Wednesday, October 14, 2009

LunarPages vs. Network Solutions

Selecting a cheap web hosting company can be a difficult challenge. LunarPages and Network Solutions are similar in a lot of ways. However, the key is to find a which company has the features that are best geared towards your website's needs. The following is a comparison of the best features that each of the two companies has to offer.

LunarPages Business Hosting

$21.95 per month
Free Set Up
3 Free Domain Names
Unlimited Disk Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Domains
Unlimited Email Accounts
Advanced Email Features and Security
Free Dedicated IP
Free SSL Certificate
Os Commerce
CubeCart
Magento Shopping Cart
ZenCart
$700 in Free Software
$25 in FaceBook Ad Credits
$35 in Google AdWord Credits
Ruby on Rails Suport
PHP Support
Python Support
Perl Support
APS Script
b2evolution
Serendipity
WordPress
SMF
phpBB
Joomla
Mambo
Drupal
Moodle
FrontPage Extensions

Network Solutions Unlimited Plan

$27.18 per month
Free Set Up
3 Free Domains
Unlimited Disk Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
Unlimited Email Accounts
Easy to Use Website Builder
Front Page Extensions
Open Source Library
My Access 10 DSM
Advanced Email Features
100 Domain Pointers
Website Statistics
1 Click WordPress
Ruby on Rails
PHP 5 (Unix Only)
Zend Library (Unix Only)
Python (Unix Only)
Java Servlets (Unix Only)
JSP (Unix Only)
ASP (Windows Only)
ASP.Net (Windows Only)
Cold Fusion MX (Windows Only)
10 Directory Pointers

LunarPages seems to offer a lot more for someone who wants to sell products online, with multiple shopping cart programs and a free SSL certificate, . They give you more options for blogging, forums, CMS, Image Galleries, and ad-ons. Plus they provide user friendly tools for sight building. On the other hand, Network Solutions is geared for a high traffic website and supports a large number of scripting languages, that can be appreciated by advanced programmers. Both companies include 24/7 customer support by phone. However, only Network Solutions comes with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Visit their individual websites for a complete list of features and pricing details.