About Compila
Compila is an internal web host provider that has built a business on customer referrals rather than big advertising campaigns. The company claims to have thousands of customers worldwide.
With a cutting edge reputation, Compila is a business that reinvests profits in the latest technologies. Although not a green host in the typical sense of the term, Compila has a ‘green room’ on their web site and promises to give £1 for hosting plan bought to either the World Wildlife Fund or the Woodland Trust
The Compila web site says it is an ethical company committed to improving the environment, the local community around the Compila UK headquarters at Chislehurst, Kent, and a number of charities.
Products and Services
Compila is a specialist Linux web hosting service. UK customers can take out ‘power plans’ that offer up to 40GB of hard disk storage plus 500GB bandwidth a month at cheap prices.
Windows hosting is available for clients running web sites that need ASP.net, ODBC or Microsoft Access or SQL databases.
Other services for online businesses include web design consultancy and a search engine submission service
Benefits of Choosing Compila
Compila is one of only a handful of web hosts that offer a 60-day money back guarantee.
Transparency of charges is also highlighted, so you should easily be able to work out the costs of your plan without straining your eyes on the small print just to make sure you are not signing the family heirlooms away when you take out a hosting plan.
Other customer benefits include:
- Up to 45 free e-books covering all aspects of setting up, marketing and making money from a web site
- Free antivirus and anti spam software
- 300 editable web design templates
- cPanel remote configuration software that allows you to manage your site online
- WordPress for blogging
- Free Mambo content management software
- Free shopping carts for e-commerce
- A free Google Adwords voucher worth £20 – £50, depending on the hosting plan you select.
Reliability and Performance
Check for the normal 99.9% uptime guarantee – but this is tempered with the 60-day money back guarantee if technical issues keep your web site offline.
Customer Service and Support
Compila customers looking for customer service or technical support can choose from five options:
- Online video tutorials that show how to manage their web space with cPanel or Plesk
- Online email ticketed support
- Online FAQ and knowledge base, including guide downloads
- Live chat
- 24/7 Telephone support
Web Hosting Features
Compila base their service on Dell PowerEdge servers with Intel® Xeon® 5500 series processors. The servers are fitted with DDR3 memory that increases performance and reduces costs. Cisco hardware switches and routers make up the rest of the system.
Hosting is straightforward with Compila. If you are looking for Dedicated Servers, Virtual Servers or other high-end features, then Compila is probably not the web provider for you.
Nevertheless, the company has won several awards from the respected Web Host Directory.
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