The company is actively promoting its free services, and the team behind it is proclaiming GearHost as a simple and easy way to get your applications online. They even claim it’s in their quest to simplify the web infrastructure as a whole.
GearHost Review
I immediately noticed that the landing page of GearHost is somewhat basic, but it stands for a company focused on values and morale.
Although they do give good old social proof, as they ask you to “Join the thousands that host over 85k apps,”…
However, it’s nice to know that you can easily join this group on your own by signing up for free at GearHost. That is welcome, as is the fact that all packages and options for consumers are quite clear from the start.
GearHost Pricing Review
GearHost makes several plans available to its customers, which means there is something for everyone.
I like that there is a free plan, but both free and Hobby ($5/month) packages are not really targeted at business clients, given the minimal use of CPU and application pool memory.
For more demanding users, you should consider Small ($25/month), Medium ($50/month), or Large ($100/month) packages.
The table below includes three of the GearHost plans available, with an affordable, mid-range, and enterprise option featured.
| Free | Hobby | Large | |
| Price per Month | – | $5 | $100 |
| CPU Usage | 5% | 15% | 100% |
| Application Pool | 265MB | 1GB | 6GB |
| Disk Space Limit | 100 MB | 1 GB (Up to 100GB) | 1 GB (Up to 100GB) |
| Bandwidth Limit | 1 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| SSD or HDD | SSD | SSD | SSD |
| Money-Back Guarantee | N/A | 30-day | 30-day |
| Customer Support | 9 AM-5 PM, email, tickets, phone | 9 AM-5 PM, email, tickets, phone | 9 AM-5 PM, email, tickets, phone |
With Large, you get a significant upgrade in CPU usage (100%) compared to a Hobby Plan (15%) as well as a massive 6GB of application pool memory.
Although it is great that GearHost’s options serve all kinds of users, I am not impressed with the limited hours of customer service. What should you do if you have problems at the weekend?
Performance Review
During my review of GearHost, I also checked the speed of the servers.
Although I can’t complain about the response time in the US, the response time of other servers is short. If you are focused on India or even Europe, stay away from GearHost.
If all you need is the US, well, you are lucky, this provider has covered the whole region.
GearHost Review Summary
GearHost provides a healthy variety of plans, but the lack of service speed may not be enough to keep applications running fast and smoothly.
In general, GearHost allows itself to work in the customer support department. Given that there is no support at the weekend, I cannot recommend GearHost. For me, support should be a priority for any hosting company.
Pros
- The free package is available
- Good value for money
- Good performance
- Excellent stability
Cons
- Customer service is not 24/7
- Not ideal for big business