Lunarpages Web Hosting Plans

Since the separation from the parent company Add2Net in year 2000, Lunarpages has operated for almost 10 years in providing web hosting solutions. Along these years Lunarpages has grown into a giant web host with a big variety of service. Shared hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated Hosting and VPS Hosting are just a few categories of their services.

Shared Hosting

Lunarpages has 2 plans offering shared hosting services: the Basic Plan and the Business Plan. Both plans aim to serve different needs. Basic Plan serves individual and small size website while Business Plan serves medium size business.

However in my opinion, the Business Plan is really a joke. Why? Take a closer look at both hosting features and you will realize that both plans have almost the same features except for SSL and 2 extra free domains. And Lunarpages charges $204 extra per year which I think that is completely a joke. Why pay more for SSL which you can install later with cheaper price? Not that your website will fail straight without that.

Why the Business Plan exists at all? Well this is because a few years ago Lunarpages only allows 1 domain name hosted with their Basic Plan and that makes more sense to sign up the Business Plan then. However, it is an unlimited add-on domain age now. With the upgrade of the Basic Plan providing unlimited storage and add-on domains, I seriously think that Business Plan is no longer needed.

VPS Hosting

VPS is another highlight of Lunarpages hosting. Not many hosting providers have VPS Hosting and as a result many people choose Lunarpages for that reason. Web developers usually tend to sign up the Basic Plan first and upgrade to VPS when their website grows bigger.

For you folks who are not sure about VPS, VPS hosting is one step above shared hosting and one step below dedicated hosting. Every VPS account has a dedicated IP and private space like dedicated server. It works exactly the same as dedicated hosting except for the account is sharing 1 physically server together with other customers (though the storage space is partitioned accordingly). Well it sounds like half shared half dedicated hosting.

Other Hosting

Lunarpages also offers other hosting services like reseller and dedicated hosting. For those who are looking for reseller hosting, Lunarpages appears to be a good choice. However I do not recommend Lunarpages for reseller account. I find Hostgator a better alternative on reseller hosting for their nature in this field.

It is also worth noting that Lunarpages has a hosting package named LPQuickSite where their service includes website designing. This package is highly recommended for business owner who are not familiar with web developing. Lunarpages will assign a specify team to design your website and host them up in less than 24 hours. The cost of all these is in fact much lower than the web designers elsewhere.

Lunarpages is a good host for sure. Their variety of services somehow does reflect their quality. By putting yourself in Lunarpages’ shoe, will you promise to deliver so many different hosting services if you are not well equipped enough? Lunarpages is apparently well established. However establishment is not equivalent to excellent quality. And perhaps the next thing to ask is their hosting quality.