We recently tested out the free web hosting service provided by StormPages.com.
On a scale of 1-10 based on features, tools, and overall experience we rate www.stormpages.com a 7/10. For free web hosting companies this is actually a very good rating. There are so many companies which claim to offer so many tools, but StormPages actually delivers.
StormPages has been around for many years and has over 75,000 users on the service. They are a solid provider in the free web space arena that isn't likely to fold anytime soon. We highly recommend this host to beginners.
A few of the features that we like about the StormPages free hosting service:
1. 50MB Space which is more than adequate for most websites. People are offering unlimited space, bandwidth, etc You have to ask yourself - who needs that and is it just an empty promise? Most likely - they can't live up to the promises because they don't have capacity for unlimited space. Providers will find any excuse to terminate a high bandwidth or space hog.
2. Add-on domain. Instead of using a subdomain with stormpages they let you add a domain which will pull your files. This is better if you ever need to upgrade to better hosting so you aren't promoting a subdomain - you can take the domain with you.
3. Cheap upgrade to remove ads. This is probably one of the cheapest upgrades we've seen. It's only $19.95 per YEAR to remove ads from your site if you find them too intrusive. It is an excellent option for business web hosting customers who don't want to lose traffic to competitors.
4. Easy file manager - create HTML files and upload from desktop with ease.
Things we don't like about StormPages:
1. We never like ads, but they do have to pay the bills.
2. No FTP access. You must use the file manager which is easy, but not as convenient as FTP would be.
We hope this review gives you a good idea about what to expect from the stormpages free hosting service.
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