Posted on June 14th, 20091and1 Review: 1and1.com, is a seriously excellent host for hosting sites, both personal and commercial. Their Mission statement says it all:
To provide an optimal internet presence for private users and SMBs by offering a complete range of innovative, high quality web hosting solutions at affordable prices. Since the company was founded the company has been dedicated to one common goal: complete customer satisfaction.
Affordable prices, greater scalability with advanced datacenters make them the best hosts to reach out for to fulfill your data requirements.
I have been with 1and1 for around 2 years now, and in that time I have fallen in love with the backend including the easy routing of domains, webspace explorer, mySQL admin, etc. as far as the click to build tools, I rarely use them as I am a web designer/developer myself. A lot of the features are just bloated to make a features list bigger as a lot of web hosts are.
The pricing plans, I have found to be great, they often do multiple months free, with affordable pricing thereafter, and they include domains with a hosting account (for as long as you host with them.)
Support is very lacking, I usually get an outsourced phone agent who simply directs me to the FAQs after taking some time to figure out what I am asking them.
Overall, I would say that I am very happy with my experience with 1and1, but some things could change (most notably, i would love to see them offer, yearly payment plans instead of evey 6 months.)
Ive been with 1&1 for many years, they are great for beginners and for most people. People with more advanced needs might want to look for a different web host, but for the price and features you get, 1&1 is great.