Software & Services

  • best buy
    iPage Essential Plan
    iPage Essential Plan review Unbeatable value, and great whether you're building your first site or have much greater ambitions
    £1.99
    Karl Wright
  • Fasthosts Personal Standard
    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.
    £5.86
    Karl Wright
  • best buy
    1&1 Home
    1&1 Home review Not the cheapest option, but a well-rounded package that's UK based and has great support.
    £5.86
    Karl Wright
  • best buy
    ArtRage Studio Pro 3
    Ambient ArtRage Studio Pro 3 review A big step towards more professional image composition, with plenty of useful new tools and features.
    £52
    David McKinnon
  • MrSite Takeaway Website Pro
    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
    Karl Wright
  • Dreamhost
    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
    Karl Wright
  • Jimdo Pro
    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
    Karl Wright
  • Bullguard Backup 8.7
    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
    K.G. Orphanides
  • Hullomail
    HulloMail review If you’ve got a smartphone, then you should certainly give HulloMail a go
    Seth Barton
  • best buy
    Vuescan
    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
    K.G. Orphanides
  • Humyo Premium
    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
    K.G. Orphanides
  • Pro Softnet iDrive Pro
    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
    K.G. Orphanides
  • Cockos Reaper
    Cockos Reaper 3.6 review It’s not for the uninitiated, but this powerful recording environment exhibits outstanding attention to detail.
    £41
    Ben Pitt