A list of the very best Shared Web Hosting companies.

All have a proven track record of providing a great service to their customers, so whichever
one you choose, you can be sure of receiving a first class service.

What is Shared Hosting?  

 Web Host

Price / pm

Features

Uptime

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More Info

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99.98%

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99.98%

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99.98%

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99.98%

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99.97%

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99.96% 

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99.82% 

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99.99%

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99.99%

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99.99%

What is Shared Hosting?

If you have a Website on the Internet, it will be hosted on a server and made available to your online visitors by your hosting provider.  In the web hosting business there are currently 3 main types of hosting available;
1. Shared Hosting, described on this page, 2. VPS Hosting and 3. Dedicated Hosting.

With a Shared Hosting account, your account, Website and all its supporting files will be hosted on a single web server where there can be many other user accounts (sometimes hundreds) and any resources like memory, hard disk space and bandwidth will be shared by all the user accounts and websites hosted on that one server.

You may think that with so many accounts on one server it is bound to cause problems, well sometimes it does but for the most part websites don't generate enough traffic or use anywhere near enough resources for it to become a problem.  If your chosen Web host is any good, they will be monitoring your web server 24 hrs a day to make sure that the server does not become overloaded or use to many resources.  Should a problem arise, it is usually picked up very quickly by the support team who will fix the problem before you even notice it.

Is Shared Hosting Right For You?

This depends on what you intend to do with your Website and how many visitors you will receive. If you intend to run a personal website, a Blog or a Small Business Website with a few hundred visitors per month then the answer is probably yes. If on the other hand you expect your website to receive tens of thousands of visitors per month you may be better off with Virtual Server Hosting or even your own Dedicated Server.

For those just starting out I would recommend starting with a Shared Hosting account with one of the companies listed above, most come with more features then you can shake a stick at and they are much cheaper than a Virtual or Dedicated Server.  A good Shared Hosting account usually costs between 5 and 10 dollars per month and should you find that you have outgrown your shared hosting you can upgrade as and when required.