Melbourne IT is Australia's first ICANN accredited domain registrar, they handle web hosting, website design, email and domain registration. We spent a significant amount of time fact-finding and reviewing the company to make sure the information we acquired is correct. 2016 Revised Web Hosting Review: Plans, Pricing, Space, Uptime, Service & more...
We came across several negative reviews focusing on high cost, limited functionality and slow support.
Here are a few limitations we came across: Limited self-service panel (need to call tech support, which is painful as you are frequently on hold for very long periods of time, domain name renewals are $70 a year, twice the price of anywhere else and domain transfers away from Melbourne IT are hugely frustrating.
Bottom-line? We strongly advise potential users to pick GazelleHost Basic (or Business Plan) instead of Melbourne IT cPanel Basic.
Why?
- Significant cost advantage, for the same disk space,
- Unlimited websites on GazelleHost vs. only one with Melbourne IT
- Limited number of emails and very limited number of available databases with Melbourne IT
*(Available with SiteLock® addon)
**(Available with CodeGuard® addon)
Created October 2015. Updated January 2016
All trademarks are the the property of relevant legal owners. Reviews and Comparisons are performed on an ongoing basis by third party objective reviewers and compiled here for the benefit of users comparing hosts. If you feel we have missed or misrepresented something, please let us know. If you have a review to add, please contact us.