Arvixe

Web 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.

Shared Hosting Plans

Arvixe offers a comprehensive range of web hosting solutions to cater to every customer’s needs, from shared hosting up to dedicated hosting. Its shared hosting packages comprises of Linux and ASP.NET plans under thePersonal Classand more powerfulBusiness Classplans.

Arvixe's Personal class plans come in 4 types -Personal Class & Personal Class Pro- offered in Linux and Windows versions.

* PC denotes PersonalClass Plans

Do note that the promotional prices of $4.00 per month (Linux hosting) and $5.00 (ASP.NET hosting) are only available for 24-month accounts.

Both Personal and Business Class plans share similar features but the Business Class hasa cap on the number of usershosted on each server so that each Business Class account will be allocated more resources.

In a customer support article, Arvand explains the difference between thePersonal and Business classplans :

Although the Personal Class packages are fully capable of running an e-commerce site, it does not come pre-packaged with other necessary features needed in running a full-featured e-commerce site such as security certificates and dedicated IPs, both which come with the Business Class packages.

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

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 :

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.

Culture and management

Arvixe as mentioned earlier was founded by Arvand Sabetian when he was only 22 years old making him one of the youngest web hosting company founders today.

Arvand was recently included in Inc Magazine's2013 list of 30 under 30as a testament to his entrepreneurship in building Arvixe. One of the interesting things about Arvixe is that it doesn't have a permanent headquarters despite having a staff count of 85 persons.

How does Arvand manage his company without an office environment or physical headquarters?

Being recognized in the Inc 500 list indicates that Arvixe is doing something right with its emphasis on what it calls theArvixe Advantage, an umbrella term for all the benefits that comes with hosting with Arvixe including great customer service.

Arvand explains in an interview:

In another interview, Florian Mettetal, Director of Marketing and Sales at Arvixe explains why a customer should choose Arvixe over other hosts :

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 :

Plan Features & Add-Ons

Arvixe offer numerous extra value-added services on top of basic web hosting plans which we list below. Click on the links to find out more.

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 provides periodical 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 is able to cater the needs of even the most demanding sites. Its prices are fair and customer support is also regarded as top-notch. A safe web hosting choice from a fast growing company.

Other Interesting Links

Disclaimer