Arvixe

VPS Hosting Review

Arvixeis a privately-held web hosting company founded in 2003 by Arvand Sebatian, then a twenty-something year old studying at the California Polytechnic State University.

While being one of the smaller web hosting providers on the market today, it has grown considerably over the past few years to establish itself as one of the main players in the web hosting industry.

In 2011, it was listed as the209th fastest growing companyin the U.S. and the 17th fastest growing private IT company by Inc Magazine with a staggering 3-year growth rate of 1487%! Not bad for a small outfit operating in the company of many more well-established competitors.

In 2013, Arvand was featured inInc Magazine's list of 30 Under 30, a group of rising stars who are disrupting industries, making millions and building successful companies.

VPS Hosting Plans

For growing websites requiring high-performance and have outgrown simple shared hosting solutions, Arvixe offers Linux and ASP.NET VPS hosting packages in three variants -Lite, Normal & Pro plans- with the following features :

VPS Plans	VPSCLASS Lite	VPSCLASS Normal	VPSCLASS PRO
12-Month Term 1 year plan	$20.00 monthly	$40.00 monthly	$70.00 monthly
6-Month Term Half year plan	$25.00 monthly	$45.00 monthly	$75.00 monthly
1 Month Term 1 month plan	$30.00 monthly	$50.00 monthly	$80.00 monthly
Disk Space	20 GB	50 GB	100 GB
Dedicated Memory	1 GB	1.5 GB	3 GB
CPU Cores	2	4	8
Free Domain
IP Addresses	1	2	2
Domains	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Hosting Accounts	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
cPanel Control Panel	X
Softaculous Pro 1-click automated installer of over 140 popular scripts including WordPress, Drupal & more.	X
CloudFlare CDN Content Distribution Network that greatly improves website loading times.	X
Daily R1 Soft Backups Automatic daily backups with many restoration options.	X
RVSiteBuilder Advanced website builder that integrates into Arvixe's control panel.	X	$5.00 per month

Extra Add-Ons

VPS Plans	VPSCLASS Lite	VPSCLASS Normal	VPSCLASS PRO
Additional IP Addresses per IP	$2.00 per month	$2.00 per month	$2.00 per month
Extra Memory per 1 GB	$20.00 per month	$20.00 per month	$20.00 per month
SSD Drive VPS uses a solid state drive delivering from 125% up to 200% improved speeds.	$5.00 per month	$10.00 per month	$20.00 per month

VPS Plans

VPSCLASS Lite

VPSCLASS Normal

VPSCLASS PRO

Additional IP Addresses

per IP

$2.00

per month

$2.00

per month

$2.00

per month

Extra Memory

per 1 GB

$20.00

per month

$20.00

per month

$20.00

per month

SSD Drive

VPS uses a solid state drive delivering from 125% up to 200% improved speeds.

$5.00

per month

$10.00

per month

$20.00

per month

Arvixe's VPSCLASS Lite Plan is a barebones VPS server solution that is unmanaged and does not come with many of the standard features of its VPSCLASS plan.

This plan is suitable for website owners who want a midway hosting solution between shared and dedicated hosting and is comfortable administering the VPS without all the usual bells and whistles that come with standard VPS packages.

Because the administration and management of a VPSCLASS Lite server is borne by the customer, the costs of this plan is also substantially cheaper. This is a good option for customers with technical skills as they are able to subscribe for a cheaper plan that offers the same advantages as a similar managed plan at a higher price.

Automatic Renewal of Plans

Interestingly, Arvixe unlike almost every other web host in the market, does not automatically renew a customer's plan upon expiry of the initial registere hosting term. In fact, customers will have to enable the auto-renewal option in their control panel after registering for a plan:read moreabout enabling Arvixe's automatic renewals.

Cancellation / Refund Policy

All Arvixe Personal and Business Class plans come with a 60-day money back guarantee. Under Arvixe'sTerms of Service:

Money Back Guarantee

60 Day money back guarantee will only be offered under our Personal/Reseller (Linux and ASP Plans), Business (Linux and ASP Plans). Refunds will not be given to accounts that have been canceled or suspended due to abuse of our services based on our terms of service and acceptable use policy... Money back guarantee only applies to new accounts and does not apply to account upgrades.

Do note that the usual non-refundable fees such domain registration, SSL certificates, dedicated servers and marketing accounts (mailer accounts) are excluded from refunds.

Uptime

Arvixe plans are backed by a99.9% uptime guaranteewhich entitles a customer to the following refund schemes :

Personal / Business	VPS / Dedicated Server
99.9% Uptime Guarantee	Network Guarantee
Arvixe offers refunds based on the amount of downtime experienced in excess of the 99.9% level guaranteed. You can read more about the calculation here under Money Back Guarantee section of Arvixe's Terms of Service.	Arvixe offers a 100% power and network guarantee with its dedicated servers. Customer can receive a pro-rated credit for the amount of time network/power is unavailable to the server over the days in the given month.

A third party web host uptime monitoring site records Arvixe's uptime at99.97%since 2005, one of the highest uptime recorded among web hosts today.

Arvixe also conducts monthlycustomer satisfaction surveysfor feedback on the service rendered to its customers. Every month, Arvixe will also announce a winner chosen from the surveys - April's winner won a Galaxy Tab 4.

The surveys provide Arvixe with valuable feedback such as the following for April 2014 :

April 2014 Survey Results

3660 surveys were sent. Out of 374 survey responses the average rating was 8.4171 and 89.3% would recommend us.

Plan Features & Add-Ons

Arvixe offers numerous value-added services in addition to its web hosting plans from CloudFlare content distribution network to Sucuri enhanced web security. Click on the links below to find out more.

CloudFlare CDN

Arvixe plans come withCloudFlarewhich is acontent delivery network(CDN). A CDN caches and stores a website's content like its images and JavaScript in its network of servers around the world.

When a visitor visits a website, its content can be delivered from the CDN server closest to the visitor instead of from Arvixe's servers - which may be quite a distance away from the visitor ensuring the fastest possible loading times for your visitors.

CloudFlareBenefits
Website Acceleration
Caching of static content for fast delivery CloudFlare caches (i.e. stores) your site's static content like images, JavaScript & CSS in its servers which is refreshed frequently & delivered directly to your visitors. Data that is not cache-able will still be delivered through premium routes. Fastest connection possible for visitors CloudFlare has a network of proxy servers located around the world so that a site's cached content is delivered from the closest servers to your visitors rather than directly from Arvixe's servers.
Protection Against Malware & Viruses
Screening websites traffic for malicious traffic CloudFlare analyzes web traffic to identify security threats based on a visitor's IP, the resource requested, the payload being posted & how frequently requests are being made. Real threats are blocked while legitimate visitors will be allowed access. Bot & Threat Protection CloudFlare uses data from its own community, Project Honey Pot & other third party sources to identify malicious threats online & stop attacks before reaching your site. You can see all threats stopped by accessing your CloudFlare dashboard. Spam Comments Protection CloudFlare leverages data from third party resources to reduce the number of spam comments on your site. Alerting Visitors of Infected Computers CloudFlare alerts human visitors with infected computers that they need to take action to clean up the malware or virus on their machines. Visitors can then enter a CAPTCHA to gain access to your site.

Sucuri

Arvixe has an active partnership withSucuriwhich provides malware monitoring and exploit cleanup services. Sucuri is a more comprehensive alternative to SiteLock and is able to monitor your site regardless of hosting providers.

Sucuri helps to secure and prevent your website from being attacked by :

Malware Monitoring

Sucuri monitors malware, blacklisting, DNS, WHOIS, SSL certification and site changes. Its scanner intelligently crawls and identifies infections across any platform and is able to detect malicious code no matter its technology architecture.
Malware Removal

When malware is detected, Sucuri provides website cleanup through both a manual and automated processes. Every cleanup is handled by a malware analyst who is responsible for looking through the results, identifying anomalies and cleaning manually as required until the infected website is thoroughly cleaned.
Malware Prevention

After a website has been secured, Sucuri provides a malware prevention function via its CloudProxy Web Application Firewall which is designed to function as a protective layer sitting between your website and the internet. It filters visitors, patches outdated software, protects your site from DDoS attacks, and improves your website performance.

Green Hosting

While Arvixe does well in the reliability and performance of its servers as well as customer service, Arvixe does not presently seem to have any green hosting initiatives. But this could be because Arvixe does not own its own data centers.

Special offers

Arvixe periodically offers discounts on its web hosting plans. Do check out ourArvixe Promotionspage for the latest available promotions.

Conclusion

Arvixeis one of the smaller nimbler web hosting companies that offers a broad range of web hosting solutions that will be able to cater the needs of even the most demanding sites. Its prices are decent and customer support is also top-notch. A safe web hosting choice from a fast growing company.


	In a nutshell * For web hosting company in general and not to specific plans. Pros
1.	Comprehensive range of solutions Arvixe offers an extensive range of hosting packages to meet the needs of any type of sites. Its dedicated server range is highly customizable with an exhaustive list of upgrades to cater to even the most demanding sites.
2.	Uptime Guarantee Arvixe offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee that entitles refunds on excessive downtime experienced. This includes dedicated servers which entitle customers to a prorated refund.
3.	High profile growing company Arvixe is one of the few if not the only web host listed in Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing company in the U.S. which shows the company is doing something right in keeping its customers happy. It's founder Arvand is also an effective leader despite his youth.


	Cons
1.	No refunds for some plans Arvixe does not offer refunds for cancellation for VPS and dedicated server plans.

Cons

No refunds for some plans

Arvixe does not offer refunds for cancellation for VPS and dedicated server plans.

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Arvixe VPS Hosting Review

Arvixe

VPS Hosting Review

VPS Hosting Plans

Extra Add-Ons

Automatic Renewal of Plans

Cancellation / Refund Policy

Uptime

Plan Features & Add-Ons

Green Hosting

Special offers

Conclusion

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