WebHostingPad Review

WebHostingPad Review

August 10, 2024

WebHostingPad Review

August 10, 2024
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At a Glance

WebHostingPad is a veteran industry businesspeople-created team that came into being in 2005 with a mission statement of providing top-notch web hosting at very reasonable prices in order to make an online presence accessible to all people while keeping quality service. They are currently hosting over 200,000 domains, and the number is continuously growing at a fast pace. Their headquarters are located in Rolling Meadows, USA, while their data centers are located in Chicago.

Pros

  • Unlimited web hosting plans
  • Affordable prices
  • Free Weebly website builder
  • Free SSL for each domain
  • Unlimited bandwidth, storage etc.
  • Brilliant support and security
  • $200 Marketing bonuses
  • Free domain name included

Cons

  • No monthly billing option
  • Self-study materials could be better
  • Only Shared and VPS packages
  • Site maintenance brings uptime down

Plans and Pricing

The first thing we saw regarding WebHostingPad's plans is no restriction on features. Hence, you get unlimited domains, databases, email accounts, storage, and bandwidth, which, frankly, we don't see often enough at this price at least.

The shared and WordPress hosting plans start at $1.99 per month, and you have the two options of each to choose from: Power Plan and Power Plan Plus. At a minimum, all of them will have free domain registration, free SSL encryption, a free website builder from Weebly, unlimited websites, domains, and emails—very nice things to be included up front. Besides shared hosting, WebHostingPad provides VPS (unmanaged and managed) and dedicated servers.

WebHostingPad does not have a monthly billing cycle; however, users can select any term from one to five years. As with most other hosts, all of their hosting plans include a 30-day money-back warranty; quite predictably, this warranty does not include domain registration or other add-ons.

WebHostingPad Hosting Features

  • Very competitively priced: WebHostingPad offers very affordable web hosting plans. Starting at just $1.99 per month is most definitely a great incentive for small businesses and individual customers hoping to host their websites.
  • Free Domain Name Registration: Each of the available plans will have free domain name registration for the first year, which may save the customer a little money.
  • Unlimited Disk Space and Bandwidth: WebHostingPad supplies unlimited disk space and bandwidth, which makes it very convenient for websites that have a lot of traffic or need to store a lot of data.
  • Free SSL Certificate: Absolutely, without charging additionally, all the plans come with a free SSL Certificate, a necessity for security and generating trust with the visitors of your website.
  • Website Builder: WebHostingPad has an easy website builder through which a user can create an effective and professional-looking website without having to know any technical stuff.

Ease Of Use

Right after selecting a hosting plan, you'll be asked to register a new domain, transfer the one you already have, or just use it while keeping it with your current manager. If this is your first time trying out WebHostingPad and you would like a new domain name, then you are eligible for a free domain for a year.

Next would be the choice of a billing cycle, and the longer it is, the cheaper—the hosting price. Say, if one will commit to the whole five years rather than doing so for a year, which is really a long-term decision, then from $3.99, the price will go down to $1.99 per month, which is half the price. Then, if you are a new customer, you will be requested to share an adequate amount of your personal information with WebHostingPad. Once you have set up a password, selected a method of payment, and read the "Terms of Service" thoroughly, in theory, you can check out.

Speed and experience

Speaking in terms of speed performance, we had high hopes concerning WebHostingPad, which it came up right according to GTmetrix. The flagship site of WebHostingPad required 2.8 seconds to fully load—not pretty bad at all with an average result of 8.1. In parallel, it was needed to reach the total of 59 requests, which is good compared to the average of 89. So, in a nutshell, the overall website speed performance according to GTmetrix gave an A at 96%, which is pretty cool as close to the perfect score.

WebHostingPad guarantees that 99.9% of the time, their servers are being watched out to assure their customers that their websites are up and running constantly at every second. In the very emergency of downtime greater than the guaranteed 99.9%, WebHostingPad promises users a monthly hosting credit on their accounts for each 8 hours that their sites remain unreachable. But most likely, this will never be necessary—taking UptimeRobot into consideration; it's been the tool monitoring the uptime of the main website. After a month of uninterrupted observation, I recorded not one single minute of downtime and there was just one major oscillation in response time, which leaves an impression of reliability.

Customer Support

If you look for assistance by going into the "Help Center" on the WebHostingPad site, you will find a couple of options. If you like to try it by yourself, the first option probably is the knowledgebase, or—should you have a common issue—the FAQ section at the bottom of the same page.

True to their word, WebHostingPad's knowledgebase is rather extensive, containing a total of 156 articles split into relevant categories such as "Getting Started", "WordPress" and "Weebly", among others. A search function is also available, to find the article which will answer your query.

Another way of getting assistance is by contacting WebHostingPad's support team, and you can do it in a few: by submitting a ticket, by writing an email, or by entering the live chat. As far as we have experience, the chat is the quickest channel to have your issue resolved and should be at your disposal round-the-clock. Or you can just give them a call but keep in mind that telephone support operates only during working days and from 8AM to 10PM (CST).

Conclusion

WebHostingPad offers above-average speed and reliable uptime while increasing its value position with quite increasable features, especially when considering the price-to-quality ratio. Customer support is level with everything above, and WebHostingPad is not hard to recommend, especially for beginners. However, if you need something more ambitious or just an alternative, HostGator, Hostinger, and Bluehost are all good both for newbies and veterans.

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Sarah Mitchell
Contributing to the likes of CNET and Wired, Sarah's writing centers on emerging technologies, innovation, and comprehensive reviews. She has been a consistent evaluator of gadgets, software, and web hosting services for numerous years, leveraging her background in engineering for meticulous research and insightful writing. Her deep understanding of web hosting companies ensures her reviews are both detailed and trustworthy.