ALTS.NET NT® Virtual Server Comparison

This table summarizes the differences between Windows® NT® basedvirtual servers. Windows® NT® virtual hosts are offered through our Web Design Services Only. For information on the dedicated server, please see our dedicated server page. For web design information, please see our web design page. For the Unix virtual servers, please see our Unix virtual server comparison page.Some items listed below incur an additional setup and monthly cost as shown on the Addons Page.

Features Royal Deluxe NT Virtual Server NT Merchant Server Deluxe NT Virtual Server Standard NT Virtual Server NT Virtual Host
Monthly Fee $350 $150 $125 $75 $50
Setup Fee $50 $50 $35 $35 $35
Disk Storage (MB) 400 MB 300 MB 250 MB 100 MB 50 MB
Your Own Domain Name Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited Hits and transfers Bandwidth Charges Apply over 15GB/Month Yes Yes Yes Yes
Active Server Pages / IDC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NTS 4.0 and IIS 4.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® FrontPage ® 2000 Extensions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual InterDev 6.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited FTP Updates Yes Yes - 1 FTP User Yes - 1 FTP User Yes - 1 FTP User Yes - 1 FTP User
Anonymous FTP Yes Yes Yes No No
Telnet Access Limited* Limited* Limited* Limited* No
Multi-homed T3 Connections Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ability to Host Multiple Domain Names Yes Limited Limited Limited No
POP/IMAP Mailboxes Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 3 POP (additional extra)
Email Aliasing Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Email Autoresponders Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Email Interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSL Secure Server (additional charge) Yes Yes Optional Optional No
Web Based Administrative Programs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server-Side Includes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Perl / PerlScript Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CGI-BIN Directory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Log Files Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Statistics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ODBC Connection to Local Database 6 Included (Additional Extra) 6 Included (Additional Extra) 1 Included (Additional Extra) 1 Included (Additional Extra) No
ODBC Connection to MS SQL Database 1 Included (Additional Extra) 1 Included (Additional Extra) 1 Included (Additional Extra) Optional No
Cold Fusion Optional Optional Optional No No
Many Supported MIME Types Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Free 24/7 Technical Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Daily Tape Backup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
UPS and Generator Backup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
24 Hour Server Monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Resell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Java Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

* Limited Telnet access to Unix side of the virtual server only. The NT virtual server solution is really a hybrid nt-unix virtual server solution in that your web pages and databases and scripts run in the windows NT environment but your telnet access and mail server accounts run in a unix environment. This enables your web pages to take advantage of the windows® functions like active server pages and visual basic scripting and the unix server to continue to handle the mail accounts and some admistrative functions.

NT vs. Unix Virtual Servers
You have a choice to make. Should you use an NT® or a Unix Virtual Server?
Advantages of Unix Advantages of NT
  • Support for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Extensions
  • Proven track record of performance and reliability
  • Advanced Server Administration
  • Full Virtual Hosting Capability
  • Unlimited FTP Users
  • Full Telnet Access
  • Access to Server Configuration
  • mSQL2 databases
  • Support for Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Extensions
  • Active Server Pages
  • Visual Basic Scripts
  • Ability to add ODBC Database Connections to Databases
  • Microsoft® Visual InterDev
  • Ability to add Cold Fusion Support

Still not sure which to use? Remember NT® based virtual servers have a higher system overhead than Unix based virtual servers. For a complete side-by-side comparison of the NT® Virtual Servers see our NT® Virtual Server Comparison Page. For a complete side-by-side comparison of the Unix Virtual Servers see our Unix Virtual Server Comparison Page.Still not sure which to use?Submit your requirements and/or what you want to try and accomplish and we'll give you a recommendation.


See Our New NT® Virtual Server FAQ Page.
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