PHP Hosting

Updated June 4th, 2009

The table below compares PHP hosting plans from several leading web hosting services. All of the plans shown here include support for PHP and MySQL. When choosing a web hosting service, some of the factors you should consider include plan cost, disk space limits, bandwidth limits, scripting support, and database support.

Web Host	Price	Basic Features	Scripting Support
Web Hosting Pad	$1.99/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes Unlimited MySQL Databases	PHP FrontPage Perl Ruby Python
Just Host	$3.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes Unlimited MySQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl Ruby Python
IX Web Hosting	$3.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name 2,500 E-Mail Boxes 50 MySQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl Ruby
Dot5Hosting	$3.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes Unlimited MySQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl Ruby Python
FatCow	$4.83/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes Unlimited MySQL Databases	PHP FrontPage Python
HostGator	$4.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth Unlimited E-Mail Boxes Unlimited MySQL Databases	PHP Ruby FrontPage Perl Python
Lunarpages	$4.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes Unlimited MySQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl Ruby Python
StartLogic	$5.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes 25 MySQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl
HostMonster	$5.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes 100 MySQL Databases 100 PostgreSQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl Ruby Python
Bluehost	$6.95/mo	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name 2,500 E-Mail Boxes 100 MySQL Databases 100 PostgreSQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl Ruby Python
PowWeb	$3.88/mo first year $7.77/mo thereafter	Unlimited Disk Space Unlimited Bandwidth 1 Free Domain Name Unlimited E-Mail Boxes 75 MySQL Databases	PHP .htaccess Override FrontPage Perl
Easy CGI	$7.96/mo	350 GB Disk Space 3,500 GB Bandwidth 500 E-Mail Boxes 50 MySQL Databases	PHP ASP/ASP.NET FrontPage Perl

Glossary of Web Hosting Terms

Domain Name - This is the name that appears in your URL, e.g. www.mydomainname.com
Disk Space - This is the amount of data that you are allowed to store on the web server. Sites with many large files, such as images and video files, will require a larger amount of disk space.
Bandwidth - Also referred to as data transfer, this is the amount of data your site provides to visitors over a given length of time. Sites with higher traffic volume will require a higher bandwidth limit.
.htaccess Override - Provides a way to make configuration changes on individual directories in your site. Many scripts will not work correctly without this ability.
PHP - A popular scripting language that can be used to build dynamic, interactive web sites.
MySQL - A popular database management system (DBMS) that is commonly used for web development. It allows you to store a collection of records that can be displayed or modified using a scripting language such as PHP.