Host Clear

Host Clear is another web hosting provider that offers unlimited everything at a low monthly price of $3.95 per month, recently reduced from $5.95 per month. Unlimited data storage, unlimited e-mail accounts, and unlimited data transfer are all very appearing, which makes one do a double take when they dig a little further and find that there are actually 3 plans available. The $3.95 per month plan is actually referred to as the Home package, which is superseded by the $5.95 per month (discounted from $9.95 per month) Business package, and the top of the line offering that Host Clear refers to as the Business Pro package ($9.95 per month, discounted from $14.95 per month).

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1. Use this special Host Clear link (opens in new window)
2. Click the “Signup Now” button
3. Now close that window that has the Host Clear website
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After all, with unlimited everything, what could possibly entice one to pay $6 more per month for the Business Pro package than for the Home package? According to Host Clear’s sales material, there are 5 possible answers: server speed, advertising credits, backup frequency, number of free domains for life, and a spam guard. Before exploring these differences, it might be instructive to see what the packages have in common.

On top of the unlimited storage, bandwidth, and e-mail addresses, all of Host Clear’s plans come with a basic control panel interface that includes both a basic statistics tracking suite as well as a panel for webmasters to have some control over how their site is viewed by Google. Instant setup, an anytime money back guarantee, and 24/7 technical support via a web-driven chat feature that seems to be automated or a toll-free line round out the universal feature offerings.

Both the Business and the Business Pro plan feature a spam guard called Spam Assassin that the Home plan lacks. The Home plan doe come with a single free domain for life, and each successive plan adds another free domain for life, though all of Host Clear’s plans can handle unlimited additional domains if customers are willing to pay for them. The Home plan and Business plan are both backed up monthly, and the Business Pro plan is backed up weekly, all of which are very poor by industry standards. The Home plan comes with $75 of advertising credits, the Business comes with $100, and the Business Pro comes with $200. The only problem with the advertising credits is that most of the credits are to places that few people have heard of, and almost nobody needs. Miva anyone? The server speed issue is also hard to quantify, all Host Clear leaves consumers with is the fact their Home plan is fast, while the Business plan is faster, and of course, the Business Pro plan is the fastest.