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When we talk about a hosting plan that does not cost much money, our thoughs inmediately go to the open source platform. As the hosting infrastructure its free in terms of operating systems and add-on applications, then we would expect the plans to be cheaper than those plans relying on a Microsoft Windows Server Platform. But after careful consideration and painful testing, we have discover that this is not always true...

We, as users, see and interpret lower costs as the amount of money we have to pay on a monthly basis. But, after more than 15 years dealing with computers, servers and the Internet and all the experience that comes with them, we can tell you that there is something called TCO (Total Costs of Ownership) that come into play and affects the financial aspect of our daily technological interactions.

With approximately 80% of all web hosting plans that you might select that are based on Linux (a.k.a., open source plaform) you will find yourself losing more time, functionality and connectivity than what your business can safely handle. So, it does not matter if you are only supposed to pay $5 a month for your plan if you cannot receive emails for 7 days each other week. (This is an example of how bad things could go).

In the other hand, The Microsoft Platform is providing many many tools for free, in an effort to increase awareness and acceptance for their products. These tools, combined with a web hosting plan based on this platform, can create a very productive environment for your business because of the heavy integration that they offer. Some of these free-for-all products are : Visual studio Express Editions 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express and Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008.

This blend of products created by the same company, which are designed to work well with each other, will boost your creative work and speed up your idea-to-reality ratio. So, even if you have to pay $10 a month for a Windows based hosting plan you will be making money instead of losing it.

Among the components of a cheap web hosting plan, or any business hosting plan, we have the following ones (Which are really really important): Disk space, uptime, email & webmail, easy to understand control panel, database support, scripting support and finally.... Great Customer Service!!! And it is possible to find all of them in the same package with some vendors today.

Which vendors?? We knew you were going to ask, and that is why we present our recommendations in this regard. For anyone looking for a cheap web hosting plan for starting out an Internet business, a blog, a personal site, etc...The best vendor out there is Exabytes.com, which has plans from $ 8.65 / month  & up...If you can pay for two years in advance, then the price drops to $ 5 / month.