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| A2 Hosting | Server Logistics | Live Oak | ||||||||||
| Discount + Coupon Code | 15% off: a2sandvox | 10% off: SANDVOX | 10% off: sandvox |
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| Domain name, yearly, US $ | 12.95 | 12.00 | 15.00 | |||||||||
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| Hosting Plan | Startup | Exec | VPS plans | Per | Basic | Profes | Enter | Ad | Profes | Elite | Ulti |
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| Hosting Charge US $ (before coupon discount applied) per mo per year |
1 mo. | 9.95 119.40 | 12.95 155.40 | 22.95-99.95 275.40-1,199.40 | 9.95 119.40 | 19.95 239.40 | 29.95 359.40 | 69.95 839.40 | 10.00 120.00 | 20.00 240.00 | 45.00 540.00 | 45.00 540.00 |
| 6 mo. | 7.95 95.40 | 10.95 131.40 | 17.95-89.95 215.40-1,079.40 | |||||||||
| 1 yr. | 6.95 83.40 | 9.95 119.40 | 16.95-84.95 203.40-1,019.40 | 8.25 99.00 | 16.59 199.00 | 24.92 299.00 | 58.25 699.00 | 8.33 100.00 | 16.67 200.00 | 37.50 450.00 | 37.50 450.00 | |
| 2 yrs | 5.95 71.40 | 8.95 107.40 | 15.95-82.95 191.40-995.40 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | 4.95 59.40 | 7.95 95.40 | 14.95-79.95 179.40-959.40 | |||||||||
| Setup charge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Disk Space | 10 GB | † | 10-50GB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB | 0.25 GB | 0.5 GB | 3 GB | 50 GB | |
| Monthly Data Transfer | 10 GB | † | 100-500GB | 25 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 250 GB | 16 GB | 24 GB | 40 GB | 500 GB | |
| Domains | 1 | ∞ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Subdomains | 1 | ∞ | 5 per domain | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | |||||
| SSL available * | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ||
| Unique IP available * | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ☑ if SSL enabled | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ||||
| cron | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ||
| ruby on rails | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ||
| postgres | 1 of either | ∞ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ||
| mysql | ∞ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 0 | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | |||
| PHP 5 | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ||
| SSH | ☐ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ||
| FTP | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ||
| SFTP | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ||
| Email accounts | 25 | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | ∞ | 5 | 10 | 50 | 50 | ||
| Email Storage Limit | 1 GB | 2 GB | 5 GB | 20 GB | ||||||||
| mailing lists | 5 | ∞ | 1 | 2 | 10 | 50 | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☐ | ||
| webmail | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ | ||
| A2 Hosting | Server Logistics | Live Oak | ||||||||||
∞ = Unlimited
† = Unmetered but limited to host's acceptable use policy
* = additional charge applies
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