Developing a website using Active Server Pages (ASP) provides users with a potentially powerful, Window-based web experience. ASP allows you to develop a website that will appear exactly as intended, no matter what browser your viewers use. ASP web hosting isn’t available on all web hosts. Before choosing an ASP web host, compare features to get the best host for your money.
IX Webhosting
IXWebhosting.com offers support for ASP, with packages starting at $3.95 per month. IX Webhosting boasts unlimited disk space and bandwidth for your site. Up to two domains can be hosted for free, depending on your package. Tools are provided for adding databases, email, security and marketing to your site.
Start Logic
StartLogic.com provides three hosting packages, but only one supports ASP. The Windows Logic package starts at $8.95 per month and supports ASP and .NET. A free domain is included in the package. Start Logic provides 100 GB of disk space and 1000 GB of transfer. You can host unlimited domains. Included with the Windows Logic package are free credits for Google, Yahoo and Facebook.
Host Excellence
HostExcellence.com provides hosting plans starting at $3.95 per month. Host Excellence supports ASP and ASP.NET v.3.5. You can host unlimited domains with Host Excellence and, depending on your hosting level, one to three domains can be registered for free. Host Excellence provides tools for e-commerce, security, scripting and databases and support for multimedia and email.
Just Host
Justhost.com provides web hosting plans starting at $3.45 per month. Just Host allows you to host unlimited domains and provides unlimited disk space and bandwidth. Just Host supports ASP and Frontpage. One to three domains are hosted for free depending on the package you choose. Support for blogs, forums and multimedia are included.
iPage
iPage.com offers hosting packages starting at $3.50 per month. Support for ASP and Frontpage are included. iPage packages include instant blog and forum setup. Detailed information is provided to view all website statistics. Tools to setup an e-commerce site are also included in an iPage hosting package.
Lunar Pages
LunarPages.com offers ASP support for $8.95 per month and setup is free. Disk space is limited to 250 GB and bandwidth is limited to 2500 GB per month. Support is included for Frontpage, PHP and MySQL. Lunar Pages offers unlimited POP email.
Fat Cow
Fatcow.com provides green hosting, using energy efficient servers to provide more environmentally friendly web hosting, starting at $3.67 per month. Fat Cow supports ASP. Unlimited bandwidth, disk space and email accounts are included in its hosting packages, plus free ad credits for Yahoo, Google and Facebook. A website builder and a shopping cart are included in Fat Cow’s hosting package.
Gate
Gate.com offers Windows hosting starting at $4.95 per month for the first three months. Packages then increase to $9.95. The Gate Windows hosting package provides unlimited disk space and data transfer each month. ASP and ASP.NET are supported. Support for SSL certificates, SharePoint and Windows databases are included.
Register
Register.com allows you to both register a domain and host your website. Its Windows Web Hosting Services package starts at $14.95 per month and offers support for ASP and ASP.NET. Support is included for Coldfusion and Microsoft Access. Twenty GB of disk space is provided and 300 GB of bandwidth is permitted each month. A blog builder and site builder are included in Register’s hosting plan.
1and1
1and1.com offers four levels of Web hosting, depending on your needs. All levels support ASP, but only the Business and Developer levels support ASP.net 2.0 and the .NET Framework. Hosting begins at $3.99 per month, with one supported domain. The highest level is $19.99 per month and supports up to five domains. Web space ranges from 10 GB to 300 GB. 1and1 allows offers email support, marketing tools and security features for your ASP site.