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Having trouble picking out web hosting which doesn't keep you awake at night wondering if your site will be up in the morning?
 Hello and welcome to my lair of web hosting. I am your curly-haired host, Eddie J and together with my trusty wavy-haired blonde sidekick Kat we are here to put our combined 10+ years of experience to work for you.
If all your after is some free information and opinions from those that have been involved in the web hosting industry for a long time, you came to the right place!
In case you're wondering, our two favourite hosts by far are IX Web Hosting , Host Gator and Simplehost, all of which offer incredible value for money and rock solid support and server stability.
You can see a quick comparison of the two in the table below or see why we prefer IX Web Hosting over Host Gator in our Top Hosts Compared roundup.
Quick Comparison - IX Web Hosting VS Host Gator
| General Information |
Ixwebhosting.com Expert Plan |
Hostgator.com
Hatchling Plan |
| Cost per month |
$4.95 |
$4.95 |
| File storage/disk space |
Unlimited! |
350GB |
| Bandwidth |
Unlimited! |
3,000 GB |
| Years in Business |
9 |
6 |
| # Total Domains Hosted |
Over 200,000 |
Over 700,000 |
| # of Domains Hostable? |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Free Domain Registrations |
1 |
0 |
| Subdomains |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Money Back Guarantees |
30 Days - Money Back & Any Time Money Back |
45 Days - Money Back |
| Unix/Linux |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows - ASP |
Yes |
No |
| Windows . NET |
Yes |
No |
| Application & Database Features |
Ixwebhosting.com Expert Plan |
Hostgator.com
Hatchling Plan |
| Windows, Cold Fusion MX |
Yes (Windows only) |
No |
| MySQL database |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows - MS Access |
Yes |
No |
| Windows - MS SQL Database |
Yes |
No |
| Marketing Tools |
Ixwebhosting.com Expert Plan |
Hostgator.com
Hatchling Plan |
| Other |
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Coupon codes mean you can test first month for only $0.01 |
| 24/7 phone and email support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Uptime Guarantee |
99.90% |
99.50% |
If you'd like to, you can read our indepth review of IX Web Hosting here and read our indepth review of Host Gator here.
Some of the articles on this site are written by me (Eddie J) and some are written by Kat, but hopefully you will enjoy them all!
A quick note, you might find sometimes that our personal lives make it into some of the stories but then everyone loves some good gossip!
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