Key differences between paid hosting and free web hosting

1. Paid Hosting & Free Web Hosting

2. Free Paid
Hosting Hosting
When making a choice between hosting
services, more often than not it ultimately boils
down to paid hosting and free web hosting.

3. Free–hand
to
Advertisers
Features & Customer
Functions Support
Bandwidth
Security
Limit

4. Free–hand to
Advertisers
In most cases when hosting services are free, the providing
company at hand generates revenue through advertisements.
Your business website, in such a scenario becomes an
advertisement portal. Your web host has the free will to put up
pop-ups, banners and other adverts, without you having any
control over the same. On the other hand, when you pay for a
web host, you are directly giving money to the
provider, allowing for complete control over your site from your
end.

5. Customer Support
Free web hosting companies generally offer minimal customer
support. Getting a query answered, even if it is a crisis, may
hence involve a long wait time. Obviously paid hosts in that
respect are a notch up. They ensure quality customer
support, at your beck and call at all hours of the day. What’s
more a paid web host will provide you with tutorials and help
desks as a backbone, making it all the more valuable.

6. Security
Naturally, a free web host doesn’t have security for users among
the list of its priorities. It can be said hence, that with a free
host, the likelihood of your website being hacked is larger. With
investments in safeguarding business owners’ privacy and
data, paid hosts, on the other hand give your website higher
protection.

7. Bandwidth Limit
A capping on the amount of bandwidth you are offered is a
norm amongst free web host providers. In the event your
website witnesses incoming traffic that is much above the limit
offered by your host, it can lead to more downtime. With
greater bandwidth at hand, paid web hosts, in contrast, are a
better option. You also have the option of choosing for
allowances on data transfers with possible upgrades in the
future. High bandwidth can always be chosen at a later point in
time. Most free web hosts don’t come with this option.

8. Features & Functions
When you pay for the services of a host, you can rest assured in
terms of the features and functionalities on offer. You get
exactly what you pay for and sometimes more in terms of plug-
ins, tools and webmaster implementations. With a free web
host, all this is a challenge and you are offered just about the
basic tools. Another aspect that most freebies have missing is
site builders and shopping carts, which can pretty much make or
mar your website.

9. Corporate Address
Net 4 India Ltd
D-25, Sector-3,
Noida-201301 (India)
Tel : +91 120 4323500
Fax : +91 120 4323520
Email : info@net4.in
Website : www.net4.in