The GlowHost entry package ($3.95/month) offers the popular cPanel control panel, WordPress, Joomla, and 150 other scripts, as well as PHP4 and MySQL5 hosting, along with the option to host as many domains as you’d like. Free domain, nightly and weekly backup services, and complimentary virus and spam scanning round out the offering.
Editor’s rating: 3.36 out of 5
| Category | Rating (0-5) | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 4/5 | In business since 2002; 99.9% uptime guarantee, real time server monitoring |
| Affordability | 4/5 | 3.96/month |
| Support | 3.5/5 | Phone and online ticket support, online forum |
| User friendliness | 3.5/5 | cPanel admin panel, Fantastico script installers, Softaculous script installers |
| Green rating | 4/5 | Solar power at corporate facility, paperless billing; Datacenter is undergoing LEED certification; well water for cooling |
| Backups | 3.5/5 | Nightly & weekly backup services |
| Software | 4/5 | PHP 4 & 5, MySQL, Ruby on Rails, WordPress, Joomla, 150 others |
| Disk space | 5/5 | Unlimited |
| Statistics/logging | 2/5 | AWStats, web site traffic stats |
| 3/5 | 20 POP email accounts, email anti-virus, email spam filtering | |
| Domains | 3.5/5 | 1 free domain; host unlimited domains |
| Website transfer | 0/5 | No website transfer features found |
| Guarantee/cancellation policy | 3/5 | 60-day money-back guarantee |
| Bonus features | 3/5 | FFmpeg web hosting (video sharing sites), virus and spam scanning services |
| Average rating | 3.36/5 |
