One.com Review

Affordability is a major selling point for One.com (which bodes well in the shared hosting space). The company offers the essentials in domain and email hosting, as well as basic site building, at a cost that's hard to beat.

That being said, there are some strings attached. Site owners might salivate at the promise of three months of free web hosting, but that promotion is only available if you register a new domain name at a somewhat pricey rate of $19.99. Once those three months expire, the plan's renewal rates are higher than what you can find elsewhere in the market.

The real bargain to be had with One.com is the Starter package, particularly if you're looking for email hosting. In addition to the free domain, customers can host unlimited email accounts and enjoy a free site builder to get a simple site launched quickly and easily.

All plans come with a free website builder and a minimum of 50GB of SSD-powered storage to get you started.

If you're looking to build a more dynamic or interactive website, take a look at the slightly more expensive upgrades. For example, the Professional Plus plan is recommended for building a WordPress site, where WordPress can be added and installed in a single click within the custom control panel.

All in all, One.com is certainly a worthy contender for the cost-conscious hosting shopper. If you want the basic necessities for getting a simple web page up and running quickly, one of the company's highly affordable shared hosting plans should have you covered.

For WordPress hosting, it's hard to beat a one-click installation, SSD storage, and tools for caching and staging for an affordable rate.

One.com is mostly built to help you construct basic web projects, but that doesn't mean you can't benefit from all the perks of the ever-popular WordPress.

All One.com plans include a custom control panel, where you can not only manage your web applications, files, and databases, but you can install WordPress for free and be on your way to perfecting your WordPress site in minutes.

WordPress is one of our favorite blogging platforms, and One.com eases the steep learning curve by including several premium themes and a drag-and-drop page builder. The company offers three WordPress hosting plans to meet a variety of storage, domain, and CPU needs to help you get started with WordPress.

The entry-level Plus plan for WordPress hosting supplies 200GB of high-performance storage, 2GB of RAM, multiple domains and databases, and plenty of processing power with SSL security and SSH access.

You can also host your email at your domain(s) and add unlimited email accounts with POP3 and IMAP protection. Although One.com emphasizes stress-free hosting features like a free site builder and WPBakery, there's nothing stopping you from getting your hands dirty with PHP if you so choose.

As you're customizing your WordPress site, you can hop on the command line and manipulate the server (which is monitored 24/7) directly via SSH access.

If you're not that tech-savvy, no worries. For frills-free WordPress hosting that won't break the bank or overwhelm a first-timer, One.com is a fine choice. The features list is not as lengthy as those of competitors, and the support is not quite as readily-accessible, but the cost is hard to beat.

A main feature One.com offers on all of their shared hosting plans is a free website building tool. The idea of code-free website design is usually music to a first-time site owner's ears, and One.com recognizes this.

With One.com, you're given a few options: design a basic site using its drag-and-drop site builder, install WordPress with one click via a custom control panel, or get your hands dirty with code-based design.

One.com strives for stress-free simplicity in the web hosting and site building process, so there's not a whole lot to their packages. You can, however, choose the plan that's best for you based on your requirements for storage, domains, databases, RAM, and processing power.

The thing to remember is that One.com is good for basic site building. The company's specialties are domain and email hosting, where you can get unlimited email accounts, POP3 and IMAP support, and both virus and spam filtering for just a few dollars per month.

One.com offers free tools to help you build a website, but for assistance building a more customizable and dynamic web property, you may need to either upgrade to one of their premium plans or choose a web host with more varied features and support options.