Web Hosting
Nine hosting plans compared on what the provider publishes: the promotional price, the renewal price, what is included, the uptime commitment and the refund window.
Web hosting is the one purchase where the advertised price is almost never the price you pay. Providers sell a long first term — often 36 or 48 months — and renew at two to six times the rate. That is legal, common, and the single most important number on the page.
So this category records both. Where a provider prints its renewal price next to the offer (Hostinger, Bluehost, SiteGround, DreamHost, GreenGeeks all do), we show both figures and the term they require. Where a provider bills plainly by the month (Kinsta, Pressable, Cloudways), we say that too, because it is a real advantage.
Beyond price we record what is actually included — SSL, CDN, backups and their frequency, staging, control panel, migration help — and the uptime commitment the provider is willing to state. We did not run uptime or speed tests, and we do not repeat other sites' benchmark numbers. Anything the plan page did not state stays unknown here.
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Web Hosting We Track
DreamHost Shared HostingTwenty-five sites, unmetered bandwidth, daily backups and a 100% uptime guarantee, at $2.89/month for the first year renewing at $10.99.
$2.89/month
Our score 8.0
Bluehost Shared HostingTen sites on the entry plan, a stated 99.99% uptime SLA and managed WordPress updates, at $3.99/month on a 36-month term renewing at $9.99.
$3.99/month
Our score 7.2
SiteGround Web HostingUnlimited traffic, daily backups and Site Tools on Google Cloud storage — with the steepest renewal step in this comparison ($2.99 to $17.99).
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Our score 7.2
GreenGeeks Web HostingcPanel, LiteSpeed and daily backups from $2.95/month on a 12-month term renewing at $13.95 — with published renewable-energy commitments.
$2.95/month
Our score 7.0
Hostinger Web HostingThe cheapest published entry price here at $2.99/month — but only on a 48-month term that renews at $10.99/month.
$2.99/month
Our score 6.6
Cloudways Managed CloudManaged servers on five clouds from $11/month with hourly billing, free migration, staging and a three-day trial — and no shared-hosting renewal trap.
$11/month
Our score 5.8
Kinsta Managed WordPressManaged WordPress from $35/month (or $350 billed annually) with staging, CDN bandwidth allowances and an uptime SLA of up to 99.99%.
$30/month
Our score 4.4
WP Engine Managed WordPressManaged WordPress with backups, staging and CDN included and a 99.99% SLA on Core — with the entry plan billed annually at $336 for the first year.
$28/month
Our score 3.9
Pressable Managed WordPressTransparent monthly managed-WordPress pricing from $25 for 30,000 visits, with staging and sandbox sites on every plan.
$25/month
Our score 3.1
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Pick by What You Need
Each use case is ranked independently over the same products.
- Best web hosting for beginners (2026)Shared plans with a refund window, included SSL and CDN, and WordPress set up for you.
- Best WordPress hosting (2026)Plans built around WordPress: managed updates or a fully managed platform with staging.
- Best managed hosting (2026)Managed WordPress and managed cloud platforms where the provider runs the stack, with staging and monitoring included.
- Best budget web hosting (2026)The cheapest published entry prices — shown with the renewal price and the term they require.
- Best hosting for small business sites (2026)Plans with several sites, daily backups, a stated uptime commitment and business e-mail.
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