Network Solutions VS Register.com on Shared Hosting

By Mark Noble
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- 4:26 pm
2019-06-28T02:07:06
Category: Web Hosting Comparison
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Network Solutions VS Register.com on Shared Hosting

Both Network Solutions and Register.com are brands that belong to Web.com. Thus, they bear resemblances to some extent. In order to make a clear distinction of them, we write this comparison between the web hosting services from these two brands with an eye to their prices, features, performance and technical support to get the secret revealed.

Network Solutions is sold to Web.com for $135 million in 2010. By contrast, Register.com is purchased with $405 million in 2011. To obtain objective data, we have personally tried the services provided by these tow companies and collected hundreds of reviews from their customers. In below, we would like to have a brief introduction of their overall ratings to help you get a general understanding at the very beginning.

Overall Ratings

In line with objective statistics we have got, we worked out the following table of their overall ratings which manifest that both companies gain 3.5 out of 5 stars in reliability, loading speed and technical support. Please refer to the table in below for more specific information.

Rating Network Solutions Register.com
Plan in Comparison Web Hosting Essential Hosting
Reliability 3.5 of 5 3.5 of 5
Loading Speed 3.5 of 5 3.5 of 5
Technical Support 3.5 of 5 3.5 of 5
Feature 3 of 5 3.5 of 5
Price 3 of 5 3 of 5
Price $2.99/mo $5.95/mo
How to Claim Not Recommended Not Recommended

Speaking the truth, the above ratings are not very remarkable. Thus, we do not think they are recommendable. Next, we are to further explain the reasons why they are not recommended.

Price

not affordableNetwork Solutions develops 3 upgradable shared web hosting packages that include Web Hosting, Web Hosting & Marketing, and Hosting, Marketing and Store. The price is starting at $2.99/mo, $3.99/mo and $4.99/mo respectively. Besides, all packages are available for billing cycles including 1 month and 1/2/3/5/10 years.

Similarly, Register.com also comes with 3 packages for shared web hosting including Essential Hosting, Professional Hosting and Premium Hosting. Respectively, the price is starting at $5.95/mo, $7.95/mo and $9.95/mo. In below, we display a clear price table for your reference.

Price Network Solutions Register.com
Plan in Comparison Web Hosting Essential Hosting
Price $2.99/mo $5.95/mo
Discount N/A N/A
Money Back Guarantee 30 Days N/A
Extra Bonuses N/A N/A

In addition, Register.com does not promise money back guarantee whereas Network Solutions offers a 30 days money back guarantee which is limited to one purchase per customer and per account. Considering their price and money back guarantee, it is evident that services from these two companies are not very affordable. Also, both of them come with no extra freebies.

Feature

featuresAll packages from the two companies come with unlimited bandwidth, minimum 300 GB storage, easy-to-use website builder, extensive library of tools, Hassle-free FTP, and scripting languages including PHP 5, Python, and Ruby on Rails etc..

In the case of the control panel, Network Solutions designs a custom one called as Hosting Control Panel, whereas Register.com adopts WebSiteOS. Both control panels are aimed at realizing ease of use and functionality. In addition, there are differences in many other advanced features of services offered by these two companies. For the convenience to check specific details, we have listed them in the following table.

Feature Network Solutions Register.com
Plan in Comparison Web Hosting Essential Hosting
Control Panel Hosting Control Panel WebSiteOS
Disk Space 300 GB 100 GB
Bandwidth Unlimited Unlimited
Free Domain No Yes
PHP 5 Yes Yes
Python Yes Yes
Perl 5 Yes No
Ruby on Rails Yes Yes
Money-Back Guarantee 30 Days N/A

Performance

uptimeeAs two brands from the same company, both Network Solutions and Register.com are supported by the same data center facilities of Web.com. To guarantee and maximize uptime, Web.com utilizes 8 separated data centers in North American each of which are consolidated with facilities provided by QTS Atlanta Metro Data Center.

To get impersonal data of their respective uptime, we have hosted 2 websites on their servers and launched a real time monitoring.

  • Network Solutions: delivers 99.94% uptime on average in the past 3 months.
  • Register.com: delivers 99.95% uptime averagely during the past 3 months.

Moreover, in order to obtain objective statistics of their server response time, we also conducted a real time monitoring on their server response time using Pingdom with a 5 minutes interval. In below, we have listed detailed outcomes.

  • Network Solutions: takes 628ms server response time averagely.
  • Register.com: consumes 610ms server response time on average.

Technical Support

supportIn the same way, the two companies are backed by the same technical teams consisting of hundreds of highly proficient and experienced technicians. With the help of the 24/7 technical support, all people are capable of seeking responsive assistance via two main channels including toll-free phone and email.

Nevertheless, both companies do not offer support through live chat that is always the first option for lots of native speakers. Without the support via this way, it causes a great deal of obstructions to get some pressing technical issues settled at express speed.

Conclusion – Both Are Not Recommended

From the above comprehensive and detailed comparison, it can be easily found that both these companies are not exceptional providers when considering the mediocre performance and drawbacks in technical support. On the basis of our real hosting experience together with thousands of comments from verified customers, we work out the following table of recommended providers. They are worth taking for their affordable prices, rich features, excellent performance and prompt technical support.