Many of us experience running our own web sites through blogging. The first steps are pretty straightforward; register with Blogger or WordPress.com and put our thoughts into writing. Then we learn a few tricks like embedding images and videos into our posts.
Later on, we start to explore other blogs for ideas and inspirations; leaving comments along the way. By this time, we will get comments on our blog posts too… and I’m sure it’s exciting to start getting regular readers on our blogs!
What many people discover next though isn’t as exciting as the first few steps. Some got irritated by the lack of control of their free blog hosting service. Some would like to monetize their content through ads but couldn’t do so as the terms and conditions of their free blog hosting provider doesn’t allow it.
So what’s next? Self hosting is where most people move on to… but who can we trust with our web content? How much is it going to cost?
In this post, I’m going to review the offers made by two of Malaysia’s leading web hosting provider; Exabytes and Shinjiru.
In terms of reputation, both have years of experience in the web hosting industry and are trusted by thousands of Malaysians to host their content.
More importantly though, both companies offer good deals for those who are new to self hosted solutions at prices that won’t tear a hole in your pocket!
For this review, I’m going to compare Exabytes‘ Shared EBiz Plus package with Shinjiru’s Mini plan. Both offer 10GB of storage space and 50GB monthly bandwidth. Both packages run on Linux servers and are very suitable for beginners who are new to self hosting.
| Exabytes‘ Shared Ebiz | Shinjiru’s Mini | Conclusion | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage Space | 10GB | 10GB | Draw! |
| Monthly Bandwidth | 50GB | 50GB | Draw! |
| Control Panel | CPanel | CPanel | Draw! |
| Uptime Guarantee | 99.9% | 99.9% | Draw! |
| Email Access | POP3/SMTP, Webmail, IMAP | POP3/SMTP, Webmail, IMAP | Draw! |
| Email Accounts | Unlimited | 5 | Advantage: Exabytes |
| MySQL Databases | 50 | 5 | Advantage: Exabytes |
| Domains Allowed | 1 Main + 10 Additional | 1 | Advantage: Exabytes |
| Support Contact Method | Web, Email, Phone | Web, Email, Toll Free Phone | Advantage: Shinjiru |
| Money Back Guarantee | 100 Days | 30 Days | Advantage: Exabytes |
| Annual Price | RM215.20 | RM90 | Advantage: Shinjiru |
| Bi-Annual Price | RM350.40 | RM170 | Advantage: Shinjiru |
As you can see, the technical aspects of both plans are virtually identical. Chances are, you will swing to a particular offer mostly based on email account requirements, maximum number of domains that can be hosted and of course the price.
If you have more than one web site and they require domains of their own, you’re probably better off with Exabytes‘ Shared EBiz plan as you can host up to 11 of them under the same account.
However, if you only have one web site, Shinjiru’s Mini plan’s low annual price of only RM90 would be very attractive indeed.
In the end, you should go with the plan that fits your feature requirements as well as your available financial resources. Bear in mind though, that both companies have more advanced hosting plans that you can upgrade to when the need arises.
I’ll definitely review Exabytes‘ and Shinjiru’s more advanced plans in the future… so stay tuned!
October 9th, 2009 at 11:51 am
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October 10th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
hey, i kinda know you from IRC back in 97-97, on undernet #warisan, right?
you created those awesome mIRC scripts heritage war, heritage lite, although of course my favourite was infamous heritage lite
i’m not so sure whether you still me or not, but you taught me stuff. you taught me about hex editing, you taught me about a program (i forgot its name) that can replace images inside an executable file with new images.
and for all those, i haven’t said thank you
so thank you, you were awesome, |{||_|_
=)
October 11th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
a[R]e-[G],
Yes, that’s me. Thank you for remembering
October 12th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
yeah, |{||_|_ @mothugz
=)
i have an awesome memory don’t i, hihihi
so what’s up bro
October 24th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Hi, you also can find many Exabytes Malaysia customer reviews here : http://malaysiahostingreview.net/exabytes-review.html
Hope u find it useful
October 28th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Where is this blog hosted? I heared that serverfreak is better.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Cool TV: At present HTNet is hosted with Shinjiru.
January 25th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
for me, i do not considered exabytes as a cheap web hosting. their plans are a bit pricy compared to which offered by other providers nowadays BUT i have to agree that the features offered behind their pricy plans are worth every ringgits.
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:46 pm
malaysia web hosting review HERE
March 4th, 2010 at 11:08 am
wahhh … IRC during 97 huh … |{||_|_ <— this is really oldddd story …. miss the old days ..
March 4th, 2010 at 11:12 am
anyway both hosting company outstanding … i love exabytes and shinjiru .. i use both before now still using exabytes … i think this 2 company has grown really great from those days ..