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Price Value |
8.5/10 |
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Performance |
9.5/10 |
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Reliability |
9/10 |
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7/10 |
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Customer Support |
8.5/10 |
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User Feedback |
9/10 |
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89% Overall Score
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1&1 web hosting is a versatile hosting option in the European marketplace. 1 and 1 web hosting offers several solid hosting packages for both Linux and Windows users, from a very basic beginner plan to the comprehensive and powerful Business Pro or Professional plans. All offer considerable options, including the opportunity to upgrade easily when you're ready to expand.
1&1 hosting has developed a number of its own proprietary tools and features, including the 1&1 Newsletter Tool, 1&1 Web Statistics and 1 and 1 Online Office. Most are reviewed as well as their brand-name counterparts, but carry the added advantages of smooth integration and installation. These advanced features demonstrate 1&1 hosting's commitment to product development and improvement, which is showcased again and again through its features, attention to detail and all around service plan.
Price Value
All 1and1 hosting plans include a slew of website building tools for making your site as interactive as can be, including blogs, easy RSS feeds, and easy email marketing. As mentioned in the introduction above, all 1&1 hosting plans also include a number of 1&1 specific features and tools – 1&1 Website Builder, 1&1 Photo Gallery, 1&1 Web Statistics and on and on. This is all to say that 1&1 offers a full range of features that all work seamlessly together.
You can't do much better than 1&1's pricing, which starts at the low, low cost of a free first year of hosting! 1&1 is worth investigating for this option alone!
Reliability
1&1 hosting has a 99.99% uptime guarantee, which is hard to beat these days. 1 and 1 customers may sign on for the added safety of Norton Internet Security, a dedicated SSL certificate and SSH access. All customers are protected by an up-to-date firewall, automatic security updates and daily server backups. The 1&1 tier-1 data centers boast multiple hard drives and dual routers, backed by redundant power supplies. All data centers are closely monitored 24/7/365.
Control Panel
The 1&1 proprietary control panel may surprise you. It's been newly updated to give you full control over your web site from an extremely user-friendly interface. Manage your billing, accounts and invoices; oversee your email, domains, applications, software; track and manage your web statistics and more. No matter what control panel you've used before, you'll find the transition to 1and1 intuitive and smooth – we did.
Customer Support
Clients may access many of 1&1 hosting's support features directly through the control panel. The unlimited express email or telephone support are available daily; look through the extensive FAQs for quick do-it-yourself answers. Expert technical support is also available by phone for those who have signed up for the higher-level hosting packages.