HostDime was founded by Vivar Manny in Florida, United States in 2001. With the increase in number of its servers, the company deemed to take necessary steps to establish a full-fledged data center. In December 2003, HostDime became a proud owner of a high-tech data center. HostDime mainly focus on delivering managed cloud web hosting and tools to help their individuals and business to make their online availability without any hassles. HostDime is attractive for its affordable pricing, high uptime, and 24/7 customer service.
General Information
1. Speed — 920 ms (November 2019 to November 2020 average)
2. UpTime — 99.99% (November 2019 to November 2020 average)
3. Support — live chat, email, phone line
4. Apps — Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, PHP, Zen Cart, and other popular apps.
5. Features — Softaculous website builder, DDoS protection, SSL certificates, Remote site backups, CDN and Cloud Accelerator, Bandwidth limits, Activity monitoring and web stats, WordPress support, One- click app installs, 24/7 tech support, Money-back guarantee.
6. Plans — Dedicated server hosting/ Cloud services Colocation
7. Site Transfer — Free site transfers within the first month of signing up
8. Price — The cheapest hosting plan from HostDime costs $35.51 per month.
Pros and Cons of HostDime Hosting
1.Reliable uptime — HostDime promises good performance and an uptime of 99.99% per month. They value their promise by giving a refund if their scales fall into a range,
- 95% to 99.98% — refund of 10% of your monthly payment
- 90% to 94.9% — refund of 25% of your monthly payment
- 89.99% and below- full refund of your monthly payment
The company has put several measures to ensure that your site remains up and running throughout. Their real-time monitoring system helps them to get live updates about how their server is fairing. This system is popularly known as Synapse. HostDime gives tech support to rectify issues even before we notice them.
2.Impressive loading times
HostDime features fast page loading times. On average, most hosted sites display results within 920 ms. HostDime being one of the largest data centre in the south-east US has excellent network credentials. Additionally, the web host partners with highly reputed Tier-1 carriers including NTT Communications and Cogent to deliver stellar connection speeds and bandwidth.
3.Helpful customer support
HostDime data centers are fully equipped with complete around-the-clock tech support and can be contacted by means of live chat, telephone, or email with just few details to link with customer support representative.
HostDime website and blog section are two areas from which useful information and answers are available for all type of queries of the customers.
HostDime also has a few self-help options. FAQS, manuals, guides, and video tutorials. There is a customer community, where HostDime staff and fellow customers can be interacted.
4.Top-class security
HostDime hosting offers top class security features at an additional cost. HostDime provides DDoS protection to all users. This comes in three different types,
- traffic scrubbing
- NETSCOUT’s mitigation — NETSCOUT’s filtering helps to guard sites against unusual high or irregular traffic.
- Cloud Protection — Cloud protection is a hybrid system that provides real-time site monitoring of all sites.
- SSL certificate from HostDime is an advantage that authenticates website and assures visitors as safe website.
5. Easy-to-use dashboard
HostDime features a very easy cPanel that allows users to painlessly manage all the aspects of their hosting. The cPanel dashboard displays useful information like bandwidth graphs, billing information, affiliate program, server performance, and licenses management.
6. Cons
HostDime policy on strict money-back guarantee is not attractive. Some users notice a fall of uptime.
Hosting Plans
1.Managed VPS — 1: Cost at $65/ month, Storage space 60 GB, Bandwidth limit 5 TB.
2. Managed VPS — 2: Cost at $80/month, Storage space 100 GB, Bandwidth limit 5TB
3. Windows WVPS- 1: Cost at $85/ month, Storage space 60 GB, Bandwidth limit 5 TB.
Other Hosting Plans
1. Quad-core dedicated servers
2. Managed VPS
3. Colocation packages
Though not a smart option for beginners or small businesses most of the plans are made for customers with complex IT needs and big budgets. Generally, HostDime is a professional web hosting provider.
