For those who emailed me asking for the
free hosting reviews – here’s your answer.
I did a very quick research
on free hosting market and had just handpicked five good ones.
They
might not be the best but all of them have good reputation and I read
good words
about their services.
Well, without any delay, here goes the list.
1. Dot Easy
DotEasy
started in 2000 and they are among the first that comes up with $0
Hosting plan.
They are hosting over 160,000 domains at the time of
writing.
A point worth noting is that, DotEasy.com is the only free hosting I
ever tried and
I find them pretty good – do pay extra attention on them
if you’re serious about getting
something for nothing. 
What you get with DotEasy?
Free web hosting with 100MB storage and 1GB bandwidth.
Unlike most other free hosting, DotEasy doesn’t force banner ads on
the websites
hosted free with them. Also, they allow FTP access, domain
forwarding, provide free
blog/forum/gallery/web form features, support
video/audio streaming.
Visit DotEasy online.
2. Agility Hoster
AgilityHoster’s website seems a bit crappy but their free hosting
plan is not bad.
The free 5GB bandwidth, 200MB disk storage, and 2
addon domains are kinda good.
Visit AgilityHoster online.
3. Beacon Hosting
Beacon’s free web hosting plan
is generous. You’ll get 1,000MB storage,
100,000MB bandwidth, and
capacity of 10 addon domains on an add-free free hosting account.
With
a stable up to date LAMP platform provided, I believe Beacon Hosting is
ideal for small business websites.
Visit Beacon Hosting online.
4. Zymic
If FreeHostia’s hosting plan is generous, then Zymic’s plan is
crazy! They offer 5GB
disk storage and 50GB bandwidth to all of their
users. Plus, the free hosting plan comes
along with various valuable
features such like MySQL database and WebStats.
Visit Zymic online.
5. Mister
Mister free hosting plan offers 250 MB storage and 5GB bandwidth.
Users also
get to create unlimited POP3 email accounts, access to CGI
Bin, host PHP site,
as well as using the Server Side Includes features.
Oh ya, did I tell you that Mister’s website is so nicely designed?
Visit Mister online.
Wrapping things up: Is free web hosting recommended?
To me, free web hosting does not sound like a good choice – especially if you are
serious in developing a good website.
I can name a dozen of disadvantages that come along with these free web hosts –
lack of securities, domain ownership problem, server reliability, hosting management ethic issues…
there’s so much possibility for a free web host to screw up thus it doesn’t look like a good deal to me
even though it’s free.
A free web host, however, benefits beginners who wish to test their skills cost-free and for those with
little or no budget (students, for example) at all. Free hosting solutions work perfectly well when it is
meant for training or testing purpose. There aren’t much free hosting services around that offer
comprehensive hosting features but listed below are some of the better ones I knew.
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