Current Rating of AnHosting based on experiences as detailed below.
Pricing:
5 out of 5
Support:
N/A (haven't had to use yet)
Reliability/Uptime:
5 out of 5
Billing & Accounts
4 out of 5
About Anhosting and Update - 6 May 2008 Just thought I'd check in and let you know that the hosting is going fine. No problems with anything and everything is running smoothly. I thought I'd post some information about AnHosting as a company which should enhance this anhosting review overall.
Lots of companies start with humble beginnings but few begin with two guys and a basement like AnHosting did. In 2001, this web hosting company included two employees and a basement office outside of Chicago. Then that little company grew – and grew - to evolve into one of the top players in web hosting today. Many other businesses have been around the block a few times, compared to AnHosting's relatively recent appearance on the marketplace. However, AnHosting's commitment to customer service and quality has quickly vaulted them to large company status, with more than 150,000 domain names on a network of 1000+ servers.
Two years after AnHosting began; another small company was coming into existence through the efforts of two dedicated founders. MidPhase began in May of 2003 with two guys and an idea. No money, and little resources; but a sound philosophy of the importance of customer service and a desire to meet a web hosting need for clients on limited budgets. In 2005, the worlds of AnHosting and midPhase collided, with the latter acquiring the former and a growing enterprise was born. Now customers of AnHosting, and their parent company midPhase, can enjoy the highest quality of customer service and value packages for web hosting that offer the most products and services for the money. MidPhase currently boasts a customer base of 65,000 customers with 90,000 domains in more than 140 countries.
MidPhase's commitment to customer satisfaction comes through in their policies, which are carried over to AnHosting's clients as well. First, this company provides a 30-day money back guarantee on all packages that are purchased. That's how confident they are that their customers will be happy with the service and products they receive. Second, technical support is available to all clients, 24-7. This support can be accessed through live chat, phone or email for added convenience. Guess what? There is no charge for that support. And the average turnaround on support tickets is 30 minutes or less.
The hard work of this company has not gone unnoticed by many other players in the field. Today, AnHosting is recommended by big names like Mambo, Sub Dreamer and WordPress. This company currently hosts tens of thousands of independent blogs; more than anyone else in the industry. It has also won numerous awards and received more than its share of rave reviews from the experts. These include a Top 10 Web Hosting's Editor's Choice Award in 2007 and an Editor's Pick Award from Hosting Review in 2006. In addition to kudos from the big names in the industry, the list of customer testimonials is a long one, with plenty of satisfied clients that have been using AnHosting's services for some time. MidPhase is also a member of the Chicago BBB and the BBB Online Program.
If you are looking for a web hosting company for your business, consider giving AnHosting a try. You have nothing to lose – at least for the first 30 days with their money back guarantee. And you may find that your web hosting needs have never been taken care of in a better way.
AnHosting Review Update - 18 April 2008 Well it's been about 4 months since I signed up for AnHosting's hosting plan in an effort to write a complete and exhaustive review of AnHosting. So far AnHosting has been absolutely great, I haven't had any problems and the uptime has been perfect.
I have added some more pages to this AnHosting Review, a bit about my experience and ratings of AnHosting. Some pages are also just general information about AnHosting in deciding if they are the right host for you.
Update & Some Additions to this Review - 10 January 2008 Going through AnHosting's control panel it is evident that they offer many ecommerce features which would not only be useful to people creating websites with shopping carts but also beneficial to any business who is making their website. AnHosting has an arrangement with Yahoo and Google in which you get free credit on their respective paid search advertising platforms. Have a look at the AnHosting Ecommerce page for more details.
Update & Some Additions to this Review - 20 December 2008 Well so far everything is going well with AnHosting. I haven't had any problems with AnHosting and uptime is good. I think this anhosting reviews would be incomplete with some detailed information about AnHosting's servers and their uptime. I have done some research on these 2 aspects of AnHosting's offering. You can use the menu on your left to go to the AnHosting Uptime & AnHosting server pages.
It Also seems that at the moment AnHosting is running a special offer which makes their plan extremely good value for money. They are offering 500GB Diskspace, 5000GB Bandwidth and the ability to host 40 domains on one account. This is an excellent offering and backed by their reputation and support, this offer is hard to go by.
AnHosting Signup - 11 December 2008 Welcome to my AnHosting review, this site is going to serve as an ongoing review of An Hosting and I will keep it updated with any issues or good experiences I have with AnHosting. Although there are many other sites that have reviews of AnHosting there are very few of these "review sites" that actually have an account with AnHosting. This site is hosted on AnHosting's servers.
The signup proedure for AnHosting was relatively simple and straightforward. The actual signup took less than 5 minutes. However unlike some other hosts, AnHosting does not have instant account setup. After the signup on their website is comple, a message appears saying that your account will be activated in 24 hours. In my case it was about 12 hours. This is a long tim if you want to get a site up instantly but for the majority of users a 24 hour wait for account setup is not an issue. AnHosting manually verifies the accounts to protect customers from hacking attempts and to protect themselves from fraud. Because of the delay in account activation I have given AnHosting 4 out of 5 for the "Billing & Accounts" Category. Apart from that their pricing is excellent and in fact AnHosting is one of the best value hosting plans around.
