Below is a side-by-side comparison between CIAD Hosting's Shared Infrastructure Solution and other large hosting providers*. A larger CIAD Hosting Shared Infrastructure plan is shown to better compare functionality with the other providers, but CIAD Hosting actually has smaller plans starting a just $500 per month, that offer the use of the same high-end shared infrastructure and benefits.

CIAD Hosting Plan H-300

NTT/Verio Custom Enterprise Solution

XO Managed Server

Description	Dynamic multimedia hosting infrastructure designed for no single point of failure	Three managed servers (2 for web, 1 for DB)	One managed server
Clustered Web Servers	INCLUDED	+ $600/mo.	X
Microsoft SQL Server	INCLUDED	+ $400/mo.	+ $700/mo.
Passive Standby** Microsoft SQL Server	INCLUDED	X	X
Clustered Streaming Media Servers	INCLUDED	X	X
Firewall	INCLUDED	+ $450/mo.	X
2-layer architecture to isolated DB Server	INCLUDED	X	X
Full 100Mbps direct to Tier 1 Internet backbone	INCLUDED	X (10Mbps, not direct)	X (10Mbps, not direct)
Data Backups	INCLUDED (thru 6 months prior)	+ $300/mo. (only thru prev. week)	+ $200/mo. (only thru prev. day)
Free Hosting Technical Support	INCLUDED	X ($200/hr.)	X ($250/hr.)
No Committed Bandwidth	INCLUDED ($3/GB actually used)	X $0/mo. for first 50GB (+$100/50GB block)	X + $300/mo. for first 81GB (+$1000/324GB block)
Software Service Pack Installation	INCLUDED	+ $350/mo.	INCLUDED
Base Cost	$2,500/mo.	$3,000/mo.	$944/mo.

TOTAL per month:	$2,500***	$5,100	$2,144
TOTAL install:	$1,000***	$4,495	$1,075

*	Competitive pricing may vary.
**	Typical 1-2hr. down time; will be replaced by active server cluster in the future.
***	Please see CIAD Hosting Shared Infrastructure Plans for pricing options geared for smaller web sites.