Web hosting, priced honestly
Every host advertises a price you stop paying. The banner rate is a first-term discount; the invoice that arrives a year later is the real one. This page puts both next to each other and sorts on the second.
· Prices read in USD · Hosting data quality
Some figures here are from an earlier reading — the last run could not reach every host, and the previous prices were kept rather than removed.
2 hosts on this page discount the first term and do not publish what they renew at: Namecheap, HostGator.
- Advertised$2.28per monthAfter the promotionDoes not say
Advertises a first-term discount and does not publish what happens next.
- Advertised$3.44per monthAfter the promotion$3.44per month
Discounts the first term and then charges the same price — the rare case where the headline is what you keep paying.
- Advertised$3.75per monthAfter the promotionDoes not say
Advertises a first-term discount and does not publish what happens next.
- Advertised$25per monthAfter the promotion$25per month
Discounts the first term and then charges the same price — the rare case where the headline is what you keep paying.
Three ways to choose
- Cheapest once the promotion endsUltahost Shared Starter
The lowest price on this page that you can still be paying in two years: $3.44 a month with Ultahost.
- Cheapest for more than one siteNamecheap Stellar
The cheapest opening price at $2.28 a month, though Namecheap does not publish what it renews at.
- Cheapest price that will not changeUltahost Shared Basic
Costs $5.18 a month and keeps costing it — Ultahost publishes a renewal identical to the opening price.
Which one is for you
The table above ranks on price. This ranks on what you are trying to do. Each pick is the cheapest plan that actually meets the requirement — measured on what it costs once the promotion ends, because that is the price you live with.
- One website
The cheapest plan here that will still cost $3.44 a month in two years, from Ultahost.
- Several websites
Room for several sites at $10.35 a month, and Ultahost publishes that as the renewal price too.
- Managed WordPress
Updates, backups and scaling are the host’s job, at $25 a month. Pressable charges no introductory rate, so nothing changes later.
- No renewal surprise
$5.18 a month now and $5.18 a month after — Ultahost states the renewal outright rather than leaving it to the invoice.
- Most storage
The best fit at $2.98 a month, though Namecheap does not publish what happens when the introductory term ends.
Questions people ask
What is the cheapest web hosting?
Ultahost Shared Starter, at $3.44 a month — and that is the price after the introductory discount, not during it. Of the 18 plans compared here it is the lowest that anyone can still be paying a year later.
How much does hosting go up when it renews?
It depends on the host, and 2 of them will not say: Namecheap and HostGator advertise a first-term discount and do not publish what replaces it. Ultahost and Pressable do publish it, and charge the same price before and after.
Which is the best hosting for WordPress?
Pressable Signature 1, at $25 a month. It is managed WordPress rather than shared hosting that happens to run it: updates, backups and scaling are the host’s job, and the price does not change after the first term.
Which hosting is best for several websites?
Ultahost Shared Business covers unlimited sites for $10.35 a month, which is the cheapest way here to host more than a handful.
How current are these prices?
They are read once a day from each host’s own pricing page — 4 brands, 18 plans. Nothing on this page is typed in by hand, and a host that cannot be reached keeps its previous figures, marked as such, rather than disappearing.
All 18 plans
Sorted by what you pay once the discount is over. Plans whose renewal price the host does not publish sort last — an unknown is not a bargain.
| Plan | Advertised | After the promotion | Sites | Storage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UltahostShared Starter | $3.44 | $3.44 | 1 | 30 GB | View plan |
| UltahostShared Basic | $5.18 | $5.18 | 4 | 60 GB | View plan |
| UltahostShared Business | $10.35 | $10.35 | Unlimited | 80 GB | View plan |
| UltahostShared Pro | $13.23 | $13.23 | Unlimited | 110 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 1 | $25 | $25 | 1 | 20 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 2 | $45 | $45 | 3 | 30 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 3 | $60 | $60 | 5 | 35 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 4 | $90 | $90 | 10 | 50 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 5 | $155 | $155 | 20 | 80 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 6 | $350 | $350 | 50 | 200 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 7 | $545 | $545 | 80 | 275 GB | View plan |
| PressableSignature 8 | $675 | $675 | 100 | 325 GB | View plan |
| NamecheapStellar | $2.28 | Does not say | 3 | 20 GB | View plan |
| NamecheapStellar Plus | $2.98 | Does not say | Unlimited | Unlimited | View plan |
| HostGatorHatchling | $3.75 | Does not say | 10 | 10 GB | View plan |
| HostGatorBaby | $4.50 | Does not say | 20 | 20 GB | View plan |
| NamecheapStellar Business | $4.98 | Does not say | Unlimited | 50 GB | View plan |
| HostGatorBusiness | $6.25 | Does not say | 50 | 50 GB | View plan |
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