1. BlueHost
Bluehost has been operating since 2003 and it hosts 2 million websites. When you sign up for web hosting with Bluehost, you can choose a one-year commitment up to a three-year plan, for a more affordable price.
Here’s how the cost breaks down for its most common plans:
Monthly introductory rate
$2.95
$5.45
$5.45
$13.95
One-year term monthly renewal rate
$9.99
$13.99
$18.99
$28.99
Three-year period monthly renewal rate
$8.99
$11.99
$16.99
$26.99
Bluehost is one of three web hosting services that are endorsed by WordPress.
The company has a dedicated team of WordPress experts that can provide customer support. This support can help you with questions about selecting a theme for your website, or how to install a plugin. Separately, WordPress also has an active community forum dedicated to questions related to Bluehost.
Bluehost offers professional services to build your personalized website.
These services include professional design, website migration, marketing, weekly SEO reports, and keyword optimization. For more information, you can request a consultation on their website.
2. Namecheap
Namecheap offers three pricing tiers for its shared hosting plans, with all tiers offering unlimited bandwidth and free email accounts. Customers will also get one free SSL certificate installation.
Annual pricing plans include:
• Stellar: The basic tier starts at $2.18 per month and includes up to three websites and 20 GB SSD storage
• Stellar Plus: Starting at $2.98 per month, users can create unlimited websites, automatic backups, and unlimited storage
• Stellar Business: Starting at $4.98 per month, users get unlimited websites, automatic backups, cloud storage, and up to 50 GB of storage
Small businesses can choose to sign up for a plethora of dedicated, reseller, WordPress, or VPS plans, too. If you’re unsure whether the plan you chose is sufficient, Namecheap offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Namecheap offers some decent options for small businesses, but it’s not a good fit for everyone. Shopping around will help you see what is on offer out there, like with Cloudways and HostPapa.
At first glance, Namecheap stands out because of its much lower pricing.
However, if you want more than what’s offered at the basic tier, HostPapa is a better choice. That’s because its basic tier—though slightly higher in price—offers more storage. Plus, customers can choose from more robust hosting options (especially those who are looking to host an e-commerce website). HostPapa also offers 24/7 phone support and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
While Cloudway offers what the other two don’t—cloud hosting—the pricing plans are significantly more expensive. The basic tier offers much less storage than both Namecheap and HostPapa, making it a less desirable option.
3. HostGator
Every business needs a website, whether it's a fully functioning e-commerce setup or a simple blog to post daily updates. Either way, you need a web hosting service. The stacked HostGator is a top choice, as it includes a feature-rich cloud, WordPress, a virtual private server (VPS), and dedicated server packages. However, it's the company's shared plans that stand out from the very crowded web hosting pack.
In fact, HostGator's shared packages are so robust that the service is our Editors' Choice pick in that hosting subcategory.
4. GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a fine range of Linux- or Windows-based shared web servers and tosses in a free domain name if you sign up for a commitment higher than 12 months. For example, the Economy basic shared hosting package ($10.99 per month, discounted to $6.99 per month for an annual commitment) includes 100GB of storage, 512MB of RAM, the ability to host one website, unlimited monthly data transfers, and a free year of Office 365 Starter Email. Microsoft's mail plan comes with just one email address, but you can upgrade to more accounts for a fee. See the Email Hosting section, below, for more options.
The Deluxe plan ($12.99 per month, or $9.99 per month for a 12-month plan) builds on the Economy package by adding unlimited storage and domains. The Ultimate package ($19.99 per month, or $14.99 per month for a 12-month plan) adds double the processing power, 1GB of RAM, unlimited databases, and a one-year Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate. Finally, there's the Maximum package ($28.99 per month, or $22.99 per month for a 12-month plan) increases the memory to 2GB, server I/O speed from 1,024 KB/sec to 2,048 KB/sec, and gives you free, unlimited SSLs for every website under your plan.
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