Website Hosting Provider Reviews

WBE Score: 96%
Best for… affordable, scalable hosting with excellent customer support
Price range: $2.75 /mo – $149 /mo

HostGator

4.9

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HostGator came out as the top all-round hosting provider in our research. It’s one of the cheapest services around, but it offers excellent value for money. Near perfect uptime, superb customer support, and variety of hosting plans make HostGator a superb option for beginners looking to get their site online.

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99.99% uptime guarantee
Superb knowledge center
Very easy to use

Want to learn more? Check our full HostGator Review.

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2 Bluehost

WBE Score: 91%
Best for… WordPress hosting, bar none
Price range: $2.95 /mo – $209.99 /mo

Bluehost

4.6

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We have anointed Bluehost as the Steady Eddie of web hosting, and that will catch on. Setting up a WordPress site on Bluehost is an absolute dream, and affordable plans across the board keep website costs sensible. For a low-maintenance hosting experience there are few better. Bluehost’s reputation for reliability is well-earned.

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99.98% uptime
Seamless one-click WordPress setup
Clean, simple dashboard

Sound like a good fit? Have a read of our full Bluehost Review.

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3 GoDaddy

WBE Score: 83%
Best for… all-in-one convenience and handy freebies
Price range: $2.99 /mo – $278.99 /mo

GoDaddy

4.2

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GoDaddy is a really solid hosting option. Although its prices aren’t quite as low as the likes of HostGator, Bluehost, and iPage, the freebies you get with GoDaddy are nothing to sniff at. An SSL certificate and domain name are musts for any professional website, and guess what? GoDaddy throws them in for free.

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Comes with solid template-based website builder
Free domain as part of the signup process
Free Microsoft Office 365 email included

Check out our full GoDaddy Hosting Review to learn more.

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4 Siteground

WBE Score: 80%
Best for… growing sites with some money to spend
Price range: $6.99 /mo – $240 /mo

SiteGround

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As a hosting service SiteGround is as good as anyone. What keeps it a rung below the top three is its strengths aren’t always accessible to lower tier customers. Where providers like HostGator and Bluehost are very much catered towards beginner websites, SiteGround has its sights set a little higher. If you have a large site (with a large budget) SiteGround is a great option. If you’re just starting out there are better options available.

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Free automated daily backups
Automatic WordPress updates for all users
Superb knowledge base

Read our full SiteGround Review to learn more.

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5 iPage

WBE Score: 78%
Best for… hosting multiple sites cheaply
Price range: $1.99 /mo – $7.99 /mo

iPage

3.9

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iPage’s big look-at-me appeal is its introductory pricing option. You can get a site hosted for just under $2 per month. The one-size-fits all approach to hosting may not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s a superb option if you want to host multiple sites on the cheap. Few providers are more affordable than iPage.

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Extremely low introductory pricing
Free domains with most plans
Option to host multiple sites, even on shared plans

Want to learn more? Check out our full iPage Hosting Review.

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6 A2 Hosting

WBE Score: 74%
Best for… Windows hosting and low-risk contracts
Price range: $3.92 /mo – $169.99 /mo

A2 Hosting

3.7

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A2 Hosting is a solid, if unremarkable hosting service. Its big draw is how low-risk subscriptions are. Boldly, A2 offers an anytime money-back guarantee. There are conditions to that of course, but the fact is you can back out of a contract months down the line and still get most of your money back. Not that you’re likely to use that particular perk. A2’s service is perfectly good; others just cost less.

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Free site migration
Anytime money-back guarantee
Windows servers

Read our full A2 Hosting Review for the in-depth breakdown.

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7 InMotion

WBE Score: 73%
Best for… freebies (provided you’re willing to pay!)
Price range: $2.49 /mo – $589.99 /mo

InMotion

3.6

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InMotion offers some of the cheapest shared hosting plans around. In fact, WBE users have exclusive access to the Lite plan, costing just $2.49/month! SSL, site backups, hack protection, and a domain name are just a handful of the freebies you can expect when you sign up. Overall, if you expect your site hosting will need some muscle InMotion is definitely worth considering.

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Superb support staff
Free SSL and unlimited disk space on all plans
Drag-and-drop website builder

Read our full InMotion Hosting Review to learn more.

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8 WPEngine

WBE Score: 67%
Best for… large and growing WordPress business sites
Price range: $35 /mo – $290 /mo

WPEngine

3.4

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WPEngine doesn’t waste time being cuddly and inviting. It’s serious hosting for serious business. Serious businesses on WordPress, more specifically. WP’s prices may seem eye-watering at first glance, but these are business rates for a business service. WPEngine is for WordPress sites in need of serious technical backing. All other sites should look elsewhere.

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Automated backups and WordPress updates
Excellent range of advanced features
High end technical muscle

Read our full WPEngine Review to learn more.

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9 HostPapa

WBE Score: 60%
Best for… sticking it to the man, man
Price range: $2.75 /mo – $249.99 /mo

HostPapa

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Poor old HostPapa is a perfectly good hosting provider — it’s just not as good as its rivals. Plans are cheap, but not that cheap. It’s features are good, but others are better. This is the price it pays for being one of the only independent major providers. We will say this though: if you you’re willing to lock in for three years the starter package is very, very good value.

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Two websites can be hosted on basic plans
Free domain with signup
Strong knowledge base

Check out our full HostPapa Review for the complete breakdown.

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How do we review hosting providers?

Our reviews are a mix of personal experience and hard data. Our research team collects information on pricing, features, uptime, support, and disk space so we can provide you an objective overview of the services available.

Are there other hosting companies?

We’ve researched most of the major players, the only exceptions being 1&1 IONOS and Amazon. We’ll be reviewing both over the coming months, so watch this space.

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