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Price Value |
7/10 |
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Performance |
7.5/10 |
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Reliability |
8/10 |
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7/10 |
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Customer Support |
7.5/10 |
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User Feedback |
8/10 |
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75% Overall Score
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Solar Energy Host uses renewable energy to directly power their servers, and take great pride in being carbon neutral without purchasing carbon credits. In fact, they're "beyond carbon neutral," they're carbon free. As well, $5 from each new account goes to plant a tree via the Gardens of Hope project in South Africa.
Besides a 100 per cent green data center, Solar Energy Host promote themselves as Joomla specialists. The company both hosts eco-friendly Joomla websites, and has personally built hundreds of them. Joomla is a powerful and popular open source content management system. It's an easy-to-use framework that allows businesses and individuals to build strong professional websites.
Solar Energy Host is a great believer and supporter of open-source software. Solar Energy Host includes daily back-ups, high uptime guarantees and around-the-clock customer service available by phone, IM or e-mail.
Price Value
Solar Energy Host is a bit pricier ($9.95 and up per month) than some of its competitors, but it boasts one of the most comprehensive lists of features. As well as Joomla, the company offers 54 other time-tested open-source platforms. It's green, clean value for your money.
Reliability
Solar Energy Host makes daily back-ups of all their customers' sites. They store one week's worth of daily back ups at a remote North American location, so a website can be restored, should something go wrong. They also boast "nearly 100%" uptime.
Control Panel
Solar Energy Host offers the Plesk control panel. Clean, easy-to-use, customizable and fully automated, Plesk is a solid and popular business solution.
Customer Support
Solar Energy Host offers around-the-clock email support with a maximum 45-minute response time. They also have toll-free phone and IM chat support, so there are plenty of options to meet all needs.