Posted on Apr 02 2013
Arvixe is hosting company founded in 2003 in the United States. Since then, they’ve been recognized as one of the fast-growing companies in the hosting industry. Their hosting package isn’t great as the companies, ranked in the first place but they’re definitely an option while considering a new hosting account for a Joomla website.
Summary of Test Results:
| Test Period |
Speed |
Security |
Support |
Bonus Points |
Rank |
| Jan-Mar 2013 |
702 Hits and 62.47% Availability |
Chroot Isolation |
26min Basic and 1hour Advanced Support Response |
No |
#5 |
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Posted on Apr 02 2013
Rochen Host is a web hosting provider orientated in business, reseller and Joomla hosting. Although they are recognised mostly as Joomla hosting provider, they have optimizaions for other popular applications like Drupal and WordPress too.
Summary of Test Results:
| Test Period |
Speed |
Security |
Support |
Bonus Points |
Rank |
| Jan-Mar 2013 |
1268 Hits and 95.99% Availability |
Chroot Isolation |
25min Basic and 20+hours Advanced Support Response |
No |
#6 |
Server Speed and Security
Rochen has servers in the United States and in England and they allow you to chose the location of your server upon registration. However, their hosting account performs 4 times slower than SiteGround for example.
Technical Assistance
Althrough recognized as an official Joomla hosting provider, Rochen host have much to work to reach the leading companies in the industry in terms of Support. Our tests have shown that it takes about 6 hours get a simple, Joomla-related issue solved by their support. When we simulated a problem that requires a bit more advanced support assistance, we had to wait over 8 hours and at the end Rochen Support team did not solve our issue.
Joomla Hosting Features
Rochen have made some optimizations towards Joomla-based websites. In addition they have a one-click installer which makes it easier to start a new site. Despite that, they don’t offer any other extras like auto-updates, templates or tutorials.
Posted on Jul 20 2012
InMotion Hosting provides web hosting services since 2001. It has a custom package for Joomla users including 1-click-Installer Fantastico, the latest Version of MySQL 5 & PHP 5, suPHP security, a large collection of Joomla-related tutorials and articles, and experienced technical support. InMotion Hosting has different plans for different needs. Together with the 90 days money back guarantee offered by InMotion, the offer becomes pretty much irresistible.
Server Speed and Security
InMotion Hosting own their data centers and have equiped them with High Grade Hardware & Max Speed Zones for the best speed performance. InMotion Hosting offers data center locations on both coasts, so your data will be close to you and your customers, and thus your website and email performance improved.
Technical Assistance
InMotion Hosting Support Team is available 24/7 via phone, live chat and email. The team is qualified to assist you with Joomla installation and configuration questions of a wide range. InMotion also has very informative tutorials and articles in its knowledge base.
Joomla Hosting Directory rating about InMotion Hosting
InMotion Hosting has a knowledgable staff, that can assist you with your Joomla website or issues you might experience. In our test we had to wait for few hours for an answer, but the request was handled very professionally on their end. Many of our questions were already answered in their SupportCenter. Our Joomla website speed and uptime are very reliable, no complaints here. You should defenitely give InMotion Hosting a try if you are looking for a professiona Joomla Hosting. Given their 90 days money back guarantee, there is nothing to lose.
Posted on Aug 12 2011
iPage has been in the web hosting industry for more than 10 years. The company specializes in offering a great deal of flexibility without over-complicating things. iPage currently hosts over 1,500,000 domains for customers from 150 different countries.
Summary of Test Results:
| Test Period |
Speed |
Security |
Support |
Bonus Points |
Rank |
| Jan-Mar 2013 |
1268 Hits and 95.99% Availability |
Chroot Isolation |
25min Basic and 20+hours Advanced Support Response |
No |
#3 |
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Posted on Jan 05 2011
Review about SiteCloud
SiteCloud is a very young hosting provider founded in 2010 and based in Santa Monica, California. The company relies on the experience and professionalism of Trey Gardner, CEO of GreenGeeks, and his team. SiteCloud is one of the first companies to offer cloud hosting services in cPanel/WHM.
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Posted on Jan 05 2011
Review about HostGator
HostGator is a popular web hosting provider. The company has been offering hosting services since 2002 when it was founded by Brent Oxley. As HostGator themselves say, they started the company from a dorm room at the Florida Atlantic University. Since then, HostGator has grown to a massive company with more than 7,000 managed servers. Currently HostGator hosts over four million domains and make approximately 1% of the world’s Internet traffic.
Summary of Test Results:
| Test Period |
Speed |
Security |
Support |
Bonus Points |
Rank |
| Jan-Mar 2013 |
585 Hits and 100% Availability |
Chroot Isolation |
35min Basic and 10hours Advanced Support Response |
Joomla Auto-updater |
#2 |
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Posted on Nov 05 2010
SiteGround provides Joomla hosting services since the day Joomla! was born. SiteGround is the first host to provide free installation of Joomla 2.5 for its users. The company currently provides web hosting for more than 80,000 Joomla websites. For all Joomla users the SiteGround team has launched many Joomla tutorials. The tutorials include both information for beginners about how to use and manage Joomla, as well as advance instructions how to install Joomla addons and deal with certain problems. SiteGround has provided over 200 Free templates for Joomla and now has the richest collection of FREE Joomla templates with frequent new releases. SiteGround has also launched a series of FREE Joomla extensions especially for the needs of its customers.
Summary of Test Results:
| Test Period |
Speed |
Security |
Support |
Bonus Points |
Rank |
| Jan-Mar 2013 |
7000 Hits and 100% Availability |
Chroot Isolation |
5min Basic and 15min Advanced Support Response |
Joomla Auto-installer |
#1 |
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Posted on Nov 05 2010
Review about GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks, founded by Trey Gardner in 2006, is the most eco-friendly web hosting company on the web. GreenGeeks contributes to a greener environment through its decision to use energy efficient servers and to compensate the energy used for its data center by purchasing wind energy credits. But GreenGeeks also provide high-quality hosting services, since its founder has 10 years of experience in the industry behind his back and the whole team consists of highly skilled web professionals.
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Posted on Nov 05 2010
JustHost has won the Award for Top User Rated Joomla Host 2010
Review about JustHost
JustHost is a reliable provider that gives you a free domain name for life and unlimited space for your website. With JustHost you get 99.9% uptime guarantee, you can use your account to host unlimited domains, and you get an easy to use cPanel with free Fantastico script library.
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Posted on Nov 05 2010
Review about BlueHost web hosting provider
BlueHost is a reputable hosting company with feature-rich plan and affordable prices. The company which has been offering web hosting services since 1996 provides a hosting package suitable for both personal and business websites. This affordable hosting plan combined with the excellent customer service of BlueHost makes it very attractive.
Summary of Test Results:
| Test Period |
Speed |
Security |
Support |
Bonus Points |
Rank |
| Jan-Mar 2013 |
257 Hits and 100% Availability |
No |
8min Basic and 12min Advanced Support Response |
No |
#4 |
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