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| Year Founded | 2002 | 1996 | 1996 | 1998 | |
| Monthly Payment | $9.95 / Month | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 1 Year Plan | $9.95 / Month | $7.95 / Month | $7.95 / Month | $7.33 / Month | |
| 2 Year Plan | $8.95 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $7.33 / Month | |
| 3 Year Plan | $7.95 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $7.33 / Month | |
| Allows Coupons/Promotions | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Current Promotion | 25% OFF (Coupon: TWENTY5OFFNOW) $9.95 OFF (Coupon: SLACKERGATOR) 25% OFF RESELLER (Coupon: TWENTY5OFFRESELLER) | N/A | N/A | 40% OFF (automatic using the link here) | |
| Monthly Price After Promotion | $7.96 (For the First Month ONLY) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 1 Year Plan After Promotion | $7.96 / Month | $7.95 / Month | $7.95 / Month | $3.67 / Month | |
| 2 Year Plan After Promotion | $7.16 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $3.67 / Month | |
| 3 Year Plan After Promotion | $6.36 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $6.95 / Month | $3.67 / Month | |
| FREE Domain Name | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Domain Privacy | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Disk Space | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
| Money Back Guarantee | 45 Days | 30 Days (according to a live chat agent) | 30 Days (according to a live chat agent) | 30 Days | |
| Anonymous FTP | *No | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| MySQL Database | Unlimited | 100 | 100 | Unlimited | |
| PostgreSQL Databases | No | 100 | 100 | No | |
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| Ruby on Rails | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Fast CGI | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Shell Access (SSH) | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Perl | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Server Side Includes (SSI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Cron Jobs | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Curl | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| GD 2 | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Image Magick | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Streaming Audio/Video Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Real Audio/Video Support | *No | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Email Alias | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Email Autoresponder | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Mailing Lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Catch Alls | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Mail Forwarding | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| IMAP Forwarding | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| SMTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Fantastico | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Soholaunch | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Hotlink Protection | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| IP Deny Manager | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Custom Error Pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
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| Instant Blogs | Wordpress, b2, b2evolution, Nucleus, pMachine Free | Wordpress, b2evolution | Wordpress, b2evolution | Wordpress | |
| Instant Portals | Drupal, Geeklog, PHP-Nuke, phpWebSite, Post-Nuke, Siteframe, Xoops | Moodle, Drupal, Joomla | Moodle, Drupal, Joomla | Joomla | |
| Instant PHPnuke | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Instant Forums | phpBB, Invision, Yabbse | phpBB | phpBB | phpBB | |
| Instant Guestbook | Yes | *No | *No | GBook | |
| Instant Hit Counter | Yes | *No | *No | Yes | |
| Instant FormMail | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Image Gallery | *No | Coppermine | Coppermine | Gallery2 | |
| Poll and Survey Software | *No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Open PGP/GPG Encryption | *No | *No | *No | Yes | |
| Redirect URL | Yes | *No | *No | Yes (Assuming this is what they meant by Domain Pointing) | |
| Web Based File Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Password Protected Directories | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| phpMyAdmin | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Site Stats | AWStats, Webalizer | Yes (not specifically stated) | Yes (not specifically stated) | Yes (not specifically stated) | |
| Web Logs | Raw Log Manager, Referrer Logs, Error Logs | Yes (not specifically stated) | Yes (not specifically stated) | *No | |
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| Private SSL Allowed | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Shared SSL | Yes | *No | *No | Yes | |
| osCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| ZenCart | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Cube Cart | Yes | *No | *No | *No | |
| Agora Shopping Cart | *No | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| ShopSite Online Store | *No | *No | *No | Yes | |
| Accept Credit Cards | *No | *No | *No | Yes | |
| PayPal Shopping Cart Integration | *No | *No | *No | Yes | |
| PowerPay | *No | *No | *No | Free 60-Day Trial | |
| HubSpot's Website Grader | *No | *No | *No | Yes | |
| RatePoint Feedback Service | *No | *No | *No | Yes | |
| Search Engine Submission | *No | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| Live Demo | Yes | Yes | Yes | *No | |
| ***Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit | No | $25 | $25 | $25 | |
| ****Facebook Ad Credit | No | No | No | $50 | |
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| Similar Features | Bandwidth | Unlimited | |||
| Cpanel Use | Unlimited | ||||
| Domains Allowed | Unlimited | ||||
| Add-on Domains | Unlimited | ||||
| Parked Domains | Unlimited | ||||
| Subdomains | Unlimited | ||||
| Site Builder | FREE | ||||
| 24x7 Support | Yes | ||||
| Instant Backups | Yes | ||||
| 99.9% Uptime Guarantee | Yes | ||||
| Accepts Paypal | Yes | ||||
| Setup Fee | FREE | ||||
| FTP Accounts | Unlimited | ||||
| PHP 5 | Yes | ||||
| CGI | Yes | ||||
| Frontpage Extension Support | Yes | ||||
| POP3 Accounts | Unlimited | ||||
| Web Mail Client | Yes | ||||
| Spam Assassin | Yes | ||||
| Python | Yes | ||||
| **Free Google Adwords Credit | $50 | ||||
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*This feature is not on the site's features page so it is safe to assume this isn't a feature
** You need to make sure that your country is eligible with the $50 Google Adwords Credit
*** You need to make sure that your country is eligible with the $25 Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit
**** You need to make sure that your country is eligible with the $50 Facebook Ad Credit
** You need to make sure that your country is eligible with the $50 Google Adwords Credit
*** You need to make sure that your country is eligible with the $25 Yahoo! Search Marketing Credit
**** You need to make sure that your country is eligible with the $50 Facebook Ad Credit
