JustHost Review Summary
Although JustHost markets itself aggressively as an easy-to-use web hosting solution that offers full functionality and tons of freebies, it is in fact not that much different from your run-of-the-mill web host. Features are unremarkable and while sign-ups may get you steep discounts, renewal prices are about on par for entry-level web hosting.
https://www.justhost.com/JustHost Pros
- Generous amount of resources
- Free domain name
- Website builder included
- Python, Perl, and other script support
- Lots of marketing tools
JustHost Cons
- Non-guaranteed weekly backups
- Some resource limitations
- Only shared hosting available
Editor’s Review & Recommendation
JustHost comes across as a great deal for both beginners as well as owners of basic websites. Their plans are pretty feature packed and even developers should technically have their needs taken care of thanks to quite extensive script support. A fair amount of freebies are offered to sweeten the deal and the free domain name and SSL indeed do. You also get a very generous amount of resources, even if not all unlimited.
Aside from that you also get features that are pretty much standard across almost any modern web hosting. These include easy 1-click software installation tools, website builder, email support, and more. Now that w know what JustHost averages at, let’s look at some parts that make it special.
Despite being a shared hosting only service provider, this host supports eCommerce features as well such as secure servers and some shopping carts. These can be paired with some of the script installers that it has to build an eCommerce store on the cheap. The question is, with limitations in some resources, will those online stores be able to withstand high traffic?
Despite branding itself as suitable for those on a small budget, renewal fees aren’t exactly low. The extras that you’ll find here hardly justify that remarkable increase upon renewal but it does make a good platform for developers to dabble in. The final issue with JustHost is that they are now an EIG company, which doesn’t bode well for those hoping for good support here.
Couple that with the fact that you are limited to US-only data centers and JustHost isn’t exactly the gem they make themselves out to be.
Review by Jason Chow
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Addie
“Used to be good a decade ago now not so much!”
Was with them over a decade, went from good to bad the horrible! From them having to downgrade my pho cost they are not up to date or having glitches, to charging me 3 times what I pay now (with guaranty same price at renewal!) for little support with people that don’t know what they are doing!
Was force to change asap, I stick around longer than I wanted because I feared changing and having trouble with sites not working but now I realize it was easier than I thought with a proper new host. I am now with Interserver who went above and beyond to help getting all my site to work properly free of charge.
If you find yourself in my position, please consider Interserver, they will migrate your site and you wont have to do much, nor need to be advance in tech server hosting either.
I now feel robbed by justhost, really!