FatCow offers a rich feature set and affordable price ($3.67/month). Unlimited disk space and bandwidth, along with one-click installers, and free domain are all standard. FatCow also focuses on the environment, claiming to be 100% powered by wind energy.
Editor’s rating: 3 out of 5
Category Rating
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Reliability 4/5 In business since 1998; no specific uptime guarantee; load-balanced platform; daily server backups; backup generator system
Affordability 4/5 3.67/month
Support 3.5/5 Phone, email, and live chat
User friendliness 2/5 Point & click site building tools
Green rating 3/5 Purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to offset carbon footprint
Backups 3/5 Daily backups
Software 3/5 PHP 4 & 5, CGI, unlimited MySQL databases, Python, Script library
Disk space 5/5 Unlimited
Statistics/logging 3/5 Integrated Google Webmaster Tools, Web analytics tools
Email 5/5 Unlimited email accounts, webmail client, newsletter manager tool
Domains 3/5 1 free domain; support for unlimited domains and unlimited subdomains
Website transfer 2/5 Free domain transfer
Guarantee/cancellation policy 2/5 30-day money-back guarantee
Bonus features 3/5 $150 in Search engine and Social networking ad credits; integrated Google WebMaster Tools
Average rating 3.2/5
