| IX Web Hosting is a medium sized web host that | | | | period. |
| was founded in 1999. They currently host over 150, | | | | 30 Day money back guarantee. |
| 000 domains from their base in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. | | | | Customer service and technical support |
| IX Web offer budget shared hosting solutions for the | | | | IX give us phone support (toll free if you live in the |
| mass market. They tend to aim their products at the | | | | U.S), live chat, and e-mail ticket services, all are |
| sought of customers who believe more is ..... well..... | | | | available 24/7, 365 days/year. These services tick all |
| more! If this sounds like you then read on. If | | | | the right boxes, but in terms of the quality they are |
| however, you are type of person who feels that | | | | way behind the likes of Lunarpages, Bluehost, and |
| quality is the top priority; and vast amounts of | | | | Hostgator. We advise that you test them out |
| bandwidth and features are less important, then you | | | | yourself first, to see if their service level is |
| should read our reviews of Hostgator, Lunarpages, | | | | acceptable to you. |
| and Bluehost instead. | | | | Performance |
| Features | | | | This area is always likely to be where IX is going to |
| IX offer 5 different hosting packages, the "Expert | | | | have problems; when you oversell resources like IX |
| Plan" (EP), "Business Plus" (BP), "Unlimited Pro" (UP), | | | | do with their disk space and bandwidth allowances, |
| and two Windows plans. They all come with a vast | | | | server performance inevitably suffers. This means |
| array of features, you can find a full feature list and | | | | that you are going to get a more sluggish and |
| product comparison on the IX website here. Below is | | | | probably less reliable service when compared to other |
| rundown of the main components of the Linux plans. | | | | web hosting providers. These other providers tend to |
| Disk Space -100GB with the EP, 300GB from the BP, | | | | charge more money, offer less features, but crucially, |
| and unlimited if you sign up to the UP plan. These are | | | | they often deliver more quality when it comes to |
| all completely crazy numbers for a budget shared | | | | server performance. |
| hosting plan! | | | | With regards to the control panel supplied with IX's |
| Bandwidth - 1000GB, 1500GB, and 2000GB | | | | plans we were very disappointed. Unfortunately they |
| respectively. Again ludicrously excessive numbers. | | | | use the dreaded H-Sphere control panel, its |
| Just imagine what would happen if all IX's customers | | | | performance is swift, but its layout and design are |
| actually tried use all that bandwidth! Luckily 99.999% | | | | poor and make it look cheap. It's no match for the |
| of people never will. Just to put it in to context, | | | | likes of cPanel or Vdeck. There is a full working demo |
| those are sought of bandwidth allocations you get | | | | on the IX website; we strongly advise you try it out |
| when using your own dedicated server (which usually | | | | first before signing up with IX. If you think that you |
| costs at least $200/month), so when the price for | | | | can live with it then fair enough, IX might still be for |
| the EP starts at just $3.95/month we know that | | | | you. We should probably mention that some people |
| something doesn't add up! | | | | are fans of H-Sphere, and still swear it's the best |
| Number of domains - 2, 8 and 16. So even the | | | | control panel out there, though they are definitely in |
| cheapest plan allows us to host two websites, where | | | | the minority! |
| as the BP and UP plans give us the best chance to | | | | Our Verdict |
| try and use all those bandwidth and storage | | | | Well, if price is your first consideration you definitely |
| resources; allowing us to host up to 8, and 16 | | | | should look to IX, there "Expert Plan" is pretty much |
| websites on the one account. | | | | the cheapest "proper" web hosting package currently |
| Site Studio - This website building software comes | | | | available. However, if you can stretch to an extra |
| with all hosting plans, its basic and easy to use, and | | | | dollar/month we believe that a better choice would |
| will be very useful to those who are new to web | | | | be the "ProLogic" plan from StartLogic, review here. |
| design. | | | | The other IX plans offer even more, but their price |
| Free domain name registration - This means that IX | | | | tags bring them into competition with the real heavy |
| will register your domain name for you, free, for as | | | | hitters of the shared hosting industry. In our opinion |
| long as you host with them. EP comes with 1 free | | | | it's difficult to see why you would choose the IX |
| domain name, BP with 3, and UP with 5. This is | | | | "Business Plus" plan over Bluehost. Or the "Unlimited |
| probably our favorite feature of IX's hosting plans, | | | | Pro" over Hostgator or midPhase. The only reason |
| especially on the BP and UP packages. If you plan to | | | | you may want to choose the "Business Plus" or |
| host multiple domains then this offer could save you | | | | "Unlimited Pro" packages, ahead of the |
| a significant amount on domain registrations. | | | | aforementioned alternatives, is due to the multiple |
| Search engine submission service - Free with all plans. | | | | free domain registration features of both, which |
| 99.9% Uptime guarantee - Server uptime is | | | | would certainly make them more appealing from a |
| guaranteed to be above 99.9% n any 12 month | | | | value for money standpoint. |