Whether your business is a well-established powerhouse or just barely getting off the ground, you’re going to need a professional, functional, and inviting website. No matter what business you’re in, it’s essential to have at least a minimum presence on the internet. Trying to conduct business without that presence places your organization at a great competitive disadvantage.

This guide, and the accompanying tool, courtesy of TechRepublic Premium, offers a side-by-side comparison that will help you sort through the options. NB. The spreadsheet does not contain any names of the web hosts. Users will need to decide which web hosts they wish to compare.

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COMPARISON CHECKLIST INSTRUCTIONS

The web hosting services comparison tool organizes features into two sections — tangible and intangible.

Tangible: In this section, features are either offered by the prospective service provider or they are not. It includes obvious considerations like cost, uptime, email accounts, and storage. Depending on your business needs, the lack of a certain feature in this category could eliminate a provider from consideration.

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