Sunday, January 7, 2007

Free ASP hosting plans. Things to look over.

Free ASP Hosting Plans. Things to look over.



There are many ASP hosting providers that offer free ASP hosting plans. You need to be very careful when picking a free ASP hosting plan.

First of all, if the ASP website you want to host, is a business one, I strongly suggest you choose at least a Shared ASP Hosting plan, if not a dedicated one.

Here are the things you need to look over when choosing a free ASP hosting plan:


  • Limited space - See how much space do you need for your application, and how much space they offer.

  • Limited bandwidth - Check out if offered bandwidth is enough for your website

  • Banner free? - Another issue with free hosting providers, is that they automatically place banners on your website. A website with banners is not a professional one.

  • Email accounts - Do they offer email accounts? How many?

  • Backups - Are they making daily backups? Because losing your files is the worst thing than can happen.

  • Uptime - What is server's uptime?

  • Database - Do you have access to any database? MSSQL? Access?

  • Reviews - Search as many reviews as possible of the provider



It's hard to find a good free ASP hosting provider, but I do recommend LunarPages to host your ASP site.