Comparison and Differences between Different Hostgator Web Hosting Plans

What is the difference between Reseller and Shared?

The Shared Web Hosting plans are for a single owner; we provide one control panel for all of your domains. We do not support reselling on the Shared plans.

The Reseller Hosting plans are intended for an owner who wants to sell hosting; we provide an unlimited number of control panels, one for each domain. If you need multiple SSL certificates or multiple IP addresses, you must choose a Reseller account. If you want WHM and control over DNS zones, you must choose a Reseller account.

Why does shared have more space than reseller?

We are offer a reseller package so you can sell your own hosting plans; remember we do not allow anyone to resell the basic webhosting plans.

Most sites don't need unlimited disk space, and you can offer other services to your clients - like webdesign or advertising.

The technical reason is because of our inode limit. An inode is a count of every file and folder. Shared plans have one primary user that adds content. Reseller plans, however, can have many users, all adding content and creating more files and folders. The higher the inode count, the higher the file system overhead and more resources are used.

What is the difference between Linux and Windows hosting?

Linux and Windows are two different types of operating systems. Linux is more secure and more efficient than Windows. Linux also has more of the features web designers expect, so unless you have websites which need specific Windows applications, Linux is the preferred choice.

Windows applications which require a Windows server:
ASP.NET
MSSQL
MS Access
Visual Basic development
Remote Desktop (dedicated servers only)

One other difference is that Linux files are case-sensitive and Windows files are not.
Example:
On a Linux server, home.html and Home.html are different names.
On a Windows server, home.html, Home.html, and HOME.HTML are the same name.

Why should I use VPS instead of a shared or reseller package?

It's an ideal upgrade for a shared client to move to a VPS; however, moving from a reseller to a VPS is only recommended if the you need more control of the box.
Otherwise, reseller hosting is preferred for 99% of resellers because you get all the reseller tools (including WHMCS for free), and you have managed hosting for your clients.
Here are some specific needs which will require a VPS or Dedicated Server.

• Office emails - If you have multiple email users working from the same office (same connection IP address), then you will want a VPS. The reason is that shared and reseller plans limit POP and IMAP connections to 30 per hour per connecting IP.
• Mass emailing - If you advertise through email or have a large contact mailing list, you will want a VPS. The reason is that shared and reseller plans limit each domain name to sending 500 emails per hour.
• Custom installations - If you want to develop a custom hosting environment, or want to install something which is not compatible with our shared servers, then you will want a VPS. The reason is that shared and reseller plans do not allow you to change the included server hardware and software; we must provide a stable and consistent environment for every one on a shared server, and allowing changes will inevitably affect the other users.

Compatible Technologies

Does HostGator support what I need?

Important Notice: This page doesn't mean that we install these programs for free. Some programs on this list are already on the server or can be installed for free, but some of these programs require installation or administrative fees. Feel welcome to email support@hostgator.com about a specific program and possible additional fees. (The best place to find what comes with the plan is to check that section of our website, instead of the knowledge base.)

Key:
	=	Compatible.
	=	Not compatible.
	=	Only compatible with a Microsoft Windows server.
	=	Only compatible with a Linux server.
	=	A HostGator agent must enable this for you. Please, email support@hostgator.com or contact us via phone or live chat.

Service	Shared/Reseller	Dedicated/VPS
3rd Party cPanel Skins
Ad Server
Adspy Sites
Ajax
Alias files , aliases
aMember Pro
Apache 2
Apache Flex
Apple , iWeb , Mac Mail
APS Valult , Application Vault (included)
ASP classic (included)
ASP.Net 1.1 (available only with Server 2003)
ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.5 (included)
aspell , pspell
Autolearn , autossh
AWstats (included)
AWstats includes
browscap , browscap.ini
C, C++, GCC, C Compiler
C# , C sharp
Cake CakePHP
Clam AV
CentOS 5 (included)
Clip Share / File Sharing
Cold Fusion (You purchase installation and License) Please email sales@hostgator.com for a quote.
Colo, Colocation Services
Compressed Files (.rar* .zip .tar.gz .bz2)
concrete5
cPanel
cPanel Pro
CRE Loaded Sites
CRE Loader (Not Included, but you can install it)
Cron jobs (included)
Crypt SSLeay
CS-Cart
cURL, libcurl, PHP/CURL (included)
Cyberduck FTP
DBI Module
Delavo
dimdim
disabling PHP open_base dir
Django (shared requires fastcgi)
dl() function
Dolphin 7 (You provide installation and License)
Ray, Orca, & older Dolphin versions (Boonex.com)
DotNet, dot net, .net
DotNetNuke
Drupal (included)
Dundas
e107
eAccelerator
eGroupWare
elgg
emacs , vi (requires SSH)
Email Piping
ExpressionEngine
Fantastico De Luxe (included)
fastCGI
FFmpeg - http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu
Flash FLV (Browsers must have MacroMedia Flash Player Installed)
Flash Media Server FMS
Flash remoting using AMFPHP
Flv2tool - http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2
formail
formmail
fopen
FreeBSD , Debian , Ubuntu (all at your own risk)
FrontPage extensions (included)
fsockopen
FXP
Game Server , gaming
GCD Google Cash Detective
GD2 Library (included)
GET, WGET
Ghostscript
Git client
Git server
gnome / kde (You provide installation)
GnuPG
Google Adsense & Adwords
Google Apps & Email
GZip
HTTP Digest Authentication
HTTP streaming (audio/video)
If-Modified-Since HTTP header
ihtml
IIS
ImageMagick , Image Magick (included)
IMAP
imap_open
innoDB
ionCube Loader
IRC
Java , .jsp , tomcat
javascript , JSON
JIRA
Joomla (included)
JRE , JVM
Kayako
KVM
LAME MP3 Encoder - http://lame.sourceforge.net
Latex (but we do not support the binary)
LDAP, openldap
lib_curl
Libogg + Libvorbis -http://www.xiph.org/downloads
Linux with Oracle XE (We do not officially support Oracle 11 since it requires an X windowing system, but it can be done.)
Live streaming , web cam , radio , tv broadcast
Load Balancing
lynx
Magento
Mail - Exim
Mail - any other MTA (postfix)
memcached
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Exchange (no longer Requires AD)
Midnight Commander , MC
MING PHP Module
Miva empresa
mod_layout
mod_mime
mod_pagespeed
mod_perl, mod_python, mod_gzip, mod_sql_auth, mod_deflate, mod_ruby
mod_rewrite, mod_speling (must enable in .htaccess)
mod_security, mod_sec
Mono
Moodle
mpeg2enc
Mplayer + MEncoder -http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
MSSQL (included)
MySQL 5 (included)
MySQLi
MySQL Clustering
nginx
NNTP / Usenet
nulled scripts (forbidden per our TOS)
Online Chat Program
openSSL 0.9.8o
paFileDB
Payment Gateway / Merchant Provider
PCI Compliance (included)
PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
PDFlib (requires commercial license)
PDO or pdo_mysql
Pear MDB2
PEAR modules - full list
PennyWize
Perl 5 , Python 2 , CGI , CPAN (all included)
PHP 5 (included)
php APC
php iconv
PHP and PECL modules - full list
PHP shell_exec
PHP tokenizer
PHPArcadeScript , phpas
phpFox, php fox
phpmotion, php motion
PHP Multibyte String
phpMyAdmin (included)
Pinemail / Pine Mail
Plesk
podcast
POP3 (included)
PostgreSQL , Informix , Oracle , Sybase Solid , Generic ODBC
postini
PrestaShop
procmail
Proxy Server, Socket Server, SOCKS 4, 4a, &5
Push Email
quickbooks
QuickInstall (included)
Rapid Leech, rapidshare
Red5
Remote Desktop , RDP
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RoR / Ruby on Rails (included)
Round Robin DNS
RSS Feeds
rsync
Safe Harbor Certified (included)
sem_get
server clock adjustments (other than Central Standard Time) , Day Light Saving dst
Server Redundancy
session_gc, probability, divisor, maxlifetime
SetupTools
shared SSL
sharepoint , share point server (requires license)
Shopping Carts
shtml , SSI , server side includes (all included)
ShoutCast , Icecast
SimpleXML
Site Builder , SiteBuilder (included per request)
Site Studio , SiteStudio (included per request)
Smarter Bundle, SmarterBundle (included)
Smarter Mail , SmarterMail (included)
Smarty
SMF Forum Boards
SMS Gateway , MMS
SMTP (included)
SOAP php
SourceGuardian decoder
SoX
SpamAssassin , spamd
SQLite
SSH2 (included)
SSH Tunnel
SSL Wrapper stunnel
streaming Flash
Subversion SVN Client
SVN / CVS Repository
Tom Cat
tmpfs (configuration requires bill for admin time)
Urchin Stats (please include your root pw in the ticket)
vBulletin
vBSEO
Vidscript
Virtual Machine vmware
Visual Basic Development
Visual Studio
VirtualEnv
VNC (You provide installation)
Voice Servers (TeamSpeak / Ventrillo)
VPN / VPS		VPS =  Dedi =
vTiger CRM , sugar CRM (You provide installation and License)
WAP
Webalizer (included)
Webdav Class 1
Webdisk Class 1
WebMail Access: Horde, SquirrelMail, RoundCube (all included)
WHM
Wiki ( MediaWiki , PhpWiki , TWiki )
wildcard SSL , multi-domain SSL
Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2003 (included)
Woopra
WordPress (included)
WordPress MU
WSGI , mod_wsgi
X Windows
XAMPP (Linux already has LAMP, so this shouldn't be needed. Windows dedi can install this for yourself.)
XCache
xdebug
XML , xml-rpc
XMPP (You provide installation)
Xoops
XSitePro (http://www.xsitepro.com/)
xslt
XSSI (extended server side includes)
Yamdi
Zend Core
Zend Framework
Zend Optimizer 3.2.x
zip_open
zlib compression Library
Zope / Plone

If you are wondering about a program or software that is not listed here, feel welcome to email support@hostgator.com and ask us directly.

SOURCE : http://support.hostgator.in/articles/hosting-guide/hardware-software/compatible-technologies