Arvixe vs Godaddy – Compare Arvixe and Godaddy

You were looking for a good hosting company and would like to choose from Arvixe web hosting or godaddy web hosting, then here is some useful information about the 2 web hosting companies.

Arvixe has been providing quality web hosting for customers around the globe since 2003. Arvixe offers packages for personal, small business and enterprise websites. Arvixe is a leading windows 2003 & 2008 server web hosting service provider. Godaddy is one of the best & largest domain registration service providers, but their hosting service also has all features one could ask for in a web host.

Arvixe provides UNLIMITED Bandwidth, UNLIMITED Disk Space, 24×7 Support (chat and phone) with all their packages. But Godaddy provides limited disc space and band width Godaddy, also provides 24×7 Support (by email & phone only. No chat support provided).

The important factor is which hosting company provides the most necessary features for your requirement or need. Based on our research, we came up with following comparison table. Note: Our home page version of Arvixe review is a summarized version of Arvixe’s features.

Shared hosting comparison

Feature		Godaddy
Price for hosting limited websites	$4/mo – Websites (Domains) allowed – 6	$4.99/mo – Websites (Domains) allowed – 1
24/7/365 support		(only email & phone)
Support Rating	Arvixe support rating	godaddy support rating
Control panel	Cpanel(which is very easy to use) arvixe cpanel features	Their own control panel
Price for Hosting UNLIMITED Websites	$7.00 / month	$6.99 / month
Money Back Guarantee	60 day Money Back Guarantee	No Money Back Guarantee(monthly option available)
Free Domain Name		$1.99
Windows Hosting / ASP .NET Hosting	Read arvixe asp.net hosting review
Google Adwords		$75
Site Builder
Fantastico Scripts	Arvixe Fantastico for cPanel
Shared SSL	Arvixe SSL
RMS server(required for boonex/orca)
ffmpeg	arvixe & ffmpeg
CubeCart,OS Commerce, Zen Cart
WordPress Hosting
Elgg hosting	Elgg Hosting by Arvixe – Find facts
Drupal,Joomla,Mambo	Read arvixe CMS hosting
Ruby On Rails, Perl, Python, Cron
GD 2&Image Magick.
MySQL 5 Databases	Unlimited	10
MS SQL Server Databases	Unlimited ( Arvixe SQL Server)	1
Zend Optimizer
Private SSL Allowed
Backup	Arvixe uses R1Soft backup and customers will have an option of browsing their files from within the last 2 days or the last 2 weeks.	Daily Backups
Discounts/Coupons offered	20% off any hosting plan! Arvixe Coupon

Conclusion:
We agree both Arvixe and Godaddy are both reliable and affordable web hosting providers. We have used Arvixe and goDaddy for hosting my ASP.NET 3.5/Ajax/MS SQL 2K5 app and we prefer Arvixe over godaddy due to some advantages listed in comparison table above plus following advantages:

• Arvixe hosting service is always fast, affordable and has very less down time. Their support is very fast, helpful and friendly.
• If you are planning to use Social Network or Community Website Hosting software like BoonEx / Oraca Software or Elgg or LovdbyLess, Arvixe shared hosting is a very good choice for you. All these plans start at $4. See arvixe boonex hosting features
  
• Arvixe also offers support and hosting for Video Sharing Software Hosting like VidiScript,iVidPlay, ClipBucket, ClipShare, osTube Hosting – All these plans start at $4.
• Arvixe also has special hosting packages for osCommerce Hosting ,CubeCart Hosting,Buy Safe Hosting,Zen Cart Hosting, Magento Hosting – All these plans start at $4.

Sign up with Arvixe here and get 20% off any hosting package

Sign up with Godaddy here.

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