UKDomains Hosting Review

With 11 years serving the needs of internet users throughout the U.K., UK Domains is as savvy a web host as they are a domain registrar. UKDomains offers several scalable solutions, all the way up to their piece de resistance, what they call Unlimited Hosting, which boasts unlimited web space, email accounts and more. Email services are at the core of UKDomains hosting offerings, with certain features costing extra, so look closely and what you do and don't get with each plan. Currently, they offer a particularly juicy special deal for people transferring their existing domains over to UK Domains: 6 months of free web hosting.

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Hosting Ratings:
Price Value 8 / 10
Performance 8.5 / 10
Reliability 8.5 / 10
Customer Support 8.5 / 10
Control Panel 8 / 10
User Feedback 8.5 / 10
Overall Grade: 84%




 

 

 

Price Value
UKDomains starts off with what they call Core Services, amounting to a thorough email hosting account linked to domains, with email forward and DNS management, web and email forwarding, and webmail. From there, all Linux-based UKDomains accounts now come with PHP, web stats and visitor tracking, Microsoft FrontPage extensions, and CGI. Additional services can be bought a la carte for extra cost, such as MySQL and MSSQL databases as well as any e-commerce tools. The Unlimited Hosting plan is the Web Professional Plan which has unlimited disk space, unlimited domains, and unlimited email accounts, but a flat 50 GB/month data transfer allowance.

Reliability
Backing their 99.999% uptime guarantee (the best in the industry), is the UKDomains 2,000 square foot data centre, a fully redundant network with 14 "U" rack cabinets packed with Dell servers with Xeon processors, dual network cards, Raid backup, and that have multiple gigabyte connections. The facilities boast 2 UPS power supplies with a diesel generator for emergency backup. The UK Domains data centre is secured with biometric scanners and live onsite security staff. The building is protected with the latest in fire suppression systems.

Control Panel
UKDomains customers enjoy the powerful Plesk control panel, coveted throughout the industry its combined versatility and ease of use. The neatly organized, icon-based user control buttons cover every area of web administration, and the convenient sidebar keeps you on top of all your websites most pressing statistics.

Customer Support
UKDomains runs a searchable and neatly categorized Knowledgebase with an email ticket support system for making additional inquiries. All plans come with a 90-day money back guarantee.

UKDomains Hosting Plans
Home User – 250 MB disk space, 2 GB bandwidth, and 50 email addresses @ £29/year (up to 1 domains)
Business – 750 MB disk space, 5 GB bandwidth, and 1,000 email addresses @ £69/year (up to 5 domains)
Web Designer – 5 GB disk space, 20 GB bandwidth, and 250 email addresses @ £129/year (up to 15 domains)
Web Professional – unlimited disk space, 50 GB bandwidth, and unlimited email addresses @ £299/year (unlimited domains)