Top cheap web hosting providers

Cheap doesn´t always mean you pay nothing and get nothing. There are many cheap web hosting firms that offer good value for money. They all have a vast number of hosting features, offer great customer support and hardly have any downtime - most of them even give you an uptime guarantee. Below you can find a list of affordable hosting companies that meet these criteria.
Company
Price/month
Storage
Data Transfer
Hosting Specials
Bluehost
$6.95
1500 GB
15000 GB
50 MySQL & PostgreSQL DBs, Ruby on Rails, Python, Perl, PHP4&5, cronjobs
Easy CGI
$6.95
350 GB
3500 GB
50 MySQL, Perl, PHP, ASP, .NET, custom control panel
HostICan
$6.95
600 GB
6500 GB
Free domain privacy, ssh, ASP, Fantastico, nightly backup
Hostmonster
$5.95
1500 GB
15000 GB
host unlimited domains, unlimited e-mail accounts, 100 MySQL DBs
Hostgator
$6.95
350 GB
3500 GB
Unlimited MySQL, PHP4&5, Cpanel, Fantastico scripts
IPowerweb
$7.95
1500 GB
15000 GB
Host 6 domains on 1 account, CPanel, Shopping carts
Lunarpages
$6.95
1500 GB
15000 GB
Coffee Cup design software, unlimited databases, JSP/ASP available, Ruby on Rails
Powweb
$5.77
1500 GB
15000 GB
Free setup, 75 MySQL DBs, PHP5 and Zend, free scripts
Startlogic
$5.95
1500 GB
15000 GB
Free domain, host 10 domains on one account, unlimited e-mails, free setup
Is Low cost web hosting different?
Low cost web hosting firms are only different to traditional webhosts when you look at the price tag. They are cheaper - that´s the only difference! All of the low cost web hosting providers give you the same or more hosting features, storage and bandwidth than some of the more expensive companies out there. Some of the listed web hosting firms have just been around for a few years but already managed to attract thousands of customers. Others were founded in the early days of the web and have since established a dominant position and pass savings on to their customers.
Cheap web hosting tips
I first ventured into the world wide web in early 2000 and have since tried a couple of different webhosts and web hosting environments. I guess, I have a few helpful tips and tutorials up my sleeve that may help web hosting newbies with their sites. Just check out my blog and see if you can find something that interests you there