A windows based web hosting provider uses microsoft's windows software to drive its servers . The windows operating system allows the windows hosting providers to provide to their customers Microsoft technologies such as ASP, Coldfusion , Visual basic and more . Developing your site using Microsoft frontpage will allow you to make use of windows hosting and windows hosting is also good if you plan to use Microsoft Access as your Database . Windows hosting also provide many other features such as ecommerce features , emailing features , ftp access , discussion forums and more .

If you are confortable using windows on your home computer then you will be familiar with the windows hosting environment to manage your website .Below are the top 10 windows hosting providers we have selected that are actually reliable and offers all the features needed for a small to medium size business .

Rank	web host	Hosting Company	Price/Mo	Money Back	Features	Rating	Review
1		Lunarpages	$9.95	30days	Space:5GB Traffic:400GB	97%	Read review
2		Startlogic	$8.95	30days	Space:100GB Traffic:1000GB	97%	Read review
3		Coolhandle	$7.95	30days	Space:unlimited Traffic:unlimited	97%	Read review
4		Ipower	$6.95	30days	Space:unlimited Traffic:unlimited	97%	Read review
5		1&1	$3.99	90days	Space:10GB Traffic:unlimited	97%	Read review
6		easyCGI	$7.96	30days	Space:350GB Traffic:3500GB	96%	Read review
7		Gate.com	$8.29	30days	Space:100GB Traffic:unlimited	96%	Read review
8		ipowerWeb	$8.95	30days	Space:100GB Traffic:1000GB	96%	Read review
9		ix webhosting	$3.95	Anytime	Space:unlimited Traffic:unlimited	96%	Read review
10		Web.com	$7.95	days	Space:unlimited Traffic:unlimited	95%	Read review