1and1 Review

1and1 web hosting offers four different web hosting plans to meet your web hosting requirements. From a business web hosting plan that can support most small businesses to a home web hosting plan that can meet your personal website needs, 1and1 has a web hosting service that will work for you.

Price Value

1and1 offers 4 shared hosting plans: 1and1 beginner, 1and1 home, 1and1 Business and 1and1 Developer. The price varies from $3.99 to $19.99 per month from Beginner to developer plans. The web space ranges from 10 GB to 300 GB. Monthly transfer volume quota is now Unlimited on all the plans and the number of email accounts varies from 300 GB to 3,000 GB. Several bundled softwares and tools like search engine tools, website builder, photo gallery, control panel, front page server extensions etc are included. 1-5 domain names with private domain registration are included. 1&1 is also throwing in marketing vouchers with above plans for Google Adwords, Microsoft adcentre, Yahoo and City Search.

Reliability

1and1 guarantee the highest product quality, top security, and unshakeable reliability. Their advanced Data Centers have been built from the ground up using the most advanced technology available, giving their global network a strength that is beyond doubt. The power and stability of 1and1's systems allows them to be first to market with web products that are innovative yet dependable.

Control Panel

Control Panel

1and1 has developed a unique, very easy-to-use and powerful hosting control panel for its users. The control panel offers all the features you would find available on all enterprise level hosting solutions/control panel systems. The control panel is very important, it needs to be feature rich and easy to use otherwise you will find your self hiring a web developer for every little thing you want done on your Website. It is not possible to cover all the features here but rest assured your satisfaction is guaranteed by 1and1 hosting.

Customer Support

1and1 also provides support in multiple ways, the two main support channels are email and phone. However, there is another facility that is available - it's called Netviewer. Using this facility you can get online assistance from one of their customer support representatives. This is something that is really useful. If you don't like the hosting service you can put to use the 90 day money back guarantee.

Summary

1and1 is one of the leading web hosting service providers. They have received quite a few awardsand claim to be the world's biggest and fastest growing host. Their website looks quite attractive indeed. Everything is quite organised and explained with great deal of clarity.

1and1 merits your consideration as a web hosting site with it's combination of low entry cost and broad feature set. Even with its limitations, 1and1 is still a good value.