iPage Essential Plan review Unbeatable value, and great whether you're building your first site or have much greater ambitions
£1.99
Fasthosts Personal Standard review Fairly generous on space, but not on extras like databases. If you're after a basic hosting account, there are cheaper alternatives.
MrSite Takeaway Website Pro review Fairly expensive for the web space provided, but it's not a bad choice for complete novices. The Standard version is better value, though.
£8.33
Dreamhost Standard review A hosting provider that's ideal for serious web developers thanks to a lack of restrictions on just about everything.
£5.64
Jimdo Pro review Jimdo makes it easy for novices to create a good-looking site quickly, but we can see little reason to pay for the Pro version.
£5
Bullguard Backup 8.7 review Easy to use but a maximum of 10GB of storage between just three PCs is poor value compared to almost every other product available.
£30
HulloMail review If you’ve got a smartphone, then you should certainly give HulloMail a go
Hamrick Software VueScan 8.6 review With the addition of new OCR capabilities to VueScan's already outstanding range of features, there are even more reasons to buy this top-notch scanning suite.
£53
Humyo Premium We're still fans of Humyo's free storage service, but paid-for services from other providers do a better job when it comes to online backup.
£47
Pro Softnet iDrive Pro review iDrive provides plenty of space, postal file submission and storage for up to 30 versions of files, but its single-computer licence and basic web interface are limitations.
£33
Cockos Reaper 3.6 review It’s not for the uninitiated, but this powerful recording environment exhibits outstanding attention to detail.