SiteCloud vs. Yahoo
SiteCloud is an eco-friendly cloud web hosting provider that offers customers reliable and scalable website hosting solutions to meet future needs. Yahoo, a renowned search engine, also offers web hosting solutions to both individuals and small businesses at affordable prices. Although Yahoo is a reputable company offering a plethora of services since its incorporation in 1995, SiteCloud delivers more unlimited and unrestricted plans and features.
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Whether you’re an individual or small business owner searching for a web hosting provider to maintain a website, the following comparison may be helpful in selecting the best provider to meet your hosting needs and budget.
Pricing
SiteCloud web hosting offers customers a variety of hosting plans including: StormSite Cloud Hosting, Cloud VPS Hosting, and Reseller Hosting. StormSite Cloud Hosting offers customers free setup and lifetime domain for $$4.95/ month. The StormSite Cloud Hosting package is the cheapest plan at an affordable $4.95 per month. The Cloud VPS Hosting plan varies in price ranging from $29.00 to $99.00/month, with Reseller Hosting package from $19.00 to $99.00/month.
In contrast, Yahoo only offers a basic web hosting plan. Pricing depends on whether you purchase the service for one month ($12.95), three months ($8.96 first 3 months, $11.95/month after) and 12 months ($7.46 first 3 months, $9.95/month after).
SiteCloud is the better deal when factoring pricing. The hosting provider offers an affordable basic plan loaded with unlimited features.
Products and Services
SiteCloud and Yahoo are both trust-worthy and reputable web hosting providers deliver customers an array of unlimited features with a 99.9% uptime. SiteCloud offers cloud web hosting and free marketing credits as well as VPS and Reseller hosting packages. The VPS plan includes advanced hardware features and access to the latest version of cPanel for an additional $10/month fee. Reseller Hosting packages range from starter Tier 1 plans for $19.00/month with 25GB Cloud Storage, 250GB bandwidth, free cPanel client control panel accounts and migrations to the more expensive reseller plan which includes the same perks as the basic plan, upgraded to 125GB Cloud Storage and 1,200GB bandwidth.
Yahoo web hosting services also offers a basic web hosting plan offering unlimited data transfer and disk space and $75 Microsoft Advertising adCenter credit, $50 Google Adwords credits, and 30% discount on Yahoo Local Enhanced Listings, however, don’t be surprised if the company places constraints on how fast your online business can grow. SiteCloud takes the lead in offering a variety of products and services at a relatively lower price.
Web Hosting Features
Both Yahoo and SiteCloud deliver an assortment of unlimited web hosting features. SiteCloud offers such options as unlimited bandwidth, hosted domains, POP/IMAP e-mails and MySQL databases, and free lifetime domain, site builder site migration and LAMP ready.
Yahoo web hosting services offers support for third-party design tools (Dreamweaver, Publishers), WordPress, phpMyAdmin, domain name, easy-to-use design tools, unlimited site storage and data transfer. If you’re looking for a one-stop web host that can assist in building your website with ease, then Yahoo may prove to be the better option; however, if you’re looking for a more affordable package with the ability to expand with your business, then SiteCloud is your winner.
Customer Service
Both, SiteCloud and Yahoo small business web hosting services offer free customer support phone (SiteCloud has limited hours) and e-mail support, 30-day satisfaction guarantees as well as online
resources such as beginner guides, video tutorials, and comprehensive online help centers. In addition, SiteCloud offers 24/7/365 pro-active and re-active server monitoring, nightly backups, searchable knowledge base, FAQ’s and self-help articles. Both web hosting services offer quality customer service, however, SiteCloud provides more resources and support outlets when compared to Yahoo.
Recommendations
After an-depth comprehensive review of Sitecloud and Yahoo, our choice goes to SiteCloud based on the fact that the web host offers more unlimited options at a lower price that allows you to expand as your online business grows. Although the web hosting service offers a single plan packed with unlimited features at a very affordable price when compared to Yahoo.
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Please i need a help, am thinking of hosting with sitecloud vps for social networking site with elgg but my problem is that i dont know how many concurrent members can it hold before i upgrade to next vps
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