WordPress web hosting costs may seem confusing sometimes. Because the final goal is ultimately the same
building a website Their cost depends on various things including marketing policy. **In this post I will compare the price & go through reputable hosting companies, from the **lowest** price to the **highest But before I get into that see my top 3 picks:
Best for WordPress
Bluehost
Build unlimited websites, free SSL certificates, beginner-friendly dashboard & stunning customer support
71 per year**
99.9% Uptime
HostGator
Easy and affordable web hosting that guarantees 99.9% uptime. Unmetered bandwidth, free website transfer and much more
51 per year**
Speed up WordPress
WP Engine
Speed up website performance. Best suits for those who have more than 10,000 monthly visitors
300 per year**
== Table of contents (price comparison per year) ==
Namecheap $19
Hostinger $36
iPage $36
DreamHost $47
IONOS $48
Hostgator $51
Name.Com $60
Bluehost $71
HostPapa $71
GoDaddy $82
SiteGround $84
A2 Hosting $84
WP Engine $300 **one-year**subscription. 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, 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 will cost you **19 USD** per year. Namecheap offers a free SSL certificate for one year
For
**two years** it will cost **34 USD**
They also offer a
**monthly** subscription and it will cost 2.88/month YouâÃÂÃÂre allowed to cancel anytime and upgrade your hosting subscription
== 2. Hostinger ($36/Year) ==
Hostinger has a custom-built âÃÂÃÂ
**hPanel that is an alternative to âÃÂà**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, I saw that Hostinger advertises less than its competitors. And thatâÃÂÃÂs why you may not hear about them
If youâÃÂÃÂre 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 for 4 years then 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 package. It will cost you **36 USD** yearly
iPage has three different billing periods as follows:
|1 Year||2 Years||3 Years|
$36 $60 $72
They offer a free domain for one year and free SSL certificates
== 4. DreamHost Shared Website Hosting ($47/Year) ==
It comes with
**pre-installed WordPress CMS** and you donâÃÂÃÂt have to install it manually. Their âÃÂà**Shared Starter package will cost you **47 USD** yearly
DreamHost offers three different packages for their âÃÂÃÂ
**Shared Website Hosting The prices are as follows: 1 Month 1 Year 3 Years 7** 47** 93**
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 âÃÂÃÂ
**Essential package will cost you **48 USD** for the **first year And it will cost **72 USD** from the **2nd year**
Check their
**renewal** price & be sure youâÃÂÃÂre comfortable with it. Otherwise, they will charge you a **higher rate** from the **next year**
IONOS also offers a
6** monthly subscription. But the monthly subscription doesnâÃÂÃÂt include the free domain
They offer free SSL and 2 GB SSD storage for the database
The above prices and other information is applicable for their âÃÂÃÂ
**Essential package under the âÃÂÃÂWeb HostingâÃÂàplan
== 6. Hostgator Shared Hosting ($51/Year) ==
Their
**Hatchling** Plan includes a free SSL and offers one free domain. ItâÃÂÃÂs mandatory to signup for at least one year to be able to claim the free domain. The free domain is free for one year
It will cost you
**51 USD** per year. Hostgator allows hosting subscriptions for 6 different duration as follows: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 12** 35** 70** 51** 88** 105**
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 will cost you
**60 USD** per year
They have four different subscription durations as follows:
1 Month 3 Months 1 Year 2 Years 7** 21** 60** 120**
Name.Com has three different plans for âÃÂÃÂ
**Web Hosting And above prices is applicable for their âÃÂà**Get Me Started plan
== 8. Bluehost Shared Hosting ($71/Year) ==
ItâÃÂÃÂs one of the most popular hosting companies and is
**recommended by WordPress They offer free SSL, and SSD storage, and their support team are just awesome. **They offer a free domain including any of their hosting packages. You can choose any available TLD for your free domain, there are no boundaries
Bluehost offers three different
**subscription periods** for their shared hosting. And the prices are as follows: 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 71** 119** 142**
Bluehost
**doesnâÃÂÃÂt **offer a **monthly **hosting package. *Their dashboard & its user interface is beginner-friendly. You can install WordPress with a few clicks and start building your website right away. Their SSL is auto-enabled and you donâÃÂÃÂt have to manually install it. Bluehost already has done many heavy lifting for you.*
They have four different types of packages for their shared hosting (see screenshot below)
I recommend âÃÂÃÂ
**Choice Plus among the four. Because you can build an unlimited number of websites on the same hosting and youâÃÂÃÂll get better performance (speed) than basic & plus
I personally used the Bluehost for 2 years before I made this recommendation. From my practical observation, I found it way too much better than I paid
The above screenshot shows my personal billing documents for 2 years (2020 & 2021). So if youâÃÂÃÂre still hesitating, I would recommend you Bluehost. Also, you have 1 month trial period. That means you can ask for a refund if you donâÃÂÃÂt like their hosting
== 9. HostPapa Web Hosting Cost ($71/Year) ==
Their âÃÂÃÂ
**Starter package includes a free SSL certificate, Cloudflare CDN, 100 GB SSD storage, 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:
|1 Year||2 Years||3 Years|
$71 $119 $142
== 10. GoDaddy ($82/Year) ==
ItâÃÂÃÂs 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 doesnâÃÂÃÂt work very well on ** Safari This is an affordable company for building your website
The customer support is knowledgeable & cooperative
GoDaddy starter hosting plan will cost you
**82 USD per year **with an SSL certificate. If you subscribe for **two years then the cost will be **157 USD** and 212 USD for three years
They also sell a
**monthly hosting package** and it will cost you **57 USD** per month **with 12 months of SSL And **without an SSL** certificate, it will cost you **2.73 USD for one month
== 11. SiteGround Web Hosting ($84/Year) ==
ItâÃÂÃÂs recommended by WordPress.Org. SiteGround offers free SSL certificates & CDN. But they donâÃÂÃÂt 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: 1 Month 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 20** 84** 240** 378**
SiteGround has three different packages for the âÃÂÃÂWeb HostingâÃÂàplan. And above prices are applicable for their âÃÂÃÂ
**StartUp package
Though SiteGround offers âÃÂÃÂUnlimited WebsitesâÃÂàwith most of their packages. However, there is a catch. From my personal & practical experience,
**itâÃÂÃÂs actually not the âÃÂÃÂUnlimited WebsitesâÃÂàby means See the screenshot below as a reference
On the above screenshot, you see that the âÃÂÃÂSite limitâÃÂàhas been exceeded. There are disk quotas and other factors that we generally donâÃÂÃÂt care about when buying a hosting. I had SiteGround âÃÂÃÂGoGeekâÃÂàplan that offers âÃÂÃÂUnlimited Websites.âÃÂÃÂ
But SiteGround started to Shutdown most of my websites after they started getting traffic
So if you have multiple websites with lots of traffic, you have to take the disk quota and other hidden factors into consideration
But if you only have one website, you can go with SiteGround especially if you like the faster server speed
== 12. A2 Hosting ($84/Year) ==
Their startup package costs
**84 USD** per year. You will get a free Cloudflare CDN, SSL & website builder with your hosting subscription
A2 Hosting offers four different billing cycles as follows:
|1 Month||1 Year||2 Years||3 Years|
$11 $84 $105 $108
They have SSD storage. If you donâÃÂÃÂt 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 âÃÂÃÂ
**Startup package will cost you **300 USD** per year
WP Engine also allows you a monthly subscription and it will cost
**30 USD**
It
**doesnâÃÂÃÂt** have other billing periods except the yearly & monthly
== Conclusion ==
**I covered a lot of hosting companies. Now you can compare the prices & make your decision based on your budget
The package & plan names are very confusing to beginners. You may think that you need specific âÃÂÃÂWordPress HostingâÃÂàin order to build a WordPress website. But in reality, itâÃÂÃÂs not the case
*You might hear a lot about the following terms: WordPress hosting, Shared Hosting, Web Hosting, VPS, Dedicated, etc. In this article, I discussed âÃÂàShared HostingâÃÂÃÂ. Sometimes it is also known as âÃÂÃÂWeb HostingâÃÂÃÂ. These two names are indicating the same thing.* *And you can build your website or blog on the âÃÂÃÂShared HostingâÃÂàplatform without any trouble. Generally, this type of hosting can handle 5,000 (five thousand) monthly hits. And itâÃÂÃÂs 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 starting, 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 then you can upgrade your hosting to a VPS or dedicated plan. Or migrate your website to a dedicated server. Till to then, donâÃÂÃÂt waste your money with dedicated server/hosting at the beginning. Because it will take time to build those amounts of traffic to your website.