Hosting Comparison

Hosting Feature Comparison

Sphere Web Hosting offers many choices to ensure the right technology and hosting plan is available to meet your needs. We offer both Hosting and Professional Hosting plans and both categories are rich in features, designed to allow easy management and full control of your web site. To help you decide which one is right for you, the chart below compares the standard features you'll find in our Hosting Plans with cPanel and our Professional Hosting Plans featuring the H-Sphere control panel.

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The List

The Category	Professional Hosting	Hosting

The Control Panel

The Basics

Domains	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
Windows Server 2003	WINDOWS & COLDFUSION PLANS
Linux (CentOS)
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
24x7 Support
Free Setup
No Contract

Domain / FTP Features

Domains Allowed	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
Parked Domains	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
Domain Aliases	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
Sub Domains	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
Multiple FTP Accounts
Virtual FTP Server

E-Mail Features

E-mail Accounts (POP3)	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
E-mail Auto Responders
E-mail Alias
E-mail Forwarding
Web Mail
Catch Alls
Spam Assassin
Anti-Virus
Mail SPF
IMAP
SMTP

Control Panel Features

H-Sphere 3.0 p9
cPanel 11
Fantastico Deluxe
Choice of Skins
Main Account Area
Change Account/Add Account	IN CONTROL PANEL	AT SERVICE DESK
Account Settings	IN CONTROL PANEL	AT SERVICE DESK
Billing Statements	IN CONTROL PANEL	AT SERVICE DESK
Domain Blacklist
File Manager
FTP Manager
Custom DNS
Script Handlers
Directory Index
Redirect URL
Error Documents
Mime Types

Database Technology

MSSQL Databases	VARIES BY PLAN
MySQL Databases	VARIES BY PLAN	VARIES BY PLAN
PgSQL Databases	VARIES BY PLAN
Enterprise Manager	WINDOWS & COLDFUSION PLANS
MyLittleAdmin	WINDOWS & COLDFUSION PLANS
phpMyAdmin
phpPgAdmin

Common Technology

SiteStudio
Easy Apps (Mambo, Joomla, etc.)
PHP 4 & 5	(Linux is 5 only)
FrontPage
Perl
CGI Resource
cgi-bin Resource
JavaScript
SSI

Windows Specific Technology

Coldfusion 7	VARIES BY PLAN
Coldfusion DSN
ASP.NET 1.1 AND 2.0
Dedicated Application Pool
Web Directory
Web Application
MS Sharepoint
MS Sharepoint User
ODBC

Linux Specific Technology

Crontab
Python
cURL
ImageMagick
GD
mnoGoSearch
Server Side Imagemap

Web / FTP Statistics

AWStats
Webalizer
ModLogAn	LINUX PLANS
Transfer Log
Referrer Log	LINUX PLANS
Agent Log	LINUX PLANS
Error Log	LINUX PLANS
Web Stats Password Protection

E-Commerce

SSL (Private)
Shared SSL
osCommerce 2
CubeCart
Zen Cart
Agora Cart
phpCoin

PHP/MySQL Applications

Blogs
CMS & Portals
Forums
Support Systems
Galleries
Polls & Surveys
Project Management
Site Builders
Wiki
Misc. Apps

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Professional Hosting

Hosting

Hosting Menu

Hosting Overview Feature Comparison H-Sphere on Coldfusion H-Sphere on Windows H-Sphere on Linux cPanel Hosting

Hosting Includes

All Virtual Hosting Plans Include:

FREE Set-up
FREE Site Transfer
24 x 7 x 365 Support
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
30 Day Money Back
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