Web Hosting Cost – How Much Is Too Much?

When you are purchasing web hosting for the first time it can be quite intimidating!  There are literally thousands of web hosting providers in the world, some are great, and the others are terrible!  Luckily for you there are sites like MangoOrange.com and AlreadyHosting.com who’s sole purpose is to research web hosting companies and then report back to you who is the best!  Our research can save you a lot of time and money.

Over the past few months we have noticed a trend in some of the questions that web have been asked by our readers.  Due to the poor economy individuals are being very conscience of the cost of web hosting and are wondering”How much is too much to pay?”.

Web Hosting Cost – How Much is Too Much?

The answer to this question depends on what type of web hosting you are looking to purchase; however, in the next few paragraphs  we we outline several different types of hosting and will tell you what is the maximum you should pay in each category.  We will also suggest some hosts to you that we think are the best in each category.

Shared Web Hosting

About 97% of websites can get by with a simple shared web hosting package.  Both of our sites (MangoOrange.com & AlreadyHosting.com) are hosted on shared web hosting servers.  I would highly suggest that you save your money and purchase a shared hosting package if you are just wanting to create simple websites.   THE MAXIMUM that you should be paying for shared web hosting is $5 per month, anything above that seems a bit high to me.

Personally, I use Hostmonster and I love them!  If you click on our exclusive Hostmonster.com promo link you can get hosting from this world-class host for only $3.95 a month!  Although I think that hostmonster is the best shared web hosting provider on the web, there are other great hosts like FatCow that offer hosting for only $3.15 a month!

Dedicated Web Hosting

Dedicated web hosting is for highly active sites that host a lot of files and receives thousands of visitors a day!  If you have been researching dedicated hosting and are wondering how much it too much, we are here to help!  Unlike shared web hosting dedicated web hosting pricing varies on the size of the server that you are purchasing.  Unless you are hosting a site that receives 10,000 or more visitors per day I would say that $150.00 is the most that I would spend per month on a dedicated host.

AlreadyHosting.com ranked SingleHop.com the best dedicated web hosting provider because their dedicated plans start at only $99.00 a month!  The cheapest I have seen dedicated hosting was at MochaHost who advertise $69.00/month dedicated hosting.

VPS Web Hosting

If you are looking for VPS Hosting (middle between shared and dedicated hosting) the most I would spend is $50 per month!  Most people who are looking at VPS  hosting could get away with shared hosting; however, if you are absolutely set on purchasing a VPS server I would suggest a company like HostGator who only charges around $20 for a basic VPS hosting package.

* The cost of web hosting varies depending on what type of hosting package you really want.  We have outlined the three main hosting categories above and have shared how much is too much to pay in each categories.  I would highly suggest that you follow our recommendations for each category, we have been researching web hosting providers for several years and we have a great idea to who is best.

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