397 viewsThere are LOTS of different options which will have different levels of importance depending on your goals, budget, etc. Below I offer a basic table you can use as a starting point for a checklist as you investigate different hosting providers.
| Option | Host #1 | Host #2 | Host #3 |
| Pricing | |||
| Setup Fee | |||
| Monthly Price | |||
| Upgrade / Updates (none, on request, proactive, etc.) | |||
| Operating System | |||
| Applications | |||
| Control Panel | |||
| Core Capabilities | |||
| Shared/Virtual/Dedicated | |||
| # IPs | |||
| Additional IP Cost | |||
| # of Domains | |||
| # Sub-Domains | |||
| Private Nameservers | |||
| Control Panel Technology | |||
| Hardware / Infrastructure | |||
| Unix/Linux/Windows | |||
| Disk Space | |||
| Additional Disk Space | |||
| Bandwidth | |||
| Additional Bandwidth Cost | |||
| Hardware | |||
| Min. RAM | |||
| Max. RAM | |||
| 24×7 Support (phone/Web only) | |||
| Contract required / special terms | |||
| Access / Site Management Capabilities | |||
| # FTP Accounts | |||
| Anonymous FTP | |||
| Shell Access (SSH) | |||
| DNS / Bind | |||
| Email Related | |||
| # POP3 Accounts | |||
| IMAP Support | |||
| Web-based Email | |||
| SPF/SenderID Support | |||
| Spam Filter | |||
| Email Aliases | |||
| Catch All account | |||
| Auto responders | |||
| Mailing Lists | |||
| Mail forwarding | |||
| SMTP | |||
| Spam filtering | |||
| Development Tools | |||
| # MySQL DBs | |||
| Custom Error Pages | |||
| CGI (private) | |||
| PHP | |||
| Perl | |||
| Python | |||
| Cron Access | |||
| FrontPage Support | |||
| SSL (Shared) | |||
| SSL (Private) | |||
| Curl Support | |||
| Override .htaccess Support | |||
| Reporting Capabilities | |||
| Raw Log Files (extended) | |||
| Referrer Logs | |||
| Error Logs | |||
| AWStats | |||
| Analog Stats | |||
| Other web stats | |||
| Server Side Includes | |||
| Password Protect Directories | |||
| Backups (on-server or off-server) | |||
| Optional Program Support (version) | |||
| Fantastico Script Support | |||
| phpMyAdmin | |||
| phpBB | |||
| phpList |
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