Hostmonster is considered as one of the best web hosting companies in the world (when interpreted from its rankings). The company has been repeatedly awarded Best UNIX Host award and its customer support service has been adjudged as top notch quality in the industry. Hostmonster is set up in UTAH, USA. It has been running successfully now for about 15 years. As they were one of the first web hosts in the market definitely helped them grab a major portion of the market initially but the real reason for their success is their famed ‘reliability’ quotient. They now have nearly 2 Million domain owners registered with them! They also profess a very high uptime percentage.

Their products have both ‘unlimited storage space’ as well as ‘unlimited bandwidth’. They issue unlimited Email accounts (with each domain subscription) along with all forwarding and automatically replying options. Their emails have both POP3 and IMAP support. Hostgator provides various options for scripting including PERL and PHP and more. The most popular choice for database management is MySQL, although MSSQL and others are used as well. The company provides unlimited File Transfer Protocol accounts along with unlimited domains and sub-domains (both Parked and otherwise). It issues these features along with much more features for $7.95 per month rate only.

They provide various free tools along with their packages, some of which include, ‘Free Website building applications’, ‘free online stores (for purchase and subscription purposes)’, ‘WordPress ’, ’Galleries’ and much more. Additional freebies include free ‘1-click’ application installer script for Drupal, Magento and such. The company also provides free credits for advertisements on Google and yahoo and some other major search engines. Some other advanced applications on offer are- SSH, Apache Handlers and Cron Jobs for experienced programmers.

Their customer support is quick and responsive to the customers. Hostmonster rocks!