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Hosting Sites	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	1
Disk Space	5 GB	Unlimited	2 GB	1 GB
Bandwidth	60 GB	Unlimited	20 GB	20 GB
Uptime	99.90%	99.90%	99.90%	99.90%
Control Panel	Plesk	Plesk	Plesk	Plesk
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Platform	Windows 2012 R2	Windows 2012 R2	Windows 2012 R2	Windows 2012 R2
ASP.NET	2.0/3.5SP1/4.5.2/5	2.0/3.5SP1/4.5.2/5	2.0/3.5SP1/4.5.2/5	2.0/3.5SP1/4.5.2/5
ASP.NET MVC	2.0/3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0	2.0/3.0/4.0	2.0/3.0/4.0	2.0/3.0/4.0
IIS	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5
Trust Level	Full	Full	Full	Full
URL Rewrite	MS URLRewrite2	MS URLRewrite2	MS URLRewrite2	MS URLRewrite2
Total MSSQL	1	1	1	–
MSSQL Space	50 MB	50 MB	100 MB	–
MSSQL Version	SQL Server 2014/2012/2008R2	SQL Server 2014/2012/2008R2	SQL Server 2014/2012/2008R2	SQL Server 2014/2012/2008R2
Remote MSSQL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Total MySQL	1	1	1	1
MySQL Space	100 MB	100 MB	100 MB	100 MB
MySQL Version	5.x	5.x	5.x	5.x
PHPMyAdmin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email Specification	ASPHostPortal.com	HostForLIFE.eu	DiscountService	UKWindowsHostASP.NET
Accounts	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Storage	200 MB	200 MB	200 MB	500 MB
IMAP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
POP3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SMTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Anti Spam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Anti Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Webmail	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Visit	Visit	Visit	Visit

Does your small business have a website? If not, it’s time to build one. Companies without an online presence face an incredibly difficult uphill climb, because we live in a connected world where people discover products and services by searching on the Internet—you don’t want to miss that potentially lucrative boat. Sure, creating a business website may take months of painstaking planning, debating, and compromise, but setting up a decent website doesn’t have to be painful, provided you have the proper tools. And the most important tool is the right Web hosting service.

The Small Business Hosting Basics

One thing we learned while reviewing Web hosting services is that reading the fine print is a must, especially if you are concerned about keeping prices low. Many Web hosts have several increasingly expensive tiers, with introductory features in starter packages and more robust offerings in higher-priced plans. We recommend a healthy course of comparison-shopping before pulling out a credit card; you’ll want to sign up with a service that has the features that best align with your website-building goals.

The Features You Need

When you begin shopping for a site, it’s good to have a list of the features you need. For example, you’ll want a Web host that offers unlimited monthly data transfers and email, a choice of solid-state or traditional hard drive storage, and 24/7 customer support. Even the server’s operating system selection is important; Windows-based servers offer an environment to run scripts written in a Microsoft-centric framework, though Linux-based servers are also available (and more commonplace).

Please note that if you’re planning on selling a product, look for a Web host that offers a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate, because it encrypts the data between the customer’s browser and Web host to safeguard purchasing information. You’re probably familiar with SSL; it’s the green padlock that appears in your Web browser’s address bar as you visit an online financial institution or retail outlet. A few companies toss in a SSL certificate free of charge; others may charge you $100 for that extra layer of security.

Uptime’s Importance

All the aforementioned features are valuable parts of the Web hosting experience, but none matches the importance of site uptime. If your site is down, clients or customers will be unable to find you or access your products or services.

To test this important aspect of hosting, we include uptime monitoring as part of our review process, and the results show that most Web hosts do an excellent job of keeping sites up and running. Sites with uptime problems aren’t eligible for high scores. All services suffer ups and downs, sometimes for reasons beyond their control. Those sites that fail to quickly address the problem are penalized accordingly.