Overview:

IXWebHosting has been providing quality web hosting for customers around the globe since 1999. IXWebHosting offers packages for individuals, small-mid range businesses, and even has large business/enterprise packages, any need can be met. With over 180 employees and over 200,000 domains hosted IXWebHosting is definitely capable of providing quality hosting and reliability.

Features and Prices:

IXWebHosting has three main plans, Expert Plan, Business Plus, and Unlimited Pro

  1. The Expert Plan comes with 300GB of hard drive space and 3,000GB of bandwidth along with 2 domains and 100 sub-domains. 2500 email accounts are also featured in the package and standard script and media support is also included. The plan however is NOT e-commerce enabled and features NO MySQL or PostgreSQL databases. The trade off is compensated with the plan’s incredibly low price of $3.95 a month and is ideal for a personal site.
  2. Business Plus as the name might suggest is tailored to small businesses and features 8 domains with 300 sub domains, the plan also comes with 500GB of hard drive space and 3,500GB of bandwidth. 5000 email accounts are provided and comes with full script and media support. Unlike the Expert Plan this one IS e-commerce enabled and includes 100 MySQL and 100 PostgreSQL databases. All of that for $6.95 per month.
  3. The Unlimited Pro plan is the biggest of their plans and boasts many impressive features such as 16 domains with unlimited sub domains and unlimited hard drive space, 4000GB of bandwidth is also provided. Unlimited email accounts are included and unlimited MySQL and PostgreSQL databases are part of the plan as well. This plan comes out to $12.95 per month.

Business Plus and Unlimited Pro are also available as Windows instead of Linux for an extra $2 a month. Business Plus and Unlimited Pro both include SSL certification at no extra cost.
All of IXWebHosting’s plans come with a money back guarantee and their unique uptime or cash guarantee.

Support and Service:

IXWebHosting offers full time customer support and offers many ways to contact them. They offer live chat, an email ticket system and a 24/7 toll free phone line. They also offer a FAQ page and a downloadable webhosting manual filled with walkthroughs and tips for first time hosts.

When I called them, my call was answered after only 5 minutes on hold. The technician was very friendly and instinctively answered all my questions with confidence. You could tell he was not reading from a prompt or giving me a cut and paste answer out of a book. When I was finished he gave me his extension and told me to contact him again should I need anything.

Conclusions:

  • Pros – All three plans are incredibly priced, tons of resources and features offered, All plans feature money back guarantee and uptime or cash guarantee. Customer service was very impressive.
  • Cons – Expert plan is lacking severely in certain departments.
  • Other Thoughts – IXWebHosting offers a solution for everyone, anyone looking for a new hosts and even first timers should definitely look into IXWebHosting