FatCow Reviews

FatCow Hosting Reviews

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FatCow is a hosting service which appears to be entirely focused on shared hosting, although it provides a wide range of services and support to complement it. Its selling point is simple: simple hosting facilities and simple to use services, eliminating the need for technical fiddling.

There are two plans available, The Original FatCow Plan and The Minimoo. The company offers a variety of professional services which can be added on (at extra cost).

FatCow has been operating for well over 10 years now. The company was founded in 1998 in Albuquerque in the USA but it has since been bought by Endurance International who also own a number of other web hosting companies, such as Bluehost. Endurance International provides online solutions for 2 million customers through 40 different brands, many of which they have acquired over the last few years.

FatCow Hosting Plans

1. VPS Hosting

Basic	Business	Optimum
Starting at $24.99/mo $19.99/mo.*	Starting at $59.99/mo. $47.99/mo.*	Starting at $99.99/mo. $79.99/mo.*
1-Core CPU 1GB RAM 40GB Storage 1TB Bandwidth 1 IP Address Free Domain CentOS 6.4 cPanel	2-Core CPU 4GB RAM 90GB Storage 3TB Bandwidth 2 IP Address Free Domain CentOS 6.4 cPanel	4-Core CPU 8GB RAM 120GB Storage 4TB Bandwidth 2 IP Address Free Domain CentOS 6.4 cPanel

2. Dedicated Hosting

Startup	Professional	Enterprise
Starting at $149.99/mo $119.99/mo.*	Starting at $189.99/mo $151.99/mo.*	Starting at $239.99/mo $191.99/mo.*
Intel Xeon E3 - 1220LV2 3.5 GHZ 4GB RAM 500GB Storage 5TB Bandwidth 3 IP Addresses Free Domain CentOS 6.4 cPanel	Intel Xeon E3-1265LV2 3.2 GHZ 8GB RAM 1000GB Storage 10TB Bandwidth 4 IP Addresses Free Domain CentOS 6.4 cPanel	Intel Xeon E3-1230V2 3.7 GHZ 16GB RAM 1000GB Storage 15TB Bandwidth 5 IP Addresses Free Domain CentOS 6.4 cPanel

FatCow Features

All Features

Platform Load-Balanced Platform Multi-GB Connections Daily Server Backups Backup Generator System 24x7 Facility Monitoring Programming PHP 4 & 5 Support CGI Directory Unlimited MySQL Databases Python Script Library Email Unlimited POP Mailboxes WebMail Client Spam Filtering Newsletter Manager Tool Marketing Tools Google AdWords Bonus Bing Search Marketing Credit YELLOWPAGES.COM Listing HubSpot's Website Grader Site Tools Website Builder Web Analytics Tools FTP Access Partnerships Affiliate Program Referral Program Reseller Programs

Plan Specifics Oodles Disk Space Oodles Bandwidth Unlimited Domains Per Account Unlimited Email Accounts Selling Online ShopSite Online Store Accept Credit Cards PayPal Shopping Cart Integration PowerPay Shared SSL Domain Management Unlimited Domain Pointing AvailableAutomated Domain Renewal Registrar Transfer MIDI File Support Unlimited Subdomains Available Applications WordPress Gallery2 phpBB GBook Joomla Poll, Survey, Counter Tools Moo Crew Support 24x7 Support Satisfaction Pledge Customizable Control Panel FAQ Library Step-By-Step Tutorials

FatCow Ease of Use

If you're new to Web hosting and website building, FatCow is pretty good at hand- (or hoof) holding. From good customer support, to a few basic tools, there's plenty here to help out newbies. Users can choose to build sites with the simple drag-and-drop tool from Weebly, or use FatCow's specialist WordPress hosting option (complete with free themes).

Interested in opening an online store? FatCow’s e-commerce services can help get up and running in no time. And if you need an extra-secure site, FatCow SSH access is available at an affordable rate. Email access is also a cinch to set up, thanks to the easily adjustable FatCow SMTP settings in the domain dashboard.

FatCow Uptime/Downtime

FatCow does not publish their uptime or downtime statistics and it doesn’t give any uptime guarantees. However, the data centre combines round the clock systems management with onsite personnel and each server is clustered with another, which means if one goes down, another takes over. These servers are in turn are backed up to another set of servers to ensure that your data isn’t lost.

The data centre is located in Boston in the USA and provides half a petabyte of storage space across over 800 servers. The servers are protected by 2 firewalls and the data centre is monitored by security personnel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you want your site to be backed up automatically, you can purchase a backup package which gives you daily backups and a backup and restore tool. Otherwise, you’ll have to perform your own backups as and when you need to.

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