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AwardSpace.com specializes in offering a wide range of web hosting and domain name services. We are a well-known provider in the free hosting market serving more than 1 million web sites. At the same time we are an industry leading hosting company in the field of quality paid hosting. Shared hosting is our strength and we have worked hard in the past five years to deliver this excellent service. Virtual Private Server (VPS Hosting) is our new passion and we are passionate about delivering superb VPS Hosting at rates so low its revolutionary. We offer a Comparison of our Shared Hosting plans which aims to help you choose between services. Look at our VPS Hosting here.

AWARDSPACE.COM Data Center

Our servers are strategically co-located in LambdaNet, situated in Kiel, Germany. That Data Center is well known as one of the connecting points of the Internet backbone between Europe and North America. This key position grants our servers (and your web sites hosted on them) many peer points in the global network of interconnected computers – the Internet. We rely on the pan-European Tier 1 fibre-optic network which connects our servers at rates of 50 Gbits, featuring high bandwidth and unsurpassed availability world wide. You no longer have to choose European or USA based hosting and be anxious on how this will reflect upon your web site performance world wide.

Overview FREE WebBasicWeb Pro PlusMax Pack Plus
?  Setup Fee is the fee you are paying for initial web hosting account creation and setup. With us any plans setup is free.   Setup Fee
?  Pricing shows the prices per month of a specific web hosting plan. We offer 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 months subscriptions.

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?  Storage is the allocated disk space you get for your hosting plan. All of the data you have on the server i.e. pages, files and emails are using your hosting plan's storage space.  Storage 250 MBUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
?  Data Transfer also known as Traffic is the actual amount of data transferred between your site and your visitors i.e. each time somebody is loading a page, file or a graphic from your site, data transfer is generated. The allocated data transfer is shown per month.  Data Transfer - speed test 5 GBUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
?  Free Domain for Life shows if a FREE domain registration/transfer for LIFE is included within specific shared hosting deal. Domains will be renewed for FREE as long as you renew your shared hosting plan with us. Check out for shared plans that have free domain registration/transfer for LIFE.  Free Domain Registration/Transfer for Life NoNo12
?  Data Backup is made on a weekly basis. In case of technical problem and data loss we can restore backup from the previous one.  Data Backup NoYesYesYes
?  SITE Builder is Soholaunch, it can be used efficiently both by novices and experts. With Soholaunch you create your unique, multifunctional website in no time, without any costs. The version of Soholaunch is basic version.   SITE Builder NoYesYesYes
?  Network Uptime is the uptime we strive to guarantee on our web hosting platform.  Network Uptime 99.9% or less99.9%99.9%99.9%
?  Money Back Guarantee is the warranty period you can request your money back if you think that the web hosting service offered is not the one it should be.  Money Back Guarantee -30 days30 days30 days
Website Management SignupOrderOrderOrder
?  Domains Allowed is the number of domain names you can host within particular web hosting plan.  Domains Allowed 1210Unlimited
?  Subdomains Allowed is the number of subdomains you can create and host within particular web hosting plan.  Subdomains Allowed 3520Unlimited
?  Full DNS Management is an option to manage your domains' DNS anytime you want through a Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer.  Full DNS Management YesYesYesYes
?  Full WHOIS Management is an option to manage your domains' WHOIS anytime you want through Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer.  Full WHOIS Management YesYesYesYes
?  Domain Locking Control is option to locking your domain, preveting from unauthorized or transfer theft. Lock / Unlock your domain(s) through Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer.  Domain Lock Control YesYesYesYes
?  EPP Key Control is the authorization code that is needed for domain transfer. You have access to the EPP key through Domain Control Panel you get extra with every domain registration/transfer.  EPP Key Control YesYesYesYes
?  FTP Accounts is File Transfer Protocol used for the exchange of files over any network. You can upload files or any other data using an FTP account with any standard FTP client software.  FTP Accounts 12040Unlimited
?  A record maps a domain name to a 32-bit IP address. Changing your A record you can point your domain (web site) to a different physical location than domain is hosted. The MX record is where your domain's email correspondence is received. By changing the MX record of a domain you can receive your email correspondence to a diffrenet mail server than our.  Custom MX & A records NoYesYesYes
?  Canonical Name or CNAME is the record to create hostname aliasing e.g. if you wish www.yourdomain.com to open yourdomain.com. It actually associates www.yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com which has already assigned IP with an A record.  CNAME Records NoYesYesYes
?  A 404 error page is displayed when someone on your site enters a link that does not exist. You can customize your 404 page i.e. put anything you like on it such as friendly statement that the requested page could not be found, using the same look and feel as for the rest of your site. This 404 error page enables you to track where your visitors come from and where the source of the broken link is.  Custom 404 pages NoYesYesYes
?  Advanced Control Panel is fully-featured web based control panel that puts you in full control of data content inside your account. Additionally with every paid web hosting plan you get Domain Control Panel for managing your domain(s).  Advanced Control Panel - view demo YesYesYesYes
?  Web Based File Manager is option through the Web Hosting Control Panel to easily upload, change, rename or delete file(s) and folder(s) inside your account.  Web based File Manager YesYesYesYes
?  Password Protection is option to set username and password access to any URL / directory of your site hosted with us without technical knowledge.  Password Protection NoYesYesYes
?  SSH (Secure Shell) is an option to securely and remotely access your web hosting account using command line interface e.g. Putty. This feature is strictly required by advanced web developers or administrators.  SSH NoNoYesYes
Email Features FREE WebBasicWeb Pro PlusMax Pack Plus
?  Email Accounts is the number of email boxes can create within you hosting plan's limits. In other words it is how many email addresses yo ucan create e.g. myname@mydomain.com.  Email Accounts 11000UnlimitedUnlimited
?  Email Alias is to setup multiple email addresses and point them on to other email address e.g. on your mail box name@domain.com you create alias name.familyname@domain.com, any emails send to name.familyname@domain.com will be received in name@domain.com   Email Aliases 11000UnlimitedUnlimited
?  Mailing List is the option to create a list of email addresses and email all of them by sending email to only one pre-defined email address(mailing list address).   Mailing Lists NoNoYesYes
?  Email Filters is option to manage incoming email traffic to the mailboxes in your hosting account. You can set filters that apply rules to any incoming email which contains specific keywords in the mail header or body i.e. delete, forward, move to another folder. You can also set priorities and order the way these rules are executed.   Email Filters 12000UnlimitedUnlimited
?  Virus Protection is using ClamAV anti-virus toolkit designed strictly for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It scans, detects and removes any unwanted programs that can potentially corrupt your data, or infringe the normal operation of your PC.  Virus Protection (ClamAV) YesYesYesYes
?  SPAM Protection is using SpamAssassin. It is a computer program that uses a variety of spam detection and spam filtering techniques based on content-matching rules. If spam is becoming a great burden for you and your business this surely will be relief for you.  SPAM Protection (SpamAssassin) YesYesYesYes
?  Webmail is web based access to your email accounts anywhere, anytime by logging in user-friendly web interface.  Webmail YesYesYesYes
?  We support two Internet standard protocols for email retrieval.

POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3) access allows you to download your email messages straight to your computer and navigate them using mail client e.g. Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.

IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a powerful protocol providing you direct access to your mail box online while all email messages are still kept on the mail server. Thus, you can control your emails from a desktop computer at home, a workstation in your office, a notebook computer while traveling without transferring or synchronizing messages between computers.

We stronly recommend to use IMAP protocol when you setup your email client software.  POP3/IMAP Access		 POP3/IMAPPOP3/IMAPPOP3/IMAPPOP3/IMAP
?  SMTP Access (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Mail servers use SMTP to send emails. Without this feature you cannot send emails. Free hosting accounts has SMTP turned Off based on spam threats.  SMTP Access YesYesYesYes
?  Autorespoder is option to set your personal auto respond message to your email account(s). Use it when you are away, or just as notification upon receiving an email. This feature is available only on paid accounts due to its mail server demanding nature.  Autoresponder YesYesYesYes
?  Catch-All is mail box that catches all emails send over to not existing email box. For example if you only have mail box name@domain.com, any email send over to anything@domain.com will go inside this Catch-All mail box. Paid accounts have this useful feature rather than Free accounts due to its mail server demanding nature.  Catch-All NoYesYesYes
?  Email Forwarding is option to forward your incoming email traffic to any other chosen email address. Paid accounts has this feature rather than Free accounts due to its mails server demanding nature.   Email Forwarding NoYesYesYes
Scripting & Databases SignupOrderOrderOrder
?  MySQL Database is a multi-user SQL(Structured Query Language) database server management system which supports languages such as C, C++, Java, PHP, Perl, Python etc. On our shared hosting platform can be created and utilized MySQL databases version 5.  MySQL(v.5) Databases 1210Unlimited
?  MySQL Database Storage is the space you can utilize for each of your MySQL Database(s).  MySQL Database Storage 10 MB50 MB100 MBUnlimited
?  phpMyAdmin is php written web based tool. Using it you can handle the administration of MySQL database. The most frequently used operations are supported by the user interface (managing databases, tables, fields, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc), while you still have the ability to directly execute any SQL statement.  phpMyAdmin YesYesYesYes
?  PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It is enterprise class database, highly scalable both in the sheer quantity of data it can manage and in the number of concurrent users it can accommodate. PostgreSQL systems can manage in excess of 4 terabytes of data.   PostgreSQL Databases 0210Unlimited
?  PostgreSQL Database Storage is the space you can utilize for each of your PostgreSQL Database(s).  Postgres Database Storage 050 MB100 MBUnlimited
?  phpPgAdmin is a web based administration tool for PostgreSQL database. It provides a convenient way for users to create databases, create tables, alter tables and query their own data using industry-standard SQL.  phpPgAdmin YesYesYesYes
?  PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used web development scripting language that can be embedded into HTML. Currently 80% of all dynamic web pages are devepoped on php. On our paid hosting you can run php files that require PHP version 5.  PHP 5 PHP 5PHP 5PHP 5PHP 5
?  php.ini is the configuration file of the PHP interpreter. By editing the php.ini file you can customize the PHP configuration of your web hosting account.  Custom php.ini NoYesYesYes
?  APS.NET is web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft for building dynamic web sites, web applications and web services. On our servers ASP.NET is running on Linux with Apache. It supports ASP.NET 2.0.  ASP.NET NoNoNo5 sites
?  Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl is one of the most common CGI scripting languages.

CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is one method by which a web server can obtain/send data from/to databases, documents, and other programs, and present that data to viewers via the web.   Perl, CGI		 YesYesYesYes
?  A Perl Module is a discrete component of software for Perl programming language. It can be used by a Perl program or by other perl module. Collection of over 3200 Perl modules are available.  Over 3200 Perl Modules YesYesYesYes
?  Ruby is dynamic programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It combines and supports multiple programming paradigms, including functional, object oriented, imperative and reflection. It also has a dynamic type system and automatic memory management. It is similar in varying respects to Python, Perl and etc.  Ruby NoYesYesYes
?  Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days.  Python NoYesYesYes
?  SSI (Server Side Include) Support enables commands executed by the server as it parses your HTML file. Server side includes can be used to include the value of various server environment variables within your HTML.  SSI Support NoYesYesYes
?  Crontab Support is option to schedule commands to be executed periodically. It reads series of commands (cron jobs) and executes them according to the predefined schedule.  Crontab Support NoNoYesYes
?  Curl is a command line tool for transferring files with url syntax.  Curl NoYesYesYes
?  GD is source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. GD creates PNG, JPEG and GIF images, among other formats. It is commonly used to generate charts, graphics, thumbnails etc.  GD NoYesYesYes
?  ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in different variety of formats.  Image Magick NoYesYesYes
?  IonCube is application that run files encoded by IonCube Optimizer. It protects PHP programming language from being viewed, changed, and run on unlicensed computers.  IonCube NoYesYesYes
?  Zend Optimizer is an application that enables PHP to run files encoded by the Zend Guard. It is widely-used to run encoded application.  Zend Optimizer NoYesYesYes
Website Statistics FREE WebBasicWeb Pro PlusMax Pack Plus
?  Access & Error Logs is option to monitor the access and error log files for the domain names and subdomains inside your hosting account.   Access & Error Logs NoYesYesYes
?  Traffic Statistics shows the traffic of the domain names and subdomains in your hosting account. You can see detailed traffic statistics for your hostnames for the current day, last 7 days and for the last 6 months.  Traffic Meter Statistics YesYesYesYes
?  Webalizer Statistics is a web server log file analysis program which produces usage statistics in HTML format. Yearly, monthly, daily and hourly usage statistics are presented, as well as usage by site, URL, referrer, user agent (browser), username, search strings, entry/exit pages, and country (some information may not be available if not present in the log file being processed).  Webalizer Statistics NoYesYesYes
OS, Connectivity & Security SignupOrderOrderOrder
?  Linux is a freely distributed Unix-type operating system. Under Linux can be run most of the hardware platforms.

Apache is web server application available for wide variety or operating systems like Linux.  Stable Linux with Apache		 YesYesYesYes
?  Shared SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for encrypted trasmissions of details over your site is available on paid hosting accounts. It is good to have a SSL if any personal or other secure details are transmitted over your site.  Shared SSL NoYesYesYes
?  SPAM / Virus Protection by special programs installed on the server to scan, detect and remove any unwanted programs that can potentially corrupt or infringe the normal operation of PC over email. This also stops to great extend unsolicited commercial emails.  SPAM/Virus Protection YesYesYesYes
?  Secure Shell Access is remote secure access to your web hosting account over SSH client.   Secure Shell Access NoNoYesYes
?  Firewall Protection protects the machine your hosting account is located. With this protection your web site is absolutely protected from any standard web server attack.  Firewall Protection YesYesYesYes
?  RAID Backup (Redundant Area of Independent Drives) provides increased data reliability. This system stores your data simultaneously on two HDDs, in case of a hard drive crash we can restore backup from the unimpared HDD.  RAID Backup NoYesYesYes
?  UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) maintains alternative electric power from separate source (usually battery) when utility power is not available.

Diesel Generator supplies power from diesel engine in case of emergency.

Both UPS and Diesel Generator ensures interruptable electricity supply for our servers.  Power Supply - UPS, Diesel Generator		 YesYesYesYes
?  50 Gbits Network Connectivity is the speed of the port connecting our web hosting cluster and the global network. The clustered servers are located in such a way that at peak times paid servers are speed attended with priority.   50 GBits network connectivity - speed test paid with priorityYesYesYes
Zacky Installer - 50+ FREE Installs FREE WebBasicWeb Pro PlusMax Pack Plus
?  A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application used to create, edit, manage, search and publish various kinds of digital media and electronic text. The following CMS systems can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: Joomla, Mambo, Pligg, Xoops, Drupal, Zenphoto, ocPortal, PhpGedView, SimplePie, PHP-Nuke, e107.  Content Management System NoYesYesYes
?  Web Blog is a website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. The following Blogs can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: Nucleus, WordPress, b2evolution, Pixelpost.  Web Blogs NoYesYesYes
?  Discussion Board refers to forum or message board. In general means online discussion site. The following Discussion Boards can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: phpBB, bbPress, PunBB and SimpleMachines.  Discussion Boards NoYesYesYes
?  Image Gallery is any software to upload your pictures, which is web based for your friends and family. The following Image Galleries can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: Coppermine and 4images.  Image Galleries NoYesYesYes
?  GuestBook is a logging system that allows visitors of a website to leave a public comment. Generally it does not require to create a user account. The following GuestBooks can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: GBook.  GuestBooks NoYesYesYes
?  eCommerce Solution refers to softwares that help you selling products over Internet. These are but not limited to Shopping Carts and other additional modules. The following Shopping Carts can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: OpenCart, Oscommerce, Zencart, CubeCart, PrestaShop and TomatoCart.  eCommerce Solutions NoYesYesYes
?  Customer Support Management is customer support tool for closer touch and better communication with clients. The following Customer Support Management systems can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: phpFreeChat, Crafty Syntax, Help Center Live, Simple Invoices, X7Chat, SugarCRM, osTicket.  Customer Support Management NoYesYesYes
?  Ad Management is software application for newletters, managing selling and delivery of online advertising inventory. The following Ad Management systems can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: PHPlist and poMMo.  Ad Management NoYesYesYes
?  Calendar is system, where visitors can post comments for events, optional e-mail notification for approved/rejected events, adding picture galleries and other features. The following Calendar can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: ExtCalendar, WebCalendar.  Calendars NoYesYesYes
?  Classified Ads is software that set up your own classified section, users can post/delete their ads without your intervention. The following Classified can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY within any paid web hosting account: NoahsClassifieds.  Classified Ads NoYesYesYes
?  Groupware is software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals. The following Groupware applications can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY with any paid web hosting account: Feng Office and PHProjekt.  Groupware Tools NoYesYesYes
?  Polls & Survey are softwares for creating and maintaining Polls and Surveys gather results and view statistics. The following Polls & Surveys can be installed FREE and AUTOMATICALLY withing any paid web hosting plan: LimeSurvey.  Polls and Surveys NoYesYesYes
?  Wiki refers to the following software applications: DokuWiki, TikiWiki and MediaWiki. See Zacky Installer page for more information.  Wiki NoYesYesYes
?  Social Networks Content Management Systems would help you create a platform similar to FaceBook, Twitter and etc. If you want to keep up with the latest web tendencies social network site is a must. With all our paid hosting plans currently pre-installed are: BuddyPress and Elgg.  Social Networks NoYesYesYes
?  Even if you have a personal web site it is good to know who visited it, how often, what pages exactly are visited and etc. Of course if you have a business related site Web Analytics are a must. You cannot make effective marketing efforts if you do not measure what the results are. In your hosting account you will be able to install any of the following: GCount and Piwik.  Web Analytics NoYesYesYes
?  We are all human beings and we all make mistakes. It is good to have something that will track your errors, which most of the time are causing the bugs in your site scripts. Again with 1 lick only you will be able to install Mantis.  Bug Tracking NoYesYesYes
?  During the dawn of internet it was almost impossible to build a web site with out having a serious programming background. Now you can even build forms easily. Whether it is a contact form or sign up form phpFormGenerator will suite you right.  Web Forms CMS NoYesYesYes
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?  24/7/365 Customer Support is highly qualified professionals at your disposal 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year on shift ready to help you with any issues that you might come across while using our web hosting services.  24 x 7 Customer Support LimitedPremiumPremiumPremium
?  Sales Live Chat is available for pre-sales questions you may come across when you look at our web hosting services before purchase.   Sales Live Chat YesYesYesYes
?  Integrated Ticket System is a system you can file a ticket to our technical support team. We will shortly provide you with a precise answer to your concrete issue.  Integrated Ticket System LimitedYesYesYes
?  Online Documentation is our F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions). This is the place we file the problems most of our clients come across. Detailed instructions on every problem step by step is your quick troubleshooter.  Online Documentation YesYesYesYes
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?  Setup Fee is the fee you are paying for initial web hosting account creation and setup. With us this is Free of Charge.  Web Hosting Setup Fee
?  Pricing shows the prices per month of a specific web hosting plan. We offer 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 months subscriptions.  Web Hosting Plans Pricing
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