Web hosting price comparison among 13 companies

Web hosting costs may seem confusing sometimes. Although the final goal is ultimately the same—building a website—the cost depends on various factors, including marketing policy.

In this post, I will compare the prices & go through reputable hosting companies, from the lowest price to the highest.

But before I get into that see my top 3 picks (I am not affiliated with anyone).

Best for WordPress

WP Engine

Speed up website performance. Best suits for those who have more than 10,000 monthly visitors. $300 per year

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Performance & Security

SiteGround

Easy and affordable web hosting that guarantees 99.9% uptime. Unmetered bandwidth, free website transfer and much more. $84 per year

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Personalized assistance

Bluehost

Build unlimited websites, free SSL certificates, beginner-friendly dashboard & stunning customer support. $71 per year

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Table of contents (price comparison per year)

Detail about the hosting companies & pricing model

You may see slightly different prices on the hosting websites. Because they may display the price according to the 3 years of subscription.

I am aware of the changes, their marketing strategies & deals. And committed to providing the most up-to-date & fresh data.

1. Namecheap Shared Hosting ($19/Year)

This is by far the cheapest hosting among all renowned companies. Their Stellar package costs 19 USD per year, and Namecheap offers a free SSL certificate for one year.

For two years, it will cost 34 USD.

They also offer a monthly subscription, which costs $2.88. You can cancel anytime and upgrade your hosting subscription.

2. Hostinger ($36/Year)

Hostinger has a custom-built “hPanel” that is an alternative to “cPanel.”

The Hostinger hPanel is very easy to understand & use. Therefore, if you have any questions, their support team is ready to help. To clarify, they are excellent & will not keep you on hold for more than 5/7 minutes.

They provide one free SSL Certificate for each Shared web hosting plan.

From my personal observation, Hostinger advertises less than its competitors, which is why you may not hear about them.

If you’re looking for better web hosting at an affordable price, Hostinger is the right company for you.

Hostinger shared web hosting costs 36 USD for one year ($3/month). But if you buy it for four years, it will cost 48 USD ($1/month).

Hostinger also bills monthly. And it will cost you $10 per month (if you want to make the payment each month).

3. iPage Web Hosting Cost ($36/Year)

You can build an unlimited number of websites in any of their hosting packages. It will cost you 36 USD yearly.

iPage has three different billing periods as follows:

They offer a free domain for one year and free SSL certificates.

4. DreamHost Shared Website Hosting ($47/Year)

It comes with a pre-installed WordPress CMS, so you don’t have to install it manually. Their “Shared Starter” package costs 47 USD yearly.

DreamHost offers three different packages for their “Shared Website Hosting.” The prices are as follows:

They offer a free domain for one year with their 1 & 3 years packages. Their 1-year free domain is only applicable for the following TLDs:

.blog, .club, .com, .info, .net, .online, .org , .shop, .tech, .xyz, .store, .site, .design, .me

5. IONOS -Previously 1&1 ($48/Year)

The “Essential” package costs 48 USD for the first year and 72 USD for the second year.

Check their renewal price & be sure you’re comfortable with it. Otherwise, they will charge you a higher rate next year.

IONOS also offers a $6 monthly subscription. But the monthly subscription doesn’t include the free domain.

They offer free SSL and 2 GB SSD storage for the database.

The above prices and other information apply to their “Essential” package under the “Web Hosting” plan.

6. Hostgator Shared Hosting ($51/Year)

Their Hatchling Plan includes a free SSL and offers one free domain. To claim the free domain, you must sign up for at least one year.

It will cost you 51 USD per year. Hostgator allows hosting subscriptions for six different durations as follows:

And their trial period ends after 45 days. And the trial is applicable only for 1 year & upper-level subscriptions.

7. Name.Com Web Hosting ($60/Year)

They offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. Name.Com also offers 10 GB disk space, 100 email accounts, 100 GB bandwidth, and SSL. It costs 60 USD per year.

They have four different subscription durations as follows:

Name.Com offers three different plans for “Web Hosting.” The above prices apply to their “Get Me Started” plan.

8. Bluehost Shared Hosting ($71/Year)

It’s one of the most popular hosting companies and is recommended by WordPress. They offer free SSL and SSD storage, and their support team is awesome.

They offer a free domain with any package. You can choose any available TLD for your free domain; there are no boundaries.

Bluehost offers three different subscription periods for their shared hosting. The prices are as follows:

Bluehost doesn’t offer a monthly hosting package.

Their dashboard and user interface are beginner-friendly. You can install WordPress with a few clicks and start building your website right away. Their SSL is auto-enabled, so you don’t have to manually install it. Bluehost has already done much of the heavy lifting for you.

They have four different types of packages for their shared hosting (see screenshot below).

I recommend “Choice Plus” among the four. Because you can build an unlimited number of websites on the same hosting, you’ll get better performance (speed) than with basic & plus.

I personally used Bluehost for 2 years before I made this recommendation. From my practical observations, it was way better than I paid.

The above screenshot shows my personal billing documents for 2 years (2020 & 2021). So, if you’re still hesitating, I would recommend Bluehost. Also, you have 1 month trial period. That means you can request a refund if you don’t like it.

9. HostPapa Web Hosting Cost ($71/Year)

Their “Starter” package includes a free SSL certificate, Cloudflare CDN, 100 GB SSD storage, and a free domain for the first year.

It will cost you 71 USD yearly.

HostPapa offers three different billing periods, and their prices are as follows:

10. GoDaddy ($82/Year)

It’s perfect for small businesses & entrepreneurs. They have all the tools you need to create a website quickly.

But I would like to suggest you not use their website builder. It doesn’t work very well on Safari. This is an affordable company for building your website.

The customer support is knowledgeable & cooperative.

The GoDaddy starter hosting plan costs 82 USD per year with an SSL certificate. If you subscribe for two years, the cost is 157 USD, and it is 212 USD for three years.

They also sell a monthly hosting package that costs 57 USD per month with 12 months of SSL. Without an SSL certificate, it will cost 2.73 USD per month.

11. SiteGround Web Hosting ($84/Year)

It’s recommended by WordPress.Org. SiteGround offers free SSL certificates & CDN. But they don’t offer free domains.

It will cost you 84 USD per year. You can choose any subscription period from four separate durations. The costs for separate periods are as follows:

SiteGround offers three different packages for the “Web Hosting” plan. The above prices apply to their “StartUp” package.

SiteGround offers “Unlimited Websites” with most of its packages. However, there is a catch. From my experience, it’s actually not “Unlimited websites” by any means. See the screenshot below as a reference.

In the above screenshot, you see that the “Site limit” has been exceeded. Disk quotas and other factors are generally not considered when buying hosting. I had the “GoGeek” plan, which offers “Unlimited Websites.”

However, SiteGround started to shut down most of my websites after they started getting traffic.

So, if you have multiple websites with lots of traffic, you must consider the disk quota and other hidden factors.

But if you only have one website, you can go with SiteGround, especially if you like faster server speeds.

12. A2 Hosting ($84/Year)

Their startup package costs 84 USD per year. With your subscription, you will get a free Cloudflare CDN, SSL, and website builder.

A2 Hosting offers four different billing cycles as follows:

They have SSD storage. If you don’t know about SSD storage, you can read an article on the Intel website.

13. WP Engine Hosting Cost ($300/Year)

Their prices are a bit higher than others. The “Startup” package costs 300 USD per year.

WP Engine also allows you to subscribe monthly, costing 30 USD.

It doesn’t have other billing periods except the yearly & monthly.

Conclusion

I covered many hosting companies. Now, you can compare their prices and make your decision based on your budget.

The package and plan names are very confusing to beginners. You may think that you need specific “WordPress Hosting” to build a WordPress website, but in reality, that’s not the case.

You might hear a lot about the following terms: WordPress hosting, Shared Hosting, Web Hosting, VPS, Dedicated hosting, etc. In this article, I discussed “Shared Hosting,” which is sometimes also known as “Web Hosting.” These two names indicate the same thing.

And you can build your website or blog on the “Shared Hosting” platform without any trouble. Generally, this type of hosting can handle 5,000 (five thousand) monthly hits. And it’s way more than enough for a startup website or blog. Also, there are other hosting plans, such as VPS and Dedicated, that can handle a lot more traffic than that. But at the start, the shared hosting is good. You can always change your hosting without affecting the website negatively.

Once you have more than 5,000 (five thousand) visitors per month, you can upgrade your hosting to a VPS or dedicated plan or migrate your website to a dedicated server. Until then, don’t waste your money on a dedicated server or hosting at the beginning. It will take time to build that amount of traffic to your website.