Founded in the year 2003, A Small Orange has its headquarters in Austin, Texas and its data centers in Detroit, Michigan and Dallas, Texas. A Small Orange offers different types of hosting plans to its customers and a 45 day money back guarantee which makes their offers quite attractive.
Green Geeks was founded in the year 2008 and boasts of its unique environment friendly green hosting technology. Green Geeks have their headquarters in Agoura Hills, California and data centers in Chicago, Illinois. Their unlimited disk space and bandwidth and an exciting low cost shared hosting plan makes them appealing to customers.
| Green Geeks | A Small Orange | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Agoura Hills, California, United States | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Data Centers | Chicago, Illinois | Detroit, Michigan and Dallas, Texas |
| Founded | 2008 | 2003 |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited, VPS Limited | Limited, depending on plan |
| Diskspace | Unlimited, VPS Limited | Limited, depending on plan |
| Starting costs/Shared Plans | Special Plan at $3.96/month | Tiny plan at $35.00/yearSmall plan at $5.00/month Medium plan at $10.00/month Large plan at $20.00/month |
| VPS Hosting Plans | Plans starting from $39.95/month to $159.95/month depending on Cores, RAM, Storage and Bandwidth | $30.00/month to $150.00/month depending on Cores, RAM, Storage and Bandwidth |
| Dedicated Hosting | Plans starting from $169.00/month to $439.00/month depending on configuration | Starter plan at $195.00/monthStandard plan at $245.00/monthProfessional plan at $285.00/monthUltimate plan at $345.00/month |
| Safe Harbour certified | Yes | Yes |
| Bitcoing payments | No | No |
| PCI Compliant | Yes | Yes |
| Green Hosting | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA Compliant | No | No |
| Adult Content Allowed | Yes | Yes, Provided the adult content used is legal in United States |
| Support Options | 24/7 Live chat, Email, Phone | 24/7 Live chat, Email, Social Media, Phone support but not 24/7 |
| FTP | Yes | Yes |
| CDN Hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Website Builder | Yes | Yes |
| SSH | Yes | Yes |
| SMTP | Yes | Yes |
| Auto Responders | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Error Pages | Yes | Yes |
| POP3 Accounts | Yes | Yes |
| Web Mail | Yes | Yes |
| Referrer Logs | Yes | Yes |
| Error Logs | Yes | Yes |
| Money Back Guarantee | Yes, within 30 days | Yes, within 45 days |
In comparison, Green Geeks has a slight advantage over A Small Orange since they offer unlimited disk space and bandwidth to its customers, unlike A small orange who offer quite limited space in all their plans. Moreover, phone support for A small orange is not available 24/7 as offered by Green Geeks.