Best Cheap Web Hosting Services Of 2021

Ionos by 1&1 offers one of the lowest monthly fees for web hosting. Its introductory price of $1 per month on a 12-month term for the Business plan is objectively cheap. The company doesn’t limit storage or bandwidth, so you don’t have to worry about uploading too many media files or having too many site visitors.

Paying $12 for a year of web hosting service is affordable for most, but Ionos also gives you a free domain name on top of that. Ionos also gives you a free domain name (including .com, .net and .org). Domain registration typically costs around $10 to $15, so it’s a great deal.

Who Should Use It: New businesses would do well with an Ionos hosting package. With a 12-month term, you’ll have enough time to decide whether it’s right for you, and if not, you’re out $12, and you can simply transfer your domain name to another host.

HostGator makes it easy for anyone to get started with its cheap web hosting service. The Hatchling plan starts at $2.75 per month, if you agree to a 36-month term. Three years at that price is a great deal, and you get all the basics you’d expect, such as unmetered storage and bandwidth and a cPanel dashboard.

You’ll also get a free domain name with HostGator for the first year. After that, you’ll have to pay a pricey $17.99 for that same domain each year afterward. Something else to consider: There are lots of hidden fees. If you choose to add on malware protection, an upgraded SSL certificate, email, SEO tools and backups, you’ll pay almost $200 more each year.

Who Should Use It: Beginner bloggers or solopreneurs might want to consider HostGator. You’ll have three years to build up site authority, and assuming you don’t upload too many files (HostGator doesn’t limit storage size, but it does stop you at 250,000 files), this could be a good web host for your needs.

MochaHost’s confidence in its service is unparalleled. Sign up for a low-cost web hosting plan at any term length, and you get 180 days to claim a refund (it’s prorated after 30 days). It’s one of the longest money-back guarantees we’ve seen. MochaHost also offers a lifetime discount, so if you sign up for the $1.95-per-month plan for the 36-month term, you can keep that discount if you renew for the same three-year plan.

As is standard in the web hosting industry, MochaHost gives you unlimited storage and bandwidth. The web host breaks from the standard when it comes to its uptime guarantee, though. It promises 100% uptime, which isn’t likely, but if you track any downtime of your site, you can claim a month of free service.

Who Should Use It: If you have experience managing a website, MochaHost’s low-cost plan could work for you. For all its perks, MochaHost severely limits users of its Soho plan. There’s no one-click installation of WordPress, no website builder, no migration assistance and no automatic backups. It’s like MochaHost created a beginner-unfriendly starter plan.

Stablehost advertises an attractive basic web hosting plan that’s affordable for any budget. At $1.75 per month for the Starter plan, you pay $63 upfront for three years of service. Similar to other cheap web hosting companies, your storage and bandwidth are unlimited, but you’ll also miss out on spam filtering and other security features.

Who Should Use It: Every Stablehost plan comes with its proprietary site builder, making this a good choice for anyone new to website building. The 24/7 live chat support team is quick to respond, so you’ll have help along the way. And if you decide you like Stablehost at the end of your term, the renewal price is still affordable at $3.50 per month.

Hostinger has made a recent pricing change. Contrary to the pricing in its Google ads, the $0.99-per-month plan is now $1.39. It isn’t the cheapest web hosting out there, but it’s still inexpensive. The caveat here is that you have to agree to a whopping 48 months with the company—that’s four years. Still, when you sign up for shared hosting, you can renew at $2.99 per month, which is still affordable.

When you consider storage and bandwidth info on Hostinger’s site, it could seem restrictive or transparent, depending on perspective. The starter plan limits you to 30GB of storage, and 300,000 site visitors per month. We agree that 30GB seems a bit limiting, but if you have 300K site visitors per month, cheap web hosting isn’t for you.

Who Should Use It: Small businesses that don’t plan to include a blog would do well with Hostinger’s Single plan. If your website is meant to provide info, such as location, hours, etc., then you don’t need to worry about the limited storage.