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- Windows 2016, Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- Remote Desktop Access
- 1GB RAM
- 40GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- 500GB Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 2 vCPU
- Hyper-V Virtualization
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Upload speed - 768.8 Mbps
Download speed - 811.36 Mbps - Fully Managed - included in price
- 7 Days Money Back Guarantee
Research Report
Stress Testing
4.5Uptime Report
5Customer Review
Cust. Support
5Overall rating
5.0Pros:
- Only 1.18 seconds to respond to 500 concurrent connections
- Outstanding support with 100% uptime in our 15 days of testing
- Free rebuild of Operating System
- Pre-configured hosting tools with ready to deploy setup
- 768.8 Mbps Upload speed and 811.36 Mbps download speed is really impressive
Cons:
- They don't offer unlimited bandwidth
- They don't offer free domain registration with Windows VPS
Rating Summary
4.5
4.8
4.8
5
4.6
Our Methodology
Rather than obtaining data directly from respective website and make them available to our directory users, we've choosen to undertake an extensive research to reach to a scientific conclusion. For this, we leased a Windows VPS server from AccuWebHosting and monitored it to evaluate their services comprehensively for about a month. During our test, we actually tested their uptime, backup procedures, support skills, load capacity and all other important features.
To test AccuWebHosting's capability of handling Windows VPS, we conducted an extensive research of their Windows VPS plans. We hosted an application on AccuWebHosting Windows VPS's server, tested their load bearing capacity, expertise of their technical team to manage Windows VPS related issues, backup facility, Uptime of their Windows VPS and pre-installed softwares. Please see our research results of their Windows VPS.
4.5
Left Verticle axis is showing total number of simultenous active users.
Right Verticle axis is showing number of seconds VPS takes to respond to every users.
Horizontal axis is showing the time.
Our comments
We found AccuWeb Hosting VPS' was capable enough to handle 500 concurrent users trying to browse NopCommerce ecommerce store. They all received the response in just 1.18 second time.
By far, our tests reveal that the Windows VPS offered by AccuWeb Hosting have proved to be one of the best VPS mainly because of (i) virtualization technology (Microsoft HyperV); and (ii) Solid State Drive on Raid-10 platform.
4.8
Live Chat
Phone
Support Ticket
Instant
Within 0 to 3 Minutes
Above 3 Minutes
Within 1 Hour
Within 1 to 4 Hours
Within 4 to 6 Hours
Within 6 to 24 Hours
Within 24+ Hours
Unresolved
5 Excellent
5 Excellent
4 Good
5 Excellent
5 Excellent
Our comments
During our test, we found that the issue raised by our team was instantly fixed that shows the technical competence of their support team. We also checked and found that their knowledgebase is up to date with rich content.
4.8
Daily
Weekly
Virtual disk level backup
File/Folder level backup
Paid
Virtual disk backup
File/Folder level backup
Virtual Disk level
Successfull
Our comments
AccuWeb Hosting offers both (i) file level backup (which is paid); and (ii) virtual disk level backup (which is complimentary). Complimentary backup helps the users to restore the backup in case of any accidental data loss.
5
Our comments :
During our test, we did not experience any downtime.
IIS
DNS
FTP
.Net framework
Control Panel
Document processing tools like Notepad++
WebpI
MSSQL Db server
MYSQL Db server
Email Server(SmarterMail or MailEnable or similar)
PHP & PHP Manager IIS
No
768.8 Mbps
811.36 Mbps
Yes
No
No
- Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- Remote Desktop Access
- 2GB RAM
- 70GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 1 vCPU
- KVM Virtualization
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Upload speed - 226.48 Mbps
Download speed - 653.18 Mbps - Fully Managed - included in price
- 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
Customer Review
Cust. Support
5Overall rating
4.2- Server Locations:
- (Dallas, Texas, US)
- (Seattle, Washington, US)
Research summary:
The best part of their services is their uptime.
Pros:
- 100% uptime in our 15 days of testing
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Free rebuild of Operating System
Cons:
- Failed to resolve the issue we had reported
- 10.92 seconds to respond to 500 concurrent connection
- Do not provide pre-installed hosting tools
Rating Summary
3.5
2.4
3.5
5
3.4
Our Methodology
Rather than obtaining data directly from respective website and make them available to our directory users, we've choosen to undertake an extensive research to reach to a scientific conclusion. For this, we leased a Windows VPS server from Hostwinds and monitored it to evaluate their services comprehensively for about a month. During our test, we actually tested their uptime, backup procedures, support skills, load capacity and all other important features.
To test Hostwinds's capability of handling Windows VPS, we conducted an extensive research of their Windows VPS plans. We hosted an application on Hostwinds Windows VPS's server, tested their load bearing capacity, expertise of their technical team to manage Windows VPS related issues, backup facility, Uptime of their Windows VPS and pre-installed softwares. Please see our research results of their Windows VPS.
3.5
Left Verticle axis is showing total number of simultenous active users.
Right Verticle axis is showing number of seconds VPS takes to respond to every users.
Horizontal axis is showing the time.
Our comments
While we audited, we found the Windows VPS was fairly stable to handle 400 concurrent users of NopCommerce Ecommerce Store with a response time being one second. However, as the number of concurrent users were increased by another 500, it resulted in a higher response time of 10.06 seconds for each user.
2.4
Live Chat
Phone
Support Ticket
Instant
Within 0 to 3 Minutes
Above 3 Minutes
Within 1 Hour
Within 1 to 4 Hours
Within 4 to 6 Hours
Within 6 to 24 Hours
Within 24+ Hours
Unresolved
3 Satisfactory
3 Satisfactory
2 Needs improvement
2 Needs improvement
2 Needs improvement
Our comments
Their technical team failed to resolve the Windows based issues. Also, their Windows VPS knowledgebase requires to be improved further.
3.5
Daily
Virtual disk level backup
File/Folder level backup
Paid
Virtual disk backup
File/Folder level backup
Our comments
They offer paid file level backup. Any offering of complimentary backup will add up to value addition.
5
Our comments :
During our test, we didn't face any downtime.
IIS
DNS
FTP
.Net framework
Control Panel
Document processing tools like Notepad++
WebpI
MSSQL Db server
MYSQL Db server
Email Server(SmarterMail or MailEnable or similar)
PHP & PHP Manager IIS
Yes
226.48 Mbps
653.18 Mbps
Yes
No
No
- Windows 2016, Windows 2012
- Remote Desktop Access
- 2GB RAM
- 300GB Storage (Partial SSD)
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 2 vCPU
- Hyper-V Virtualization
- Self Managed
- 30 Days Money Back Guarantee
Research Report
Stress Testing
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- Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- Remote Desktop Access
- 4GB RAM
- 200GB Storage
- 2000GB Bandwidth
- 2 Dedicated IP
- 4 vCPU
- Hyper-V Virtualization
- Account Setup - 4 Hours
- Self Managed
- 7 Days Money Back Guarantee
Ultimasystems Hosting Overview
From July 2007, Ultima started offering Windows shared, VPS, dedicated servers and colocation from Melbourne, Australia. In 2008, Ultima launched 4 data centers in Nuremberg (Germany) and in 2009 Ultima opened its first Toronto Canada based data center.
The company mainly deals in Windows 2012 Hyper-V VPS Hosting, Dedicated Servers and Hyper-V Server Reseller Program. The main highlighted product of the Ultima is their Windows Hyper-V VPS Hosting. Windows 2012 Hyper-V VPS plans are hosted on a high performing custom built servers which cannot be oversold. All Hyper-V VPS servers have 24 core Xeons with hardware RAID 10 protection.
Ultima utilizes 100% DELL servers equipped with the latest hosting technology including: Windows 2008/2012, IIS 7.5/8.0, WebsitePanel, .Net 2.0, .Net 3.5, .Net 4.0, .Net 4.5, SilverLight, PHP 5.x, MSSQL 2008/2012, MySQL 5.x, Sharepoint 3.0 and FrontPage Extensions 2008.
The support staff of Ultima is located across the globe from Orlando, London, Melbourne and Montevideo. All hosting packages come with 7 days money back guarantee excluding dedicated servers, SSL, domain names and setup fees.
Stress Testing
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Cust. Support
5Overall rating
5.0
- Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- 2GB RAM
- 30GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- 2000GB Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 1 vCPU
- KVM Virtualization
- Fully Managed - included in price
Research Report
Stress Testing
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- Windows 2016, Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- Remote Desktop Access
- 1GB RAM
- 20GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- 1024GB Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 1 vCPU
- KVM Virtualization
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Upload speed - 89.83 Mbps
Download speed - 97.09 Mbps - Managed - Add-On Service
- 14 Days Money Back Guarantee
Research Report
Stress Testing
3.5Uptime Report
5Customer Review
Cust. Support
5Overall rating
4.6- Server Locations:
- (Zagreb, Zagrebacka, Croatia)
- (Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland)
Research summary:
Overall, what we found is (i) higher uptime (ii) though paid, both file level and disk-level backup options are available, make their services attractive. The improvement they need is to make their knowledgebase content rich.
Pros:
- Free domain name registration with VPS
- Free rebuild of Operating System
- 100% uptime in our 15 days of testing
Cons:
- 17.9 seconds to respond to 500 concurrent connection
- Failed to resolve the issue we had reported
- No Free Backup
- No plan with unlimited bandwidth
- Do not provide pre-installed hosting tools
Rating Summary
3.5
4
4
5
4
Our Methodology
Rather than obtaining data directly from respective website and make them available to our directory users, we've choosen to undertake an extensive research to reach to a scientific conclusion. For this, we leased a Windows VPS server from Croatian Web Hosting and monitored it to evaluate their services comprehensively for about a month. During our test, we actually tested their uptime, backup procedures, support skills, load capacity and all other important features.
To test Croatian Web Hosting's capability of handling Windows VPS, we conducted an extensive research of their Windows VPS plans. We hosted an application on Croatian Web Hosting Windows VPS's server, tested their load bearing capacity, expertise of their technical team to manage Windows VPS related issues, backup facility, Uptime of their Windows VPS and pre-installed softwares. Please see our research results of their Windows VPS.
3.5
Left Verticle axis is showing total number of simultenous active users.
Right Verticle axis is showing number of seconds VPS takes to respond to every users.
Horizontal axis is showing the time.
Our comments
While we tested, we found the Windows VPS was fairly stable to handle 300 concurrent users of NopCommerce Ecommerce Store with a response time being one second. However, as the number of concurrent users were increased by another 200, it resulted in a higher response time of 17.90 seconds for each user.
4
Live Chat
Phone
Support Ticket
Instant
Within 0 to 3 Minutes
Above 3 Minutes
Within 1 Hour
Within 1 to 4 Hours
Within 4 to 6 Hours
Within 6 to 24 Hours
Within 24+ Hours
Unresolved
3 Satisfactory
2 Needs improvement
5 Excellent
5 Excellent
5 Excellent
Our comments
Their technical team failed to resolve the Windows based issues. Also, their Windows VPS knowledgebase requires to be improved further.
4
Daily
Virtual disk level backup
File/Folder level backup
Paid
Virtual disk backup
File/Folder level backup
Our comments
They offer both virtual disk level and a file level paid backup. Any offering of complimentary backup will add up to value addition.
5
Our comments :
During our test, we did not experience any downtime.
IIS
DNS
FTP
.Net framework
Control Panel
Document processing tools like Notepad++
WebpI
MSSQL Db server
MYSQL Db server
Email Server(SmarterMail or MailEnable or similar)
PHP & PHP Manager IIS
No
89.83 Mbps
97.09 Mbps
Yes
Yes
No
7. VPS-WIN1
- Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- 1GB RAM
- 30GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- 2000GB Bandwidth
- 1 vCPU
- Xen Virtualization
- Self Managed
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5Overall rating
4.3
- Windows 2012
- 14GB RAM
- 1000GB Storage (Partial SSD)
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 4 vCPU
- KVM Virtualization
- Self Managed
Research Report
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- Windows 2016, Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- 1GB RAM
- 40GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- 2000GB Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 4 vCPU
- KVM Virtualization
- Self Managed
Research Report
Stress Testing
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- Windows 2012, Windows 2008
- 1GB RAM
- 25GB Storage (Pure SSD)
- 1000GB Bandwidth
- 1 Dedicated IP
- 1 vCPU
- KVM Virtualization
- Fully Managed - included in price
Research Report
Stress Testing
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No rating- Server Locations:
- (Secaucus, New Jersey, US)
- (Los Angeles, California, US)
Frequently Asked Windows VPS Questions (FAQ)
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Question-1 :
What is a Windows Virtual Private Server (VPS)?
Windows VPS is an intermediate web hosting option between shared and dedicated hosting. It will have it's own allocated hardware resources and will run its own Windows Operating System. As you have your own Windows OS running, you get full remote administrative access of your VPS.
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Question-2 :
What are the benefits of using Windows VPS?
A Windows VPS provides you full remote administrative access, so you can have more control of the resources allocation and you can make changes as per your need. A Windows VPS gives you more control compared to Shared Windows Hosting at a fraction of the price of a Dedicated server.
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Question-3 :
What should I consider before purchasing a Windows VPS?
Other than checking the hardware resources and support, you should also check the type of storage used in VPS. There are many types of storage option used by providers like SSD, SAN, SATA etc. SSD storage provides you the best speed, as they can handle 10 to 100 times more disk I/O compared to normal SATA storage.
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Question-4 :
Are the Windows Virtual Private Servers scalable?
Yes, Windows VPS are scalable very easily. You can always add or remove resources as per your need and control you hosting cost.
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Question-5 :
Is Windows VPS easy to use?
Yes, absolutely. Once you connect to your Windows VPS via RDP (Remote Desktop Interface), it is like working on your normal desktop but remotely. You have full remote administrative access and you can install almost any application as you do in your normal system.
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Question-6 :
Do I get a dedicated IP address with the Windows VPS hosting?
Yes, you get at least one dedicated IP with Windows VPS. You can use this IP for your website, FTP, DNS zone etc. You can always purchase additional IP as per your need.
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Question-7 :
Is Windows VPS secure hosting option?
Yes, it is a secure hosting option. But there are few things which the end user has to keep in check like settings strong password for users, installing anti malware and anti virus application, installing windows and third party updates regularly.
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Question-8 :
Should I choose Self Managed or Fully Managed Windows VPS?
Some host provides Fully managed VPS while some are self managed. Self Manged VPS are better for those who have experience in configuring, securing & maintaining servers & do not require the support of the web hosting provider. Fully Managed Windows VPS are for those who do not have much experience in configuring, securing & maintaining servers.You should always check their plan page as some providers charge extra for managing VPS while some include it in their plan cost.
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Question-9 :
What are the main usage of Windows VPS?
Windows VPS are mainly used for hosting websites, hosting email servers, Forex trading and so much more.
Research summary:
AccuWeb Hosting is one of the best option for affordable and performance driven Windows VPS powered by HyperV virtualization and SSD drives. Best buy for beginners, small businesses and enterprise class solution customers. Their technically sound support team is quite impressive not only for newbies but also for higher level technical troubleshooting. 12000+ Windows VPS customer experience, Free backups, healthy knowledgebase, uptime are really the value of money.