There are tons of hosting companies available for developers to do business with. With such a huge sea of options available it can be overwhelming to try and make heads of tails of it all. In this article we are going to go focus on the difference between generic hosting companies and services like ASPnix.

Resellers

If you are earnestly seeking to get the most out of your hosting provider you probably didn't get here by accident. You likely already discovered on your own that there are a lot of companies who offer the exact same options. If it is starting to seems suspicious then you are on the right track. That's because many hosts are nothing more than middlemen. They don't have a datacenter, they don't pick which options they provide. They are selling a third party service to you and collecting the markup. Companies like our own, offer white label options which resellers all around the world buy from us and sell to others.

Support

There isn't anything wrong with being a reseller, but many aren't able to offer troubleshooting or technical assistance if there is a problem. They don't have the same level of access to their computers and they often only have 1 or 2 employees. If you have an issue they may not be able to help.

It goes without saying that ASPnix has 24/7 customer support. We have our own datacenter in Denver Colorado. Many of the best rehosting companies around the world are buying white label services from us and selling a limited version of our services to you. We have discounted rates, high uptime, unlimited storage, and lightning fast bandwidth. They make a good profit and you still get a superior service with the caveat that you are paying a little more and get quite a few less options.

Options

So this the real kicker. As we discussed there are plenty of hosting companies. Many hosting companies are just reselling our services or one of our competitors services. So what are you missing if you go through them??

The answer: A whole lot if you are a web developer.

Here is the immense list of developer options and features provided at ASPnix.com:

Development Tools

Microsoft Technologies

Classic ASP

.NET Framework v2.0

.NET Framework v3.0

.NET Framework v3.5 SP1

.NET Framework v4.0

.NET Framework v4.5

.NET Framework v4.5.1

.NET Framework v4.5.2

.NET Framework v4.6

.NET Framework v4.6.1

.NET Framework v4.6.2

.NET Framework v4.7

.NET Framework v4.7.1

.NET Core 1.0.1 – 2.0.5 *NEW

ADO.NET

ASP.NET AJAX Extensions

ASP.NET Integrated / Classic Application Pool Modes

ASP.NET Full Trust by Default

ASP.NET Mobile Controls

32 / 64-bit Selectable Application Pool Bitness

Enterprise Library 4.1 / 5.0

Entity Framework 4.1

IE Web Controls

IIS7 Rewrite Module 2.0

SSI (Server Side Includes)

MDAC 2.8

MSXML 4.0 Parser

MSXML 6.0 Parser

MVC v1.0

MVC v2.0

MVC v3.0

MVC v4.0

MVC v5.0 Compatible

MVC v6.0 Compatible

Microsoft ASP.Net Web Pages

Office Web Components

Report Viewer 2005 / 2008 / 2010 / 2012 / 2015

SOAP Toolkit 3.0

Access Runtime Engine 2007 / 2010 / 2013

FoxPro OLE DB Provider

Visual C++ 2005 / 2008 / 2010 / 2012 / 2013 / 2015 / 2017

WebSocket Protocol Supported

Web API Supported

WSE Runtime 3.0

WCF RIA Services 1.0

Microsoft IIS Remote Management

Microsoft Web Deployment

Open Source

CGI-BIN

Parent Paths

PHP 5.2.x

PHP 5.3.x

PHP 5.4.x

PHP 5.5.x

PHP 5.6.x

PHP 7.0.x

PHP 7.1.x

PHP 7.2.x *NEW

PHP Phalcon Framework 3.3.x *NEW

Available PHP Extensions

Persits

ASPCrypt

ASPEmail

ASPgrid

ASPJpeg

ASPupload

WebSuperGoo

ImageEffects

ImageGlue (v7.2 and v7.3)

ABCocr

ABCpdf (v8.1, v9.1 and v10)

ABCUpload

WordGlue .Net

Dundas (ASPAlliance)

Dundas Mailer

Dundas Upload

/n Software

IP*Works! V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! SSL V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! SSH V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! S/MIME V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! Encrypt V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! OpenPGP V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! S/SNMP V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! Zip V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! WS V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! Auth V9 .NET Edition

IP*Works! IPC .NET Edition

QuickBooks Integrator V6 .NET Edition

E-Payment Integrator V6 .NET Edition

Direct Payment Integrator V6 .NET Edition

PayPal Integrator V5 .NET Edition

E-Banking Integrator V4 .NET Edition

Shipping Integrator V5 .NET Edition

EDI Integrator V9 .NET Edition

X12 Integrator V9 .NET Edition

ERP (SAP) Integrator V2 .NET Edition

EDIFACT Integrator .NET Edition

SharePoint Integrator V4 .NET Edition

Google Integrator V2 .NET Edition

Amazon Integrator V6 .NET Edition

Azure Integrator V2 .NET Edition

Spreadsheet Integrator .NET Edition

3-D Secure Integrator V6 .NET Edition

General

ASPSmartUpload

CharDirector for Classic ASP

Helicon APE (Apache .htaccess emulator)

Sub Web Applications

WAP Support

WinHTTP 5.1

JMail.Net

JMail COM (Classic ASP)

FreeSMTP.Net

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server 2017 *NEW

Microsoft SQL Fulltext Search

Microsoft Report Viewer 2005

Microsoft Report Viewer 2008

Microsoft Report Viewer 2010

Microsoft Report Viewer 2012

Microsoft Report Viewer 2015

Microsoft SQL Server Compact v3.5 SP2

Microsoft SQL Server Compact v4.0 SP1

Microsoft SQL Server Backups/Restore (myLittleBackup)

Microsoft SQL Server Web Manager (myLittleAdmin)

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Access

Microsoft Access Databases (Multi Language)

ODBC DSNs

MyODBC 3.51 and 5.1 for MySQL

MySQL Administrator Access

MySQL Server 5.7

MySQL Web Administrator (phpMyAdmin)

MySQL .Net Connectors v5.0.3 – v7.0.7

MySQL Remote Management / Access

SSL MySQL Connection Available

Nightly Database Backups

E-mails

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (Addon available)

Microsoft Exchange Web Services (Free Addon)

Integrated XMPP Chat Services (Free Addon)

Temporary E-mail alias support

50GB E-mail Disk Space per Domain

50MB Email Attachment Size

Anti-Virus Protection / Hourly virus definition updates

Industry leading Cyren (formerly Commtouch) spam filtering

Auto Responders

Catch-All support

E-mail Store and Forward supported

Mailing Lists

Alternate SMTP Ports Available

IMAP Access

POP3 Access

Secured IMAP Access Available

Secured POP3 Access Available

Secured SMTP Access Available

Custom Rules / Filters

SSL 256 bit Encrypted WebMail (HTTPS)

Web-Based E-Mail Interface

Web-Based E-Mail Interface specifically for mobile devices

Multimedia

Adobe Flash

Adobe Shockwave

Custom MIME Types

MIDI File Support

Real Media Audio & Video

Streaming Audio Support

Streaming Video Support

Windows Media Video (WMV)

Control Panel

Access to RAW Log Files

ASP.Net Applications on Folders

Custom Error Pages (400, 401, 403, 404, 500)

Detailed Website Statistics – Powered by SmarterStats v11 *NEW

DNS Zone Editor

FTP Download / Upload Resume Support

SFTP Support (With private / public certificates)

Online File Management

Customized FTP permissions, quotas, and access levels

Control Panel File Manager

SSL Certificate Management

SSL Secure Control Panel Access

Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate Automation

Virtual Directories

Web Forwarding Domains