to dedicated servers. With two data centers in Orlando, Florida, HostDime has the capacity that you need, and for international clients, HostDime offers service in Brazil, Mexico, Israel, India, Colombia, and the UK as well. The UK division is run out of the Orlando headquarters.

Products and Services

You can start out small and get as big as you can, with HostDime providing your web presence at every step of the way. With shared web hosting for both personal and small business, you'll get a rich set of services and features to get started with. VPS hosting is available to give you an affordable way to host larger sites or multiple sites under a single account, each with its own control panel; and dedicadted hosting gives you a fully managed, dedicated server from single-core to dual quad-core. You can register your domains through HostDime's own domain registration site, HostDimeDomains.com; and also take advantage of several other add-ons, including SSL certificates, the WHM client billing solution, remote backup, merchant account, and the SiteBuilder online web site building tool.

Benefits of using HostDime

In a word it's scalability. Every small business wants to become a big one, and HostDime makes it easy for you. Migrating from a basic entry-level hosted account, to a VPS or dedicated server is easy, and if you're enormously successful and start opening up branches in foreign countries, HostDime's got you covered.

Reliability and Performance

Shared accounts are hosted on Dual Intel Xeon Quad-Core processors, set up with a RAID 5 configuration for both redundancy and performance. Promising a 99.5 percent uptime guarantee, HostDime's network is powered by Cisco routers and switches, is fully load balanced and has no single point of failure. The Orlando data center is category-4 storm resistant, and physical security is provided with 24/7 on-site personnel, electronic access control and physical security, and badge-only access. Alternate power sources include UPS and diesel generators, and connectivity is established from multiple top-tier providers to offer additional guarantees of uptime.

Customer Service & Support

Support won't be on your own dime with HostDime, and they offer several different ways for you to stay in touch. A live chat utility lets you communicate via the Web, or you can get live assistance or submit your question via online web form. HostDime offers a good set of resource guides, and a set of video tutorials is under development. And if you want to have a chat with other HostDime customers, the forum is a lively place to chat, talk about issues and ask questions.

Web Hosting Features

HostDime offers four variations on their shared account, with the entry-level sHD1 account coming with 50Gb of disk space and 500Gb of monthly bandwidth. The other three offer unlimited disk space and bandwidth; and the highest-end shared account offers a 100% uptime guarantee. All come with the cPanel control panel, Site Builder web site tool, free setups and backup, and no long-term contract. You'll also get plenty of tools, including Fantastico script autoinstaller, MySQL, e-commerce tools and much more. With a VPS account, management is a breeze with the ability to manage your virtual server within their own CORE management portal.