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Virtual Zoom | PHP WHM Python cPanel Perl MySQL |
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$6.95/month
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Failover Zoom | PHP Anonymous FTP Python cPanel Perl MySQL |
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$13.95/month
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ZoomMini | PHP Anonymous FTP WHM Python Linux cPanel |
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$2.95/month
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cPanel Cloud Hosting Plan | WHM cPanel MySQL Uptime Guarantee Softaculous SSL Certificates |
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$12.95/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#1 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$32.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#2 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$44.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#3 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$65.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#4 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$86.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#5 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$115.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#6 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$150.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#7 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$195.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#8 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$285.00/month
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Cloud VPS Plan#9 | PHP PostgreSQL WHM CentOS Python Linux |
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$395.00/month
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Hybrid Dedicated Server | PostgreSQL MySQL Uptime Guarantee PayPal Softaculous Apache |
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$99.00/month
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Intel i5 3570 | PostgreSQL MySQL Uptime Guarantee PayPal Softaculous Apache |
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$119.00/month
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Xeon E-3 1230v2 | PostgreSQL MySQL Uptime Guarantee PayPal Softaculous Apache |
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$149.00/month
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2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 | PostgreSQL MySQL Uptime Guarantee PayPal Softaculous Apache |
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$229.00/month
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Unfortunately I can’t say that they absolutely “rock” on any aspect. I was with them for 4,5 years and during that time experienced mostly problems. I have many other hosting packages with other companies around the world and i can honestly say that the one with HostingZoom is by far the worst.
The server was suffering from multiple down times, the support took ages to reply (i only requested support on issues related to the server, NOT any site development issues) and once they did they almost always blamed it on my site.
They have multiple issues with security and their systems appear to be confused about what vulnerability means. I experienced many of my sites being offline without any prior notification and once their support finally decided to reply, they simply mentioned that system scanners found malware on my hosted sites and had to be suspended until further action.
Do note, that i run through all of my files (as you can imagine a painful, long & tedious process) and found none. Also note, that the sites were mostly ‘testing ground’ for some of my ideas and were never really ‘busy’ with visitors or anything like that.
Despite that I experienced massive delays in pageloads etc and yes you guessed it right, the blame was on my sites. The exact same copy of those sites, was pasted in various of my other hosting packages (with other companies) and they ALL worked flawlessly.
To be fair, I’m located in Europe and they in US, so up to an extent i would be understanding towards delays. But then again, 3 of my other hosts are also in the US and still, i never experienced the slightest issue. Also note that when i say massive delays, i mean 1 to 2 mins to load a site which has no scripts, images, long codes or anything. Just a clean / fresh Joomla / Magento installation.
All that made me absolutely sure I needed to switch them however I never really bothered downloading the databases and files and moving them elsewhere and thus ended up sticking there for two more years without using them as my primary host.
The blow came at the beginning of this month (January 2014), when they decided to charge me backwards for 8 months without issuing any sort of invoice beforehand or asking any sort of consent to renew my package. After 4 and a half years with them and by collecting the relevant “Loyalty Points”, i assumed they converted them into a half-year free hosting. The reason was that i frequently visited my client account to check for any invoice / balance on my part and found none but at the same time my loyalty points disappeared. Since April 2013, the loyalty point status has been “not available”.
Accordingly, i decided to stick with them for as long more as the free hosting was active and then make the switch. However, as noted earlier, i received an account suspended notice, all my related sites got suspended. Therefore i went straight to pay the generated invoice (which was 6.50 bucks) thinking that as soon as the suspension is lifted, i will grab my files and leave them. However, apparently their site was having “issues” too, which produced an error during my paypal payment. Thus, i tried again. Got the same error. An hour later I received an email from paypal saying thank you, both payments were sent. And while im sitting there hoping for my account suspension to be lifted, I receive an email from HostingZoom saying basically “hey, we realized we didn’t charge you for the past 8 months. So now, if you want your files, pay us the remaining balance of 70 bucks or so, in addition to the 2 payments you already sent.
I decided to skip all together, write them up a nice email (which of course i know nobody gives a fu** about) and moved on with my other hosts. Which are simply great.
Stay away from HZ. As far away as possible. Don’t even reconsider for a moment. Everything related to them has negative impacts.