Apollo Hosting: Giving You More of What You Need

If there is one thing word that could be used to describe the type of hosting provided by Apollo Hosting, the word would have to be “Variety”.

With 11 separate hosting packages ranging from tiny little individual and small business packages all the way up to full dedicated server packages for large companies, Apollo hosting has it all.

That is because while other companies are busy putting together web design and promotion packages, Apollo Hosting has chosen to go a slightly different route. Instead of doing all of that themselves, they have made strategic partnerships with an impressive line-up of companies that offer Apollo hosting customers excellent rates and discounts.

That has freed up a lot of time for this Austin, Texas company to focus on what they do best: making room for you and your web needs. This article will go over Apollo web hosting plans in greater detail. For information on the company itself, and their business practices, be sure to take a look at this Apollo Hosting company review.

Apollo Hosting Services

Apollo uses an Apache Web Server over Linux, which is essentially a UNIX web hosting platform. This allows them to run things like PHP web hosting scripts and other server side scripts with no problems at all.

All of Apollo’s hosting packages all come with a full 30 day money back guarantee, which can be a big relief to businesses who are looking for long term service but are having trouble deciding which hosting company to go with. Here is their guarantee, word for word, taken from Apollo’s website (www.apollohosting.com):

“We are so sure that you will love hosting with Apollo Hosting, that all our Web hosting plans include a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied with your service for any reason, you will receive a full refund (minus setup fees and overage charges) if you cancel your account within 30 days of the activation of your account.”

Apollo web hosting is divided into three separate groups: Basic Web Hosting, Virtual Dedicated Hosting, and Dedicated Hosting. Within each group are tiered packages meant to cover a full gamut of hosting needs for Apollo customers.

Apollo Basic Web Hosting

All of Apollo’s basic web hosting plans come with access to PHP web hosting and several important merchant and marketing options for free. Each tier adds to bandwidth and storage space, as well as adding to e-mail accounts and things like ftp access accounts.

The Starter Plan

The Apollo Starter Plan is a basic web hosting package designed to be enough for small companies and individual merchants to have an affordable presence on the internet. This plan is available for as little as $6.96 per month.

The Starter Plan comes with 200Mb of storage space and 8Gb of monthly data transfer. In addition, it comes with 10 pop3 email accounts and access to your own MySQL database. This basic package comes with access to PHP and other types of dynamic web page development, just like every other package available through Apollo.

The Basic Plan

The Basic Plan is designed for smaller companies, just as the Starter Plan is. With an increase in both space and bandwidth, however, it is a good place to move to if that company begins to feel some growing pains in the Starter Plan. The Basic Plan is available for as little as $13.96 per month.

The Basic Plan comes with 400Mb of storage space and 10Gb of monthly data transfer. It also comes with 50 pop3 or IMAP accounts, sub domain access (for example, www.subdomain.yourdomain.com), 2 MySQL databases, and the ability to run 4 separate websites on the account.

The Deluxe Plan

The Deluxe Plan is the first plan available from Apollo designed with small to medium sized businesses in mind. The plan includes a significant increase in email accounts and costs as little as $20.96 per month.

The Deluxe Plan comes with 500Mb of storage space and 12Gb of monthly data transfer. It also comes with access to 3 MySQL databases and 100 pop3 or IMAP email accounts. With this package you get sub domain access and the ability to host 5 separate websites.

The Commerce Plan

A true commercial investment for your medium sized company, the Commerce Plan comes as low as $27.96 per month and has an important feature not available to the lower level packages: real time credit card processing for smooth, easy ecommerce transactions. This is the perfect plan for companies interested in real eCommerce web hosting solutions.

The Commerce Plan comes with 600Mb of storage space and 14Gb of monthly data transfer. Additionally this package comes with 200 pop3 or IMAP email accounts, access to sub domains and the ability to host 7 websites in the account, and 5 MySQL databases for keeping track of all aspects of your online business.

The Commerce Plus Plan

The Commerce Plus Plan is the height of the basic hosting platforms available through Apollo. It is an expanded version of the Commerce Plan used for companies who need a little bit more out of their hosting providers. The Commerce Plus Plan is available for as low as $34.96 per month.

The Commerce Plus Plan comes with 700Mb of storage space and 16Gb of monthly data transfer. It has 300 pop3 or IMAP email accounts, 10 MySQL databases, access to sub domains and the ability to run 9 websites off the account. Finally, in addition to real-time credit card processing, the Commerce Plus Plan also comes with UPS integration into your shopping cart, making shipping and handling easier than ever for your company.

Apollo Virtual Private Hosting

The Virtual Private Server (or Virtual Dedicated Server, whichever you prefer) is an easy and affordable way for companies to experience the benefits of a fully dedicated server on a shared network. Special software is used to split the network into separate servers, and to make sure no one steps on anyone’s toes the bandwidth and storage space is divided up according to the customer’s prospective packages and enforced with bandwidth limitations.

This is a great way for companies who would like the dedicated server experience in a shared, managed server environment. Apollo has three tiers of Virtual Hosting Packages, and they all come with features such as unlimited email accounts, unlimited ftp accounts, and the ability to add multiple domains to the virtual server.

Virtual Private Starter

The Virtual Private Starter Package is the basic package for virtual private hosting. It starts as low as $39.96 per month and can be a great way to get your foot in the virtual server door, so to speak.

The Virtual Private Starter package comes with 1000Mb of storage space for your website and 30Gb of monthly data transfer.

Virtual Private Server Basic

The Virtual Private Server Basic plan is the next step up in the VPS Wing of Apollo web hosting, and it represents a suitable package for companies that need room to grow or are looking for extra space and bandwidth for their high-volume web sites.

The Private Server Basic package starts as low as $47.96 per month and comes with 1500Mb of storage space and 40Gb of monthly data transfer.

Virtual Private Server Enterprise

The Virtual Private Server Enterprise package is the highest level of virtual hosting services offered by Apollo, and it is a significant amount of space and bandwidth for companies who do a larger amount of business online.

The Virtual Private Server Enterprise package starts at $119.96 per month. It comes with 2500Mb worth of storage space and 80Gb of monthly data transfer.

Apollo Dedicated Hosting

Apollo hosting also provides true dedicated server space for companies who like to run their own networks. There are three levels of dedicated web hosting packages available from Apollo, the Bronze, Silver, and Gold level packages that span a large area of server needs to choose from. Each package comes with its own integrated control panel, and a company has the option of getting up to ten separate control panels as dictated by their specific needs.

Dedicated Server Bronze

The dedicated Server Bronze package starts as low as $141.55 per month and represents a significant jump from regular, run of the mill web hosting packages.

This server is run by a Celeron 2.0Ghz processor with 256Mb of RAM and an 18Gb IDE Hard Drive. In addition, the Dedicated Server Bronze package also comes with 50Gb of monthly data transfer and the ability to run up to 256 separate IP addresses. Many companies would be able to run their entire networks on that kind of space.

Dedicated Server Silver

The Dedicated Server Silver package is the second tier of the dedicated hosting series provided by Apollo. With a price tag as low as $359.00 per month, it is a good package for larger companies looking to expand their network size and grow online.

This package is run on a Xeon 2.4Ghz processor, has 1Gb of RAM, and has 2 - 18Gb SCSI hard drives for storage space. In addition, the Dedicated Server Silver package also contains 50Gb of monthly data transfer and the ability to run up to 256 separate IP addresses.

Dedicated Server Gold

The Dedicated Server Gold is the mother of all Apollo hosting packages, and it represents a significant increase from even the Dedicated Server Silver package below it.

This package starts as low as $711.55 per month and is intended for large-scale online businesses. It carries significant bandwidth, storage and processing space to keep your company running at optimum efficiency.

The Dedicated Server Gold package is run with dual Xeon 2.4Ghz processors, has 2Gb of RAM, and 3 – 18Gb SCSI hard drives. This package also gives you 100Gb of monthly data transfer and the ability to run up to 256 separate IP addresses.

The list of services provided by Apollo Hosting is exhaustive, to say the least. They have amply covered all of their bases by starting small and working their way all the way up to the top. If you would like some more information about Apollo and their hosting solutions, feel free to check out their home page. If you are looking for a company that has it all and does it all, you won’t be disappointed.

About The Author

Bill Schnarr is a single parent and freelance writer who makes his home in Calgary, Alberta. As well as having dozens of on-line and print publishing credits, he has recently written reviews about the Apollo hosting company and an in-depth review on Apollo hosting plans. Look for him in the upcoming "Chicken Soup for the Single Parents Soul" due out in February 2005.