The services of Windows hosting have appeared not so long ago on the market sector available to the majority of users. A Windows hosting is in a disadvantage to Unix systems in the terms of cost, since all the software for these servers is to be paid. Moreover, achieving a stable operation of this system on a good level is harder. However, there is virtually no other alternative for projects using ASP and MS SQL (any attempts to set up operation of ASP under Unix have not led to any good result as by now).

However, Windows gives a wide range of possibilities, which allow to disregard the high costs.