Hostek
Hostek started the web hosting business back in 1998. Now the company offers a wide variety of hosting services including VPS , reseller hosting, shared hosting, as well as other services like business solutions, domain registration, domain transfer and SSL certificates.
Hostek has a data center which is under 24×7 monitoring and on-site staffs maintenance. The company uses 100% Dell servers, which can guarantee customers continual updated service.
Hostek is quite proud of their customer service. As the support is available 24×7, you can contact the support staff at any time when in a trouble. Although live chat, phone and a ticket system are all offered, it is suggested to submit a ticket for technical support.
With Hostek, you can install Joomla with just a click through an automatic installer – QuickInstall. Hostek offers 100% compatible Joomla Hosting and is the perfect match for your Joomla-based web site.
Here’s a quick overview of Hostek’s hosting plans:
- Shared Hosting: Hostek offers shared hosting plan that costs up $5.79 per month (Windows or Linux). Their shared hosting plan is powered by Ultra-Fast SSDs and unlimited MySQL databases.
- VPS Hosting: Their Linux VPS hosting starts at $24.95 per month (with 50GB Fast SSD storage) and can cost up to $89.95 per month (with 200GB SSD storage). Windows VPS hosting starts at $29.99 per month (with 70GB Fast SSD storage) and can cost up to $99.99 per month (with 200GB SSD storage). All their VPS plans come with unlimited bandwidth, no setup free and allow support for unlimited domain names.
Pros:
- Solid and reliable Web Hosting
- Great resources and knowledge base
- Nightly Backups (On-Site and Off-Site backups)
- No Lengthy Contract
- 24/7 support experience with a U.S. support team with ticket times averaging less than 20 Minutes
- All solutions are fully scalable. RAM, CPU and storage can be added at any time with additional charge.
Cons:
- Expensive extra resources: $17.5/mo per 1 GB RAM, $95/mo per CPU core and $19/mo per 20 GB disk storage.
