MidPhase.com - Drupal Hosting Review
PRICE: $2.95/mo "Starter Package", $6.95/mo "Unlimited Package"
Background:
I've hosted a lot of sites with MidPhase, and used to recommend them to my clients almost exclusively. The reason I'm not completely behind them any more is because their servers seem to vary wildly from one account to the next. Varying versions of cPanel, some servers had 4 cores, some 8, etc. Overall, MidPhase has been good to me and to the majority of my clients, but on occasion, i'd see a speed issue on a slow server. To their credit, MidPhase has always been willing to migrate accounts to a newer / faster server if performance became a chronic issue for a given account. Generally, I'd say their servers "Feel" faster than most shared hosts out there, and they've always had really high throughput (ie: files download fast from their servers).
Pros:
- Reasonably Cheap
- Responsive ticket-based support
- Servers seem faster than most
- Very well established as a hosting company
- Customer service seems to genuinely want to help
- cPanel "Service Status" enabled (so you can see your server's load / usage etc)
Cons:
- "Starter Package" is only good for 1 domain & 1 database
- Performance may be a bit of a crapshoot
- "Unlimited" bandwidth claims seem more flexible than most
| Bandwidth | Support | Control Panel | Free Domain? | Max allowed domains | Performance |
| Unlimited | Email/Ticket | cPanel | No | Unlimited (1 for starter) | Good |
Bottom Line:
If you want to know the load your server is under, value above-average performance and don't need phone support, these guys might be a fit. If you get stuck on a chronically slow machine, firmly but politely request that you be moved to a 'less-stressed' server. Screenshots of high server loads can be helpful.