You Get What You Pay For

[Moved my site to this host because it was VERY fast, however, the drawbacks pushed me away.

First I'd have to reload pages because the database connection would error out. A page refresh would typically resolve it. Then I started getting "server busy" errors--a lot! I've used shared hosting for years. I know these hosts are typically shared, but I've never run into this before. That's a problem.

The final straw was when my IP got banned, because I working on the site (that's kind of the idea isn't it?). They *say* it takes 2000 hits to ban the IP (this has proven to be an inconsistent number). Regardless, even when support responded they told me I'd have to wait 24 hours. Nice. Already wasted one day of my weekend that I had planned to work on my site. Similar issues with 3iX (a low cost host that I"ve used for years) were resolved quickly--within an hour usually. They'd at least unban it--and did so several times.

I'm now in the process of transferring my site to a new host. The price and speed was right. Unfortunately it's useless if people can't even navigate your website uninterupted.

Biggest Con: Will ban your IP and leave you hanging.

Is this joke?

This is really one of worst host I have ever seen. Bugged Cpanel, too many restrictions. They give you nothing. When they need more space or servers, they just delete your account without notice or reason. All data is lost forever. Poor support.

You can see php notice and warning errors in cPanel. And now I need to recommend this webhosting? No. Stay away from 000webhostig, save money or nerves if you are using free plan.

Their affiliate system is TOTAL SCAM! Go check if you want and have time for it.

Now read this scam:
When they suspend my account without reason and notice, they wrote that I have to pay to reactivate it.
Then I wrote a new ticket where I asked them if they can restore all data if I pay your account. They told me that it is impossible to restore the data because it does not physically exist on the server.

Means they tried to fool me to pay, and yet with nothing to get. Of such acts should be prosecuted. Ordinary crooks!

Biggest Pro: Pay nothing and get nothing
Biggest Con: Disasterous hosting, scammers

000webhost - kinda buggy

I've had a few sites up with them, didn't need much performance since I was just starting out and barely had any visitors. At first I liked everything (hey it was free:) and got used to the interface, the speed was good, there was some downtime for some servers, but nothing major. A few hours tops, in 6 months.

Then one of my sites got to the first page in Google for a keyword, and I started having issues with the Database. Every now and then the site would return Database Error instead of loading.

Then after a few days my whole database was GONE. I wrote to them to find out what happened, whether I had deleted it by mistake somehow, or some problem on their side. Not only could they not tell me anything, their only suggestion was that I upgrade to paid hosting with them, if I want to stop having problems.

Also I went and tested their Backup / Restore, and it DOES NOT WORK!

I repeat do NOT rely on the one-click-bakup and restore with 000webhost, make a test right now if you don't believe me, you will remain without a database. Used Export / Import manually from phpMyAdmin, that's the only way to get files that work.

Also they SAY they have Fantastico installer for most CMS systems (WP, Joomla) but when you test it they say it is currently down, you only get installers with a paid account. They are down like that for months, basically there is no installer for free accounts. For me this was good because I learned how to do it manually, but be aware.

Altogether they're OK if you want to test things for free, the interface is clean, but be aware YOU are responsible for manual backups, and a LOT of things can go wrong with them. They also have capped per-minute traffic, so as soon as your site is popular, move it to a real host.

Do Not Use 000webhost.com

I was shopping for a new hosting service and came upon www.000webhost.com. I tried to set up a
site on the free hosting service to test them out
and they deleted all my files because my site was
under construction and had less than 10 visitors
per month! The thing was under construction and
had everything turned out great I planned to
upgrade to the regular hosting as well as pull my
other sites there. They said they sent me an
email and put a notice on the site that they were
going to delete it; neither notice did I get.
There also isnt anything that stood out that
notified me of the requirements when I signed up.
I offered to upgrade if they would restore my
files but they said they no longer had them! I
had a backup but since it was under construction
I did loose about 20 hours worth of work because
I had not backed up my last portion of work - not
realizing they would just delete my files and
suspend the account. Beware when hosting with
www.000webhost.com. There are too many reputable
and cheap places out there to pick from. My lost
work is 200x more than the yearly fee and I
gladly would have paid.

Biggest Con: They just delete your files without notice